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Sound in Color: Florence & the Machine-Lungs

09 Tuesday Apr 2013

Posted by melissaoconnor in Color Inspiration, Sound in Color

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album art, arts, beige, color, earthy hues, florence and the machine, green, illustration, lungs, mauve, music, neutrals, pink, yellow

Besides creating amazing music, Florence and the Machine grace their album covers with nature inspired artwork that seemlessly relates to their sound. I love the earthy hues this particular album showcases and how her image is incorporated into the design. There is a nice contrast to light and dark as well as a beautiful sense of how lighting helps color come alive.

Sound in Color: Florence & the Machine

Sound in Color: mewithoutYou-Brother Sister

19 Tuesday Mar 2013

Posted by melissaoconnor in Color Inspiration, Sound in Color

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brother sister, color, earth, earthy, fish, illustration, mewithoutyou, moon, music, natural, painting, sun, tower

mewithoutYou always has interesting and unique artwork representing their albums. Through use of color and linework, this piece made for Brother, Sister, expresses a beauty in movement and symbolism. The color palette is somewhat somber but earthy.

Sound in Color: mewithoutYou-Brother Sister

Shop of the Month: Dear Ida

04 Sunday Nov 2012

Posted by melissaoconnor in Art & Design, Featured Artists, Shop of the Month, Shopping

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Dear Ida, drawing, fine arts, greeting cards, holiday, holiday cards, illustration, lisa Mundorff

So I recieved an email from Brian who is a member of the Dear Ida team and husband of the very talented Lisa Mundorff, illustrator extraordinaire. He shared some info on their company and said hello. I thought that was cool to send a little message my way. As I looked through their website I had to feature them and spread the word.

Dear Ida

I know custom cards are everywhere but Dear Ida is different. Brian and Lisa started the business after years of getting rave reviews from their illustrated holiday cards. Family and friends just couldn’t get enough of the Lisa’s illustrations of their kids. So the lightbulb went off and Dear Ida was born. Add Anna and Andy to the equation and you got a unique team of creatives who are “cutting through the clutter of cookie cutter greetings.”

Dear Ida

Now anyone can visit their website and browse through their gallery of unique designs and be able to send a fun, quirky, custom card to their loved ones. How cool is it to have your family custom drawn and presented in Lisa’s illustrations? So cool! You just choose a background and send pictures of your family or whoever you want drawn and within 2 weeks you could have holiday cards pretty enough to frame. Here are some of my faves.

Dear Ida

Dear Ida

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Artists Who Inspire

29 Wednesday Feb 2012

Posted by melissaoconnor in Art & Design, Featured Artists

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art, artists, baizley, banksy, barnet newman, basquiat, design, durer, illustration, jasper johns, jeff soto, jeremy fish, painting, plympton, pollock, sendak

Being an artist, its no surprise I look to art and other artists for inspiration. Learning about so many in school was a big bonus for me. Unlike many, I actually loved art history and got excited when a new paper was assigned. Looking into the lives of other creative people is awesome.

I have many favorite artists but here are a few I would like to share. Hopefully, their work inspires you to do create something beautiful. Check out my Pinterest board to see more work from these artists and more.

Albrecht Dürer
Artists Who Inspire - Albrecht Dürer

Artists Who Inspire - Albrecht Dürer

Leonardo da Vinci
Artists Who Inspire - Leonardo da Vinci

Artists Who Inspire - Leonardo da Vinci

Jeff Soto
Artists Who Inspire - Jeff Soto

Artists Who Inspire - Jeff Soto

Banksy
Artists Who Inspire - Banksy

Artists Who Inspire - Banksy

Jeremy Fish
Artists Who Inspire - Jeremy Fish

Artists Who Inspire - Jeremy Fish

John Dyer Baizley
Artists Who Inspire - John Dyer Baizley

Artists Who Inspire - John Dyer Baizley

Maurice Sendak
Artists Who Inspire - Maurice Sendak

Artists Who Inspire - Maurice Sendak

Bill Plympton
Artists Who Inspire - Bill Plympton

Basquiat
Artists Who Inspire - Basquiat

Jasper Johns
Artists Who Inspire - Jasper Johns

Artists Who Inspire - Jasper Johns

Barnett Newman
Artists Who Inspire - Barnett Newman

Artists Who Inspire - Barnett Newman

H.R. Giger
Artists Who Inspire - HR Giger

Pollack
Artists Who Inspire - Pollock

Pinterest - Artists Who Inspire

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