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In The Heart Of The Beast Theatre // Enchanted Forest Poster

A very fun project slid itself across my doormat recently. I was asked to help create a poster for the New Year’s benefit of a local theatre: In The Heart Of The Beast Theatre. The event was put on by Smoked Trout Productions, of which my friend, Jim, was humblingly helpful and patient throughout the entire process. Thanks to his considered critiques, I can proudly show you where we ended.

First, though, a bit of process… Inspiration, and then as usual, I started with my hands!

A bit of a change in direction here…

And finally – –

AlexandraDoffing_InTheHeartOfTheBeast

Farmers’ Market // Sketch

After the St Paul Farmers’ Market on Sunday, a bunch of friends and I went to The Black Dog Cafe. The lovely people there had some paper and drawing supplies laid out for any to enjoy… and so enjoy we did. J encouraged me to draw the woman who had very kindly given us some garlic chives to accompany our sprouts.

You certainly made my (our) day with your sweet and enthusiastic generosity, so here you go, darling woman!

Farmers' Market Woman

Portraits // Preliminary Sketches

I’m on the road to creating some vector portraits, and here are some of my stepping stones!

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I created these basic line drawings based on some photographs. They were drawn with the intent of later tracing them in Illustrator, where the lines become shapes of their own. There are unique considerations in drawing so, and as pieces themselves they are a bit goofy looking.

Anyway, you’ll see their end product in the next week or so, hopefully.

I find myself Somewhere… Violet

Ciao,

Much has changed since June 5th, the date of my first and only post. Typical, Alex. Some recent events have lit a figurative spark under my you-know-what, and I have since resolved to dedicate more time to developing my online presence (blog; website; twitter; self-promotion in general). I have found that setting goals and timelines for myself is key, as no one else is likely to set them for me. That, and making lists. I find an immense satisfaction in checking things off my to-do list. The very act of crossing things out is motivation enough to complete the task. (I think I have a mild form of OCD.)

The deadline for a fully functioning website is Thursday, October 14, 2010. Once that’s up, I plan on investigating WordPress a bit further and its customization capabilities.

Today, I am going to show you the first few drafts of a project I’ve been working on. A friend of a friend, Joey, asked me to illustrate a cover for his band. Somewhere Violet describes its sound as a combination of Owl City and My Chemical Romance, and they’re hella excited about their new album, Action, which will be released on iTunes and Amazon on Halloween.

Somewhere Violet Draft 1

After Joey selected these two of the initial sketches, I made another rendition combining them:

Somewhere Violet Draft 2

Many a phone call and screenshot later, we’ve arrived at final artwork which we are both extremely pleased with. I will refrain from showing the world until their grand release, when I’ll be sure to continue this post! Until then, be sure to check them out!

And now, it is officially zombie pub crawl attire shopping time!

Ciao Ciao