March 2, 2013

The day I discovered Tru Vue’s Museum Glass.

Filed under: How it's made,Thoughts @ 1:12 pm Share your thoughts

I went to Blick art store last week­end to have a few of my illus­tra­tions printed, and some­thing caught my eye on the cus­tom fram­ing counter: It was a box frame dis­play­ing Tru Vue’s Museum Glass panel against their Con­ser­va­tion Clear glass panel, or what seemed to be close to reg­u­lar glass (plus UV pro­tec­tion). Here it is:

Museum glass

I had to look closely to believe there was any glass on the right side of the frame! Both flow­ers are iden­ti­cal, and look how nice and crisp the col­ors are on the one that’s behind the Museum Glass – which also had UV pro­tec­tion to pre­vent fading.

I didn’t know this type of glass treat­ment existed, and I think it is amaz­ing. It made me want to replace the glass on every framed thing I own! But then I asked about the price :) An 11“x14” panel of Museum Glass costs around $50. It is actu­ally a great price to pay to pro­tect valu­able pieces of art, and espe­cially to enjoy their true col­ors and clarity.

Here is how it’s made. This dia­gram is taken from Tru Vue’s web­site.

TruVue_WebDiagram_MuseumGlass

Just bril­liant. ☮

Filed under: How it's made,Thoughts @ 1:12 pm Share your thoughts

February 22, 2013

Yoga, illustrated.

Filed under: Design & Illustration,My Work @ 8:13 pm Share your thoughts

I was com­mis­sioned a while ago to illus­trate yoga poses for an ebook that is being used by a yoga cen­ter in San Francisco.

The client I worked with gave me a bunch of dif­fer­ent pho­tos and images, and I uni­fied them all with a sin­gle style. He chose to have a brunette woman model them all – I named her Inès. Here is a selec­tion of the illus­tra­tions that were done for this project. Click on the thumb­nails under this image to see more.

Pokidots!_YogaIllustrations_1

It was nice and chal­leng­ing to work on poses that I’m not used to draw­ing. It would be a lit­tle uncom­fort­able for my illus­trated women with fancy dresses to pose like this, I have to say ;) ☮

Filed under: Design & Illustration,My Work @ 8:13 pm Share your thoughts

February 5, 2013

Happy black history month!

Filed under: Design & Illustration,Events,My Work @ 9:39 am Share your thoughts

Feb­ru­ary is black his­tory month.

Here’s to my friends of all shades of black, none of whom are in Seat­tle… Happy February! ☮

Filed under: Design & Illustration,Events,My Work @ 9:39 am Share your thoughts

February 1, 2013

Pokidots! turned 4 today!

Filed under: Design & Illustration,My Work @ 12:40 am Share your thoughts

I launched Poki­dots! in Feb­ru­ary 2009; it’s been four years already!
And it has def­i­nitely been an incred­i­ble journey.

The best is yet to come. I am work­ing on new illus­tra­tions every day and updat­ing my web­site which will be focused on two things: sim­plic­ity and fash­ion illus­tra­tion.
I can’t wait to pub­lish every­thing soon. Wait for the announce­ment, there will be new things to see in just a few weeks!

Here’s to another beau­ti­ful year at Poki­dots! and suc­cess and won­der­ful times to all of you my fel­low artists and busi­ness owners. ☮

Pokidots!_HappyFour!

 

Filed under: Design & Illustration,My Work @ 12:40 am Share your thoughts

January 1, 2013

Happy New Year! Free calendar and resolutions.

Filed under: About me,Inspiration,My Work @ 2:17 pm Share your thoughts

I hope every­one had a nice time last night, wel­com­ing the new year.

2012 has been a year of big changes and new adven­tures for me, mainly on a per­sonal level. I turned 30 in March, and between my work projects and mul­ti­ple trips, I man­aged to check a few per­sonal to-do’s off my list: I trained dur­ing the sum­mer for the 200-mile bike ride from Seat­tle to Van­cou­ver, BC, which I did in August, I spent 2 beau­ti­ful weeks in Lebanon, I went sky­div­ing for the first time, I took my first snow­board­ing les­son, and I got mar­ried! (That last one wasn’t really on the to-do list, but it’s another happy 2012 event.)
A lot of other celebration-worthy events hap­pened as well, and over­all, 2012 has been a won­der­ful, mem­o­rable year.

For 2013, I have decided to focus on 3 things:

Pos­i­tiv­ity

I want to focus on the pos­i­tive aspects of my life. I know there will be lows and sad moments, but I want to keep remem­ber­ing that life is a cycle, and there is always sun­shine after the rain.

Dis­ci­pline

There are a lot of things in 2012 that I could have done bet­ter, sooner, or with more care. There is no point look­ing back now; this year I want to be more dis­ci­plined to achieve more.

Peace of mind

One of the things that made my 2012 won­der­ful (espe­cially the 2nd half) was that I am more at peace with myself. Over­all, I am happy with who I am and what I have right now. Of course, there is – always – room for improve­ment, lots of things I still want to change, but I am tak­ing the road to improve­ment with peace, not frus­tra­tion. I think peace of mind is a very impor­tant level to reach.

Pokidots!_2013Resolutions

My focus areas of 2013 are pos­i­tiv­ity, dis­ci­pline, and peace of mind. What are yours?

Down­load the free Jan­u­ary cal­en­dar here. ☮

 

Filed under: About me,Inspiration,My Work @ 2:17 pm Share your thoughts

Older Posts »