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quick pics emerge from my drawing hand

Beulah's Bubbler Post Card by TAS mania

Quick sketches,  committed to cyber paint.  What might come out of this is the hand on Beulah the bubbler - a keeper, more font clips used in my artwork and who knows what else.  Now and then and especially  at the beginning of a project, I like to quickly sketch without regard to technique, skill, concept or preconceived.  Surprises usually burst out!  For more pictures. . . expand the story! 

what's in your snow globe?

  

  
  

TAS mania for goAWAYgear LLC,  what's in your snow globe?

Just a bit of fun as I play with patches of designs for  custom quilt fabric.  Now that I am state side, I can proudly say my graphics are "MADE in the US of A" ha ha! -All the marketing buzz these days.   

Stay tuned for the fabric and wallpaper.  The theme will tangent to fun dog  filled snow globes.  The sewing machine is coming this Sunday!  So I will make some designs for the chicken hawk and gregarious flamingo fabrics influenced by the 20s designs and the colors of eastern european screen print art posters. 

Two for the post of one

The Funny Bone Clinic - Doctor's office  by TASmania

Factory Direct by  TASmania
two for the post of one!

Stamp Art - Mary Mack and Friends

Queen Victoria - Graphic Collage by lilboutlot

 What do Big Ben, a dancing dog, Mary Mack and an umbrella  have in common?  Queen  Victoria is the answer.  Just the beginning  of   image illustrations around the poem for Mary Mack and Friends.   Take a look as my color, style, images form.  I'll be back!

                

                         Click the pic and you will go to the details!  and come back!

10,000 hours of doing something makes you a master?

Mary Mack and Friends - travel postcard by lilboutlot

Imagine an image illustration that takes 11 years.  In the age of instant gratification and ADHD, I think I am on to something.   I handmade or hand touched if you will,  everything in this illustration.  I clicked the photos of the elephants in Addo Elephant Park 2008, crossed the bridge in Prague 2001,  painted the pinking shears  at my mom and dad's house in 2008,  adobe illustrated birds and babbles 2008- 2012 and morphed the characters from my travel happy small people yesterday.   This is my 10,000 hours, coming together.  It is a long sitting still effort.  Other may do it by clipping and copying.   For me I have "first hand" knowledge of every little piece of the story.  Not sure why.  But it is my way

                  Rabbit Bear Peace Bodies by lilboutlot

why RGB and CMYK? why not just one?

It  really is frustrating, that colors have to be different for print, for web, for whatever.  Let's just make it easy already. 

Remove the Muzzle

Back at it!  After  three years of working with a  muzzle on my  design work, I am back to producing!  No more U.S. PEACE CORPS!  I now can link my internet identities!  Mention Macedonia with goAWAY gear and Travel Happy.    I look forward to posting happy! 

This is the marketing/packaging drafts for an eco design project working with artisans in Macedonia.  Ideas to Real in WOOD!   

      handmade is better made                        time honored is fair wage

 

Right below are some links to look at for  a broader view!

European Culture Foundation  RHIZ  network

PHOTO ALBUM OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION PROCESS