Amy De Wolfe Illustration

and lost.

Well, it wasn’t actually my FIRST contest.  I entered a logo design contest when I very first got into this line of work, and I won that one… so technically, the CreativePro.com “Designer’s Dream Giveaway” contest was my second, and while I didn’t win the awesome Pantone prizes, I was apparently a finalist… so yay me, or something like that!  Hahahah!

The design in question… my lovely Gossweiler Dentistry logo and website design, which will be live very soon.  I’ve seen the working version and it’s looking good, if I do say so myself!

So, I think I’ve officially got the bug… time to google more illustration and design contests!

Man, things have been busy!  Tons of work under my belt the past few weeks, which is always exhausting but highly gratifying.  I still can’t share the best stuff, but here’s a few little tidbits to tide you over:

And surfing the net today yielded some lovely inspiration for life:

• First, a woman with true strength
• Second, an awesome little tool for readers at the end of their rope
• Third, find out what you need to be billing to stay in business

I booked a ticket to go and visit home for a week, and of course, whenever I book a mini-vacation, the freelance work comes pouring in.  Not that I’m complaining!  Work is ALWAYS good!

I can’t share everything I’ve been working on just yet, but here’s one I can share:

If you don’t know about green smoothies, this is a link worth checking out.  They could change your life!

In other news, I’ve been working on some new images for licensing.  I want to change the backgrounds, but here is what I have so far:

So tell me… what do you think?