a flourishing new year!

kol shofar fall program guide

Fresh from the print-house!
One of my favorite parts of being a graphic designer is getting material back from the printer. In this case, it’s the new Fall Program Guide for Congregation Kol Shofar.
Lots of great new programs, with good imagery to work with, and I was able to use some of my own Judaica images [...]

matzah, anyone?

How is it possible that Passover is upon us already?
I created these Passover illustrations for some greeting cards a while back. Matzah does make for some fun doodling. Surprisingly.

a simple sun

I created this sunny illustration for an announcement of birkat ha’chama, blessing of the sun, the special sun celebration that happens once in 28 years…. happening next month, on April 8. More info at http://www.sunblessing.org/.

focus on san rafael – winter 2009

Here are a couple of pages from the City of San Rafael’s Winter 2009 Focus magazine – fresh off the presses.
I’ve been enjoying designing this newsletter for the past couple of years; it’s good to be involved with this outreach to my local community. And it’s good to know what’s going on in City Hall. [...]

branded environments – the tea spa

I created these logos and posters for a Branded Environments class I took with the Art Center College of Design. Great class. Would love to have this company exist in real life – the Tea Spa – a place to go to, beautiful and serene, with delicious and soothing teas, an unassumingly posh atmosphere, maybe [...]

le’shona tova tikatevu vetechatemu

new branches for ruach ha’aretz

Ruach Ha’Aretz, which has become ALEPH’s Mobile Retreat Center, has been keeping me busy lately with unique and interesting work. This is an expanding organization, with an expanding website, currently represented by branches on a tree. The newest branch, about to issue forth from this spirited tree is the Graceful Transitions site, a new program [...]

shavuot – a new graphic for this holiday, while I work on some Judaica designs

blissa heartspace

For a while now I’ve been planning a Blissa Heartspace line of greeting cards. Animated, printed, computer-generated, hand-drawn, everything. Hokey, hokey, hokey. Love, love, love. Frills and hearts and cutesiness.
So stay tuned for news from Blissaville.