This last minute job kept me house bound all weekend. The strange image on my screen is an unfolded paper box, part of a cosmetic packaging design I was recently hired to create. Pretty exciting stuff if you ask me!
It's just a rough draft at this stage, needs a lot more work... ... I see an all-nighter in my immediate future!
Until next time.
Agnes
Well, I'll be damned!!! Excuse the pro-words but I once upon a time worked in R&D and did finished illustrations of products our company wanted to make for the government. Everything from rescue beacons to thermal printing, photochromics (that darken when atomic bombs start to explode), and while we won some contracts it was the work on the end product before it was even made that was exciting to me. Lunar shelters for astronauts stranded on the moon — two chemicals mixed by breaking the tube that held them — started the reaction.
Posted by: Abraham Lincoln | October 11, 2011 at 08:54 AM
Very exciting Agnes! Will we be able to see the finished product when you are done?
Posted by: Heather Landry | October 11, 2011 at 09:32 AM
Is that a pink lap top? I love it! Love the design you created as well. The weather seemed to keep a lot of us Floridians in this weekend. Take care :)
Posted by: Michelle | October 11, 2011 at 09:35 AM
How exciting! You'll have to show us the finished product!!!
Posted by: Andi of My Beautiful Adventures | October 11, 2011 at 09:48 AM
Your style never ceases to amaze me. It translates to so many facets. Clothing, photography, illustration, make up. I am sure you, the person, has the same aesthetic.
Posted by: AM | October 11, 2011 at 10:07 AM
My WORD Agnes! You are talented beyond imagination!
Posted by: Silver Strands | October 11, 2011 at 10:11 AM
hmmm...wish you good luck !
Posted by: Thinking | October 11, 2011 at 10:22 AM
I imagine it would be very exciting
to be hired to create from inspiration
from within.
It's a pretty colour.
+ gorgeous photo Agnes x
Posted by: mystafied | October 11, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Wicked! Hope it went well. Having no spacial sense whatsoever, I'm in awe of how you can make pretty designs for fold-able items. I salute you! What was your final coffee count for the project?
Posted by: Patti | October 11, 2011 at 10:34 AM
It's coming up so well Agnes :) Is this something new you're trying?? You seem so much like a natural :) Good luck girl!
Posted by: WarmSunshine | October 11, 2011 at 01:07 PM
I think you need a refill.
Posted by: Captain Dumbass | October 11, 2011 at 01:58 PM
Second on the "pink laptop". Or is that just some more of your graphic wizardry?
Posted by: Bill Friday | October 11, 2011 at 02:30 PM
Having worked in graphic design decades ago, your computer program got my attention. The work is still hard I know, but facilitated by clicking and dragging versus re-draws. Looks like fun to me, if not to you.
Posted by: linda roth | October 11, 2011 at 02:32 PM
@Michelle & @BillFriday: Does it look pink? A reflection maybe? It's just plain white really.
Posted by: Agnes | October 11, 2011 at 02:51 PM
That is definitely exciting stuff! You are very talented!!! ;-)
Posted by: talei loto | October 11, 2011 at 04:53 PM
That looks so pretty. I immediately recognised what it was. Have seen too many carton designs for pharmaceuticals in my line of work not to. But ours are not quite as pretty.
Posted by: Loree | October 11, 2011 at 05:19 PM
I need you to go ahead and upgrade your computer. :P
Posted by: Richard4rolltide | October 11, 2011 at 07:14 PM
Very exciting! I'm sure it'll be fabulous!
Posted by: Barbara | October 11, 2011 at 07:40 PM
Best wishes. And white laptop is personal favorite.
Posted by: Appu | October 11, 2011 at 10:21 PM
nice work i can see.. nice colors.. all the best with getting the best result
Posted by: Aiz | October 12, 2011 at 02:56 AM
looks complicated and creative :) hope you met your deadline and then got some sleep.
Posted by: liz | October 12, 2011 at 08:51 AM
Congratulations and good luck on that new work...
Posted by: Jorge Alonso Pagliarini | October 13, 2011 at 01:31 AM
That looks intriguing and like a lot of work! I do hope we get to see the final result.
I went cloths shopping yesterday and was trying to think about what kind of look I wanted to go for and how I could get a set of a few clothes that would mix and match. I was thinking about people who carry this off flawlessly and you came to mind. So my new brown boots are completely and utterly your fault. ;)
Posted by: Sylvia | October 13, 2011 at 05:40 AM
Wow! Looks very creative and exciting! Good luck with it, am sure you are gonna do an excellent job with it :)
Posted by: Arti | October 13, 2011 at 06:06 AM
It's amazing what you can accomplish with a Mac and lots of Starbucks! :-)
Posted by: Sara Louise | October 13, 2011 at 08:31 AM
Super fun, lipstick box is it?? With your style, it will look amazing, love Posie
Posted by: Posie Patchwork | October 14, 2011 at 02:37 AM
Now I see why cosmetics are so expensive! Great job, Agnes! I'd love to see the ...final product!
Posted by: Anastasia | October 15, 2011 at 02:17 PM
Cooool Agnes, it must be so exciting to create something, wishing u the best!!!!
Posted by: Nancy | October 16, 2011 at 07:23 AM
God I love to hate my deadlines! Just got unpacked from a bruising two week trip, fell on the bed without even warning the poor dogs, only to be called and reminded about two deadlines in the morning. So, in an effort to express my unique you're-not-the-boss-of-me procrastination, I choose to instead drag out the work until the very last minute of the very last hour. It drives my agent crazy and that alone is worth the effort.
Posted by: Spuds | October 16, 2011 at 08:16 PM
I'm sure your design will blow all previous such designs outta the water! Knock 'em dead. Have fun. (Get some sleep too tho!)
Posted by: Kay | October 18, 2011 at 07:37 PM
So glad you explained the shape! I would never have guessed..though once I knew what it was, it was really obvious!
Posted by: Ann | October 19, 2011 at 12:43 PM
How exciting Agnes - all the best with the design work :)
Posted by: Miriam | October 23, 2011 at 05:17 PM
I LOVE that image. I am slightly jealous about the beautiful work space you have. I am sure it keeps you inspired.
Posted by: Zeba | October 24, 2011 at 05:03 AM
Were you ever an iMac girl? Is anyone anymore? Am always drawn to the lovely great big size of the desktop but always end up with laptops for practicality...
Ditto the comment about your work area.. you can see why the Dahl estate are asking for millions to preserve Roald Dahl's writing hut... the place where magic happens is always inspiring :)
Posted by: shaista | October 27, 2011 at 03:08 PM
Verrrrrrrrry exciting stuff & even the "rough" stage looks amazingly polished and FABULOUS to me!!! I'm already tempted to buy one and I don't even know what it *IS* yet!!! (cause yeah you're that good!!!). :)
Posted by: Lauren | October 27, 2011 at 09:10 PM
The shapes and fonts are visually pleasing; the colors will catch attention withou being jarring. Nice work!
Posted by: Mohamed Mughal | October 27, 2011 at 09:44 PM
Clever girl! I've had a few late nights with publishing deadlines too. It's that time of year, so it seems! The product looks like a sweet box of confetti!
xx
Posted by: Kymmie @ a day in the life of us | October 29, 2011 at 02:37 AM
Super fun, lipstick box is it?? With your style,
Posted by: GSM MOBILE FORUM | November 09, 2011 at 06:09 AM
@Sylvia: I am smiling from ear to ear :-)
Posted by: Agnes | November 11, 2011 at 11:53 AM