Bond No. 9 and SIGG Competitions

School is already going into the final stretch! Therefore, I have two interesting projects to dive into.

The first one is to design Bond No.9's new Astor Place fragrance bottle. I know exactly what I am doing but I am not going to disclose any information on it at this time because I really want my idea to be unique, and I don't want anyone else to take off on it.

The second project is to design a water bottle design for this company called SIGG. They specialize in these aluminum eco friendly water bottles. They want it to represent something American or New York. I decided to do a spin on the design of the Chrystler building and make it super modern. Whenever I think of America, I think of New York because it embodies every type of culture that resides within our country.

So, we'll see if I can do as well with these two competitions like I did with the Mimobot one. I really think I can put as much excitement into these two projects as humanly possible. And hopefully make them intelligent and successful designs.

Senior Thesis

No pictures yet for this post.

I have my senior thesis squared away and ready to begin the final touches on it for the first two panels. Just need to figure out the color and do the final compiling on photoshop with layers etc. Each box will be scanned seperately so I can make them really big and focus on the detail when I draw. Everything is sketches out and squared away.

Main inspiration for the strip section of the thesis is Winsor McCay and Chris Ware. Lots of type. The strips will be tricky when I end up printing them.....For the large illustrations, I am just focusing on how I like to create a general image.

I need to go to New York Central Art Supplies to get some really really good quality paper to print on, but that won't be anything to worry about until I print which won't be until the last 5 weeks of the semester (November-December). BFK BFK BFK.

I have a feeling I might have up to 20 pieces + for the show, depending on if I get any of them into it. (wishful thinking). This is me being super ambitious. My life depends on this. I am so ready to kick major ass. Get ready for Podd art times 50. *waves fists*

Mimobot/Vimobot

I assume many of you know about my great summer achievement which was being voted top 3 of the best designs for Mimoco. So, the three winners will have their designs produced into actual toys/USB drives (to either stick into your computer for extra storage or collect some dust on your desktop). Just in case you don't know what exactly the heck Mimoco is well, it is a fantastic little company based out of Boston that creates cute little USB characters and vinyl toys. They have been featured in various magazines like the current issue of Bust. Heres a link to their Myspace and website for furter info:

http://www.mimoco.com
http://www.myspace.com/mimobot

My design was on display at Comicon San Diego about a week ago along with the other 2 winning designs. Heres the promo:



Mine was Zombie Tiki God by heyimlindsayp. The purple and green nightmare on the far left.

So this little guy will be hitting the shevles as well with the other two after the second half of the contest (there will be 3 more winners announced)! Stay tuned for updates about when and where you can buy one, I am pretty sure that Kid Robot, Toy Tokyo, and the MoMa Design store will carry them first.

Here are some better photos of the protoype (I owe it to the boyfriend for fantastic photos!):



The other design I submitted into the contest was Pacific Northwest Totem Pole bot which I was way more in love with than the the actual winning design which is here:



So which one do you think should have won?