ChrisR | Daily Designing

Prismacolor sketch-Sunflower

Posted by ChrisR on Jun 5, 2010 in Art and Drawings (non-digital), Illustration | Comments Off

On the weekends I’ve been enjoying sketching flowers. I’m fascinated with Sunflowers and have a wild area in my yard filled with them. Here is a Prismacolor sketch I did.

Pencil Sketch- Tulip

Posted by ChrisR on May 2, 2010 in Art and Drawings (non-digital) | 1 comment

Goal is to do one sketch a week. Here is a sketch of one of the tupils I planted.

Sketch-Red Umbrella Windy Night

Posted by ChrisR on Apr 23, 2010 in Art and Drawings (non-digital), Illustration | Comments Off

Digging through my sketch archives and came across this pencil sketch I did for a editorial project. Reminds me to take more time to get back to story telling through Illustrations.

Spring – Empty Nest

Posted by ChrisR on Apr 7, 2010 in Art and Drawings (non-digital) | 4 comments

Enjoyed creating this birds nest sketch in watercolor and Prismacolors.

Grunge Album Art

Posted by ChrisR on Apr 1, 2010 in Digital Art/Drawing, Illustration | 3 comments

Created this piece in Photoshop for a music project my son is working on. He writes lyrics and songs and wanted me to make him art that would represent the mood of the music. Used some brushes, imagery and type.

Whimsical Nature Logo

Posted by ChrisR on Mar 23, 2010 in Graphic Design, Illustration | Comments Off

Found a tutorial on creating a nature/green logo in Illustrator at Smashing Magazine. It was fairly involved and I didn’t add all the elements like the dirt. I much rather spend my day Illustrating! Had fun with it.

Sketch of Country Store and Restaurant

Posted by ChrisR on Mar 7, 2010 in Art and Drawings (non-digital) | 4 comments

I did this sketch a while back for a client that wanted something different and custom ‘country looking’ for her store. I used the sketch to produce her brochure and other collateral materials.

Clean and Green Website Banner

Posted by ChrisR on Mar 3, 2010 in Web Site Graphics | Comments Off

Website banner for a site utilizing a few different design elements. I used istockphotos and Illustrator to create a background that represents an environmentally friendly way to clean RV and boat toilets/tanks.