Starting my master’s degree this year has turned me into a frequently fatigued juggler of tasks, but sometimes I still design things just for fun. I drew this in Adobe Illustrator last summer after I was simultaneously inspired by Grumpy Cat and a solar-powered, paw waving, Good Luck Cat that I picked up in Chinatown.
I spent five hours doing stats homework today; I needed to express myself somehow.
Attention Montgomery Countyites: Drop your golf clubs and go to Dogfish Head Alehouse in Gaithersburg right now! One of my favorite student organizations at the Universities at Shady Grove, Campus Kitchens, is hosting an all-day fundraiser with food, fun, games and prizes. All money raised will be used to aid the club in their mission to eliminate food waste and prepare nutritious meals for those struggling with food insecurity in Montgomery County.
To enhance your enjoyment of the delicious culinary offerings of Dogfish Head Alehouse, you may enter a raffle to win tickets to ABC’s The Chew, purchase a seasonally appropriate dayglow shirt that I designed using a brand-new illustration from Dogfish Head artist Andy Butterman, or enter a zombie trivia drawing for the chance to win free raffle tickets for the aforementioned prizes.
Have a heart and take a bite out of hunger; celebrate the Apple Zombie Apocalypse with Campus Kitchens.
If you live in Manassas, Virginia and order delivery from Vocelli Pizza, keep an eye out for this coupon to the best gym on the planet, Urban Evolution!
Salil and Malikah Maniktahla from UE are two of my favorite and most creative freelance clients, and their gym concept is truly unique. In addition to the Manassas location, they have brand new facilities in Alexandria and Baltimore. If you are looking for trainers that can give you cat-like reflexes and a Dragonball Z-esque physique, this is the gym for you.
I designed this poster for the DC Flutes choir of Washington DC. If you are in town on June 10th and want to hear some flute renditions of Mozart and Bach, this show is free and includes an after party reception.
I took this photo at work today in the campus counseling center. Before you ask what I was doing in the counseling center, I was there to take promo photos of their new location.
This photo of my grandmother’s family, the Horners, was highly damaged after a careless relative decided to store it in a leaky shed. As a surprise Christmas gift for my non-internet surfing grandmother, I decided to try and restore it. This is the most challenging photo that I have worked on yet. There were many moldy spots and one person’s face was almost completely missing! I don’t think I will ever know what this person truly looked like, but since everyone in the photo is related and shared many common facial features, I gave it my best approximation.
Here’s a photo I patched up of my mom, Sharon, and her father, Bill Truitt. She still makes that same expression in photos to this day.
This Saturday is my fourth anniversary of my 21st birthday. For my third anniversary of my 21st birthday, my roommate and boyfriend teamed up to make me a killer set of unfinished cornhole boards for me to paint and decorate. Something that you need to know about me is that when I am intimidated by a project it can take months. This project took 11 months and 3 weeks, to be specific.
For once my birthday is not on or immediately around Thanksgiving, so I am having my first-ever birthday house party… and I REFUSE to throw a party without fully decorated cornhole boards, dammit! Don’t worry, I did not forget the bean bags; I ordered them in my university’s colors from this seller on Etsy.
Here is a photo of my maternal grandmother Betty Ann Truitt, and some friends of hers at the 1954 Mardela High School prom in the small town of Mardela, Maryland. Parts of our original print had faded into total whiteness, so I had to use a little bit of imagination. Overall I am pleased with the result. If for no other reason, I am glad to know Photoshop so that I can restore and preserve my family’s memories. I can’t wait to show this to Betty!
Randie Hovatter 