Art-o-mat entry

Thanks to my friend Ana over at Rearranged Design, I found out about Art-o-mat. It's a great concept...using old cigarette vending machines to sell art instead. The idea of using a machine which dealt out such negativity, and re-purposing it for something positive is something that really appeals to me. I decided to send in a submission of my own work for their consideration!

My concept is to do a series of illustrations, 50 individual pieces in all, done in ballpoint - "pen portraits". I felt this would showcase my style and give folks a taste of what I do. Each piece would contain a special code for the recipient, which they could use to get a discount in my Etsy shop. As you can see in the photo, the pieces are small, but that adds a precious quality to it.

The Art-o-mat folks have pre-made boxes available, but I decided to create my own. I had flashbacks of Packaging classes when I went to art school, I could feel my teacher Scott looking over my shoulder as I constructed it! Each would be wrapped in acetate as the example shows below.

I hope they do pick me, as it would be a fun project! In any case it was fun to come up with the series concept :)