DIY Scrabble Tiles

So a coworker of mine hired me to stretch a custom canvas for her cousin a few weeks back, it was 5'x4'. While speaking to her she saw online some scrabble tiles and wondered if I could make her some for her daughters room. Of course you know what my answer was.... ABSOLUTELY!  So I went home and cut out 7"x7" squares from some left over wood from a previous project, sanded them down, rounded the edges and voila. I hand painted these in black, and then gave them one coat of polycrylic to give them a nice shiny finish. Plus it helps protect them. I like how they turned out, and I think I like them better with this unfinished feel as well. Don't mind the shell casings there in the background, I work at a scrap yard and we find them almost daily in the yard. I know, I know, the thrill of danger right?

GO CREATE! 


Another satisfied customer! These are the Scrabble
tiles I custom made for some one recently in
their new home.

More Sketching

Here's a quick lion sketch I did today in ink. Just more practice. Enjoying a new sketchbook I got for my bday last year.

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Dry Erase Koi

So I have this dry erase board in my office that I use to draw on. Yesterday I was looking to put something on it and came across a Japanese Koi fish on the internet, I liked how it looked so here is my version of it.

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I couldn't let it be, so I added a bonsai tree, temple, and
mountain range to the background. Looks finished now!

Company ad

A few weeks ago a coworker of mine asked if I would be interested in coming up with an ad for the company I work for. The add would run in local papers and maybe some billboards. At first I wasn't really interested, but then a few ideas struck me and the rest as they say is history. Here is a picture of the printed version I came up with. It's very retro and I thought would fit well with our location being in a more rural area of South Atlanta. Let me know what you think!

Here are the digital concepts w/color before print.

Master Bedroom Makeover

In case you heard about it and havent seen pics, here are pics of my master bedroom makeover I surprised my wife with last month. Love how it turned our and I have to give props to Ikea for the idea on making a closet space in a small room. We now have 2 closets in this room. Now on to the "Yellow Room" as I have affectionately named it....ENJOY!

Reclaimed wood bench

This is a bench that I made last week for my kitchen from scrap wood I found at my job. If you can't find it, I say MAKE IT! Now all i need to do is fill in the holes with wood filler, paint it, and have a cushion made for it. I LOVE how it turned out. See what a wild imagination, some left over wood and about 6hrs can do for you.

GO CREATE!

 Old pallet, and plywood  used for 

bench seat and shelf for baskets. 

Frame up w/the 4x4 posts

 These are the slats for the top of the seat,

as well as the frame for the shelf on the bottom

that will have baskets for shoes.

Plywood cut for shelf.

Nailing slats on top of bench seat

Finished product.

Quilling

I stumbled upon this once b4, so I had to share it the second time I came across it. Quilling as it is called is proly not for me b/c it requires great patience I think and great precision. But Yulia Brodskaya is amazing and known the world over for her amazing works. You can check her out via the link below but here is a pic of just one of her amazing works. GO CREATE!

www.artyulia.com