N in a night.

My one hour projects are starting to go a little more smoothly.

This was my sketch:I'm glad I didn't go in the doily valentine direction and opted with a more formal approach. A helpful trick I learned: stop trying to do so much extraneous crap and just make something that looks clean and nice.

Check out www.lettercult.com tomorrow, they'll have all the other submissions.

Pages from my sketchbook

Because everyone likes to catch a glimpse into the creative process, and because people seemed to really enjoy the title designs in my senior thesis pieces... here's some type sketches from the earlier stages of that project.

Reference: Ely Senior Thesis post

And because I like that every time I show someone my sketchbook they always end up saying "What the hell, Kristin?" ...here's some of the weird stuff I think about to keep myself entertained.

H is for happiness, hermitage, hamsters, and hatred

...and these are a few of my favorite things. But of all the aforementioned, I think this particular H suits the latter best.

My mom says it feels masculine, like a logo for a chess club for men. She also said it reminds her of some sort of farming shear. I guess those two are related because... Amish people love board games and gender segregation. (I'm the Degrees of Kevin Bacon champ!)

Whaddup G?

It has been a ridiculously jam packed couple of weeks, and now that it's coming to an end, everyone keeps telling me to take a break and relax. They say I've earned it.

Buuuuut sitting is hard for me. This is how I take a break from "work."

And also by doing this:

Which, actually, is more like doing homework than one would immediately realize. I have been learning priceless things from Bugs Bunny cartoons, I'll tell you what.

Ely shmely.

Well I figure since our opening reception was the 18th and then we took the show down on the 20th, now is as good as ever to make a post about my senior thesis.
I think they're the best pieces I've done so far.