Pink Laughter Designs Blog

Osh is a new character design. I hope to one day expand his world by illustrating the images I have in mind, which includes animated scenes and depictions (I am currently working on my animation skill set). He exists in a very surreal, startling and magical realm but sometimes he likes to step into the reality of others so that he can make new friends in different dimensions.

This illustration was created in Illustrator and taken into Photoshop for highlight and shadow effects.

All of my illustrations will soon be available as prints in various sizes. I’ve received a lot of requests so far for my work in rich commercial print format.

This was created in Ilustrator CS3. I decided to create a cute little panda bear holding his beloved stalk of bamboo while he gazes upon the viewer with a curious expression but sweet expression.

This illustration would be very ideal in a recreational room or a quirkily-themed bathroom as decor on the wall.

This illustration was created in both Illustrator and Photoshop. I have as very strong fascination with clowns and all other characters related to them which includes mimes, harlequins, jesters and so forth. Many people find this to be unusual since clowns are a source of fear for most, but even if clowns are depicted in a sinister fashion, I am interested in that depiction and characterization of clowns as well.

I didn’t really have a plan when I first began this illustration, although I wanted to experiment with images of mimes which turn into looking more like clowns. Mimes typically have the eye paint designs featured in this piece in some way. They also usually have darkly painted lips.

These clowns are in lavender and pink hues with lots of shine which gives them a candy-coated appearance, hence the name of this image which is Candy Coated Clowns.

Stay tuned for more painted-faced and masked character illustrations, which might include an illustrated character card set.

Twilight Cafe is a menu and restaurant concept that was inspired by futuristic themes and motifs of the 50s as well as stylizations from the cartoon The Jetsons. Boomerang shapes, things relating to outer space, colors blue, pink, red and green, the future, exploration and modernism were heavy themes that shaped the design output during the 50s and the early part of the 60s. I decided to first create a menu design using these ideas. I wanted the menu to be playful, intriguing, reflective of the look and feel I was going for and interactive to some degree. The prices and selections of the menu items had to represent the time period and style. Prices were of course going to be much lower. For example, a burger might be 50 cents or a sundae might be a nickel rather than what the prices are today. A restaurant such as this would offer traditional American foods that would fit into the theme.

I discovered during my research that it was common for many restaurants during the 50s to offer juices and fruit selections as appetizers. Today these items are normally sold as side orders or placed within the beverage or dessert menu so it would look rather unusual to see juices offered as starters now. These two pieces are vector illustrations and were created entirely in Illustrator. I also created a tangible copy of the menu. I printed out the layout for the menu, had it assembled, laminated and presented as a real menu that a restaurant would actually use.

As with all of my other business and advertisement concepts, this one is themed very specifically. If money were no issue, I’d definitely establish a club called Club Worship in a hot spot or location. The flyer presents Worship as a themed night for a fictitious club called Club Panorama but Club Worship would be an offshoot of that club…so it would be an addition to that franchise.

Club Worship would be based on a solar theme. The club’s interior would be a mix of oranges, yellows and orange-reds, but mostly the latter two hues. The walls would be glazed to give a candy-like appearance and there would be lots of sun motifs and decorative references about the entire interior space. The club’s style would be lush, warm, sophisticated, inviting, and hip with a very intoxicating setting.

The club would showcase bands, spoken word poetry, storytelling nights and eccentric but funny stand-up comics. Bar would be full while featuring an assortment of special house cocktail drinks and there would be a kitchen serving tasty and decadent foods at the honey-colored cushioned tables and chair sets made with blond wood arranged around the various floor sections in different lounge areas (including the sun deck and patio spots).

This flyer is a fictitious advertisement for this club concept created in illustrator and taken into Photoshop for depth. The female character is dazed and possessed by the glowing and dazzling lights around her and especially above her head.

Originally the design for this piece was for a class project in a design advertisement and marketing class that I was taking. The objective was to come up with a word and associate and image with it to not only create a statement but to also highlight another word within the original word. I chose the word worship…focused on HIP in worship and decided that the female character that I’d illustrate around the word selection would be designed right within the word “hip” around her hip area.

The implication was of a woman obsessed with being beautiful, being hip, “in”, “popular” and accepted. Her eyes were to be glazed over, completely showing white, and she’d be looking upward in a complete haze totally worshiping the idea of beauty and fame…the limelight (represented by the sun)…all the while holding a sweet lollipop which represents innocence, yearning and craving.