"Every king needs a crown"

A pencil drawing inspired by a Humans of New York photo. http://on.fb.me/XYXJ50

Stuntman Mike

First run at doing a portrait with watercolor. My technique needs TONS of work - my approach was pretty much - lets see what happens! Anyone have any tips please share.

shalimart.net

Good news everyone! After thinking long and hard on how to approach my site redesign - I realized that it is hard to design a cohesive portfolio around both my illustrations and design. Sometimes I feel like I have a split personality when it comes to my work. In my design I am always trying to solve a problem, designing to meet a strategy and someone elses needs. In my art work, its all for me. Personal, random, messy etc. That being said, I felt it was time to break off my artwork from my design portfolio. For the time being, as I work on redesigning my website - parts of this site will be off, including the design portfolio. Head on over to shalimART.net and check out my artwork!

Diapers.com Winter Catalog Cover

Made this cover for Diapers.com Winter catalog a few weeks ago, thought I'd share the cute baby face. Photography by Evan Kafka

Abuelo y Abuela

Bookworm.com

It has been a while since I did a design related post on my blog, and today I've done 4. This is due to the fact that I finish my work of these websites months before they actually go live and I can openly share them without being attacked by the NDA-Police. Bookworm.com has a very special place in my heart, there was a vision that I started with and was able to follow through to the end. I wanted to create a nostalgic atmosphere that made you want to click, explore and discover. A place where a mom or dad could shop together with their kids and not be bored to tears. Most of all, a destination that brought a smile to your face and your kid's face.

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Afterschool.com

Today we had two sites launching at once, which is a first in Quidsi history. The last month has been an epic race to the finish, which is kind of funny considering, I finished the design for this particular site back in March. This project was fun and challenging, we set out making a sporting goods site for both kids and adults. I had a few designs that delivered on this feelings (See after the jump). At the last minute the adult aspect was erased from the equation. So I had to shift gears and go younger and more playful. Alot of sporting goods site look very collegiate, masculine and plain ol' ugly, here I wanted to hit a more playful note, something that appealed to mothers of youngins and the youngins themselves. We went with a lifestyle image angle to bring out the emotional and celebratory aspect of having a child who's an athlete and these hand-drawn doodles to bring out the playful note.  

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