The Swell Season

I've been listening to a lot of music today and this song really stuck with me for some reason:

Then I really loved the design of that CD cover:

Then I stumbled upon this one:

and I love it...I just want to draw and design and listen to this song on repeat.

These Are the Days of Our Lives

More Options.

The Foxhorn Dilemma

Alright, so the due date has been pushed back, and lets face it, we all knew my first print of the fox was too big. So, I'm just going to make a whole new plate and reprint that sucker.

Anyway, which one of these is more appealing? (The alcohol content can be added or taken away)

2.25" Fox

2.25" Fox, 2" label (the original label size)

2.25" Fox, 1.75" label

2.125"Fox, 1.75" label

I think the second to last one looks best? Or maybe the last? 

Idk...its crazy how much difference that 0.125 makes

Also, this is what my "package" is: 

I think the circle would look better than a rectangle for this design.

Each week I feel as though I must check in with...

http://ffffound.com/

http://www.booooooom.com

http://www.graphic-exchange.com/

http://grainedit.com/

Also, I like to snoop around on my friends blogs, and as usual, Stan is always posting a lot of cool stuff on our class blog:

 http://falltype.blogspot.com/.

These are neat.

Randomm.

(This if for you, Stan.)








(Hmmm...)

Investigations.

This blog post is supposed to be about printed materials I have recently "read" or "investigated" which have inspired me to design.

But here's the thing....I haven't quite "read" anything (time constraints, you know how it is.)...but I believe I've "investigated."

(I've become quite interested in these scientific drawings from old books. These are from an old dictionary we had, and the way they handled the type is interesting to me.)

(Silverstein :])

(A lot of these old books have been redesigned with textured/cloth covers and these interesting printed patterns. I love them.)

(Awesome.)

(From some Pearl Jam book)

(I quite like this Table of Contents.)

Wino.

Possibilities for the wine bottle redesign:

(Because I really love foxes...and I really don't like gold)

(this one isn't horrible, but I think it would be fun to redesign)

(Again, not Horrible)

(this one IS horrible)

(This is just silly... And I like the idea of redesigning a wine with a name that means "The Black Cat")

And these are some designs that I thought were interesting:

(LOVE.)

(Cool.)

(I know the picture is a bit blurry, but its a pretty neat design.)

(I love this illustration style, but the back is kinda cRaZy)

(I like this one because of the illustration, which is humorous....but the design keeps its fancy at the same time)