Illustration Friday http://illustrationfriday.com/blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:22:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Moo My My! http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/02/03/moo-my-my/ http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/02/03/moo-my-my/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:22:51 +0000 penelope http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/?p=3312 So the story goes that one day, Moo asked themselves, “What would the most beautiful business card in the world look like?” A few months, and some truly innovative new technology later, they created the answer – Luxe Business Cards.

And I would say that they are right. These really are the most beautiful business cards.

My cards arrived in a very understated, white box. A simple tear-drop logo on the outside.

And then the lid lifts open and there they were… My bright (almost glowing!) cards. I had uploaded 25 of my original illustrations to the Moo site using their Printfinity program. It was so easy I thought I was doing it wrong. But nope, it’s just that easy. I had my name and website printed on the back. I went with subtle design because that’s just me. Plus, the cards kind of speak for themselves. They are more like artists trading cards than business cards, they are so pretty.

And they are thick. SUPER thick. Three times as thick as normal business cards, giving them a strong, sturdy feel. Almost letterpress-like. I tried to capture that in the photo below… You can see that in the middle of each side of the card is a rich seam of color. (The seam on my cards is navy to match the information side.)

I was also blown away by the print quality. The image sharpness is gorgeous and none of the details are lost. And the colors are spot-on… something I didn’t mess with at all. Moo just got it right.

I think the only downside to these cards is that they are too pretty to give away. Like mini art pieces. I’d never drop one in a “win a free lunch” fish bowl. Although, at the great price of $34.99 for 50, I think I’ll just order another set.

Get the details about Moo Luxe Business Cards here. And check out more of Moo here.

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This week’s topic is “Suspense” suggested by Rod Macgregor (http://thepenmover.blogspot.com/).

“This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.” ~ Oscar Wilde

Happy Drawing!

penelope

p.s. Our mailing list apparently took a big crash, so while we’re working on getting something new up and running, please note new topics on the homepage, the IF*Blog, Facebook, and Twitter. Thanks for your understanding! (And thank goodness for social media! …I never thought I’d say that. :))

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]]> http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/02/03/new-topic-suspense/feed/ 0 Nidhi Chanani http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/02/02/nidhi-chanani/ http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/02/02/nidhi-chanani/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:56:01 +0000 penelope http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/?p=3280

Nidhi (pronounced nitty, rhymes with kitty) Chanani is a freelance artist and designer. Born in Calcutta and raised in suburban California. She currently draws and dreams in San Francisco. She creates art because it makes her happy – with the hope that it can make others happy, too.

Check out more of her sweet work here, a short Q&A here, and her blog here.

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Students take note!

ArtLA in Santa Monica, CA is hosting a student art contest right now. It’s open to students of any age, and it’s free to enter. Prize for winning is $10,000 in cash, a new MacBook Pro, and a gallery show at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, CA, along with some other great perks. (Super wow!)

Read the contest rules here. Register for free here.

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]]> http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/02/01/artla-student-art-contest/feed/ 0 nicoletta ceccoli http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/31/nicoletta-ceccoli/ http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/31/nicoletta-ceccoli/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:54:10 +0000 penelope http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/?p=3243

Nicoletta Ceccoli has illustrated many books, mainly in Italy, the USA and the UK. Her work has been exhibited at the Bologna Children’s Book fair seven times. She has also shown her work among the others in ‘Roq la Rue’ (Seattle), ’Magic Pony’(Toronto), ’Dorothy Circus’(Rome), Richard Goodall Gallery(Manchester).

In 2001, Nicoletta was awarded with the Andersen prize as best Italian illustrator of the year. She is also a four time recipient of the ‘award of excellence’ from Communication Arts. In 2006 she received the silver medal from Society of Illustrator (New York).

Visit her website here for more of her outstanding work.

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]]> http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/31/nicoletta-ceccoli/feed/ 2 anna walker http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/30/anna-walker/ http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/30/anna-walker/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:31:42 +0000 penelope http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/?p=3251

Anna Walker works in a basement in Melbourne, shared by other friendly souls and a dog called Sunshine. She likes to draw, knit wooly animals and tell stories. Look at her site here, books here, and blog here.

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]]> http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/30/anna-walker/feed/ 1 Google+ Mastery http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/29/3266/ http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/29/3266/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:30:28 +0000 Steve Mack http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/?p=3266

Alex Mathers has put together a comprehensive guide for creatives and other freelancing heroes on how to use Google+ for winning projects and clients. The course becomes available on February 7th 2012.

Alex asked Philippines-based illustrator Dan Matutina to create the artwork for the course and to add some further depth to it. The results are sampled in the beautiful images below!

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]]> http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/29/3266/feed/ 0 New Topic http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/27/new-topic/ http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/27/new-topic/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:06:41 +0000 admin http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/?p=3263 Hi all,

It looks like we’re still having some issues with our mailing list. Hopefully we’ll get it cleared up soon.

In any case, the new topic is “Forward” suggested by Becky Caldwell (http://www.becomingbeck.com/).

Happy drawing!

-penelope

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]]> http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/27/new-topic/feed/ 0 Fabio Barilari http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/26/fabio-barilari/ http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/26/fabio-barilari/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:23:50 +0000 penelope http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/?p=3231

Fabio Barilari is an Italian architect, painter and illustrator. As an illustrator, he has collaborated with music and comic-strips magazines such as “Follow That Dream” and “ANIMAls” and with the English-speaking theatre companies “ The Rome Savoyards” and “Eternal Lines” in Rome. View his blog here. And find more gorgeous works here, here and here.

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]]> http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/26/fabio-barilari/feed/ 0 Michelle Armas http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/26/michelle-armas/ http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2012/01/26/michelle-armas/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:35:24 +0000 penelope http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/?p=3217

Michelle Armas is an Atlanta-based artist who does amazing abstracts. Check out her bio here. A step-by-step here. Her blog here. And more work here.

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