The Beauty of Adobe Illustrator CS5

I think I am love!  This is the same way I felt about PhotoShop 7 back in 1999, ahem!  Adobe Illustrator CS5 is my new found love.  Actually, I go back and forth because I haven't mastered Illustrator yet.  Illustrator makes everything prettier.  Lines are straight, text and shapes are no longer pixelated. (Jaggedy?)

Here's is my first job done with Illustrator CS5:

Thanks Lei Siufanua for giving me the opportunity to redo Mikayah Siufanua's original artwork and add some of my own touches!

1. Raw drawing / sketch from Facebook:

2. After LIVE TRACE in Illustrator:

3. Added a the text and few touches in PhotoShop since I haven't learned how to do it in Illustrator yet:

Voila!  Final product... I hope they like it!

Yep, I think they do!

Logo Design & Print: Diva Lashes

I had the great pleasure of working with Ms. Diva Lashes herself, Mrs. Ula Reid Inouye!  It's always such a pleasure to step into her glamorous world for a quick minute to help her with her designing needs. She is a Diva indeed and knows what she wants!  Thank goodness I was able to get what she needed and fast as she was preparing for the Utah Polynesian Festival in Provo this year.

Photos of her business cards, logo, and banner:

I tweeked the original in Illustrator CS5 (my new bestie, sorry PhotoShop) and came out with her logo here:

Diva Lashes banner behind my little brother Sega.