Etsy Store

Just a small note that I've added copies of my 'POUND' book and several prints from the book to my etsy store here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/DesignByZoe

Rive Design: Sexy Lace

Ok, so...

I needed some good floral reference for a sexy fishnet/lace, so I might have scanned some stockings for better inspiration. Anyways, two palettes.

Charcoal and Silver

Chocolate and Gold

RIVE Prague Design and Lace Design

Some more exciting variations designs for the awesome company Rive! I've got a new twist on Victorian Power Room with Lace and some finalized options for a Prague cityscape.

Victorian Lace w/ Lady's Cameo and black ribbon.

Victorian Lace w/ Two Ladies' Cameos

Final Prague Cityscape Design

Different Prague Cityscape Design (not the final but still fun).

New Rive designs: 2nd snow day *1 New Image*

So in a classic New England turn of events, today marks the second snow day in two weeks that I've had from my office job. Last snow day I was able to lock down a good design direction for my Prague design (I'll show it eventually), and get the Turkish Thistle design to a great testing phase. Today, I've got these, all for Rive.

'he LOVES me'

No 'nots' here! A VERY pink, very girly, very whimsical design with pinks and oranges. Top two blocks of color reflect silicone cap/boot color suggestions.

'nerd glasses'

Nerd is pretty 'in' right now, so I played with the idea of Star Trek/sci-fi silver (all gray=silver) plus a vintage 3-D glasses color palette. Most of the glasses are actually relatively modern or vintage-popular, so I tried mixing the red stripes with the silver bands to make a pseudo-plaid background pattern.

'nerd glasses--old gold'

Recent addition of ochre and gold.

'mix tape love'

I guess I've got a pretty romantic theme going on right now, as my boyfriend and I just celebrated our 5 year (dating) anniversary...well, here you go. A cute/vintage punky throwback to mix tapes and journal scribbles. Cap suggestions shown at the top (sparkly silver or watermelon pop).

Current Rive Design Doodles

Was just given the green light from Rive to show some of my current workings for the super awesome chic glass water bottles. Part of my New Years' Resolution! Post more art!

This is actually a design that was finished November-December of 2010, but I LOVE it and Zebra finches are some of my favorite birds ever.

My current color edits--favoring the design on the right just a little more...I've NEVER liked cobalt and yellow/orange before, but it makes a lot of surprising SENSE in this design. Who knew?

The earlier color studies and experimentations.

So that's it for now--working on a bunch of other designs in tandem, but I'm exhausted and its a snow day so that's it for the day.

Mexico Blues

The beginning of the Mexico photos in blue-scale. These were all taken on the island of Isla Mujeres in Mexico over the past week with my Canon Rebel Xti. Plenty of more photos to come.

Isla Blanca sign on the Gulf side of the Island.

Abstract shapes in paint on cement.

Blue door to Lolo's Bakery in the early morning.

Close-up shot of the door handles to Lolo's Bakery.

Abstract view of doorstep to Lolo's bakery.

Old fence posts on the Punta Sur end of the island on the Atlantic side.

Blue and Green homes across the street in the early morning.

A Brief Look at Mexico

Proper artsy photos to be uploaded over the following days, but a fun touristy video snippit from my vacation...