078-TV

Tutorial.

077-Tasty Burger

Tutorial.

076-Spiral

I drove past a building that had a cool brick pattern this morning. I recreated it then started playing with color and blending modes. This is how it turned out. Rather Andy Gilmore.

075-Daily

Fun with strokes and brushes.

074-Money

Saw this article at the ministry of type and thought I would try drawing some money-looking type with simple Guilloche patterns. Hand drawn M.

073-Magnolia 4

Finally finished.

072-Magnolia 3

Slowly but surely.

071-Magnolia 2

Making progress.

070-Magnolia 1

I always thought magnolia blooms were made to be drawn in Illustrator I have just never done it until now. I found this great photo of Magnolia Soulangeana as a reference.

069-Mix-Up

Was listening to The Mix-Up by the Beastie Boys and got lost. It was a fun ride. All vector, Victor.

068-Muse

Saw this cover for a Muse CD by La Boca on their blog and thought I would try and recreate it in Illustrator.

067-Emperor

Was turned on to LaBoca.  Awesome geometric style. Totally inspiring. I thought I would try to recreate some of their stuff in Illustrator. For the texture, I made a blend of two stroked circles of about 50 steps, then gave it an opacity mask and used splattery brush strokes to reveal the concentric circles in certain areas. A cool way to add texture.

066-Cardboard

Thought I would try to make some vector cardboard.

065-Comic Serifs

It was much funnier in my head.
I took Comic Sans and widened the vertical parts of the letter forms and added some serifs. Still looks like crap.

064-Twill

Followed this interesting tutorial. Plaid = easy. Twill plaid = more difficult. I am really liking changing colors with Edit -> Edit Colors -> Recolor Artwork.
Font: Bauhaus

063-Drippy

Saw this graphic and got inspired. It is not as 3d as I would like it but it gets the point across.
Font: Edwardian Script

062-365

061-Ribbon

Followed this tutorial today and embellished it a bit. Used Envelope Distort again. It's a powerful tool. I am realizing that the word "envelope" is not the noun like the thing that you put letters or documents into and mail but is actually the verb that means to enclose or encase completely. It makes much more sense to think of it in this way.

060-Hood

Went snowboarding on Mt. Hood yesterday and got inspired.

059-Safari

Followed this tutorial. Got the job done.