Mood Board and playlist fun

One of the assignments in my illustrator group was to start pulling together a mood board for our individual illustration businesses. This is a tiny taste of mine.  City life through rose-colored glasses is the theme, and my inspiration includes Cleveland's East 4th street (shown in the bottom corner), shops, buildings, cartoony black and white displays and brick walls.

At first this whole "build a brand" thing felt ridiculously intimidating, but then, as I looked about my house and closet, and the doodles I draw when barely thinking....the whole thing became crystal clear.
This IS who I am, it is not contrived. The movies and books I love fit the bill, the stories I loved reading to the kids, even the music I listen to...


Sooooo while working on pulling images together over the last week - I even created a playlist that suits the feeling I want to project.... includes lots of my favs
Cat Empire
Elvis Costello
Happy by Pherrell Williams
Natalie Merchant
Florence and the Machine
Tom Waits
.....and more, continually adding new 'old' favorites.






Oh, and my infant baby website lives here for now - until I can get it a proper domain name and all.
http://shannontimura.wix.com/artstreet    stop by and check her out. :)