May 25, 2012
cooltry: Today I received this hand drawn sign from a #cooltry fan. Made my day! (Taken with Instagram at Valencia Gardens) that was me, I’m glad you like the card!Only fair as the California shirt makes my day everytime I wear it.

cooltry:

Today I received this hand drawn sign from a #cooltry fan. Made my day! (Taken with Instagram at Valencia Gardens)

that was me, I’m glad you like the card!
Only fair as the California shirt makes my day everytime I wear it.

12:17pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Ze19awM6uS8F
(Notes: 4)
  
Filed under: handmade lettering cooltry kseniya makarova thanks card 
May 23, 2012
I do a lot of textbook work here at Ingalls. Here’s a series from last year.

I do a lot of textbook work here at Ingalls. Here’s a series from last year.

12:34pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Ze19awL-Tp4T
Filed under: book design graphic design kseniya makarova plants 
May 17, 2012
Book of Zen Koans and Paintings by Michael Wenger, that I designed (at Ingalls design) last year.

Book of Zen Koans and Paintings by Michael Wenger, that I designed (at Ingalls design) last year.

12:30pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Ze19awLeq5_T
(Notes: 3)
  
Filed under: book design cover design typography koans zen kseniya makarova 
April 26, 2012
this is true of some of my favorite people.

this is true of some of my favorite people.

4:51pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Ze19awKNLhh7
Filed under: drawing handmade hand lettering type watercolor sketch collage overlay 
April 19, 2012
chill out.watercolor notebook sketch.

chill out.
watercolor notebook sketch.

5:04pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Ze19awJxLIWY
(Notes: 5)
  
Filed under: watercolor drawing painting sketch chill out fish kseniya makarova moleskine sketchbook 
April 16, 2012
Got one of my friends to watch Training Day the other night by telling her it’s a ‘zany buddy-cop movie’ hahah. what a great film.

Got one of my friends to watch Training Day the other night by telling her it’s a ‘zany buddy-cop movie’ hahah. what a great film.

2:10pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Ze19awJmjwf7
(Notes: 6)
  
Filed under: typography drawing handmade training day quote denzel alonzo chess checkers 
April 7, 2012
Drawing of a homeless man, overlaid on a photo of the gas station I usually see him at. He’s never revealed his name, but did tell me some stories about being a photographer. Pen drawing, digitally overlaid onto photo.

Drawing of a homeless man, overlaid on a photo of the gas station I usually see him at. He’s never revealed his name, but did tell me some stories about being a photographer.

Pen drawing, digitally overlaid onto photo.

9:14am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Ze19awJEmCGp
Filed under: drawing handmade homeless man overlay pen photo sketch kseniya makarova 
April 6, 2012

Four first-round ideas for the poetry book in the previous post.
(I had taken out the title and author back when I posted these before we went to print)
Later round ideas here and here

9:24am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Ze19awJB1cxm
(Notes: 1)
  
Filed under: book cover design draft graphic design poetry kseniya makarova 
April 5, 2012

Fresh from the bindery! Our latest book (cover + interior design, and, the photo that wraps the spine is one I took), a wonderful collection of poems by Dawn McGuire.

5:21pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Ze19awJ8fuA1
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April 3, 2012
Made this the other day. All the images are from a quick Etsy search. The improper appropriation of Native American cultural practices has interested me for a few years, particularly because it’s something that had to be pointed out to me, despite how widespread the practice is. (Not like I ever ran around in a headdress, it’s just not something I ever looked into.) We instinctively know that it’s wrong to mindlessly parrot other cultures’ beliefs, but somehow this one group is ok? That’s so weird and wrong.

Made this the other day. All the images are from a quick Etsy search.
The improper appropriation of Native American cultural practices has interested me for a few years, particularly because it’s something that had to be pointed out to me, despite how widespread the practice is. (Not like I ever ran around in a headdress, it’s just not something I ever looked into.) We instinctively know that it’s wrong to mindlessly parrot other cultures’ beliefs, but somehow this one group is ok? That’s so weird and wrong.

12:55pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Ze19awJ0lNc6
(Notes: 239)
  
Filed under: native american cultural appropriation pastiche etsy regretsy headdress wrong design type black and white theft feather fashion