Design work this week

Here's one of two graphic bits I put together today for awesome bear artist Louise Carrick & her hubby Garnet who trade as BEARS BY BEESLEY. They just heard yesterday that their bunny got a TOBY nomination. So happy for them!






I've also spent time this week reworking the buttons on the Teddy Talk masthead so that they'll be more eye-catching and readable for our readership. A sampling, here:



Last, I spent some time today whipping up a new Digital Design Challenge for the readers at Teddy Talk, this time centered around a St. Patrick's Day theme. I hope we get a lot of participants. Last time we did this it sparked a lot of conversation about photo editing and software which I think helped a lot of bearmakers to get more familiar with their own program(s) at home. Sometimes we all need a little push! You can view the challenge for yourself at Teddy Talk by clicking here. And here's the little "sample" image I created as an example of what someone might do with the elements and rules provided for the Challenge.

PS I just realized, while proofing after publishing, that I used the word "lot" no less than three times in the last paragraph. Strunk & White are surely aghast (and rolling over in their graves, if they're dead, that is.)