Haus of Schirin

Artists to Watch Now…series 1

March 2, 2012 by Schirin

I got this awesome piece yesterday from Yaeko Abe. I have known her for a while we studied illustration together at FIT and lived in Queens as wacky art student roommates like a reality tv show, well like a hungrier sad-er version of I just want my pants back, that show drives me nuts its on target and then really off at the same time. So anyway what I love about Yaeko’s work is her Edward Gorey […]

Categories: etsy, Fashion Institute of Technology, illustration • Tags: art, collectors edition, fame, fashion institute of technology, fortune, yaeko abe

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How to Get One Sale in Your Etsy Shop!

February 29, 2012 by Schirin

I got my first Etsy sale yesterday! I am so freaking happy. This has gone to my head! So in light of my already inflated ego bursting I decided to make a post about pointers on starting your own Etsy store if you are an artist. As if I can give advise on the subject (well it was a sale to a non relative or friend a stranger sale!! That’s for real!!) So I would say the first step is […]

Categories: etsy, graphic design, haus of art by schirin, illustration, Uncategorized • Tags: art, artwork, etsy, Haus of Art by schirin, illustration

How to Digitally Color your Pencil Drawing

February 26, 2012 by Schirin

Do you want to know how to color your pencil/charcoal drawing in Photoshop? There are benefits to trying it! Such as if your like me and a little sloppy about using paint or watercolor and need the clean digital edge to give your drawing justice–or your drawing is so perfect as is, you do not want to re-draw on expensive paper because you lose that spontaneous integrity, or your don’t want to paint on your pencil drawing because it will […]

Categories: etsy, graphic design, haus of art by schirin, illustration, Schirin Naegele, Uncategorized • Tags: art, charcoal, digital painting, drawing, Haus of Art by schirin, illustration, illustration tutorial, photoshop tutorial, venitian mask

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new art for sale

February 24, 2012 by Schirin

This piece is new for sale in my shop! An 8×8 print for $15. When a bunny loves another bunny it licks it’s head. I show my affection EXACTLY the same way so I have that in common with bunnies. Well that and having my heart near my kidneys and being covered in hot pink sparkle fur. DO you think I will get my first sale this weekend?!!?I ask,believe and receive it will happen!!

Categories: etsy, graphic design, haus of art by schirin, illustration • Tags: art, fine art, Haus of Art by schirin, hausofartbyschirin, schirin naegele

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how to get a job in art part two

February 23, 2012 by Schirin

Sooo you are graduating from art school soon. You have a degree in fine art, illustration, printmaking, something. You have all these fantastic images in a portfolio. How about you use those images in a second portfolio and call it your “graphic design” portfolio? its scary language to use for an illustrator because it evokes computers, maybe high tech web design even but use the term as an umbrella and it can help you in that first year to […]

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Haus of Art by SCHIRIN Etsy store!

February 21, 2012 by Schirin

Today was so exciting for me! I launched my Etsy shop! Come to Haus of Art by Schirin live on Etsy! Now selling fine art prints on beautiful archival paper. Make a unique statement in your home with some art from a real artist! The critics are going wild! “oh isn’t that sweet, I need someone to put my photos in an album…your so artistic when will you come over?”- elderly relative “when will you get a real job? Oooh! […]

Categories: etsy, graphic design, haus of art by schirin, illustration, Schirin Naegele

some artwork i did in school for professor Oksenhendler at FIT

how to get a job in art – part one the cover letter and resume

February 19, 2012 by Schirin

So last week I went to my Alma Mater the Fashion Institute of Technology with Anna Polkowska and talked to a class of seniors about how to get an entry level job in the art world…I will be posting over the next few months how to get in to this field once you earn your BFA. For my first post I will show you an example of the cover letter and resume I sent to lenox, my second job in […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: fashion institute of technology, internal marketing, lenox brands

new trend now- romantique charme

February 8, 2012 by Schirin

New for spring 2012 I see fresh pastels and shabby chic. Distressed provincial look is a classic. It comes back every year with new twists. This year a big twist is vintage labels I’m thinking 19th century apothecary labels. Also a few floral prints and a hint of sparkle but the over look is muted and slightly inorganic, digitized color here is my trend board for this look: The color pallet is British pound coins, and the notebook in the […]

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a vintage kind of life

January 31, 2012 by Schirin

I love vintage maps and postcards, and this season its so in! I designed a trend-board called unassuming collector(in my trends section) and these are the papers I designed to go inside the frames. I kept the colors dull and vintage. I used foreign postcards and handwritten lettering. The stamps are also vintage and usually international. So designing facepaper is sorta like designing little artworks to display in the stores. See these now in Homegoods!

Categories: graphic design

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nice day for a white wedding

January 27, 2012 by Schirin

On a personal note..I’m engaged now! So I really have bridal things on the mind. The biggest plus of being an artist is that you do all your own creative things so I will make the invitations, placecards, menus, etc. I would love a vintage-y dress, a poofy hairdo and smokey eye makeup and pink flowers, had to make this…

Categories: illustration, wedding

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