SketchCrawl

Hi everyone! Yesterday, Saturday the 13th of April, was the 39th SketchCrawl and Billy participated for the first time! SketchCrawl is "a world wide drawing marathon event that gathers artists from all around the globe." It was started by Pixar storyboard artist Enrico Casarosa who also happened to directed the cute short La Luna.

We found out about this SketchCrawl through twitter the day before the event, so we already had previous commitments, however Billy did his best to sketch and watercolor wherever we were at. Feel free to follow the link to see a few pieces from the end result... and if anyone in Yuba City wants to get together for the 40th SketchCrawl in July, hit us up! The more the merrier!

Literacy Workshop Posters

Posters we designed for the Giving Voice to Children's Literature workshop sponsored by the Sutter County Children & Families Commission.

We had so much fun working on this project. We love a good challenge and with this poster we had a short deadline and we also needed a way to communicate a playful feel however we obviously did not have a license to use well known, copyrighted children's book characters...and we also didn't have a photo of the speaker, Francie Dillon to work with.

To solve this problem, we decided to just create our own little characters and we love the way the little boys (and overall design) turned out.

Once again we kept with the Sutter County Children & Families Commission color palette to reinforce their branding efforts...we kept the copy brief so the poster remains clutter free, making it easier for the reader to retain the information.

We watched some youtube videos of the speaker before we started working on this project and we just have to say that she looks like so much fun! The workshop is free and open to anyone who would like to attend.

There are countless benefits to reading to your children (expanding vocabulary, art appreciation, exercising the mind, increased concentration...etc.)...so if you have any children in your life (your own, nieces/nephews, kids you babysit...) do yourself (and them) a favor and attend this workshop!