tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81325374382870103542012-02-15T22:40:54.901-08:00Helena Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010126883022805699noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132537438287010354.post-89670745411917236102009-12-01T15:11:00.000-08:002009-12-02T15:48:47.065-08:00

This poster, commissioned by a friend of mine, is for a group art show at the Gritty Gallery in Whitehorse, Yukon. The gallery is a bike shop during the summer and an art gallery/ studio space during the winter months. I had oodles of fun working with clipart and steampunk-inspired imagery! Thank you, Ja5ck!

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This week I made a music complilation for some friends of mine and named the cd after one of the songs, "Drunken Angel," by Lucinda Williams. Inspired by this song title, I drummed up this illustration for the cd cover art!

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This is a game page that I submitted to a Canadian kids magazine, in hopes of being published in their upcoming "Ice Cream" issue. (Unfortunately they use the same artist for all of their game pages at the moment, but they liked my style and showed interest in my illustration! yay!!)

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Here's the second t-shirt that I fixed up for the 420 Hemp Shop. (See previous post to see the first one and for more details about what this project is all about.) This one was a real hit! (Even the young folk thought so!!)

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Last week I dropped by the 420 Hemp Shop to purchase my monthly bar of soap and got talking with Danny, the owner, about printing slogans and images on hemp t-shirts. He had a rack of t-shirts that had been damaged by the sun and was marking them down in price to try to sell them. Well, it gave me an idea.... a few years back I purchased some basic silk screen equipment with the intention of

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Yesterday was a gorgeous sunny day here in Sechelt, and it inspired me to do this pencil sketch of the log cabin I've been living in for the past few years.

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View outside my window.

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Instantaneous, spontaneous and uninhibited, children draw from a place within; non-judging and free. As a graphic designer I've been trained to strive for perfection and to avoid compromising, so when working on extracurricular creations it's a challenge to throw caution to the wind and work without caring how things will turn out or how others will view my work. Children's art inspires me to

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Comox was one of many places to get a huge dumping of snow today..... and it is glorious! Snow always inspires me, so I donned my sorels and ventured out into the white bliss, camera in hand. These were taken at my sister's place, where I'm currently housesitting.

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This morning I received word that the design committee of the Pacific Region Tai Chi Society has chosen my t-shirt design! (See November 30 posting) I'm pretty excited!! 

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Wow, it's December 1st already and that means Christmas card time! This is the card I created to send out to all my clients. The dotted circles are part of my new website concept. (Website to be up soon!)

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A couple of months ago I signed up to learn Tai Chi with my spouse, Doug, and our friend, Jim. It was Jim who convinced us to sign up and I'm so thankful that he did, because I've been loving it! Every thursday evening we make our way to St. Hilda's church in Sechelt for two hours of observing, learning, practicing and moving. There are 108 moves in Tai Chi and it takes a 12 week course to be

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Welcome to my dandy graphics blog! An extension of my website, dandygraphics.ca, I'll be posting images of my dandy projects, my extracurricular creations and images that inspire me.The other day while out walking, I was inspired by my neighbours apple tree, with its intertwined scraggly branches and the few ruby red apples that remain on its branches. The branches reminded me of the "ink & straw

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