

..... refining illustration sketches, pacing, typography and hand-lettering....
Updated new sketches..... My week has been wild! I have been swamped with work. I will be working on more illustrations today and tomorrow.... I feel like I need to knock them out in a large session rather than working a little here and there.... so no sleep for me, lol! Please check back. In the meantime I did spend some time handwriting and experimenting with that. I definitely want to hand letter the words for the booklet. I love cursive so much! So I am literally writing


New illustrations for self-promo
Both need to be cleaned up in PhotoShop... but I'm excited! Hoping to get a few more in this weekend!


Absolutely geeking out over new typeface options!!!!
After class I was on a search for the perfect handwritten script font! I found some really lovely options on creative market. I am really enjoying my Typography class and really enjoying researching and find fonts that sing to me! For the booklet I'd like to use a handwritten script and also a slab serif. Thank you Bosler and Mary for these wonderful options too! I am so glad I asked you all, I am completely loving Archer! I am working on laying out the booklet in InDesign an

Adding advocacy
It occurred to me as a started laying out the booklet in Id, I don't have a line of advocacy for using illustration. I am keeping this in mind because it was the key message I wanted to deliver. Perhaps something like, "Hi I'm Rachel! Illustration is my double rainbow because...." (of it's viability and limitlessness of creativity) but funnier or more concise than that. (my placeholder, not my rainbow)