Sketches for Bowman Family Geneology

Sketches for the Bowman Family Tree

The above images are rough sketches to "get ideas flowing" (good ol' flo) for a family tree project for my grandma or "Nanny" (as we Crum kids like to call her). She will be 90 this year and she recently looked into her geneology and was able to find 15 generations all the way back to 1542 in a little town in Germany. Pretty cool - and I get to illustrate it!
Rough rough rough...to get the concepts and styling ideas started...

Oh My...

Above: C. Adam (my nephew) - a sketch for the C. Adam's Bakery Logo (my sister's bakery in Milwaukee Wisconsin...sooooo delicious - if you have a chance, go there and eat the bakery there becuase it will be the best you have ever had, and I am not just saying that because she is my sister)!
I am organizing my studio right now as I apply for graduate study and start gearing up for more creativity, and I came across some projects I had forgotten about...



Above: cover illustration concept for a bread cookbook



Above: illustration for pet supplier annual report




Above: Sketches I found for a business card I worked on (we didn't move forward with these)...



This last year has been the most work- intensive year I have ever had. I had been given a great opportunity at work, but I though all of the working hours (sometimes 70 hours a week), I realized that I really really really would rather spend my time living my life and focusing on my family, life, travel adventures, and of course, my illustration. I am just so happy now to be able to finally come home and say..."oh yeah, I don't have to keep on working on "work" tonight!"...which frees up my brain for things I would like to pursue. Thank goodness!!

More to come...