sonya buckelew logo wins award

I received in the mail a package containing a letter notifying me that I was recognized as a winner for the Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) 2008 American Graphic Design Awards for a logo I designed for a friend. Also included was an Award Certificate of Excellence.

According to the letter I received, GDUSA has sponsored national design competitions that spotlight areas of excellence and opportunity for creative professionals. The American Graphic Design Awards is the biggest and broadest of these open to everyone in the community. They saw 10,000+ entries and of these, only 15% are recognized with an Awards Certificate of Excellence.

Here is my entry I submitted that fetched me this prestigious award.

My main objective was to create a logo that makes flight instruction fun yet retains the importance of structure and precision. I created an icon using the first letter of her name and some simple shapes to create the shape of an airplane. The stacked name creates a solid structure and strengthens the logo. The dark blue represents the sky, professionalism, and calmness.

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something more for your desktop

Well, I’ve added another set of wallpapers to adorn your desktops. This illustration was inspired by THRIVE which is a young adult service at my church. If you are ever out in the Ventura, CA area on a Sunday evening, you should come check it out. It is a great place to get close to God and fellowship.

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Terms of use — Please do not manipulate these in any way.
These are only for use as desktop wallpapers for your computer.
These are not to be distributed or reproduced in any way without my written consent.

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illustration friday… not monday

This would have been my entry on Illustration Friday… had I not thought it was Illustration Monday.

I’ll at least post what I was going to submit on Illustration Friday. You can click on it to see a better image.

The topic was Signs, so I illustrated a double meaning of the word. The first, the literal. A sign. The second, a more obscure meaning having to do with signs and wonders that the Bible talks about Jesus and His followers performing. The word Curatio is a latin word and translates to healing. Hope you enjoy it as much as I had fun creating it!

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illustration? we’ll see.

This is just a couple doodles that I drew. Two robots. No story, no background. They do have names though. The one on the bottom is called Numo. The other with the wheel is called… well, Wheeler. I took scans of my drawings, brought them into photoshop, and experimented with different textures. I had a blast! At this point, I think that my illustrations will just live in my blog. Perhaps in the future I’ll do more with it. But for now this is where they will reside. Ha ha ha! Allrightythen.