Yearning for God.

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Another new blog header has been brought into the world, this time over at the blog "Yearning for God."

I enjoyed the request of mixing daffodils and images from the Washington coast. I'd taken a trip to Washington back in 2004, and spent a few days driving and hanging out along the beaches in mid-September when there were few other people and overwhelming beauty. It was memories of that vacation that I brought into use in this graphic. I also created two other options, as usual, to pick from. Generally, I produce three images for the client to choose from. The second option was a more traditional Washington coast scene, and the third was simple daffodil imagery.

If you'd like your own custom blog header or blog graphics, I can help you with that. Read more here.

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Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger      5/15/2008 09:20:00 AM      (1) comments      Links to this post    

Views from the road.

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I like the phrase "views from the road" -- it makes me think of highways and road trips and hikes and discoveries.

I had the opportunity to design a blog header for a the Views From The Road blog, and found myself with the delightful "task" of coming up with some artwork.

The header that was chosen of the three created was this one. I went for a "North Dakota" road look, the nearly flat road going off into a wide horizon with the only trees being the utility poles that line so many township roads here. North Dakota roads are the perfect place to learn to draw one-point perspective. The owner of the blog, who hails from North Dakota originally, may have recognized that flat, open road that opened up clearly ahead, no obstructions.

The second graphic I drew was monochromatic and mellow, using three slight variations of blue and a blue pen. My aim was to give the graphic an unstudied air about it, the idea of the open road metaphorically hazy before me and in my mind.

The third graphic is the one you see here in this post. This is more the traditional watercolor study that visitors to this website see periodically. Using watercolor to loosely lay out the colors, I followed up with my gray-blue pen and created a forest road with a destination unknown and unseen, hidden behind curves and trees.

If you have a blog or website that is in need of a new header graphic, or just some new graphics in general, look no further. Read more here to find out what you need to do to make it happen.

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Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger      5/09/2008 03:00:00 PM      (2) comments      Links to this post    

Byword and the St. Ignace lighthouse.

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The band Byword, based in Northern Idaho, stumbled upon my sketch of the St. Ignace lighthouse, which I drew while on vacation last year.

Gotta love Google image search, sometimes.

The sketch is actually quite small; I made it using a simple black ink pen in a fairly small journal that I'd purchased at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, propped up on the railing that led to the lighthouse.

It's what I'd call a gesture drawing, the loose kind where the pen doesn't leave the surface of the page much and I tend to worry less about accurate perspective or details and, instead, go for the main message.

The devil is in the details, you know, and I don't want to deal with that.

Anyway, if you happen to see someone walking around with a shirt on that features this image...now you know.

And one more thing.

Definitely check out Byword's web site and their music. They're on CD Baby, too.

It's good stuff.

UPDATE: Check out the T-shirt! I was told by a band member that it was a top-seller. Very cool!

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Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger      4/16/2008 02:52:00 PM      (0) comments      Links to this post    

The Hobbit needs a map.

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For those curious as to some of the places to find my work, you can find it on the program of a theater production of The Hobbit. I've had my art used in a variety of ways, but this is the first time it's appeared on a program for a theater production.

The image in use is my rendition of Thror's Map, which you can see here.

I'd drawn it a few years ago, on faux parchment paper using an ink-dip pen. I then aged it with colored pencils and used a mixture of brown and yellow ink to get the faded dwarf writing effect.

Anyway, I am happy to see such a fine story put on the stage by great kids. You can find out more about the theater production and group here.

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Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger      4/10/2008 10:22:00 AM      (0) comments      Links to this post    

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