I have been fiddling around for a while with ideas for a new personal logo. Everything was coming out pretty boring and generic so I decided to make it more personal and draw influence from my two favorite things: Russian folk art and fairy tales. I looked at illuminated manuscript images such as the ones below, because they reminded me of the illuminated first letter of a chapter in old story books: Source: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/04/18/arts/18morg_CA1.ready.html I also looked at objects painted with Khokhloma (which I have all over my house). Khokhloma is a wood painting technique, where floral and sometimes animal patterns are painted on a black background with red, green, and gold. Khokhloma is usually painted on wooden objects, especially tableware. Source: http://tveruzor.com/_EN_RussianCrafts.php I also drew influence from gothic lettering, because I like their fancy scroll look. Anyway, this is what I came up with. The V was especially challenging because a regular V shape that we are all used to just did not look good in a square, so I had to use the gothic version with a straight side. I will probably tweak it some more later but for now I am pretty content with it: Some color versions. The first one is in the traditional Russian Khokhloma colors and the second two are some variations.
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Click here to view the latest Miya's Sushi menus, written by Bun Lai, and designed by me! They are available in PDF format.
These illustrations will be in the new Miya's Sushi menus, which are coming out this week. I was going for a quirky/fairytale kind of look to go with the fun and eccentric contents of the menu. This menu is better than ever before, with an extensive selection of dishes, new and old. If you are in the New Haven area, be sure to stop by Miya's and have a meal of the most amazing sushi you will ever taste!
Last week I put the finishing touches on this 6x4 foot acrylic painting that I have been working on for a while. It is part of a tree series that I am working on currently. I will upload a nicer photo of the whole painting soon.
I haven't used watercolors in a while so I started keeping a sketchbook on watercolor paper of little drawings I want to paint when I have the time. Here is the first one:
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