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Drawing Club – Week 1

admin — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:29:28 +0000

I eagerly joined a drawing club started by a friend of mine from Montserrat. 4 weeks, 4 drawings, and each week you mail a drawing to a different person in the club…that means that every week I mail out a drawing, and every week I get a drawing. Nifty idea, huh? So, since I’ve been trying to do much more drawing and painting – this was an excellent opportunity. Here’s the drawing I mailed out this week for the theme “From one place to the other place.” The idea being that the lonely apples destiny is to end up in the “other place”….a.k.a “the ground”.

Gran Prix of Gloucester 2008 Poster

admin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:28:28 +0000

The illustration and design for the 2008 Gran Prix of Gloucester poster is done – this year marks the 10th anniversary of the race!. Please visit their website www.gpgloucester.com
for more information about the race!

Gran Prix of Gloucester 2008 Poster

Atomic Liquors is finally done

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:08:57 +0000

Sometimes I get a bit side-tracked when trying to finish a painting……but my focus has served me well recently and “Atomic Liquors” is done!

Crutches and Unfortunate Feet

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:04:39 +0000

I finished up a quick side project a couple weeks ago fixing up a pair of crutches for a good friend of ours who got in a bad motorcycle accident nearly a year ago and is, unfortunately, still on crutches. I painted them black with some darts and spark plugs on them – and figured I would post some really bad pictures I took while in the car on the way to deliver them (yay! for bad photos!)

AND in other "Unfortunate Foot" related news one of our Great Danes, Clementine broke her foot badly on Monday playing in the backyard with her brother. She could either be looking at 2-3 months of healing, or possibly even amputation of one of her toes. Poor girl, shes so depressed because she’s not allowed to walk at all other than to go outside to go to the bathroom – and my husband has to carry her everywhere (it’s a good thing he can – because I sure can’t lift a 100lb dog). Think good thoughts for Clementine.

Happy New Year!

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:28:54 +0000

Okay – so we’re already 14 days into 2008…I suppose it is a bit belated at this point. It’s fixin’ (thats the ‘Florida’ southern drawl slowly creeping in and taking it’s horrid hold on my vocabulary) to be a busy year so far!

I’m working on a line of plates for a company Creative Treasures - the details are ‘Top Secret’ at this point but stay tuned in a few months for some further information.

There are websites-a-plenty that are brewing right now…and they’re all going to be awesome!! Some will be utilizing some of my exciting new Coldfusion and Flex skills, and I’m simply dying to get them out there….but, yes, patience is a virtue my friend. And unfortunately in the web development world, killer websites don’t finish themselves overnight, so continue sitting on the edge of your seat.

Also, and in somewhat minor, yet personally exciting news, I made some changes to my website tonight – none of which you will notice….mostly some ActionScript changes that really improve the sites functionality and flow. They’re silly things that I’ve noticed – and likely noone else has…but it’s a sweet personal victory over procrastination! Yay! (and a few items added to the portfolio…perhaps those are things you would notice)Cheers!

Gran Prix of Gloucester 2007 poster

admin — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:42:39 +0000

I just completed the illustration and design for a poster to promote the Gran Prix of Gloucester – a big cyclocross event held in Gloucester, Massachusetts every year. Here’s their site http://www.gpgloucester.com I was stealing inspiration from the Gran Prix posters from the 1920′s and 30′s…yet, obviously it has a modern styling

‘In Progress’ Page

admin — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:04:01 +0000

I just added a page where I’ve posted a couple paintings I’m working on…..I’m trying to get over how I hate people to see a painting before it’s done. So, here’s my attempt. Give me feedback!

Illustration Friday!

admin — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:40:44 +0000

I stumbled upon an awesome site a few weeks ago – Illustration Friday

Having been away from the required weekly illustrations that I was given while I at Montserrat, I thought I needed some motivation to create illustrations, rather than personal art. I can create personal art all day long – but I need some external motivation to illustrate. Afterall, isn’t “illustrating” your own ideas, nothing more than personal art?

So, thats where Illustration Friday comes into play……The concept is that each Friday there is a new “topic” – (hence the ‘Friday’ in Illustration Friday). Everyone posts their illustrations for that topic – and you’re given feedback by other artists. Much like it was in illustration courses in college – you’re exposed to so many different styles, impressions, and takes on a topic. That was one of my favorite things about college, and it’s an experience that illustrators rarely get in the ‘real’ world…..the opportunity to see what someone else would have done given the same assignment. I loved that. An opportunity to see how everyones mind can work so much differently given creative freedom…..

So, anyway, I’m going to try it out….try to find the time to keep the “creative juices flowing” every week…..

Postcards!

admin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:11:23 +0000

My new round of promotional postcards will go out this week!

The website is live!!

admin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:36:35 +0000

Finally, after marriage, name-changing, and an extremely over-thought design process – EricaRuch.com is live! Yay! Please make sure to keep checking back as the portfolio will continue to be updated with new work……