20111007

♻ reuse/recycle

i have a really bad habit of reusing art over and over again for a million different purposes. i've probably turned all of my finished work into prints, buttons, stickers, and patterns. can't stop won't stop.


this was originally a drawing i made for my first litho project! wanted to see how many of my favourite icons/symbols/objects i could mash together in one image.


sketch


i made a pattern out of it and printed it (digitally?) on white and fawn stonehenge paper!


a fancily edited (err instagram'd) photo of one of my litho prints. litho's a lot harder than i ever imagined it would be. u___u i really love how each print still holds the same quality of a pencil drawing though! i love that you can make a million reproductions of a single drawing but they'd all still be original. :>


used the pattern to make myself an 80page sketchbook!
i'm planning to make more of these to sell in the near future, so any tips on pricing would be more than amazing! i'm thinking $15-$20 CAD right now. what kind of paper do you guys like in your sketchbooks/what size? O:




a (really terribly/wrongly constructed) clamshell box


and finally a nice little cigarette case!

just a taste of the first few things completed for school year '11-'12!

6 comments:

  1. DON'T STOP REUSING YOUR ART, KELLY. $$$$$$ MUST BE EXTRACTED FROM THE GENERAL POPULOUS.

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  2. I love all of it! Gosh, you just need to print a t-shirt for me with something really cute and gory and I'm all over it. =D

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  3. @Gabe that's EXACTLY how i plan cheat all the dollars from the general populous while doing as little work as possible.

    @Cris!!! i really wish i could make t-shirts. need access to a screenprinting studio first ; ____ ; my friends actually found an easier way to screenprint without needing all the studio equipment, so i might try that! :D if it works, i'll definitely make one for you first!

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  4. This is amazing! I love what you have done with just the one image! If I may ask, how did you create the sketch book and cigarette holder? Did you create it all yourself? Was there a website that did this for you? Did google tell ya how to to do it? haha sorry for the questions! You're an inspiration!

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    1. whoa no way thanks so much! i just stumbled across your tumblr and i love your work!

      both the sketchbook and cigarette holder are made from scratch! i took two bookbinding courses at school and learned how to make them there haha. i used bookbinding cloth, eskaboard, mill board, a few different papers, and a looooot of glue! it's not hard at all once you get the basics down! c:

      there's a whole bunch of tutorial sites here for different kinds of bookbinding: http://www.netvibes.com/ocadbookbinding#Some_Tutorials
      this one's for the hardcover book: http://davethedesigner.net/booktut/

      the cigarette case is just a modified version of the clamshell box!

      i hope this helps somewhat! :D

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