No date for V-day???

Drink your sorrows away with one of my custom designed Stein mugs on Cafe’ press! Available in both English and Italian, “The University of Drunkenness… Bibamus! Moriendum est!”

A whole range of products are also available with this design, in both languages, such as tees, hoodies, sigg water bottles, BBQ aprons, boxers and thongs…. the list goes on… you’ll only find out if you visit my shop on Cafe’ Press!!! The best place to find original, custom designed clothing and gifts for any occasion, any mood, any need!

(graphics and design copyright Francesca Cornell, 2009, all rights reserved)

Mad Matatus Tee Stop!

 

Adored Jewelry Logo Completed!

ahhh… this is always the best part! Finishing a project and having a happy customer! My latest design was based on the following requests from my client:

-a heart

-red

-gold

-silver

-swirly ribbons

-and a sweeter than sugar font!

The logo was designed in two versions: one gold and one silver. you can view the silver version on their website: http://adoredsilver.com/

I’m happy, client is happy….

 

Your Freedom Ends Where Mine Begins

Your Freedom Ends Where Mine Begins

A politically inspired design! Words I heard from a very wise man indeed… for in a democracy someone always has to give up their rights for the sake of another’s. Original graphics and design by me, Mad Matatu! You can also find this design in 2 tone black and white for an even more bold statement. Available on tote bags, t-shirts, hoodies,mugs,stickers,banners,bumper stickers, Sigg water bottles, childrens clothing, magnets and pins! Check out the super sexy womens hoodie black and white version with the design on the back… sleek eh???

Happy shopping!

 

New Sigg (RT) Water Bottle Design For Sale!

1.0L Swiss made Sigg Water bottle $27.99 only!

I LOVE these Swiss engineered water bottles! Safe for the environment, ecological, freeze proof and BPA Free! Throw away those plastic water bottles and save the planet with a reuseable one!

My new bottle design features a retro-modern fantasy fish with Chinese watercolor painting styles and motifs, bright ocean and water inspired colors and a trendy look all around! An original digital design which is signed and dated. You can purchase a 1.0L or 0.6L bottle for under $30! that is a real steal!

 

Matatu’s Tee Stop Launched!!!!

Hi all! Am so excited to announce the launch of my new cafe press store! I have been busy designing T-shirts, posters, Sigg water bottles, mugs, framed art and wall clocks with original artwork and photographs from my trips around the world! You’ll find some of my old favorites as well as new humor tees for adults and kids alike! Be sure to have a look and sign up for my newsletter to recieve notices of new products available! Happy shopping to all and thanks again for reading my blog!

Matatus Tee Stop @ cafe press

 

HDR faking it with Photoshop

I recently visited the beautiful city of Avignon, France and got snap happy with my trusty Canon point and shoot! While I have yet to discover how to change the settings to take photos at different exposures and create HDR images, I was able to recreate the effects in Photoshop using layers, filters and playing with the sliders to change the saturation, add that glow that seems to engulf all HDR images and while I was at it, I decided to dramatize the sky a wee bit

Here’s the photo before and after:

What is HDR?

In brief, an HDR image (High Dynamic Range) is a series of identical shots taken with a camera at different exposures and then placed one on top of the other to create beautiful photographs that expose every detail sharply. For a more thorough explanation you can refer to the wiki link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

 

First Camino painting is up for sale!!!!!

Dreaming... by Francesca Cornell, copyright 2009

Dreams inspired by Nature’s bounty, the unpretentiousness of homemade limoncello, oceans and the seas, the play of morning and late afternoon light on blue waters, an old  farmhouse claw foot tub for a pool, french lavender from Provence, and wildflowers, California orange poppies… a broken fence.. tall green grass… a book to inspire… pastel colored clouds… Limited edition! Only 100 digital copies will be sold in this size!

Click on the Buy Now Button and Pay securely through Paypal! Please amke sure you provide a valid email address for me to send you your copy!

