Carmen and Emily started this blog to commemorate their long standing friendship. In February 2010 Emily joined the Navy and hasn't had reliable internet since. While Carmen wistfully awaits contact she has decided to only post pictures of the sky until Emily's return.
Watching the banner develop has been interesting. It gets better and better. I know I don’t have an artist’s eye, but something has been bothering me a bit. It’s the right corner: why palm trees and a sailboat? You’ve already imprinted CALIFORNIA with the bridge. Do one of you have a real thing for sailing, or palms? Instead of palms, how about that giant tree in S.B., the ficus? Or eucalyptus, like the ones on my 101 corridor ?
Hey Stella! I think Emily is going for the look of Santa Barbara with palms and the sailboat and the bridge is for San Francisco (where I live). Its still a work in progress and I thank you for the suggestions!
Yeah, I was going for SF and SB stereotypes, although I have considered cropping out the sailboat because it does not have any real significance, the way the bike does. The palm trees remind me of the ones that line my running path at the beach, although to most people, they will imply Southern California in general, not specifically SB (also, they are the easiest to draw in silhouette!) I think in the next “final” version, the people will be farther apart, the sail boat will be cropped off, and I’ll update the tagline. Open to any suggestions on the colors, also…I thought about going with a blue to match the link color, although orange is a nice complement.
p.s. Carmen, do you know the pixel-width of the space at the top the banner will fill?
p.p.s. I am already half-way done with another, completely different version of the banner that does incorporate some of the 101 corridor, since Humboldt county is a formative piece of our history!
Emilily, 
Carmen, and 
Stella are discussing.
Emilily 2:09 pm on September 7, 2009 Permalink
I can’t believe the embosser is not here yet, either! How are you coming along with the business card stamping?
Stella 9:31 am on September 8, 2009 Permalink
Watching the banner develop has been interesting. It gets better and better. I know I don’t have an artist’s eye, but something has been bothering me a bit. It’s the right corner: why palm trees and a sailboat? You’ve already imprinted CALIFORNIA with the bridge. Do one of you have a real thing for sailing, or palms? Instead of palms, how about that giant tree in S.B., the ficus? Or eucalyptus, like the ones on my 101 corridor ?
Carmen 9:57 am on September 8, 2009 Permalink
Hey Stella! I think Emily is going for the look of Santa Barbara with palms and the sailboat and the bridge is for San Francisco (where I live). Its still a work in progress and I thank you for the suggestions!
Emilily 10:19 am on September 8, 2009 Permalink
Yeah, I was going for SF and SB stereotypes, although I have considered cropping out the sailboat because it does not have any real significance, the way the bike does. The palm trees remind me of the ones that line my running path at the beach, although to most people, they will imply Southern California in general, not specifically SB (also, they are the easiest to draw in silhouette!) I think in the next “final” version, the people will be farther apart, the sail boat will be cropped off, and I’ll update the tagline. Open to any suggestions on the colors, also…I thought about going with a blue to match the link color, although orange is a nice complement.
p.s. Carmen, do you know the pixel-width of the space at the top the banner will fill?
p.p.s. I am already half-way done with another, completely different version of the banner that does incorporate some of the 101 corridor, since Humboldt county is a formative piece of our history!