Kari's Design

Kari's Design, originally uploaded by Ceeduslupeedus.

Hello!
I just got back from spending 15 weeks on the west coast, staying with my siblings and their families in Portland, OR and Lacey, WA. I had such a great time there I decided to skip the airport and stay an extra 2 months. I met my brother Ben's friend Kari Blunck of Studio K Portraits, who I had been emailing about a design commission before my trip out there. Kari is a super accomplished portrait photographer and an all around great person, and I'm so glad to say I know her. After getting a tour of her studio and meeting with her few times to make a list of what we thought best represented Studio K I came up with the above design for her. She wanted her truck to be the focal point and the overall design to reflect my DJ Shirt designs. I think it's safe to say she got what she wanted! I hope her shirts turn out great, and that she can continue to use the design much more in the future.

I'm back in Ann Arbor now and already have a list of projects ahead of me, which I will be sharing soon.

Blades of Glory

My friend's younger sister asked me before I left her house to design her team's sweatshirts and she and I drew up a sketch on their kitchen counter. Actually, it was more like,"Hey, Anna, wanna design my team's sweatshirts? The design's due in six hours" with a piece of paper and pencil in her hand. Silly Maggie. :)

I wish I had had more time to put in my signature hand drawn burst of a collage and play with the angles, but regardless I'm really happy that I got to do this for them!
I'm glad they're happy, too, because they're the ones who have to wear it!

French Techno Prom

I listened to French house for days (now that's dedication) before drawing out this poster for a fundraiser. It really helped me figure out what kind of energy the design needed to portray.

The Eiffel tower is reflecting in Guy Manuel of Daft Punk's helmet, and if you couldn't tell, they are also wearing glowsticks... 3,000 of which were ordered for the event!

Here is a quick colored-in version:

Breakin' Curfew Stage Backdrop

I wasn't expecting to do the stage backdrop but when I was asked I knew exactly what I was going to do with the twelve 8ft by 4ft plastic panels the Neutral Zone ordered. I laid out the panels in my backyard and rolled, splattered, smeared, poured, threw and kicked dozens of cans of donated house paint onto the panels.
Five days and lots of clean up later it was ready to drop down from the Power Center ceiling during the third act. The effect of the beat drop, the lights amping the colors, and the surprise made everyone go wild. It was at that moment that I felt the greatest sense of accomplishment.

Lady Te (performing with balloons and a very excited audience in the top photo) and her manager came up to me after the show to tell me how much they liked it (what?! Moi?!).

Afterlife for Giant Artwork:

I built and stained a frame for the top center panel and now it's hanging in the living room! It's bigger than the couch!

Breakin' Curfew Poster 08

breakin curfew poster, originally uploaded by Ceeduslupeedus.

Breakin' Curfew comes to Ann Arbor once a year and is my favorite event around. It is a $40,000 production organized by the teens of The Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor's Teen Center, and features musicians, artists, dancers, poets of all sorts from around the Southeastern Michigan area. I was asked to be on the poster committee when I was 14 but came down with pneumonia and couldn't make it to any of the meetings. So imagine my excitement when I was asked to design the posters myself! The committee wanted something in the style of my DJ design, which worked out because that's what I love to do. I designed this collage of artists after researching each of the acts performing. The figure at the top is androgynous so that anyone can fit themselves into the mix.