IoTD: Old School Food Logos

I've always had this thing for vintage designs, especially vintage designs related to FOOD! You know those old Coca-Cola posters back in the '40s? Yeah, those kinds. Something just really draws me to them!

Some of my things actually have those vintage food logo designs and digging them out to daylight today just made me back into that old school craze! Check out a few of my vintage-y things!

KitKat shirt - A play of words here! I like buying shirts that state the obvious, especially if there's a pun with regards to my name. Yes, I'm corny that way. Haha!

Chips Ahoy! canvass bag - My best friend gave me this with a matching graphic tee (I think I donated it already!). Of course, any food packaging cannot go without the nutrition facts at the back...

Friends, only 100 calories! Definitely a light carry. Woot!

Dunkin Donuts Earrings - This is the most recent addition to the collection! Okay, it isn't THAT vintage of a logo, but still. Aren't they so delishly cute?

Bazooka bubble gum shirt - My brother's shirt, which I just love to borrow (*ahem* steal *ahem*) sometimes. Reminds me of my elementary school days. Also, the vibrancy of the blue is just something I can't resist!

See them again makes me want to make posters with old school themes. Maybe one of these days I'll make one. For now, inspiration overdose will suffice! Lovely Coca-Cola posters I'd love to hang on my wall (once my mom doesn't pay for my living anymore):

Just for fun! This is so cute! :)

Realize how it's all females in there posters (except for the last one)? It's gonna be fun to draw! Yey!

What are YOUR favorite vintage designs? :)

Unfinished For Now

A quick shot of what I'm working on right now. It has a watercolor base on which I'm starting to draw line details using my trusty UniPin ink pigment!

This was supposed to be a poster design for my org in school, but it didn't make the cut. So now I'm planning to continue it with a different design in mind. Hope I'll be able to finish this! Haven't finished a work for awhile now...

What do you think would be nice for this painting?:)

If There's One Thing I'd Do

... for the rest of my life, I'd draw and paint my days away.

In Outline

A few months ago, I had my first try on making my own portrait. I'm not exactly very good in drawing people, or rather, REAL people. I never get to copy them right down pat to look like, well, them. It's one frustration of mine! But I went on ahead and tried my luck on drawing myself (It doesn't really quite capture what I look like - but that's not point!), and the finished work looked like this:

"Me" - UniPin Fine Line Water and Fade Proof Pigment Ink, Reeves Watercolor, Photoshop

Then I stumble upon this work's outline/pen-and-ink-only sketch (scanned) jumbled somewhere between my embarrassing picture files and year-old English paper files. I believe I scanned it just in case any art disaster happened. It looked like this:

"Me" outline - Uni Pin Fine Line Water and Fade Proof Pigment Ink

Now look back up to the final version of this work. And then scroll back down. Scroll up, and then down again.

Okay... so what, Kat? It's just an uncolored version of the final one.

That's exactly the point.

Every art work always reflects the artist. Everything I've done has always felt like a part of me. And - sue me for the cliche if you want - but I like relating to whatever I draw.

So now I stare at these two versions of the same work - two versions of me. It's really dumbfounding to know that all I can think of in doing so is...

Wouldn't it be so much simpler to merely be black and white?

Sometimes, it undoubtedly would.