On My Mind, Miscellaneous Visuals The NS corporate symbol is The Thoroughbred. Representing speed and reliability, The Thoroughbred is used on everything from marketing materials to locomotives. Over the years, several thoroughbreds have represented NS. The NS Story: Meet The T’bred Photos taken October 2018 Irondale, AL Thank you for reading, KatherineContinue reading “Equine Logo: Norfolk Southern”
Category Archives: graphic design
Logo Study, Descending Capitals
On My Mind, Miscellaneous Visuals After rereading/reskimming* Pretty Much Everything by Draplin, I was inspired to take another stab at a blog logo [Letter Art: Logo]. It would be cool to have personalized t-shirts or stickers. If only for myself. If I come up with something I really like. Color from book blurbContinue reading “Logo Study, Descending Capitals”
It’s Such An Ugly Word
On My Mind, Miscellaneous Visuals Horse show this weekend & writing a post on pre-show nerves, so the subject is front and center. It was an interesting challenge to interpret “ugly” letters and “ugly” colors. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
R is for Ribbon, II
On My Mind, Miscellaneous Graphics Belated letter art to go with last week’s photo. [R is for Ribbon] Process Notes Drawn in Inkscape, finished in GIMP. Instead of sorting out how to cut or intersect objects in Inkscape, I patched over the problem areas with pieces of the same color. A functional solution butContinue reading “R is for Ribbon, II”
Change the Year, Change the Color
Pantone Color of the Year 2018 Ultra Violet 18-3838 Pantone Color of the Year 2019 Living Coral 16-1546 Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
Holiday Wish
Wishing you clear skies, good footing, and time to enjoy the barn. ~~~ On a side note. I’ve never understood the Happy Holidays/War on Christmas dilemma. Putting aside the philosophical, religious, & common humanity issues, there is a practical aspect. Let’s say I am talking to a Christmas celebrator. A week after Christmas theContinue reading “Holiday Wish”
Dabbling in the Art World, Graphics 2018
Looking Back I’m happy with the quantity of graphic art I produced. Of 42 Sundays, 33 were/will be original work of some sort or another, for a batting average of almost 80%. Only two Sundays had absolutely nothing to do with graphic design. Plus 8 illustrations on non-Sundays. The quality? Less so. I know IContinue reading “Dabbling in the Art World, Graphics 2018”
Virtual Brush Box 