The Work of Dolly Vu

2012-01-30T08:34:00.000-08:00

50th Wedding Anniversary Invites: illustrated wedding outfits: Sailor suit and cute yellow bow-tie wedding dress

2011-12-12T10:51:00.000-08:00

Baby Shower invite I created for a co-worker of mine.

2011-10-30T17:04:00.000-07:00

2011-09-14T12:11:00.000-07:00

Kid Duos!

2011-05-11T21:05:00.000-07:00

just for kicks

2011-04-22T15:14:00.000-07:00

You can see my Illustrations on the newest release of Sears iPad. Wahoo! (Page design by D. Vaca)

2011-04-21T22:55:00.000-07:00

Meet my latest and greatest friends :)

2011-03-09T06:45:00.000-08:00

Whoa! Dug into my ancient hotmail account and forgot I did these in 2004.

2011-02-26T11:56:00.000-08:00

chocolate rain series. for kgray.

2011-02-15T12:53:00.001-08:00

of things to come...so dreamy.

2011-02-15T10:53:00.001-08:00

2011-02-02T20:58:00.000-08:00

2011-01-25T15:06:00.001-08:00

Sexy Librarian.

2011-01-23T20:03:00.000-08:00

Supplies, supplies, supplies. my latest illustration work.

2010-12-14T20:30:00.000-08:00

2010-08-30T14:47:00.000-07:00

bier!

2010-08-17T21:23:00.001-07:00

Website Design for Pratt's Letter Freelance project.

2010-08-17T21:12:00.000-07:00

Something I made for a project that has gone unused...I'll find a use for it somehow...

2010-08-17T21:00:00.000-07:00

The cover I designed for 2010 MIMA summit. exciting :) + process shot.

2010-08-06T19:01:00.000-07:00

2010-07-13T15:00:00.000-07:00

Making lovely things for lovely people

2010-06-16T10:32:00.000-07:00

2010-05-18T19:02:00.000-07:00

For Samantha who is turning 4 in July

2010-05-13T12:16:00.001-07:00

Almost there I think

2010-05-11T11:40:00.001-07:00

2010-05-10T14:25:00.000-07:00

2010-04-19T21:36:00.000-07:00

My latest project done for some very good people I know and their newest business venture called Sew Simple. Super simple, straight to the point website. My html capabilities are very limited until I actually learn some coding.

Their business will be located within Blacklist Vintage. The site will appear live sometime this week - Just in time for their grand opening fashionshow! BAM!

2010-02-23T21:49:00.000-08:00

This could be the beginning of something...

2009-12-30T13:44:00.001-08:00

glimpse of the menu...it's so close to being done that I can almost feel the latté froth on my nose

2009-11-25T00:29:00.000-08:00

2009-11-25T00:14:00.000-08:00

2009-10-08T15:35:00.000-07:00

2009-09-21T13:49:00.000-07:00

Current project - identity for a company called Damn Giraffe...more to come.

2009-06-09T19:39:00.000-07:00

It's all coming...uh...full circle...

2009-06-03T14:20:00.000-07:00

So I recently made a visit back home to the wonderful Columbus, Indiana. My friend Jonathan Early approached me for an interview about my arts background and input on community arts in Columbus. He initially was going to type out the interview but we said "Screw it! - Let's make a podcast!" ... so we did. You can even hear the lovely birds chirping. Check it out!

2009-05-13T10:21:00.000-07:00

2009-05-07T12:09:00.000-07:00

The final outcome of Le Ficciones Typografika otherwise known as Tension & Dissipation!! Photos of my book courtesy of Erik Brandt. Thank you kindly, sir! Below are also wheat-pasted posters. The last time I drove by on Lyndale and 26th Street, they were still there -- that may or may not be the case now.

2009-04-26T04:06:00.000-07:00

Daaaaaayum, dat girl be repurposin'! Visit the site: project dvlp

(A couple of many projects to come for my senior project)...Yeah, I won't be sleeping for a week.

2009-04-22T22:41:00.001-07:00

I know I haven't been writing a description for the previous posts yet, but that's only because I wanted for it to be a surprise. As with most of my projects (i.e. - my senior project), I had to let myself gel with the idea(s) that I have been working with.

