Heraldry

Recently, as part of a private commission I was asked to recreated several English coat of arms. It was a  gift to the client's father as part of a larger research project into her family's history. There were four in total, Pyke, Jewett, Gilbert and Woodman. 

By combining written descriptions and very low res imagery of the shields or just parts of the shields I recreated each one in illustrator. Each one had its own unique challenge depending on how much information was available and then of course making sure they all still worked with each other.

The end result was a 11 x 17 poster of each coat of arms with a description beneath. I hear that both she and her father are very happy! 

Dingada

So I realized today that I have never mentioned my etsy store on my blog before. Its called Dingada. The name came from a phrase my grandmother used to use, which roughly translates from grandma-ese to a "thingamajig" or "whosie whatsit." Originally, it came from the German phrase "Das ding da" or "that thing there."

Dingada is a place for me to play with and sell some ideas, products and designs that I wouldn't really have an outlet for else where. There should be some new cool stuff come up there in the future, but as of right now I am selling several shirts and totes with some cool designs I came up with a couple years ago.

The ever popular Huginn and Munnin/Two Ravens design.
Available as a ladies' tank, men's t-shirt and as a tote.

As of right now I am have an special for the month of December. If you put in the coupon Yule2012 when checking out, you will get 10% off! So check it out!