Software used:

Corel Sketch Pad, Adobe Photoshop CS4 extended, Wacom Intuos 4 Graphic pen Tablet.

 

Net Nanny To The Rescue! My latest Logo Project Finished!

Ahhhhhhh yesssss!!!… now this was a FUN!!!! Job!!! My lovely return client, Lanae, asked me to make a logo for her new social networking biz “Net Nanny” and she wanted a cute and sexy “nanny” inspired by our beloved “Francine” from TV’s “The Nanny”… what you see below is what I came up with! Lanae is happy, I’m thrilled and the nanny…? well, eat your heart out Francine….

Client comments : ” I LOVE IT!!!!!  OMG…I can’t wait to show her off . Thank you SO much!“

Price: $300.00

Software used: Adobe Illustrator CS4,

Designed and lovingly created by Me, Francesca Cornell, aka: Mad Matatu

If you’d like a logo designed for your business, graphics for web and or print, feel free to contact me for a quote using the form on my website:

Contact Mad Matatu today for a quote!

 

A.T Financial Services Website Up and Running!!!

No more sneak peaks, It’s Finished!!

I loved doing this site! I enjoy doing more serious designs and I enjoy creating them with

just a few div tags and pure css… just as I did with this one! The logo set the tone as you can see for the design and it’s color scheme, which i had created previously for my clients, and what I came up with was what you see! I was given free rein as the designer to deside how i wanted it to look since my clients trusted me 100% to come up with something they would like and want.
The entire site was designed in Photoshop CS4, the tabs and graphics, such as the wavy lines, I created using Illustrator CS4. The stock images are the only thing that came from the web and I recolored those too… so as you can see, when i say you get a FULLY CUSTOM and ORIGINAL Design… I mean it I Design it… you keep it and NO ONE ELSE has one like it… see? Now THAT is one heck of a deal! Like this site and my style? contact me now for a quote:

Contact Me for a Design Quote Today!

 

Sneak Preview Of The Website Am Designing!

am busily preparing the new website for A.T Financial Services who were so happy with their logo design they hired me on to give their website a make-over…. here’s a peak, but just a teeny tiny one! not gonna give it away before its finished which is now just a matter of days!
If you’re interested in my services as a web designer you can contact me using the email form provided on my website: http://madmatatus.com/contact.html

 

Magisterrex.com site is up & finished!

Pretty happy with this site and so is dan, Wonderful guy!!! Was awesome working with him and while we still have some minor tweaks here and there business is up and running! This is an E-Commerce site and i designed and created every single graphic! including Dan’s robot mascot! How? hand drawn sketches that I then converted to vector line art with Adobe’s Illustrator CS4… site is .asp based and comes with an awesome easy to use control panel! Now go buy some games!!!! Dan deserves it!!!!

 

A.T. Financial Services Logo Design

New logo design client: A.T. Financial Services, San Jose, CA

A.T. Financial Services Logo Design

Company info and live view of the design:   http://www.atfin.net/about.html

I loved doing this logo… a cleaand professional design with web 2.0 gloss! Client’s request? To create a logo that would incorporate a mountain(symbolizing strength)… we tried a few different things and in the end this was the winning design! Letterhead and business card design were also purchased.

Total for this package: $550.00 (includes: vector print/web logo design, business card and letterhead mini identity package)

If you’d like to purchase something similar just email me by using the link below:

Logo and mini identity package deal!

You may also contact me through my website: http://madmatatus.com

 

My Second Teddy Bear Design approved for Voting!!!

A second design of mine was approved for voting =) This has been really fun and a great way of experimenting with different concepts within limitations (the contest requires we use no more than 3 colors and use their bear template for the design). So my second bear was inspired by my favorite painting of all time: THE KISS, by Gustav Klimt.  If you like him or Pangea and think them vote worthy please do vote and share these links with your friends, family and coworkers =)

Inspiration: Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss"