GRAPHICS, T-SHIRTS, INTERIOR DECOR, GREETING CARDS, & LOGOS
Examples of the variety of art specialties by Jamie which include logos, a line of t-shirts, interior decor, greeting cards etc.
Jamie also designed the 3 karate studios she had with her husband-- from the ground up build out, to the paint colors, logo, building signage, brochures, advertising including writing and producing television commercial,. t-shirts etc.
Because this website is so new, below are just a few examples.
All designs copywrited
THIS WAS A LOGO I DESIGNED FOR "DUPREE DANCE ACADEMY" IN HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LETTERS ARE MADE OF DANCERS. THIS WAS REPRODUCED ON T-SHIRTS.
This is the logo I designed for our Karate & Kickboxing studio. I took a photograph of my husband kicking, then traced the photo to use as the image, then designed the letters and shapes to form the circular border around the image of my husband.

I designed t-shirts, business cards, building signs and banners, brochures, print ads, wrote and produced a television commercial, anything and everything needed for our business using our logo for corporate identity.
An example of creative decor.
Below is a Medallion and harlequin tile pattern I designed and painted on a concrete patio to look as if I had inlaid stone or marble. I used regular water base house paint, and then sealed it with a tile and stone sealer.
BELOW IS A LINE OF SILKSCREENS I DESIGNED THAT WERE PRINTED ON T-SHIRTS AND SOLD TO MAJOR DEPARTMENT STORES AND BOUTIQUES. EACH DESIGN WAS TITLED ALONG WITH MY SIGNATURE, WHICH WAS ALSO SILKSCREENED ON THE SHIRT.

The next series of greeting cards & invitations below, are a few examples of cards that I designed many years ago without a computer (imagine that!)
They were all hand designed and drawn, color separated by hand on different layers, and then sent to the printer.
For computer made cards, see the "computer whimsey" page.
As you can see, the cards designed are all very different to suit the individual needs of the client.

This is an example of a card I custom designed for a young lady's bat mitzvah . She wanted a painterly look, yet I had to come up with a way to make it look like it was a four color project when it was only two color project to keep the printing costs down. By using a screen for two existing colors (purple and aqua), the printer could use a lower percentage of these same two colors, giving the appearance two additional lighter colors, while only paying for a two color process. The final card was printed on a white textured card stock with a deckel edge, to give it a frayed natural look. (7.5" x 5")

I have always made designs for the envelopes as well. It makes the card more distinct, and since the client ususally pays for printing the address on the envelope, at no additonal cost, I could make a design for the envelope as well.
The following three Holiday cards I custom designed for a Corporate aeronautical firm. These were all simple and modern in design, and all of the designs had embossed and foil stamped accents (which doesn't show well in these photos).

In the first card shown (6.5" x 4"), the series of balls were gold foil to mirror Christmas ball.
The second card with the winter tree design (7.5" x 4"), had some random leafs foil stamped.
The final card shown (5.5" x 9"), all the airplanes were foil stamped and embossed.

With a larger budget for printing, costly foil and embossing was possible, as well as having envelopes made to custom size.
This is an invitation (right) to an "art to wear" show by the Los Angeles Arts Councel. The design was carried over to the front of the envelope as well (top) as shown. (9" x 5.5")


For custom cards and invites, I also like to print on very unusual papers. Wanting something extrordinary for my wedding invitation, rather than the more typical ecru card stock, I found this very rugged and textured hand made paper made in Napal. A letter press had to be used in order to print from above on a paper with so much texture, since the paper wouldn't go through the traditional printing press. The letters and design were thermal engraved to give an embossed look. But then I mounted these natural cards on a metallic gold card stock. The contrast of the earthy paper, with the shiny card made for a very unique invitation. I am particularly fond of contrasts. Such as hanging an ornate dressy gold framed painting on an old brick wall. When producing and designing custom cards, with so many paper choices, the possiblities are endless!


To see many more cards and invites, made on the computer, visit "computer whimseys" page. (all of the above cards and t-shirt designs on this page were made prior to home computers, if you can believe there was a time before computers! Hey, maybe that what "B.C." really means! )