The Calendar

For the last 3 or 4 months I've been doing quite a lot of art...and as Christmas approached, I decided to collect everything I've done and make a calendar out of it. Mostly to show off...but also to take a step in a direction I've always wanted to go, but never had enough art I was confident enough with to give out to everyone I knew.

I designed the entire thing from scratch (the art, the page layout, and the days of the week). It was quite a tedious process (especially making all the days of every month of the year), but once they were printed, I was very happy with the result. Here are some examples of this:

Detail: of the Yin Yang Penguins

These are just bigger versions of the previous post...I also seperated them so they could be viewd seperately and not as one whole drawing.

Yin Yang Chinstrap Penguin

Yin Yang King Penguin

Graphic Design: My take on yin yang

I did these as I was trying to do a penguin version of the yin yang symbol. These were the first attempt at it - trying to keep most of the penguin head, while still having them flow into each other. It ends up being more of the universal sign for infinity. I was using the king penguin and the chinstrap penguin markings.

Yin Yang Penguins: King penguins and Chinstrap penguins

drawn in Illustrator

Graphic Design: Chinstrap Penguin Pyramid

I did this at the same time I did the king penguin pyramid. Since the Chinstrap penguin doesn't have any color, it was easier to commit to a strict black and white design.

Chinstrap Penguin Pyramid:

drawn in Illustrator

Graphic Design: King Penguin Pyramid

I did so many to try to see which combination I liked...

King Penguin Pyramid

drawn in Illustrator

Yin Yang Penguin

I had an idea for more graphic penguin drawings. I did some a while back with sillouette in a pyramid design...but I keep coming back to the Yin Yang symble and decided to draw a bunch of them. I think the chinstrap penguin is the least successful. The adelie and king penguin seem to have stronger characteristics to their faces.

Yin Yang Penguins

drawn in Illustrator