I see it in my head

The idea is there.. I just can't draw what's in my head!

I am so envious of people who can illustrate..

A Shrubbery!

Walking to my car from work the other day I noticed an over grown hedge type thing and thought "how pretty". Off comes my backpack and out comes my camera. I was trying to get some macros of the hedge just vaguely aware of someone walking past. I only turned around when a college called out "if I were another person I would be wondering what on earth is this strange person doing, but don't worry, it's only me."

Here are some of my snaps:

The whole time I was snapping I was thinking of ways to turn this into a print for Gocco.. stay tuned!

Intentionally Impersonal

Insultingly practical isn't it! But that's why it's meant to be funny. Hopefully the receiver(s) will accept it in the spirit that it's given :) 

I've now discovered how tricky it is choosing colours. Here's today's best shot at colouring a Raffee badge.

Would like to get Raffee working on nice blue/orange/green background so will keep working on it..

Raffee

So I'm just starting to play a bit with Adobe Illustrator. Thought I'd fiddle with a design for my next gocco print. I came up with a giraffe. While this isn't the exact design that's going to print, it's a silhouette of Raffee.. 4 silhouettes actually :) 

I did lots of experimenting before I came up with this, and if I get a little braver I may even post the mess that I made in AI. It's kinda fun to look at the progression.. for me anyways.