Logo and Watermark

Here are two pieces I recently did for two friends of mine, Kimberly of http://www.technofortomcats.net/ and Claire Whom composes music under the artist Alias of "Viper.Fox"

Some brandings

I figured this would be fun to share, too often I am posting personal artwork rather then full fledged designs and concepts. These are two of the projects I have been busy with. One of which was a simple re-brand/look for an ice cream shop out here on the east end of Long Island which has been a landmark in Mattituck; Magic Fountain. Its been family own and operated since the 60's and hence they wanted to preserve an older yet refined look. The second of the two is a design for a small home business in New Hampshire that does specialty cupcakes "How Sweet!" Right now I am in the process of creating menus for both establishments.

S y s t e M

A birthday gift for my wonderful friend Parker.
protector. guardian. watcher. Another go at Corel Painter

Fire Dog Dance

Dance on lil fire dog.
Another piece in the style of the Otter and my Orca.
just playing with shapes and feeling. Coyote has fire in his heart and feet, with a song to sing!

Year of the Rabbit

HARE'S to (pun!) The upcoming Year of the Rabbit 2011!
2011 is the year of the Metal Rabbit- in particular the "yin" or female aspect of the metal sign. Naturally fitting I found silvers/grey to be the perfect tone to work with with a hint of blue.

The Kanji below reads Happy new years in traditional Chinese. Also symbolizing the feminine energy i chose to place the moon in there (as well as its Asiatic lore with the rabbits on the moon)

On the upper right hand corner is a "Plum Blossom Coin"
(taken from fengshui best buy)

"Plum blossom epitomizes determination, confidence, perseverance, longevity and indomitable spirit because of its ability to blossom in cold harsh climate. If there is someone in the household who lacks interest to be successful in life, this coin promises "upward mobility". It will extend ones life to soar in greater heights and reach the peak. Recommended for students, business people, sales people and those seeking to maximize their luck in life. "

Blessed Holidays!

I have a habit of posting art in batches rather then the actual uploaded date!
This was originally done Pre-December, as my Holiday card for 2010. Created in Corel Painter and Adobe Illustrator.

JavaJava

Ok first off I want to thank Eirik of drawinks.com for being so awesome and allowing me to do this. I can't take credit for the idea because it was a doodle of his epic art that sparked the initial want to play with this! Rhinos are an animal I feel that do not get enough attention. both for their majesty and rarity. Many of which are critically endangered. The idea came to me immediately when I saw Eirik's sketch to place two and two together. What two do I speak of? well Javan Rhinoceros.. and Java (Coffee!)

Aullido Verde

Back in Sept I got an email from a professor at the University of Puerto Rico of Applied & Environmental Geophysics, asking if he could use a piece of my art to help educate children in grades K-12 about environmental awareness in the country. While sadly the image he asked me to do was designed for someone else, I happily volunteered to create something new and better I feel suits the cause.

The name of the project is called "Aullido Verde" that means the Green Howl in Spanish. Since their university's mascot is a wolf I felt it was fitting. Professor Acosta-Colon and his staff were most pleased :)

"Not so Mini" Cooper

Another go at Corel Painter! the more you practice the more you learn. This was a birthday gift for the suave and kind Bill Evans of ABC7 NY's Eyewitness News. Bill has many friends, fans and family on facebook he is always sharing his adventures with. Often he posts photos of his little dog Sandy, but recently I asked him if He would post some of is daughter's beautiful horse. Bill seems to love this gorgeous creature as much as his daughter does, so I wanted to combine a gift for the two into one. Bill seemed very grateful and happy to have received this. and the one previous I painted for him (of his poodle Sandy!) thank you Bill for accepting this go gratuitously!

Chrone Bear

What better time to experiment with a new program then with a gift? I will be honest this is my first take on using Corel Painter 11 and its quiet different from the vector typed illustrations I have been doing. Its a program that literally mimics real media. This was a commissioned; but gifted piece as well for my beautiful Yoga Teacher Mary Angela Buffo of Anada Yoga in Southampton where I practice. These are of her two totems, Bear and Humpback whale. This piece also holds a double meaning on a more spiritual level- in that this was a gift for Mary's 50th birthday (hence the name "Crone Bear") A celebration of life moving into the last of a triad cycle. Mary will also be getting this inked on her skin (truthfully one of the highest honors an artist can have in my opinion- a permanent etching of your art one ones skin!) Here's to the beautiful soul which she is.

Dendrobatidae Arcus Iris

Which if my knowledge is correct means "Frog Rainbow" in latin. I use to own a t-shirt when I was younger covered in colourful dart frogs, Also the secondary musing for this came from the thoughts of a good friend whom I associate with the woods and wilds; in particular the creatures that well in them.

"Thy Creator"

As Promised, I post non portfolio art here as well which is why I encourage all interested parties to follow this blog as you may see things you wouldn't otherwise. This is based off a beautiful dream I had where Whales were "flying" through space creating worlds in their "hearts" as they breached they stirred up cosmic dust and nebulae to create splashes of stars and dust.

Artwork (c) Erin "Narumi" Prince 2010

* Oh and this may also be a first for some of you- is also a look at my "watermark" I use to 'stamp' my images

A Night at the Light

I tend to neglect this poor blog and rather then just add things one at a time I tend to upload in batches when backlogged artwork has accumulated to to what we artists refer to as an "art dump" That's just what I am doing here today. Let me share with you A creation I am rather proud of, as I feel it demonstrates a sense of elegant vectors. I cant say this sia fictional evenht becuase last year it was quite real. This is just my own take on the design.



As always Design is (c) Erin "Narumi" Prince All other logs and companies are (c) onto their respective shareholders and are not affiliated with this ad used for portfolio and strict non profitable purposes only.