Shown below are my typographic fiction experimentations for my Advanced Graphic Design Seminar ( aka Type III) with the wonderful Erik Brandt. My original idea involved elaborate versal lettering using the Phoenician alphabet. I've also experimented with the mergence of Phoenician forms and Hongul forms and did about 1000+ combinations using old school calligraphy pens and Japanese calligraphy brushes in Indian ink. As you can see in my process shot about three posts below, I did not follow the calligraphy route. Evolution happens, you know.

The concept for this typographic fiction should be self-explanatory. I wanted to explore the fragmentation of these combined forms and play with movement and tension caused by these triangles (those damn trouble-makers)! I have a thing for wood grain. They add a nice texture and a subtle depth to the black forms. Also, looks like they could give you one hell of a blister.

These beautiful collapses will be made into a book, a performance (movie of sorts), and a wheat-pasted poster. A lot of work? yes. Excited? Also, yes.

< end explanation >

2009-04-22T21:34:00.001-07:00

This is what it is called.

2009-04-19T04:24:00.000-07:00

process shot, yo.

2009-04-16T18:02:00.000-07:00

Look what I found while cleaning out my server space from school! This little feller here was created three years ago for my Graphic Design I class.

2009-04-14T19:15:00.000-07:00

Freudian slip

2009-04-13T00:17:00.001-07:00

2009-04-09T14:24:00.000-07:00

tension & dissipation

2009-03-25T22:48:00.000-07:00

typographic fiction...art school...

2009-03-19T22:14:00.000-07:00

The intended, original direction --

and the new minimalistic direction --

2009-03-17T14:05:00.000-07:00

books on books

2009-03-16T14:25:00.000-07:00

a love affair...

2009-03-05T19:23:00.000-08:00

Veterinary Pet Insurance -- Workin' on it 'n' stuff...

(updated)

These in-progress concepts would ideally be made into billboards...

2009-03-05T13:27:00.000-08:00

A study of marrying Phonecian + Hongul

2009-03-03T10:10:00.000-08:00

Beast of an owl -- for my books and broadsides class:

2009-03-02T20:39:00.000-08:00

[ update 03/11/09 ]

*note -- I was fully aware that the soft-serve ice cream would look like a steaming pile of dog shit, yet I thought I could get by with it. I'm scratching that direction out, but thought it would be funny to share.

Some o' this, some o' that...

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A few directions for an ice cream shop opening up in Minneapolis' Eat Street -- LOOK OUT!

2009-02-23T15:52:00.000-08:00

NP: Bebel Gilberto - Moca Flor

the results of fudging around in illustrator.

2009-02-19T13:22:00.000-08:00

I have revived my love for typography and phonetics once again. Be prepared for my next project in Adv. Graphic Design Seminar. You've been warned.

2009-02-19T00:43:00.000-08:00

3:07 a.m.

2009-02-18T23:13:00.000-08:00

Good Morning!

2009-02-18T18:40:00.000-08:00

Russian doll cards - tips from sleeplady.com for getting your little ones to sleep. Work done for Nancy Rice.

2009-02-16T20:57:00.001-08:00

too broad for my side...

2009-02-11T17:05:00.000-08:00

Arabic Poster with the village peeps.

2009-02-05T19:57:00.000-08:00

Cranking it out like never before: Fiction Diction, Typeface: Pixel System 26 by Erik Brandt

also...

This is by no means my signature, but how I write my name. Apparently if the first letter of your name is bigger than the first letter of your last name, then you have a bad relationship with your father. And also that I am over confident. Well how about that!

2009-02-05T16:59:00.001-08:00

This is kind of silly - International style - anyone can swiss

2009-02-04T19:45:00.000-08:00

Character exploration using a Letraset sheet: Futura Demi Bold :

2009-01-29T01:45:00.000-08:00

Type explorations from President Barack Obama's inaugural speech "Hope over fear...ushering in a new era of peace." Work done for Erik Brandt, Typeface: Chamber Sans by Vera Gerlach

2008-10-16T14:08:00.000-07:00

pre-pressin' for your love.

