Illustration Inspiration: New Yorker Covers By Eric Drooker
Posted: June 28th, 2010 | Author: jennyrusks
This post can be filed along with several others under the “I wish I could do this” category. Eric Drooker is a painter, illustrator and graphic novelist from Manhattan Island. He’s illustrated numerous covers for New Yorker magazine (which is what this post is about) but is also the author of Flood! A Novel In Pictures
I’ve picked out twelve of his New Yorker covers which I absolutely love. I like the humour and occasional poignancy, not to mention the gorgeous painting style and colours used. You can see these and much more on Eric Drooker’s web site.
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Shake In The City Book
Posted: June 21st, 2010 | Author: jennyrusks
I love this book design by Edel Flynn, winner of the Visual Communications category of the Digital Hub’s Exhibit competition. Edel is a Fourth Year BA Hons Visual Communications student at Athlone Institute of Technology and her project is called “Shake in the City”.
The aim of the book is to make the work of William Shakespeare more accessible to a contemporary urban audience. Illustration and photography are used to present a modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s work. The story has been re-set his work in Dublin City to help readers identify more strongly with the setting and themes covered in the plays.
You can read more about Edel’s work and the winners in the other categories on the Digital Hub site.
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Laughing Lion Design Closes Its Doors For Business
Posted: June 16th, 2010 | Author: jennyrusks
So I’ve decided to close down and dissolve Laughing Lion Design. It’s officially been a company since 2006. I’m doing this for a few reasons and it has nothing to do with a downturn or lack of business, there seems to be plenty of work out there if you’re willing to find it.
What ultimately prompted me to make the decision, is that my husband, who I’m completely bananas about has been sick and there is nothing that helps you prioritize faster than having a loved one not doing so well. Let me say he will be fine in time but it’s made me think that I’ve been spending far too long in front of a computer or with a laptop stuck on my knees. I can’t ever see myself looking back and thinking “I wish I’d spent more time on the internet.”
My second reason for shutting up shop is one that I’ve known for a long time and that is: I’m a really crap business woman. I’m good at design and making things look nice (and a few other things) but I quite literally agonize over talking about money, invoicing, forms and all that stuff. I have a great and patient accountant who speaks to me in baby language and I still don’t understand it. The “business end” of the business of design has always flummoxed me and I’ve never really come to terms with it, so I’m bowing out now while I still have my sanity.
I’m in a very lucky position in that I’ve had a steady job teaching design for nearly eight years now – Photoshop, illustrator, Indesign and web design – even while I was running (or attempting to run) the company so I’m not out of work and I also have my writing job for Sitepoint’s Design blog (so no need to send those food parcels and cheques just yet, although I do love food parcels).
So thanks to everyone who has hired (and paid) me to design websites, brochures, posters, business cards, logos and all the assorted bits and bobs over the past few years. It’s probably going to take a few weeks/months to wind the company up, apparently there are many forms to fill out and hoops to jump through, but I am no longer doing any more design work for the company.
I feel quite relieved now that I’ve finally made this decision and have no regrets about either starting or finishing it. I tried it and it wasn’t for me so now I can move on.
I would like to mention that I’m still interested in design and illustration collaboration projects for fun and doing things I really enjoy like photography as a hobby.
Finally this blog will continue with design news and tutorials. I started this before I started the company and it doesn’t really cause me any stress and I think people find the tutorials useful so that makes me happy too.
Till next time
Jennifer
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Newly Discovered London Underground Posters
Posted: June 9th, 2010 | Author: jennyrusks
Absolutely love these posters. They were found in the Notting Hill Gate station. I’ll quote directly from the flickr site.
Work at the station has recently uncovered these amazing advertising posters in non-public areas and that date from c1956 – 1959 when the station’s lifts were removed and replaced by escalators. These are in an old lift passageway.
We will be leaving these intact – and please do not pester the station staff as the posters are wholly inaccessible – which is why they’ve probably survived 50 odd years!
The photos were taken officially – please do credit London Underground in any links.
You can see all the photographs of the posters here.
(Found via Creative Review on twitter.)
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Design & Photography Links 7 June 2010
Posted: June 7th, 2010 | Author: jennyrusks
Here’s a few bits and pieces of interest for designers, illustrators and photographers.
There’s a nice vector world map available on the Adobe Exchange site – it’s actually been available since 2002, but I only recently came across it. Most of the countries on the map are selectable and it’s free to download as an Adobe Illustrator file.
Magnum Photos have released an iPhone app of interest to Photography lovers. The Magnum Photos & Reporters Without Borders Album application lets you:
- Discover 101 legendary Magnum photos
- Complete your mosaic of images every week
- Select your favorite photos
- Behind each icon, discover the stories of legendaries photographs
It costs €2.99 for the app and there are some free image sets included.
Check out the Font Fabric site which has tons of free font goodness to download including this one called Dan (via Design Buzz).
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