http://21rubylane.com We focus on helping small creative businesses find clever solutions for their graphic and web design needs. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:31:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Love Catch My Party! Jillian, the CEO of CMP, is fantastic to work with, and I love the premise of her site. The atmosphere is fun and festive and very bold, and I'm excited to watch CMP grow by leaps and bounds. They're holding a contest to win a Le ... http://21rubylane.com/2010/08/01/retro-ad/ I've been working on building my portrait portfolio and doing dogs has definitely been my passion lately. Probably because I am obsessed with my dogs! What I like best is how as an owner, I know my dog's personalities, and the challenge for me in painting a portrait of a ... http://21rubylane.com/2010/07/12/rambooooo/ Looove working with Kristina, she's super fun and has a passion for cute and flirty. She's starting her freelance photography business and asked me to work on a logo for her company, Sugar Snapshots. Isn't that a cute name?! She wanted to use an aperture as part of the imagery ... http://21rubylane.com/2010/07/12/sugar-snapshots-logo/ We had this wonderful opportunity to work with Kim creator of Cook It Allergy Free, an iphone app that allows you to easily find recipe substitutions for any recipe within the app. So if you have a gluten allergy, nut allergy, are lactose intolerant - this app is for you! ... http://21rubylane.com/2010/06/16/cook-it-allergy-free/ So I finally finished my portrait of Lady that matches Duke! It took me a while, I found her more difficult to paint - though painting her went fast, it was deciding on what sort of accessories suited her and the theme of the portrait. I was slightly apprehensive about ... http://21rubylane.com/2010/06/09/lady-davenport/ So CS5 came out and I was so excited to try out some of the new features in Illustrator. I work primarily and Illustrator, and even though I am a traditionally trained artist, I don't consider myself a "painter." I just never enjoyed or had the patience of watching paint ... http://21rubylane.com/2010/05/29/the-duke-of-davenport/ So I've been working with Red Watermelon, creating iphone games as well as other design pieces. We recently redid the Red Watermelon website, so be sure to check that out. And they've released their second game, Frosting, which is now available in the app store for download. I came up ... http://21rubylane.com/2010/05/13/dont-play-games-with-me/ So I've been doing work for Red Watermelon since October. It's been my biggest project lately. I'm designing and illustrating games for the iphone. The company is very new, but we've been very successful with Runway which currently has over 1.6 million users. That is really amazing. I've been working ... http://21rubylane.com/2010/01/31/red-watermelon/ I did some new illos for Bop - I love doing their "Your Yikes" section, it always gives me the oppoturnity to be more creative with expressions and situations. http://21rubylane.com/2010/01/10/new-stuff-for-bop/ So recently I've had to develop a new style - somewhat more "teen" then pre-teen. It's fun to have something challenging like that, so I was totally into it but kinda nervous cause I wasn't sure if I'd be able to do it to my liking. I need to do ... http://21rubylane.com/2009/12/18/new-style/