Hi everyone, it’s been too long between posts from me!

Something Old

Back in October last year I was approached to draw a portrait of Nikki Jean, nothing ended up happening with the project so I filed under ‘F for Forget-about-it’, but then thought that I should at least post it up here so people can take a look. The brief was to draw something her fans would associate with things she enjoys - like baking cakes and hanging out with her cute dog. Unfortunately I couldn’t bust out with the usual LoungeKat sexy heart-breaker themes and found that this one fell a bit short of everyone’s expectations, but I still think it’s pretty.

Something new

As some of you may already know, I’ve spent the last 3 years of my design career working in-house. Over these years I’ve lived a crazy 14 hour a day, 7 days a week lifestyle and more recently have found myself with more projects than I can manage. So it’s with much joy and a dash of nervousness that I’m announcing - as of next week - I’m a full time freelancer!

I promise to post some ‘regular’ LK work as soon as I’m finished!

Also, I haven’t forgotten about my newsletter subscribers - as you can imagine - I’m flat out at the moment. I have a stack of sketches to share very soon!

Posted on March 30th, 2010 by LoungeKat
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I thought I would share some of my more recent skateboard designs

These ones are on my Artsprojekt site and are printed by Zazzle. The printing is amazing with vibrant colours and a professional finish. The decks themselves are North American Maple pro model construction and range in sizes from a 18.4cm Mini deck to a 21.6cm Pro - There’s even an old-skool pointed style for those of us who remember the golden era of skateboarding - (A wonderful time before Caps and Cops.)

To sweeten your holiday season I have even found some Zazzle discount codes!
Radontheweb2 = 12% off your order of $75 or more.
Radontheweb1 = 10% off your order of $50 or more.

Browse LoungeKat gifts on Artsproject.

Posted on December 7th, 2009 by LoungeKat
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This news is over a month old!

Here’s a skateboard design I made for Vectortuts+, the aim of the tutorial was to demonstrate a few of the new CS4 features (Blob Brush, Multi Artboards, Scaling Patterns and Improved Appearance Panel) while at the same time addressing the technical requirements when designing for a skateboard.

The image itself is very simple, I made it this way so I could cover a variety of pre-press techniques and recolouring without over complicating the project.

This is a Premium Tutorial. Members of the Tuts+ network can download all of my source files and instructions.

Enjoy!

Posted on May 13th, 2009 by LoungeKat
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