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Carly Schoen – Winter 2012

dajana — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:29:00 +0000

This weekend we filled a van with all kinds of awesome and drove to the Walker Sculpture Garden for a photoshoot of Carly’s Winter 2012 collection. We were able to achieve some amazing melancholy moods and complex textures inspired by the collection – and you’d never be able to guess the location by viewing the photos! This is just a sneak-peak modeled by lovely Kimberly Bowman. Keep an eye on Carly’s blog as she reveals more images.

A few behind-the-scenes snaps… Camper van pulls over, curtains are drawn, out comes Bigfoot in high-heeled boots. No suspicious activity here…

six word story every day

dajana — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:51:26 +0000

my contribution to the SWSED project. story written by Mitch Kampf and Katelyn Regenscheid.

StarDweller poster.

dajana — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:37:09 +0000

here’s a little gig poster i recently designed & screenprinted for Stephanie Davila of StarDweller. her music is phenomenal. you don’t want to miss this show.

(three colors on curious skin cover.)

a perfect suitcase.

dajana — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:27:20 +0000

thanks to the thrifting powers of lovely Rae Alexis i now have a perfect little traveling suitcase. all i had to do was print an anchor on top of it, because let’s be honest, it was just screaming for one. can’t wait for my next trip!

boy in a sweater.

dajana — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:02:48 +0000

a little portrait i did of my favorite boy : )

deer boy.

dajana — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:33:40 +0000

hot off the press. two colors on birch veneer.

maybe you’re wrong.

dajana — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:00:40 +0000

really, maybe you are.

i read this at a coffee shop once and found it very comforting at the time. while it sounds like a negative statement, there’s something quite hopeful in it. i decided to make a print of my own.

i found this amazing typeface in an old specimen book. i scanned it, manually set it, then silkscreened two colors on some nice crane stock. pretty happy with results.

prints now available on my etsy shop.

roma di luna.

dajana — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:19:13 +0000

i was recently approached by a minneapolis producer dan huiting to illustrate credits for the city of music: roma di luna video. it was really wonderful to have an opportunity to do work for a local band whose music i happen to love. their performance was filmed in the lovely green room at the cedar cultural center – you can view some of my backstage production stills on the city pages blog. here is how it all came together:

City of Music: Roma di Luna from MPLS.TV on Vimeo.

a few closeups:

brand new sour milk logo.

dajana — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:21:19 +0000

susan andersen is a dear friend and a writer of brand new sour milk blog. she also happens to pay in designer shoes. when she showed up at my doorstep with a pair of christian louboutins asking for a logo, i went weak at the knees. check out the little cutie below, then go read some stories.

long-stitched book.

dajana — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:01:23 +0000

i thought i’d take a break from coptic binding and make a little long-stitched book. i found some nice gray and white vinyl for the cover. i sewed them back to back so i’d have nice lining on the inside. the signatures were made from recycled notepad graph paper and the button was lost by someone at our office. if you recognize it and think it’s yours, i may give it back for three easy payments of $4.99 :-P