In early fall, the dam burst wide open. Although I am currently working on only two projects, both are complex and multi-part and involve design and illustration intertwined. One project is a boxed set of 30 unique cards for a small division of a large publisher. The other is an iPad app and my work includes some animation. I’m not at liberty to divulge in greater detail either project at this moment. But both are due to be published in the early winter, and I cannot wait to show them to you! I’ve been working 12-14 hour days, seven days a week, and have never been so happy to be fatigued. The topics of both projects are visually and conceptually rich and amusing. The bonus is that the people involved in these projects are a real delight to work with.

Why is this posting titled In The Cards? Both clients on both projects cited the Tarot cards that I did for the sheer fun of it last winter as impetus to hire me. You just never know.

PS. One additional card was The World, that our daughter asked for as her 21st birthday gift. What a beautiful symbol and apt metaphor! ]]> http://martyblakedesign.com/blog/in-the-cards/feed 0 http://martyblakedesign.com/blog/sketching-with-paper-on-paper http://martyblakedesign.com/blog/sketching-with-paper-on-paper#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:20:47 +0000 admin http://martyblakedesign.com/?p=1638 Make no mistake, I draw. Neither as often nor as well as I wish, but I have been drawing all my life. But I also make collages as you might have noticed. Often they are made on assignment, but my affection for fragments of paper is so great that sometimes I’ll just have a little throwdown for the fun of it.

Like a magpie, I save the shiny gold-edged bands from my husband’s cigars. They make such pretty patterns, although my sketchbook cover is nothing compared to the brilliant work of Felipe Jesus Consalvos.

The love for someone else’s work cannot stop us from doing our own. It is so easy to fall into patterns, that it seems sometimes necessary to break habit and just make something ridiculous. Here are several of my papery doodles. Now enjoy.