Author: Lynne Fountain

Heirloom horses

| Lynne Fountain

One of my favorite projects to tackle is a good image restoration. It is so rewarding to bring a photo or a piece of art back to life! This early airbrush rendering was a family heirloom dating back to the beginning of the last century. The “paint distributor” (as the airbrush was known at the time of this piece), was developed in 1878, by Abner Peeler “for the painting of watercolors and other artistic purposes.” Unfortunately, this piece had been painted on a fragile paper, which had succumbed to years of exposure to light and air. The piece was too fragile to remove from the frame for scanning, and so we photographed it and retouched the resulting digital file. This enabled us to return the original to be safely stored away. When retouching was finished, the file was sent out for printing on a fine, acid-free watercolor paper (Rives BFK), ensuring that this favorite family image will last for many years to come!

Horses - Before

Horses - After

Scarecrow 5K

| Lynne Fountain

The Lincoln Land Conservation Trust’s “Scarecrow 5K” run takes place just a week or so before Halloween, and so they wanted the event posters to feel Halloween-ish. In order to keep these new materials tied in with what we had done previously (see below), I added a few elements to our original Scarecrow image to get that spooky (but not TOO spooky!) look.

Scarecrow Classic poster

Luna moth

| Lynne Fountain

We have taken to celebrating Friday evenings casually this summer with a friend or two, and a small, evening bonfire in our stone fire pit. It is a wonderful way to wind down the week and welcome the weekend. The other night, we were blessed with a visit from this stunning Luna Moth! This is a rare occurrence, as Luna Moths live for only about a week’s time and are generally active only at night. This is only the third time in my life that I have seen one. I managed to quickly capture an image using the camera in my cell phone before he continued on his way. Unfortunately, the resulting image file left a bit to be desired for clarity due to low (fire) light and a tiny lens. But some quick Photoshop tweaks turned my weak photo into a small photo-art memento that I love!

Luna Moth

Community

| Lynne Fountain

One of the great things about digital design, is that I am easily able to work remotely with clients. Fast internet connections have opened up a wealth of virtual opportunities for freelancers! These murals, created for restaurant walls in Texas, are a great example of that. My client (an interior design firm) provided me with stacks of digital photos from these communities, along with elevation and obstruction information (doors, soffits, wall hung items, etc), and general information about each restaurant’s locale. Using these assets and Adobe Photoshop, I produced these colorful, multi-layered composite murals that are custom fit to the restaurant walls—and also custom to the communities that each restaurant serves.

Killeen & StJohn Community

Gumbo Limbo

| Lynne Fountain

A couple of shots from the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton, while vacationing in FL. Maybe it was just the novelty, or maybe it was that I was also enjoying the sun and warmth, but I found myself fascinated by the many small lizards enjoying the warm Florida sunshine.

Lizard - Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

Lizard - Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

Scarecrow tri-fold

| Lynne Fountain

Once we had finished tightening up the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust “Scarecrow 5K” Logo, I was able to incorporate it, along with their photos from last year’s race, into a design for this simple, tri-fold brochure.

2014 LLCT Scarecrow Classic 5K Brochure v3-2

 

 

 

Lo…GO!

| Lynne Fountain

I recently had the pleasure of working with the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust on this logo for their upcoming annual 5K race. They had made a great start with a wonderful illustration, but needed help simplifying and integrating it with their organization logo for a new 5K race logo that was more recognizable as affiliated with the Land Trust organization.

ScarecrowLogo_3color

Below, you’ll see the two pieces that we started with. We also decided to change the race number on the scarecrow’s bib to reflect that this is the second annual race.

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