Tatyana H. Jula

Season’s Greetings from the Pacific Northwest

Posted on 12/25/2013 by Tat

2013 was the year I decided to pick up and finally get away from Eagles fans — just in time for Seahawks fans to be a thing. I’m still in the process of settling in, but if there’s one thing that’s absolutely true about the Pacific Northwest it’s that it’s covered in Sasquatch!

Unfortunately that’s probably a lie. I have yet to meet a Sasquatch even though I’ve driven through the picturesque mountains several times in a little over a month. I have however seen a troll, Lenin and this monstrosity.

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Posted in Blog, Shameless Promotion, Vector Drawing | Tagged art, Bigfoot, cards, cryptozoology, digital, digital illustration, doodles, drawing, graphic, Happy Holidays, humor, illustration, Illustrator, Merry Christmas, Pacific Northwest, promotion, Sasquatch, season's greetings, sketches, vector, Xmas | 1 Comment

Claim Your Holiday Card Now!

Posted on 12/12/2013 by Tat

Intrigued by that holiday collage on the left? Well I’m almost done compiling my Holiday Card list and I still have a few spots left. If anyone would like to be included and see how those pieces fit together let me know. I’ll be stuffing envelopes and licking stamps on Sunday the 15th so you have until then. It will be first come first serve so if you don’t end up with a card I apologize in advance.

To get on the nice list just message me on Twitter with your address. I promise not to stalk you.

Posted in 2013 Doodles, Giveaway, Shameless Promotion, Vector Drawing | Tagged art, card, Christmas, digital, digital illustration, drawing, graphic, holiday, illustration, Illustrator, season's greetings, vector, winter, Xmas | 1 Comment

Steak ‘n Eggs

Posted on 07/23/2013 by Tat

It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to post, or really work on, any new Diner Monsters, but finally! I give you Steak ‘n Eggs!
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Posted in Blog, Just for Fun, Vector Drawing | Tagged art, digital, digital illustration, diner, Diner Monsters, doodles, drawing, eggs, fur, graphic, horns, hot sauce, humor, illustration, Illustrator, monster, pink, post-it notes, post-it's, sketches, steak, vector | 1 Comment

Monte Cristo

Posted on 06/04/2013 by Tat

We all know people like them, or at the very least have been distracted by them. They’re the people who are so civilized that they refuse to eat any sort of foodstuff without a knife and fork.

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Posted in Blog, Just for Fun, Vector Drawing | Tagged art, creepy, digital, digital illustration, diner, Diner Monsters, doodles, drawing, fork, graphic, Ham, horror, humor, ice tea, illustration, Illustrator, knife, monster, Monte Cristo, post-it notes, post-it's, retro, sandwich, sketchbook, sketches, vector | 1 Comment

Hot Tea

Posted on 05/28/2013 by Tat

Before Star Wars: Episode I came out and the hype was so big that even if the movie was good it couldn’t have lived up to the anticipation. In fact the main villain that their marketing strategy focused on would prove to be a fairly ineffective villain. That villain was Darth Maul.

“Why?” you may ask, am I discussing one of the most reviled movies in nerd history. Well it’s directly related to why this week’s monster, who is more menacing looking than last week’s Hot Turkey Sandwich, and he’s totally a vegan.

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Posted in 2013 Doodles, Blog, Just for Fun, Vector Drawing | Tagged art, creepy, dastardly, digital, digital illustration, diner, doodles, drawing, graphic, hippie, hipster, horror, hot tea, humor, illustration, Illustrator, monster, post-it notes, post-it's, sketchbook, sketches, vector, villains | 2 Comments

Hot Turkey Sandwich

Posted on 05/21/2013 by Tat

I have no idea why I started this series, especially since my circus series is up to only two performers. The thing is I’ve become obsessed. My working title is Diner Monsters and I’m pretty sure I’m the only person who is going to love these little guys, but I can’t help it. There is something so silly about the idea of a monster sitting down at a diner and having a meal.

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Posted in Blog, Just for Fun, Vector Drawing | Tagged art, creepy, digital, digital illustration, diner, doodles, drawing, graphic, gravy, horror, hot turkey sandwich, humor, illustration, Illustrator, meal, menu, monster, post-it notes, post-it's, sketches | 3 Comments

The Roadside Explorer Edition

Posted on 05/14/2013 by Tat

I’m finally done! The last in my series of business cards, and I couldn’t be happier. I put in the order today.

For the last in my series of Tat business cards I did another more personal card. I LOVE visiting offbeat tourist locations. Giant Gorillas or Madonnas? Check. Museums opened by people with a disturbing collection of elephant chachkies? Absolutely. Any two headed, multi-legged beast, real or faked. I’m there. Buildings that look like inanimate objects? Especially those! Summer time is the best time to visit those places, seeing as most are seasonal, so I’m getting very excited to finish of visiting places in road trip vicinity of Philly.

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Posted in 52 Weeks, Blog, Shameless Promotion, Vector Drawing | Tagged art, business card, digital, digital illustration, doodles, drawing, graphic, humor, illustration, Illustrator, offbeat, offbeat attraction, post-it notes, road trip, roaside attraction | 1 Comment

Food Illustrations

Posted on 05/07/2013 by Tat

One of Nutrisystem’s biggest competitors on the web is a company called Medifast. They both offer food created specifically to shed pounds, but with drastically different offerings. As it does with many of it’s competitors Nutrisystem put together a landing pages outlining the benefits of their product.

For this project I was asked to do illustrations that showed a typical day on each program. The color palette needed to be somewhat soft and muted, but still be consistent with the food items. I also needed to keep the serving sizes accurate while making the Nutrisystem options more robust in comparison.

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Posted in Blog, Vector Drawing, Work | Tagged breakfast, dessert, diet, digital, digital illustration, dinner, drawing, food, graphic, illustration, Illustrator, lunch, Medifast, Nutrisystem, sketches | 1 Comment

Only Hipsters Ride Unicycles

Posted on 04/19/2013 by Tat

Since I created Don’t Call Him a Hipster Strong Man back in January I’ve been thinking about doing a series based on the circus. I’ve also been thinking of turning them into a series of cards, all with the same basic color palette and everyone wearing some piece of apparel that’s red and white stripped. This week I completed my aerialist.

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Posted in 52 Weeks, Blog, Just for Fun, Vector Drawing | Tagged aerialist, art, blaance, carney, circus, digital, digital illustration, doodles, drawing, graphic, high wire, hipster, humor, illustration, Illustrator, P.T. Barnum, retro, unicycle, vector, vintage | 1 Comment

The Cat Lady Edition

Posted on 04/02/2013 by Tat

When I decided to create a collection of business cards based on my interests I wanted them to showcase both things I just like and things that I actually do in real life. Both the Bearded Lady Edition and the Mad Scientist Edition were based on my love of old timey sideshows and old horror/sci-fi movies, particularly of the mad scientist variety.

For the next two I decided to tell a little more about what I like to do, and for this one in particular it was spending time with my cat. I actually only have one cat and she’s a bit of a demon, but like most pet owners I love her. I also thought it would be a lot of fun to do a crazy cat lady edition.

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