Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Dec 11, 2009, 6:33 am
If you received a Laura Coyle promo ecard in your inbox today and it brought you here, Welcome! This is a holiday shopping map of New York I did for US Airways magazine. See more Laura Coyle illustr...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Dec 9, 2009, 8:18 am
This was a gig we played back in October 2009 for GreenLaw, a non profit that provides legal assistance to environmental groups in Georgia. Here I am with Craig Shaw. I took this during an undoubte...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Dec 7, 2009, 2:49 pm
This is a peek, I'll post more later. For now, this is a t-shirt design/logo for a very fun and musical little business!
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Dec 2, 2009, 6:50 am
I'm pretty excited to see my birthday plate design in action. These photos come courtesy of Jennifer Baker, Vancouver, WA, who used the plates and napkins for her son Jordan's 1st birthday cel...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Dec 1, 2009, 5:09 am
If you received a Laura Coyle promo ecard in your inbox today and it brought you here, Welcome! This one comes from my rep Kiki Pollard at Alexander Pollard. These spot illustrations are from a series...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Nov 30, 2009, 7:57 am
It's Monday after Thanksgiving, time to get back to work. No late breaking developments on Tiger Woods, Afghanistan - what's a procrastinator to do? Bookeeping? Laundry? Why not contemplate th...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Nov 23, 2009, 6:33 am
My e-card from Thanksgiving 1999! Back when they had to be close to only 50k. Check out that smug turkey eyebrow at the end. Details! Have a good Thanksgiving and don't forget to draw your turkey ...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Nov 18, 2009, 7:00 am
I started admiring the work of David Stone Martin browsing through jazz singer albums at Footlight Records when I lived in the East Village. In the years since, I've searched for his name on go...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Nov 16, 2009, 5:29 am
For my high-sugar procrastination fodder, I'm enjoying the blog Cake Wrecks. It's hard to believe there are enough grocery store bakery cake failures to fill a daily blog, but here's the e...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Nov 14, 2009, 7:20 am
Maybe so, maybe not, but information design can really influence the way we look at things - like comparing the carbon paw print of fido to that of an suv in the above example. The blog, Information i...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Nov 12, 2009, 8:18 am
Someday I want to go to Pittsburgh and eat a sandwich at Primanti Brothers. I like a sandwich with slaw on it. Sometimes my job makes me hungry. 
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Nov 10, 2009, 7:15 am
Which is to say, I'm blown away by the beauty and cleverness of his words and amazed at the number of popular songs he penned. This year is the centennial of his birth (November 18, 1909) an...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Nov 7, 2009, 5:57 am
I found some fun inspiration at the Harper's Bazaar 140 year Archive site - Avedon photography, Erte covers, Andy Warhol illustrations and more.
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Nov 4, 2009, 5:00 am
Here are a few pictures taken by my husband from a gig at Ray's on the River last fall. I'll be singing there again this Friday, November 6th from 8pm until midnight and if you're in Atlan...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Nov 2, 2009, 5:08 am
Maps are just one of my favorite things to draw, and since we recently road-tripped to DC, I've been remembering this map I did maybe 8 years ago for Frommers Budget Travel Magazine. I finally had...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 30, 2009, 5:49 am
A halloween treat bag design, one of my favorites for Papyrus. This was part of a collection from several years ago. The spiders were covered in flocking. Spiders, flocking, very festive. This Hallowe...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 28, 2009, 6:47 am
Here's a Laura Coyle icon set - an assignment from Threads Magazine a few years back. I like sewing notions a lot, they make for some lovely little subject matter.
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 26, 2009, 6:34 am
I don't know how I stumbled upon this painter, but I'm enjoying what I see and I hope someday I'll run across some of his work in person. Here's a link to a review of an exhibition of ...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 24, 2009, 10:42 am
Take a gander at the coyleart etsy shop: coyleart.etsy.com for vintage cookbook inspired artwork! More to come.
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 23, 2009, 6:23 am
I thought I'd share this link to a story on WNYC radio's Soundcheck show (link below). The subject is choosing wedding music, something that caught my attention. While I'm not covering Kis...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 21, 2009, 7:19 am
I read about this on Oh Joy!, a favorite design blog. Just passing this along: take a look at the Sundance Channel's show "Man Shops Globe" to see Keith Johnson, buyer from Anthropologie, as he ...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 19, 2009, 11:20 am
Old cookbooks have always captured my imagination - above is a recent piece, kind of an evolution from this older piece I did for one of my Workbook ads about 8 years ago: Time flies!
