Sketches for Bowman Family Geneology

Sketches for the Bowman Family Tree

The above images are rough sketches to "get ideas flowing" (good ol' flo) for a family tree project for my grandma or "Nanny" (as we Crum kids like to call her). She will be 90 this year and she recently looked into her geneology and was able to find 15 generations all the way back to 1542 in a little town in Germany. Pretty cool - and I get to illustrate it!
Rough rough rough...to get the concepts and styling ideas started...

Oh My...

Above: C. Adam (my nephew) - a sketch for the C. Adam's Bakery Logo (my sister's bakery in Milwaukee Wisconsin...sooooo delicious - if you have a chance, go there and eat the bakery there becuase it will be the best you have ever had, and I am not just saying that because she is my sister)!
I am organizing my studio right now as I apply for graduate study and start gearing up for more creativity, and I came across some projects I had forgotten about...



Above: cover illustration concept for a bread cookbook



Above: illustration for pet supplier annual report




Above: Sketches I found for a business card I worked on (we didn't move forward with these)...



This last year has been the most work- intensive year I have ever had. I had been given a great opportunity at work, but I though all of the working hours (sometimes 70 hours a week), I realized that I really really really would rather spend my time living my life and focusing on my family, life, travel adventures, and of course, my illustration. I am just so happy now to be able to finally come home and say..."oh yeah, I don't have to keep on working on "work" tonight!"...which frees up my brain for things I would like to pursue. Thank goodness!!

More to come...

hmmmmm...

hmmm...my last post is very similar to my previous last post. Coincidence? I think not. That is the design world - no work, and then a shitload of it! I am not sure why it seems to be this way, but it just is this way. That's what I get for working for corporate America! weeeee! A great way to maintain your life - NOT! Ah well. I guess I shouldn't complain. I have a good job, and in this economy, I am pretty lucky I suppose.

More illustrations from other times...

I suck.

Above are some more recent illustrations for product...


I know. I suck. It has been way (way way) too long. I was working 80 hours a week - this is no misprint - 80 hours a week on a website for the Hallmark Trends group. My partner designer and I are back to our regular jobs now and now Jon can see me again...One good thing is that I am illustrating for kids product now which makes me very excited!

Okay okay OKAY!!! Sooorry!

Okay okay OKAY! I know I haven't been here in a while...I really have no excuse except that I have been working a lot. Work shmurk. Still, no excuse. After all the craziness for this last big deadline, Jon and I went camping last weekend with our friends Kelley and Chris. We meant to go canoing, but it stormed like crazy the night we camped and the river was way too full. Southern Missouri is really pretty though...can't wait to go again soon. As for my illustration stuff, right now I am working on an "Adventure's with Dad" father's day collection. Until that is done, here is some stuff from a looooong time ago from scenic painting with Amanda Kindregan at the Village Theater in Washington. And, more recently, the invite for the Friends of Parkville Animal Shelter...it's in just a few weeks! SO, come on everybody come on - support the building of a new shelter for our animal friends!

Friends of Parkville Animal Shelter Invitation

Come one come all! There will be a band and food and even exotic hawiian alcoholic beverages! Coming soon in July!

Also, don't forget to check out FOPAS at the PetExpo next weekend...

www.patrihaproductions.com/PetExpo/