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Andrew Meehan Christmas card 2011

It’s Christmas in Leiden…

  Ok, not quite. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but I’ve managed to find some inspiration in my new home and finish my Christmas card early this year. As usual, it’s inspired by the great Art Deco racing posters of…
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  • Posted: Nov 23 2011
  • Tags: Bugatti, cars, Christmas, Christmas card, illustration, Leiden, netherlands
  • Comments: 6
SunbeamDemoSketch-slider

A pie in the oven.

Sunbeam 1000 hp Land Speed Record car You know how cooking shows always seem to have a perfect version of the final cooked dish waiting in the oven? Artists need them sometimes too. This is my “pie in the oven”…
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  • Posted: Aug 09 2011
  • Tags: Autodesk, illustration, Sketchbook Pro, sunbeam
  • Comments: 2
Leiden Small

Welcome to my new site and new life.

After moving to the Netherlands in January, I’ve decided it’s time to go back to work for real. I’ll be updating my website with my most recent work, but also throwing in some pics and tidbits about my new life…
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  • Posted: Aug 06 2010
  • Tags: Leiden, life, netherlands
  • Comments: 0
sketch-officemorning

More sketching…

Ok, these aren’t really coming in order, but I thought I’d post my favorite recent sketch next. This is a morning sketch of my office after a night on the sofa. Still just getting back into the groove of sketching…
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  • Posted: Apr 08 2009
  • Tags: Dick Blick, hand•book, office, Pilot pen, sketching, sofa
  • Comments: 0
the mantle in our living room.

Jumping out of my ‘skine

Ok, so all the cool kids are posting their sketchbook pages these days, so I thought I would too. I’ve been trying to sketch more regularly to get out of my keyboard and mouse mentality, and although the results have…
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  • Posted: Apr 06 2009
  • Tags: Moleskine, Pilot pen, sketching
  • Comments: 1
Gorgeous previous redesign of Car

Things get ugly at Car magazine

Car magazine has long been one of my most cherished and revered sources of car news, photographic inspiration and cutting-edge design. Published in the UK, I have been spending my hard-earned cash on the import-priced glossy loveliness for almost 20…
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  • Posted: Mar 20 2009
  • Tags: Car magazine, graphic design, Tim Pollard
  • Comments: 0
Karim Habib

I’m not bitter. Really.

Just jealous. One of my former classmates at Art Center, Karim Habib, just jumped ship from BMW to Mercedes to “oversee” their Advanced Studio in Stuttgart. Karim’s a great guy (or was anyway, might be a d-bag after years with…
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  • Posted: Mar 16 2009
  • Tags: Art Center, BMW, Car design, Karim Habib, Mercedes, trans design
  • Comments: 0
The Truth About Cars logo proposal

The Truth About Logos

A commendable car blog called The Truth About Cars has asked its readership to submit logo designs for the site. Typically, I would consider this an affront to designers (and maybe it is), but I have a lot of respect…
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  • Posted: Mar 01 2009
  • Tags: blog, Branding, cars, Design, logo, The Truth About Cars
  • Comments: 1

You can go blogging again.

I’m going to start this blog up again and see if anyone notices. Doubt it, but then again, yelling into the void helps you release stress just as well as yelling at your wife, without the consequences. I’ll be adding…
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  • Posted: Feb 24 2009
  • Tags: blog, Design, twitter
  • Comments: 0
©2009 Andrew Meehan

Sketchbook Pro 2010 announced

I’ve been a beta-testing Autodesk’s Sketchbook Pro for years now (since version 2), so I’m really excited to see the new version (2010) is getting released soon. Sketchbook is a lightweight, fast, digital sketching software that I use every day…
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  • Posted: Feb 24 2009
  • Tags: Autodesk, digital, illustration, Sketchbook Pro, sketching, software
  • Comments: 0

Nobody’s reading this anyway…

…so I might as well say what I’m really thinking, right? I’m changing this blog from a design critique to a more generalized rant about what bugs me – in design and the world in general. So, first things first.…
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  • Posted: Sep 24 2008
  • Tags: cheap, Design, rant, slow movement, work
  • Comments: 0

The democratization of car buying?

I’ve always said that you can tell a lot about a person by the car they drive. Whether you like it or not, even the blandest car makes a statement about who you are and how you live. Very rarely…
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  • Posted: Jun 20 2008
  • Tags: cars, Europe, mpg
  • Comments: 0
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