Blue Otter

let it be known that I am a big fan of body art. I have only two tattoos myself, a generic pawprint on m right ankle I wish I could take off as the good old "first tattoo mistake" soon as I reached 18- and then there is my "Norse Kitsune" when I was heavily obsessed with Norse Designs and Deities, as well as my Japanese. So I figured a the time to merge the two. The latter of the two designs was inked by a very talented friend of mine Stacy Sharp of Sharp Tattoos In a "Ink for Art" trade we agreed to do Stacey was looking for an otter design. The Idea took some time to "hammer out" so to speak- as I had a finished design in my sketchpad back before many of my possessions got stolen back in summer so it all had to be reworked. Sometime later this was born. I wanted it to mimic in style an earlier personal design I did of a tribal orca for myself.

Ganesh Flow

Many updates in one day- I'm clearing the backlog to you have something to look at here and this blog doesn't collect "e-dust". This started as a sketch when I was waiting for my Yoga class to start, I arrived unusually early that day and because it was cold rather then walk and poke about NoHo I sat down and looked onto the urban garage walls of the studio. A fickle muse is funny like that at times, She pops her head out of seemingly nowhere, and inspires. Rather then focus so much on anatomy, I threw the artistic rules outside the window and went with the flow of the piece. This was originally supposed to be a sketch of Shiva truth be told! The prayer around the outside ring reads ""Lord Ganesha has a curved trunk with a powerful body. He has the brilliance of a million suns. May the Lord, remove all the problems from the actions I aim to achieve"

Freelance Work has been keeping me busy, which is good! I apologize to my viewers and followers here for lack of updates. My resolution (If I may so post here) is to create more "folio" worthy art. Dig deeper, try to find my niche in things. With that said I have a few pictures to share. The first is a tattoo design for a good friend of mine whom has a strong affinity to kestrels and humpback whales. Inspired by the Japanese crests to a degree. I find it difficult to gives images names sometimes, so I just decided to nickname this one "Sea and Sky" I well realize that birds wings don't bend that way- artistic liberties taken of course :)

Blow Me!

Get your minds out of the foul mouthed gutters there folks! ;) This design Idea came about out of nowhere to be honest, no direct muse I can particularly credit. I've always drawn cute or "chibi" things (before all the cool kids were doing it too!) :P but abandoned that style for artistic growth reasons. (I caught A LOT of flack for it back in high school and in college) I know its all the rage nowadays and everyone is doing it, so it may be overkill, but I choose to think of it as fun. Sadly this design didn't make it on threadless. So here it is for all of you to enjoy here!

Beach Bum Savasana!

I think I had too much fun making this one, combining two of my favorite elements, yoga and the beach! the inspiration from this comes from our wind-down after an hour of "asana kicking yoga" at the best studio out there (I'm biased! ;) The Fierce Club After the workout we lay down on our mats in a pose called "savasana" and unwind. Often at times I'm so cranked up and covered in sweat from a great workout I imagine that I'm laying on the beach (Of course! I'm from Long Island!) and so hence this image was born. I plan on doing a male version as well wish a similar limited (5 tone) color pallet.

Long time no Write!

You all have my sincerest apologies for such as well. The lack of updates have been within good reason if you'll allow me for one brief moment to break the "art only" and professionalism atmosphere of this blog. Rather then bring everyone down with disappointing news I'll post the good first!

Two months ago at June's end I moved from the historic little town of St. James on the north shore to what I call nothing short of God's country. I'm now happily situated on the North Fork of the Island in the tiny hamlet of Baiting Hollow. Also known as wine country! We have an overlook of the Long Island Sound from my balcony, and we are surrounded by woods! (and "Mc Mansions!" however luckily our house is not. There is a beautiful Koi pond that is in the backyard which I spent the last month fixing up. So far out here I have seen deer, turkeys and their babies, osprey, turtles, and I am woken up each morning by a screeching red tailed hawk that nests nearby. Nature has been a huge inspiring factor in my life and now I can happily say I am surrounded by it all!

Sadly now come the bad news (but with more good news at the end so bear with me!) The final week of June I had the contents of my backback robbed from me. That's right. My livelihood and all the technological tools that make me a Graphic Designer were in that bag, My laptop (my working machine) my tablet, my ipod (because music fuels the art!) wallet, phone, everything.. even jewelry I had on that I had took off! I was upset and speechless that someone would do such a thing, or that anyone in this world can steal something. *shakes her head* So I had a very much unwanted hiatus from the internet and communications.

Now, the good news is now mid/late July I own a new laptop, found some older disks with some (not all) backup, but some and I am working on rebuilding it all. Its taking time as I need to find my Fonts, and there are some files that cannot be replaced. However as an artist and a person I wont let that get my down! So long as I have air in my lungs, a pad, pen and the promise of a brand new day I continue to create! for I -AM- an Artist.

My apologies to those that follow my art or this blog for a lack of contact and updates. I'm currently adding new features, and there will be much more art and adventures to come!

"Voice of the Wind"

Apologies for the lack of updates, lives thrown a little loop at me here and there, but I always manage to jump though it. This project has took some time simply because of the design elements having to be added together piece by piece, then getting approval to move onto the next. One of my very talented and longtime friends whom is a both a artisan and a composer whom goes by the online and alias of "WolfHeart" creates from scratch Native American flutes of all sorts carved of wood. Not only does He create these beautiful woodwinds, he also carves and decorates them adorning them with ornamental sculpture and bead work. His talents don't stop there; Wolfheart is a talented composer and arranger of his own music!
He as well as I have been working side by side in creating his debut album entitled "Voice of the Wind" which will feature his compositions. The track titles and times are merely placeholders until the actual compositions have been given names and recorded. I am very pleased to have been asked to work on this design for him.