new class...life drawing!

almost done with the first week of my new class...life drawing...and it is going to be very time intensive...more so than any other class I've taken yet, but I think it will be a good challenge to learn how to more realistically draw people...although one of our assignments this week was to draw stick figures!

Here is our assignment 4 for week 1- the arm...

the wedding madness continues

two weeks from today, mike and bean get married :) last weekend we had bachlorette party fun...the countdown begins!

Congrats to Mr & Mrs Otazio :)

Love you Becky & Fran! A fairy tale wedding for a wonderful couple :)

Logos...Finally!!!

so it's been about 2 years since I dreamed up my little company, jerseygirldesign, and the logo is finally here, along with two off-shoots - jerseygirljewels and jerseygirlphotography...our first craft fair is next weekend...the horse and hound wine festival in virginia...very excited!

Final Assignment - Fundamentals of Design

created in photoshop...a combination of all the lessons from the course

Week 5 - Fundamentals of Design Assignments

color harmonies

Week 4 - Design Fundamentals Assignments

creating texture with filters

Week 3 Design Fundamentals Assignments

here are the two assignments from week 3 of my design fundamentals class...the first working with the blend tool in Illustrator, and the second is an informal structured design :)

Illustration Friday - Citrus

very far behind this week...but wanted to post anyway for last week's topic :) here is citrus!

My First Freelance Project!!!!

very very excited, to present my first freelance assignment...done for a man who has dedicated 50 years of his life to playing and coaching baseball :)

Week 2 Design Fundamentals Assignments

Here are week 2's assignments...exercises in repetition and reflection, as well as creating designs with formal structures...

Week 1 - Design Fundamentals Assignments

A design, using a balance of positive and negative space



Another exercise in overlapping shapes

more logo design!!

one of my college friends and her husband are starting a business, and asked me to help them design their marketing materials, logo, etc! so here is the logo we came up with...and also a few others that didn't make the cut :)




the other contenders...

Illustration Friday - Neighbor

A little short on time this week...but I wanted to submit something for the topic of Neighbor :)

Color Theory Assignments...

here are some more of my projects for my course on color theory that ended today:

this assignment was making one color appear as two, the center squares are the same in each of the sets

this assignment was making two colors appear as one...I love color theory!

here is an exercise in transparency:

working with illusions:

color harmonies
here is my personal color palette...25 colors to be used in my final project

and here it is! the final project for my color theory course!

Congrats to Mr & Mrs Reynolds :)

another wonderful wedding this weekend! Congrats to James & Marissa!! love you two!!

Illustration Friday - Remember

For all of those we will never forget...


from the outside looking in you can never understand it...from the inside looking out you can never explain it...

live for the nights that turn into mornings and the friends that turn into family...

sometimes I wish I could go back, not to do anything differently...but to do it all again...

04.16.07 Memorial Fund

So after wearing all my Virginia Tech shirts for the past 10 days, I realized that I can't keep it up for the rest of my life...so I thought of an alternative way to show my support for my alma matter...Hokie Hope Necklaces :)







http://www.vt.edu/tragedy/memorial_fund.php




you can get these necklaces by visiting my etsy shop :) or send me an email! $10 from each necklace purchased will be donated to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund

Hokie Hope...

for the 32 who will never be forgotten...Let's go...Hokies...

Guest Book

Made this guest book for an upcoming Bridal Shower this weekend for my friend Christina :) I drew the monogram and placed all the little rhinestones on individually :)