Ever since I created the little goth dolls I’ve had a bunch of cute designs spinning around in my head. I also changed the design of my blog (please click on the link if you’re reading this from Facebook or a reader so you can see the change!) Still have a few adjustments to make, but I love the way the pages looks now. ^_^

Anyway, here is my latest creation – a little mermaid

Yes, I know, she has a similar color scheme to another Little Mermaid (totally unoriginal). I will be changing colors, applying textures and making a set for Etsy in the coming days.

As you know, I make the product ads for Lady Nocturna’s Amigurumi Madness. Recently she completed a variety of dolls and I’ve been busy creating their ads (among other things that have kept me busy!)

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Here is my newest creation in Illustrator, I’m really getting addicted to using this program.  ^_^

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They say practice makes perfect right? Well, in the quest to master creating illustrations using only Illustrator (versus drawing by hand and then scanning) I have created another cutey.

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It’s raining and cold today. Perfect conditions for designing and creating all sorts of cool (and cute) stuff. So I turned on my Windows Media Player and queued up my Sarah Brightman CDs on shuffle. I was all intent on creating a vase with decorations, it what was suppose to be a Mexican Vase in Illustrator, but somewhere along the way I got side tracked… VOILA! This incredibly posh fashion model was born (her skirt used to be the vase).

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So I was playing around in Illustrator and I created a few cute creatures. ^_^

I call this one: Cute Blue Doggy. He is a funky, cute, cartoony, blue dog with a quirky smile, so naturally his slogan will be “Smile”. I know we could all use a bit of cheering lately. The Cute Blue Doggy encourages you to smile!  I placed him on a bunch of merchandise over at my Zazzle store (click on the image for a link).

But…why is he blue?!?

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I’ve finally created a chibi Veda in Illustrator! Now that I’ve made her, I can’t believe it took me this long to do it. It really wasn’t ALL that hard. I must say she doesn’t look bad for my first attempt. Expect more in the future! ^_^

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Hello Everyone!

I know- I’ve been absent for a while. All I can say, without getting into personal details of my life, is that life sends unexpected curve balls your way and you have to deal with them and all the consequences that they stir up in their trajectory. My Christmas vacation wasn’t the escape to Paradise that I had hoped and planned for, but I still got to enjoy some part of it and share moments with my family and friends- which is the most important part.

Anyhoo. Thank you for reading and for hanging on patiently. The last 10 greeting cards of the 30 Days of Design will be forthcoming in the next days. I’m also working on some original designs using Illustrator, which I’ll be posting here soon.

Now, with all of that out of the way:

¡FELIZ DIA DE LOS TRES REYES MAGOS!

I know, the card says “Merry Christmas”, but it still has the three wise men on it. ^_^

Later days!

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Thinking of you – Version 2

This card went through a lot of transformation. First it was going to be a Thank You card (the original file name gives that away), but I decided against doing another Thank You card. The rounded rectangles in the background changed from color, size and position various times before I finally got inspired to fill them with “handwritten” text. I even considered doing a word cloud, like the ones you can create over at Wordle, but decided against it. (I’ll hold on to that idea for a future design). I do like the way the card turned out, specially the bird.

Wow. Only 10 more days of designs left!

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Thinking of You -

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