2008-09-16T17:55:00.000-07:00

Testing out rich black for prepress – not so hot with gradients.

2008-09-07T16:05:00.000-07:00

2008-07-29T22:55:00.000-07:00

Pillow designs: I created a few with silhouettes of cats, but didn't know what to think of it afterward. Wanted to focus more on color, shape and space.

2008-07-15T13:39:00.000-07:00

A few characters I sketched, scanned and retouched in illustrator for my next screen printing project. It's about time I got to working again.

2008-02-18T20:49:00.000-08:00

The Minnesota State Fair poster series revisited + simplified.

2008-02-18T18:01:00.000-08:00

work done for VSA Partners, mpls :

2008-01-17T17:19:00.000-08:00

Quotes done for Digital Illustration.

2007-12-29T21:48:00.000-08:00

A few options for a painting company.

2007-12-03T18:39:00.000-08:00

Dating dos and don'ts from the prelinger archives. A starting point for motion graphics -

2007-12-01T21:49:00.000-08:00

Design explorations for GE 'radiology re-imagined' (work done for VSA Partners, MPLS) :

2007-11-19T08:21:00.000-08:00

Beginning package design for kornerstone ranch:

2007-10-31T17:59:00.000-07:00

motion graphics : beginning concept for recipe trailer

2007-10-30T11:43:00.000-07:00

Hamilton Woodtype website redesign

2007-10-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

can't get enough of that UFO: concept for motion graphics movie

motion graphics
Uploaded by diy_415

2007-10-09T17:34:00.000-07:00

2007-10-02T11:25:00.000-07:00

website for hamilton type company...for now.

2007-10-01T18:20:00.000-07:00

2007-09-24T18:17:00.000-07:00

2007-09-19T16:22:00.000-07:00

beginning collage for motion graphics.

2007-09-16T18:42:00.000-07:00

2007-09-11T13:01:00.000-07:00

2007-07-27T10:14:00.000-07:00

Design explorations for Schoor-Depalma, an engineering/consultant company. A few different company names were to be explored for this project: Mergent, Engin, Tri-Stone and Schoor-Depalma. (work done for VSA Partners)

2007-07-25T19:18:00.000-07:00

Again with the talk bubbles... Children's Hummer T-shirts - Work done for VSA partners...project currently put on hold.

2007-06-12T18:57:00.000-07:00

A few takes on a paint company endorsing environmentally friendly paint that is "safe enough to drink" ? - Anyway, they wanted a fun and whimisical style to encourage the creativity for the consumer and to appeal to kids who lick the walls and stuff. The first two images were presented to the marketing group of the paint company and the second image with the m'shaped paint droplets was presented to the actual client. They didn't go for either but they did love them. Instead they went for something a little bit more "legendary" which was suitable for what they were going for. Fun project, though! All work was done for VSA Partners in MPLS, MN.

2007-05-08T14:22:00.000-07:00

typography I project : children's book using type to create characters.

2007-05-03T07:15:00.000-07:00

An actual site done in Flash. (I really don't mean to make all the web interfaces about me - next time it'll be for someone else. promise.) plus - i think i'm over-doing the conversation bubbles. i should stop using it - STAT

you can view the site here

2006-12-15T17:38:00.000-08:00

2006-12-12T18:27:00.000-08:00

2006-12-12T17:56:00.000-08:00

Identity System:

2006-11-08T23:29:00.001-08:00

Final stationary set for Garage Door Systems.

2006-10-19T09:05:00.000-07:00

conceptual ideas for a photographer based in minneapolis. refinements + concept ideas in process.

2006-10-12T17:53:00.000-07:00

Book cover designs from last spring. Found them when cleaning out my jumpdrive.

2006-06-26T17:02:00.000-07:00

potential design for a website - rough draft - still in progress. additions will be made.

2006-05-26T09:19:00.001-07:00

Logo and letterhead design for Total Home Control. Completely new identity.

2006-05-10T10:10:00.000-07:00

logos and displays for construction company: