Little places

Cheetos with toe nails

My husband has a friend who opened a snack size bag of Cheetos recently only to find a large toe nail piece in with the orange puffs. GROSS! Understandingly enough, he threw up and hasn't been able to eat Cheetos since, me either! Since today has been quite discouraging so far, I decided to make this mock Cheetos bag. Hopefully it will make my hubby and his buddy laugh.

Newly completed pattern and seahorse

This is a pattern that I just finished for a well known shoe company. They also have a great line of clothing. It wasn't chosen, but I really like it, I think it's fun to look at because there is more happening than first meets the eye. I took the name of the company out because this is an ongoing project. However, since this one is out, I don't think there is any harm in showing it.


Also, this seahorse was submitted as an idea for a t-shirt design several years ago. I just found it cleaning out some folders on my desktop and really think it's fun, so here it is as well.

Self portrait.

I call it, "Large white spaces and sunglasses."

Dark City Underground blog header

I designed a blog header for Dark City Underground. DCU is a fantastic blog that features book reviews, movie trailers and reviews, and much more. It is very eclectic, well written and fun. I wanted to create an image that showed what a variety of posts DCU showcases, hence, the cowboy, scary dude, and PI. I also wanted it to be somewhat stark and have a lot of white as the background at DCU is white. I used the font courier, a font I don't normally use, and it worked well in this case. I love how it looks like an old typewriter. Perfect for a blog primarily about books. I love how this turned out. CLICK THIS to see the header image in action and explore DCU.

Would you like me to design a header for your blog or website? Email me for details.

Look, another one!

I love making these. Designing anything really, is a blast. It's such a rush when things go well. I know, I'm a geek, I've never said otherwise. Once again, pertinent info has been blurred. The bride in this case wanted something fairly different from the invite I put up here a week or so ago, very different feel and colors. I love how it turned out.


Want me to design yours? I'd LOVE to. Email me for info.

Wedding announcement fun

Something new and different, I designed a wedding announcement. It was really fun. The couple told me they like gerber daisies, simple design and fall colors. I wanted (yes, I did add my input) it to have a classic feel and look sophisticated. Zowie what an awesome challenge. This is what I came up with. They loved it, me too. Ahhh YES! That's they way I like projects to go! (Pertinent info has been blurred and dulled to protect the innocent.)

Bamboo Brace by Professional Therapies

Recently I created a series of illustrations for a company called Professional Therapies. They have designed an arm brace for children called The Bamboo Brace, to read more about it CLICK THIS. The illustrations I created will come with the brace and help an adult fit a child with the brace. They were really fun to draw. I love the baby's chubby little arm.

Ed Hardy

Worked with the fine folks at Design of Today coming up with some tee shirt design ideas for Ed Hardy. Liked this one a lot, skulls with heart shaped eyes always work for me.

New logos

I just finished a couple of projects creating original branding logos. One was for a company called Strategic Outdoor Shop and the other for a very creative woman named Christina Stover.

Clean with a bit of grunge

Recently I was asked to create a logo for a photographer named Noelle Reynolds. The tricky part was that she wanted her logo to be clean, as she shoots quite a few bridal pictures, yet have a grunge/messy feel. I was instantly intrigued. How exciting to come up with a logo that would combine two such opposing ideas. This is what I came up with. The cool thing is that it works alone or on a colored background.

"Have you heard?"

Gossip: blubbering, burble, chatter, clamor, drivel, gab, gabble, gibberish, gossip, gushing, idle talk, jabber, jabbering, jargon, murmur, muttering, prattle, ranting, tattling.

Ghostbusters Ectoplasm Energy Drink

This excellent power drink has some of my artwork on it, too cool! I worked on a project with the fantastic folks at Design of Today and MGM on a "Ghostbusters" art project. The silhouettes in the middle of the can are mine as well as the cityscape and additional imagery on the sides of the can. You can't see all of that here BUT you can CLICK THIS and buy a delicious drink for yourself and admire the rest of the can as you sip.

Experiments with fish

The amazingly cool thing about fish, is that they are a blast to paint, I had no idea. Fish have so many messy colors and odd shapes that I can splash, dash and throw paint around to my hearts content. The painting you see here is my favorite. CLICK THIS to see two more.

Chuck Norris "Tough Guy" Calendar

Recently, I worked on a project, (along with my fellow designers at Design of Today) called "Tough Guy" for MGM. The "Tough Guy" in this case is the one and only: CHUCK NORRIS. We created tons of logos, montages, and icons using artwork from Chuck's various MGM movies. The project was a BLAST. Today I found a calendar for sale HERE that has a ton my artwork scattered around on the pages (as well as the artwork of my pals at Design of Today. How totally cool! My copy of this excellent calendar is on it's way to me and can't wait to see the whole thing. Hot Dog!

E! channel t-shirt logos

A couple of years ago I worked on a project for E!, specifically their show "The Soup." The project was to come up with fun teeshirt logos and today, I discovered that you can purchase several of my designs on their website. CLICK THIS TO SEE/BUY THESE SHIRTS. Some of my designs are even on TOTE BAGS. How completely cool is that?!? I MUST put my order in soon.