11.10.11

Easy steps: How to make organza and fabric flowers.

Found how to here.

In short, to make organza flowers:
(you need polyester organza in order to make the edges curl when burnt)
1. cut out flower shapes
2. burn the edges using a candle flame
3. layer them.
4. sew some beads in the middle.

Frayed flower how-to:

Easy steps:
1. gather a strip of fabric
2. twirl into a floral shape and sew shut.
DONE!


















 Ribbon flower how to:

Easy steps:
1. pull thread on edge of ribbon to make it gather.
2. handstitch these gathers to place
3. twirl around into flower shape.
4. attach to a base.
DONE!







































Chiffon tulle flowers how to:

Easy steps:
1. cut out flower shapes in silk chiffon
2. handstitch them together
3. stitch a bead in the middle. 
DONE!



































tissue paper flowers/ pom poms how to:


Hanging Pom-Poms
1. Stack eight 20-by-30-inch sheets of tissue. Make 1 1/2-inchwide accordion folds, creasing with each fold.
2. Fold an 18-inch piece of floral wire in half, and slip over center of folded tissue; twist. With scissors, trim ends of tissue into rounded or pointy shapes.
3. Separate layers, pulling away from center one at a time.
4. Tie a length of monofilament to floral wire for hanging.



Read more at Marthastewartweddings.com: Pom-Poms and Luminarias How-To 

























a hugely useful site for more fabric flower ideas: http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/portal/site/ww/menuitem.36ba454e29322d3df8aeef105173a0a0/?vgnextoid=d37badeb924d6110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=1932472faf0bd110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=print&currentslide=1&page=1

3.10.11


Hi readers,

I'm trying something new. Send me one picture of an object and your email and I'll draw it in ink for you! Sounds cool? Well get cracking, first 10 emails  get a specially created illustration free of charge! Once 10 have been received I will remove this post and upload the final illustrations for your perusal.

Send your illustrations to tinestudios@gmail.com or christine.pan01@gmail.com


28.9.11

25.9.11

MAMAK+MANDARIN & GOJI BERRY SCONES WITH OOLONG TEA CREAM

http://almostbourdain.blogspot.com/2011/05/mandarin-and-goji-berry-scones-with.html
http://almostbourdain.blogspot.com/2010/04/mamak-malaysian-chicken-curry-kari-ayam.html

22.9.11

SCAD-ATLANTA Illustration: Illustration Contract templates

SCAD-ATLANTA Illustration: Illustration Contract templates: Illustration Students! * Do you do freelance work on the side? * If so, do you have the proper contracts set up to protect you and the cl...

Illustration: contracts, pricing and copywrite





Freelance illustrations is:
-
  • hard work,
  • requires you to plan ahead,
  • requires you to have business knowledge,


  • Affects the quality of your work, ability to meet deadlines and peace of mind.
  • Effective time management is difficult to master, so it is important to set up a strategy as soon as possible.
Templates: http://scad-atl-illu.blogspot.com/2008/04/illustration-contract-templates.html
Contracts: http://www.illustratorsaustralia.com/tips_for_commissioning_an_illustrator
http://klucylu.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/the-business-of-freelance-illustration-contracts-and-rights/
Resources: http://jackywinter.com/about-the-agency/how-much
Pricing: http://www.asauthors.org/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=ASP0016/ccms.r?pageid=6054



The first thing we always recommend is to stock up on your Steven Heller books. One of the most prolific writers on the subject, his books are relative goldmines of illustration. Featuring heaps of amazing interviews with legendary art directors and working illustrators, some books even include example course syllabuses for you to set your own assignments. I would start with The Education of an Illustrator, move on to Inside the Business of Illustration, and finish with the most recent,Marketing Illustration.
My other two favourite books are How to be an Illustrator by Darrel Rees (founder of the Heart Agency) and the phenomenal AOI publication, The Illustrators Guide to Law and Business Practice.
If you head online, there are more sites than you can poke a stick at. This list will probably be updated, but our favourite sites at the moment are: Escape from Illustration IslandIllustration MundoDrawn!Illustration Friday.
From: http://jackywinter.com/about-the-agency/how-much
Don't sell full rights
anticpate and cost in revisions of the work to charge a 'pain-in-the-bum' fee. 

Want to commission an Illustrator?

Illustrators Australia encourages clients and members alike to follow a broad set of guidelines when commencing a new project using illustration. These guidelines intend to produce a mutually beneficial outcome for both parties, and ensure that everyone has a basic understanding of Standard Industry Practice. For example, a lot of clients new to the industry do not realise that commissioning an illustration does not automatically mean they own the artwork, and that the illustration cannot be used for any other purpose other than what was agreed upon with the illustrator. Copyright / ownership

15.8.11

“Volume—a word that refers to sound, collections, and the measurement of space—is a crucial characteristic of both graphic design and popular music."


http://www.selectism.com/news/2010/09/27/volume-writings-on-graphic-design-music-art-and-culture/

31.5.11

Photographer

http://www.josephtran.net/
Jimmy Le

backgrounds, image resource

Robert Venturi
image from http://www.magnificentruin.com/post/6007843957/from-the-archives-of-robert-venturi-and-denise

http://www.officeofdevelopment.com/pictures1/

http://willowships.blogspot.com/2011/03/skyward.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15653030@N03/4243097381/in/set-72157622799152350/

10.5.11

This is amazing


the idea of this...which is just an image...but changed science and pereptions of life. This is a shadow of a dna, the image taken by the famous rosalyn franklin, which was snuck out of her drawer to be shown to Watson and Crick, who subsequently gained the glory for discovering the double helix shape of dna.

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