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 16, 2009, 8:29 am
Since becoming a singer, I spend a lot more time than I used to going to live shows, hearing my friends play at jam sessions, and sitting in the vicinity of a drummer for an hour or so. About a year a...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 14, 2009, 7:50 am
  If you received a Laura Coyle promo ecard in your inbox today and it brought you here, Welcome! These are select spot illustrations from a series of about 15 spots I did for a running colu...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 13, 2009, 7:02 am
Stop by the freezer section of Whole Foods (here in the Southeast) and get your Jack's Harvest baby food! Not only is it healthy and organic, but it has a really cute baby logo on the package. It&...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 12, 2009, 7:00 am
Moths are cuter with some sunshine and flowers, don't you think? From a recent roadtrip to DC with Clayton.
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 9, 2009, 6:33 am
I was excited to work on this CD graphic design project with Joe Gransden. He's an amazing jazz trumpeter and vocalist, one of my favorites and very well known and loved in Atlanta. This recording...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 7, 2009, 6:54 am
We use the word amazing a lot, but when we're talking about the explosion of personal technology that's happened in recent years, there truly is cause for amazement. Every once in awhile you h...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 4, 2009, 7:45 am
A color copy postcard promo from 10 years ago in NYC (nope, that's no longer my phone number). Ink and scratchboard, xerox and Dr. Ph Martin dye.
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Oct 1, 2009, 8:35 am
Read the magazine cover to cover online. Ads, photos, stories from all years, all for the searching. It's pretty incredible. And not without controversy because of what it means for the future of ...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Sep 29, 2009, 6:42 am
This Friday, I'll be performing from 6:30-10pm at Fernbank Museum's Martinis and IMAX! Come join us for jazz under the dinosaurs and one of Atlanta's most fun Friday nights out. The above ...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Sep 28, 2009, 8:12 am
If Brylcreem ever makes a comeback, we can blame him. Wow, I've fallen hard for this show. I know I'm late to the party, (Mad Men is now in it's 3rd season) but a few friends kept telling...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Sep 24, 2009, 11:16 am
We were just walking down the street in DC and saw this - I had to yell out: "That's my lettuce!!" Well actually my illustration of a head of lettuce and mezzaluna that is part of the logo for Cho...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Sep 22, 2009, 5:39 am
If you received a Laura Coyle promo ecard in your inbox today and it brought you here, Welcome! These are select vignettes from a recent magazine feature I did for American Express travel. The tagline...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Sep 16, 2009, 8:56 am
Clarice Cliff is one of my favorite designers from the 1930's. There are parallels in her design to what was going on in the art world during that early 20th century era: Art Deco, Cubism, Orphism...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Sep 9, 2009, 11:33 am
This is the cover art for a CD package I designed recently for a friend and musical mentor, Audrey Shakir. The photography is by J.D. Scott, another good friend, so this project was pleasing on many l...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Sep 2, 2009, 8:28 am
You gotta love Madeline, but I'm just as taken with Bemelmans' paintings of cafe society and European travel. If you want to dive into his world a little more, I recommend the book Bemelmans: ...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Aug 30, 2009, 4:29 pm
Oh flickr people who take the time to scan your old magazine ad collections, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Such eye candy - and nice to know it was possible in 1969 to find sheets and towels ...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Aug 24, 2009, 7:39 am
I'm slowly working my way through the podcasts of 'Jazz Profiles,' an NPR program hosted by the great Nancy Wilson, one of my favorite singers. It's a treasure trove of fascinating i...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Aug 20, 2009, 7:16 am
I admire my dear friend Michele and all the cool stuff she's created from scratch over the years. I get a charge of inspiration just thinking what she's accomplished: built/owned 2 unique rest...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Aug 18, 2009, 8:52 am
Click here to view at full size. If you arrived here after receiving one today, Welcome!
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Aug 14, 2009, 7:20 am
I'm always excited when I can combine my two loves, music and art, in one project. So the news of winning the Gold Award for CD cover art from Jazz Critique Magazine in Japan was icing on the cake...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Aug 10, 2009, 7:01 am
This is a long, but worthwhile interview with uber-illustrator Greg Manchess. The pearls within have to do with hard work and authenticity. When the subject comes up about developing your own style a...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Aug 5, 2009, 6:29 am
I'm looking forward to watching the documentary on the life of Anita O'Day, one of my favorite singers. A couple of friends pointed me to this interview that aired on NPR recently and it incl...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Jul 30, 2009, 8:18 am
This documentary, "The Universal Mind of Bill Evans" is about Jazz music specifically, but it's broader theme could apply to other artistic endeavors. If you find yourself with some time, it's...
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Laura C. posted an article on Coyleart - Jul 27, 2009, 7:57 am
Read an interesting article/book review in The New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell. Everybody's giving it away, including The New York Times and now even 90% of The Wall Street Journal is free online. ...
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