Cheer the New Year here

Posted on January 1, 2012 by deanna

“What can be said in New Year rhymes, That’s not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know.” ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Notice the invisible

Posted on December 31, 2011 by deanna

Seeing nothing, you don’t notice it at first.

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Celebrate your loved one’s life with an artistic tribute

Posted on December 24, 2011 by deanna

Order a painting and commemorate the life of a loved one. Let everyone know how special they are to you. If you keep on waiting, you may never do it and time is short. A portrait will last a lifetime.

Celebrate the life of your loved one with an artistic tribute piece. Sunnyside Studios gives you quality art for a great price. Act now and receive a 25% discount on your painting if you place your order before January 15, 2012.

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Attract your Hidden Nature

Posted on December 23, 2011 by deanna

“Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” —Jean-Luc Godard

Will you let the art you choose define you? Make smart art choices. Get art that will rejuvenate you, mesmerize your friends and liven up your walls. Don’t let your hidden self go unheard. Start attracting the art you love into your life starting now.

Fred Conger chose to hang a portrait of himself in his living room. He wasn’t shy about himself being on display. When people see his portrait they are drawn to him directly. A background of FDR’s rolling hills behind him and you easily envision his own posh country home. He is in a field of green. This keeps this Manhattan urbanite from going stir crazy in a sea of yellow cabs and traffic lights. One look at his painting and he feels the peace of the countryside and it is captured for always in his living room.

Why wait to get the art of your dreams on your walls? Don’t you have special moments you want to commemorate or signify? Make it happen today and get your own special custom art to keep forever in your home. You can instantly transport your mood into the mood of the art you choose.

Act now and receive a 25% discount on your painting if you place your order before January 15, 2012.

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See my Brandi Carlile poster design for New Year’s Eve

Posted on December 6, 2011 by deanna
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Check out my poster design for Brandi Carlile and let me know what you think. This was created for a competition to win her New Year’s Eve poster design for her up-coming concert. Voting unfortunately ended on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. The results are in and I did not win. : (

Here’s the link on the talenthouse website where I entered the competition: http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/abec6f495c6b245c846d51f8599d0d8a/362

About my design and what inspired it
I focused on the soulful, powerful eyes of Brandi and drew them in Adobe Illustrator where I created the poster design. I included Fireworks because they are a celebratory way to begin the New Year. I focused on the magical feeling of the evening and had fun with the shadings of color in Brandi’s name and using the stars to float the colors around the poster design to keep the viewer’s eye moving. I thought white as a background for Brandi’s name would make it pop out and wanted to keep it nice, simple and have a clean design. I found the Neptune Theatre images and did a variation of their theater name with the Neptune symbol but used a font where each letter was highlighted in a ray or beam of light to show how they spotlight their shows. I had fun doing the project and enjoyed listening to Brandi’s soulful music while I did it. She definitely is an amazing young, talented woman and I see why she has the dedicated fanbase she has. I’m impressed with her and I wanted to do something to show how she’s impressed me.

Randy Spiesman from Weichert Realtors asked me to enter this contest. I was honored that he felt I could do it justice. He thought the end design was beautiful which was very flattering. It’s been a fun project to be involved with.

Thanks for your support.

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