Thanks to Alma Loveland and Nichole's Classes I feel like I have a much stronger grasp of Illustrator, and I have been having a lot of fun with it:

This one I did for an assignment about making banners.

The rest are drawing I did a while back, scanned, manipulated in Adobe Illustrator CS5, and assigned several different colorways. These were fun. If I had it my way, I'd spend three straight days scanning drawings and playing in the wonderful world of Illustrator. 

accidental logos

 I wasn't meaning to make anything like a logo when I started down this path, but that's what it wanted to be. I doubt I would ever use them as such because they are a little (forgive my word usage) ballsy for BAC, but I like them nonetheless. Maybe BAC is going toward the ballsy. I don't know. She doesn't regularly consult with me. 

Monumental

I wish I had any kind of words for what happens to me when I see mountains. They are such a monumental symbol of all that I love about nature; both serene and deadly, unmoving and ever changing, home and stranger. I think I'd like to be one someday. 

In my head

I've been working on aspects of this piece for a while now...

As I was sending it to Flickr I began a description that ended up like this...

I have a crush on square crosses, especially the red ones. I think they harken back to a time when I loved to watch MASH as a child, and had complex, very serious thoughts about war. Such a thinker I was.
But, I also think I respond to the harmony of the shape itself... the symmetry, the balance, the simplicity and strength.
All that coupled with the idea of care (medical), in a time of insanity and cruelty (war) is an irresistible contradiction who's offspring is called hope... I can't resist that. 

I had no idea any of that was in my head. I love it when that happens.  

Crushing hard...

...on my CS5 software (Adobe Creative Suite, mostly Illustrator and Photoshop)