Archive for May, 2009

free cuties for June 1st

free cuties for June 1st

It’s International Children’s Day celebrated on June 1. At least in many countries, Poland included. That’s why I prepared this threesome.
Plus… it’s good to pamper one’s inner child from time to time. Well, I would rather go for old fashioned teady-bears but had no good idea how to draw them. So, maybe next time…

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on waves. simple free vector illustration

on waves. simple free vector illustration

Strangely enough it started with a dress squeezed into my scanner. Black beads. Star-like flowers. Plus The Science of Dreams I’ve seen recently (by Michel Gondry, with Gael García Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg).
My illustration was finished when I leafed through the Hundertwasser postcards I’d bought in Vienna two weeks ago. I had no time [...]

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hibiscus flowers – vector freebies

hibiscus flowers – vector freebies

I found a flower pot by the trash-cans in my courtyard on Saturday before Easter. Two long ligneous branches, a few deep-green leaves, plenty of yellow, falling ones (nothing too spectacular).
But I took it home.
When I saw it that morning (and it was May, 1st – isn’t it a day that has something to [...]

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scandinavian-style simple patterns – freebies for PS and Ai

scandinavian-style simple patterns – freebies for PS and Ai

This time simple patterns, both for Photoshop (9 in set) and for Illustrator (pattern swatches, there are few extra color versions). Maybe it’s just me but I recover the scandinavian style in them. As far Scandinavia – few Junes ago I drove (we were two so I did a half) it all around (Poland > Via Baltica (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) > Finnland > Norway (NordCapp) > Sweden > Denmark > Germany > Poland). From all the landscapes I’ve seen so far in my life, some of those above the polar circle were the most amazing ones (and round-the-clock).

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new season makeover – my new spring/summer avatar

new season makeover – my new spring/summer avatar

Is it the extended weekend that I somehow forgot about all to-dos, shoulds, have-tos etc? Totally laid-back – it’s not very me… (yet?).
About the afternoon I felt I miss my macbook, woke it up and had this sudden urge to change my avatar. The one (to the left) I’ve been using up to now was a self-portrait created in Illustrator. The plan was to modify it and make it more for spring and summer. Ear muffs and my warmest yellow sweater are deep down in the closet now.

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