tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13065664482768860052011-08-03T13:30:30.569-06:00Amanda Salazar: Graphic Designer and Fine ArtistAmanda Salazarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08460753545714565232noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306566448276886005.post-35894776061861007902011-08-03T13:30:00.000-06:002011-08-03T13:30:30.595-06:00

I've been silent in the blog world but certainly busy offline. I've been working hard at opening up my Etsy shop, AmSala. Perhaps my biggest obstacle was determining what to do for a shop name. Initially I wanted to use Nine Ten Creative, however in the end I felt this wasn't the correct direction. Being a designer crosses over into the art world more often than not and this is why I was

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As of late, I've been doing a lot of soul searching when it comes to my design shop. Over the last year I haven't been outwardly focused on gaining new clientele. I've been more focused on spending time with my family after I had to go back to work full time in February of 2009. It's been a tough transition from being a "working at home mom" for two years to then working full time as an employee.

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fter much thought, and to keep myself occupied I gave myself a side project of creating drop caps (the A starting this paragraph is one of them). After surfing the web and finding fantastic designers, no one has caught my eye more than Jessica Hische. I got the idea of doing drop caps from her Daily Drop Cap series. It's something I've never formally done before (creating my own letters) and I

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I know, I know, it's been a while. Haven't had much time to think let alone look up cool, inspiration stuff.  I have come up with a few things in my travels. www.brandstack.com is a great site for designers/potential business owners. It allows designers to sell their unused concepts and for others to purchase them for their company. I hope to find the time to pull together my old stuff and

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For the first time I'm getting something published! I submitted some design work for the book "The Big Book of Green Design." I'm happy to say that my submission was accepted! It will be available to purchase on November 17, 2009! I volunteered my services to Project Give 360. I created the logo and stationery set for them along with other elements they have needed. Project Give 360 is a

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I already knew it but I have a strong theme in the design & art that inspires me. Putting it mildly, I like swirly & organic stuff. Today, I came across another great artist/designer. She is very similar to Si Scott (see earlier post) except she does her designs in paper & other various media. All I have to say is, "amazing!" The designs she creates are very inspiring to me since I can't stand

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Did a search for great 'direct mail' and theses sites came up. I think they yields some great things.Clean SlateThought for the week

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Some day I aspire to make some of my own artist clocks. This artist: Eric Freitas blows me away and creates the most amazing clocks I've seen yet! They look so organic and damaged at the same time. I just love them. Check out his website to see his latest design(s)

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Cherri Wood (aka Fy Simone) is a young illustrator and does some amazing work. I love the simplicity yet complicated illustration she creates. She certainly has a knack for composition.Samples of her work

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If I could find the time and motivation to create something as simple and beautiful as these I would be a happy, happy designer. These are so simple, beautiful and fluid. They literally take my breath away...Visit a portfolio site of Si Scott I found.You can even get a font designed by him! Find it hereTypography & designs by Si Scott

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This artist, Timothy Horn amazes me. I found his work by using the google gadget, Artist a Day. I especially love the chandelier 'Medusa' and the sugar carriage 'Mother Load.' I can't fathom the amount of time it took to create these works of art.

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I've always battled the problem for how to best present my portfolio on the web. I don't usually get hard copies back from my clients because A) they don't care or B) they don't remember. I would love to photograph the final product, but I can't and it's annoying. So, I'm left with a bunch of electronic, flat files. To me, that's boring to show on a website. I want to see it 'in use.' I'm not

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www.myinkblog.com for some free sans-serif fonts among other things.

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Design by Ed Watt http://www.design-ed.co.uk/I find this logo design to be reminiscent of the Art Nouveau era... and I just love it!I randomly came across this when I was in search of some inspiration for a current logo project. My client is of Italian heritage and would love something 'Tuscan.' I think something like this could work for her... Now off to create my own design.

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I never really looked into brushes before, but now I'm in love. I found this neat little site that provides Photoshop brushes!www.brusheezy.com

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I've been keeping a ton of tabs open in Firefox for the sake of keeping these websites in my face. Now I get to purge them on to this lovely blog. There really is no rhyme or reason other than there is something I found inspirational about the website or something on it.http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/http://www.gobstopperdesigns.co.uk/http://counterspace.us/blog/This image (though I think

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