This sucker is under construction…
December 24, 2009
October 1, 2009
Get Excited.
New Company. New Name. New Logo. Same Designer though, plus some.
I am The Designery.
There are a lot of reasons I’ve decided to start an official business. My name is way too hard to pronounce. Business is growing. I need some help with getting stuff done and bring other people onto projects. I want to be taken seriously. It’s an incentive to become better at what I do. I’ve always wanted to have my own business. I’m made for this.
There’s a new site coming soon… so bethadriaanse.com = thedesignerystudio.com… eventually. The legal and technical stuff is still in the works. But like I said… Get Excited.
August 19, 2009
PHXDW09
I might be the only graphic designer in Tucson who is excited about this (or sees a need for this) Granted there is ZERO design scene in Tucson {gonna have to do something about that soon} maybe I’m just not in the loop or something… but there must be some glimmer of hope for Phoenix. ONE GUY had an idea for this, ONE GUY who decided to do something about the fact that design gets ignored a lot around here. Good job, ONE GUY. I’m pumped. I do wish they would post the full conference program soon though. I hope it’s good. Anyone want to go with me!?
October 21st – 25th
Hi little blog.
I have not posted in FOREVER. I’m still alive. I’ve been really really {thankfully!} busy!
I just finished a site/blog for a couple who recently wrote a book about pregnancy. It was fun to do a truly girly project, since I’ve been told I always tend to design on the feminine side of things, might as well go all out!
Hands Off My Belly: The Pregnant Woman’s Survival Guide to Myths, Mothers, and Moods
By Shawn Tassone, MD and Kathryn Landherr, MD
I’m also working on a big branding project for a client up in Phoenix that will be wrapping up towards the end of September. Then onto something new. What a lovely job!
June 14, 2009
Illustrator Alberto Cerriteño
Living in Portland, but originally from Mexico- Illustrator Alberto Cerriteño is “strongly inspired by urban vinyl toys, alternative cartoons, and the pop surrealism movement. He has developed his own very personal technique and style, having always present a delicate hints of traditional Mexican artistic influences in his management of rich textures and decorative patterns. These contrast strikingly with the blending of desaturated colors and ink, sometimes featuring a vintage coffee finish.”
I love the mixture of simple whimsy and detailed textures. I am also impressed that some of this work is done by hand- ink and paint on paper… I think the ones I have shown here are all digital illustrations. (Go check out his Galleries though. There’s lots more to see!)
So stinkin’ fun. I want him to illustrate a children’s book. Has he? He needs to. Also, he sells prints on Etsy!
June 11, 2009
BURN shirts
I designed this shirt for my client BURN Lifestyle Renovations. {new website, by me, coming soon} They are awesome people and I love working with them! They live in LA now, because they’re going to be famous. Anyway, the shirts turned out pretty nice. I’m so very glad I got to keep one!
{ this is the first post about something I, myself, have actually designed… for the record.}
Other interesting fact: The real shirts are American Apparel V-necks. Which means they are slightly more attractive than pictured here.
May 24, 2009
Gimme
My office / home in general is in need of rad designery. We have some great furniture and accessories, but for some reason I don’t ever hang things on walls. Every designer has prints of other (more famous) designers work on their walls.
I’ve been frequenting the blog ISO50 for a really long time – mostly to drool over the posters and t-shirt artwork in the shop. The blog usually consists of music news/samples, technology finds and product / graphic design. The guy behind all of this is Scott Hansen (amazing portfolio). You might have seen the really wonderful poster he did during campaign time for Obama… Scott aslo has a music project called Tycho. Never listened to the music, but I want all the posters. Mostly retro, but awesome dirty colors and love the patterns and textures. He has a great deal where if you buy 3 or more prints, you get them for $14 each instead of $17.
Perfect… I need exactly 3 or more!
May 1, 2009
SLIGTLY ILLEGAL POST, maybe?
I don’t know why, but I always get nervous about posting some of the things I find. I don’t want to get in trouble, blogs are tricky. So just in case I would like to make a disclaimer on this particular post.
*The pictures in this post are not my work, but the work of Feric. I think they are wonderful illustrations and want to share them, not sell them for proffit or bash them.*
Amazing huh? I’ve been a fan of this guy for a long time. When I was in INDD at Auburn University, I constantly struggled between wanting to make my project look pretty on paper, and wanting it to actually work right. In the end, I think I was more concerned about the layout of my presentation boards rather than if my lounge chair model would in fact be able to hold a person’s weight. Thus, I am a Graphic Designer. Anyhow, Feric was a big inspiration for sketching boring mechanical details in a beautiful way… way. back. when.
April 27, 2009
Earth day every day
So I was going to post this on Earth Day. Oops. Cool Isreali Stamps from 1975, via NOT COT > via this guy. They show the three major kinds of pollution { air, water and noise } … then the absence of such on a tear off portion at the bottom. I think the illustrations are lovely. { the orange thing is an ear. -least clear illustration }
The US has always had really awful stamps- with very few exceptions. The US flag has had the stage for far too long in stamp world. I only get stamps twice a year, and it always seems like I don’t have much to choose from. I always get stuck with old lady sunflowers or something. I’ll blame Email and the Internets. Please go see how absolutely sad our country’s stamp selection is… and lets work on this people.
April 26, 2009
Olive goes hiking
Today David and I took Olive (she’s almost 4 months old) up to Mt. Lemmon to go on a little hike. She’s been on some long hikes behind our house in the desert, so it was something new and different for her to experience. We found some water to play in! It was very fun and dirty. What a fun puppy. So I’m soaking up my last 4 hours of weekend before another busy week… sigh.
