I haven't been posting for awhile as I've been developing a new business. I'm currently working with a great partner on an app development business and we are putting out our first app in the next few weeks! (We're SO EXCITED!) We're in the process of forming an llc and I will soon be classed as an apple developer. So fun. The below image is a rough teaser for an ad I'm creating to help market it. The Bar/Bat mitzvah crowd should be excited for this one too! It will definitely help the kids! Stay tuned!

The is the approved book cover although I'll probably tweek it a bit more. Looking at it now I see some leading I want to fix. I'd like to make sure it prints as a duotone with two different metallic inks but I'll have to find out my limits from the publisher. The book sounds amazing and has gotten fantastic reviews and the BIG NEWS is that it's coming out soon! Yes, that's still my image on the cover, since the modeling budget was $0 and I needed a face I didn't have to pay.

"The Nature of Good and Evil: Understanding the Many Faces of Moral and Immoral Human Behavior is an inspiring read. After I finished reading this book, I wanted to do good works and combat evil wherever I saw it. I will live differently because of it. Read this book. It will inspire you, too." --Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Professor of Psychology and Author of Forgiving and Reconciling

Check it our here!

I've become addicted to the West Village in NY. I am absolutely convinced the more I go there the edgier and more interesting my style will become. I'd just love to get in there once or twice a week just to absorb the vibe and the artistic community. What a location! What fabulous people! Nothing compares to the feel of the village. It's inspiring me to print up larger and more graphic images. It feels great to be reaching for new artistic direction and ideas.

Since it's tax time and all my attention is usually in front of my computer either drawing or filing in numbers on financial forms my eyes really needed a break so I taught myself some general carpentry skills and have begun fixing up my outside deck. I thought I needed to replace four boards but once I got in there I realized it was closer to 30! I can do them in my sleep now. My girlfriends are amazed. I long to be a guest on the HGTV network! Here's my daughter with a small towel table for the hot tub I made from the scrap. Power tools are amazingly fun.

Large Portrait Poster 23" x 35"


Large Sign-In Art 23" x 35"


Stamp art/archival square


facial enlargement


Here's what mom had to say: Hi Liz, This is fabulous! Love your work! We are so excited! We will certainly share your name! Thanks so much! ~Debbie

And More!: This is PERFECT, Liz! Let’s go with it! SOooo excited! Thank YOU! ~Debbie

And More!: Oh Liz—You are wonderful! Thank you for the heads up on the “boys will be boys”* thing. If that happened I now that Ariel would be devastated! Oy! Thank you for EVERYTHING! Can’t wait to show off this poster!! Can’t wait! ~Debbie

*Illustrator's note: "Boys will be boys" references the possibility that a mustache could be drawn on the sign-in-board image by some wild teenage boy you didn't want to invite anyway. If this happens, it's not a problem! We simply have another print made of the sign in art. The portrait image is cut out and placed over the mustached one. Viola! It looks fantastic and flawless!

Haven't had a chance to post much lately. Trying to get through lots of work. Here's something fun. My client's son Eli loves music and he wanted his theme to reflect that. The upper image was a 3' x 3' "album cover" that they had mounted on foam core and used as the main logo for their event.




This tiny image was in fact a HUGE vinyl banner, 2' x 17.5' that my client draped across the entrance to the event.

Made this adorable place card stand for my client's son's bar mitzvah. The mini envelopes (not shown) with the place cards inside of them will stand up in the little grooves at its base. So cute!

Shabbat Shalom and Happy President's Day Weekend. Oliner Graphics will be offline for a few days to celebrate. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at liz@olinergraphics.com or call 973-615-3085.

Finished my second twin for the Don Draper Bar Mitzvah. Gave a lot of thought of how to best position the boys so I could come up with the group picture to uniquely express their individual personalities. I wanted completely different facial expressions and body positions which were different yet equal. I think I got it.

Here's an incredibly handsome guy named Idan. Not only is Idan handsome he also has a brother who is equally handsome since they're identical twins. Mom wanted the guys to look similar but different. I thought by having one stand and one sit we could incorporate both of them into the same image for a welcome sign or banner. I really worked with the lighting on this image, I wanted an intense light and look from our young man. Don Draper, the gorgeous sophisticate from the Mad Men series was my muse while I was drawing. Idan looks fabulous!

portrait poster 23" x 35" option 1


portrait poster 23" x 35" option 2


sign in art 23" x 35"


stamp art

Rough cover samples for good evil book. My standard illustration form wouldn't have been appropriate here. The general concept is that of a ying/yang face done with some photoshop treatment. The left side of the face has received a softer treatment the right is rougher, scratchier and darker. Focus here is on the eyes. Tried to work with a non racial/gender specific image. (It's me in the mock up.) Wanted no regionally specific clothing. My hair in the sample is rather masculine so it kind of works although my face is clearly female. I suppose I could work with my own image if I tweeked the jawline a bit to make it more "manly". Want to keep people guessing and avoid stereotyping. The author still has to get me more information for the cover.

Working on Identical twins. Such handsome boys. Thought I show the process as I progressed. I'll post updated images as I work through it.

I really get a kick out of seeing all "my" kids following their big events. I love drawing them and basically sit here in front of my computer most days, head phones on, wacom pen in hand, drawing logos and faces for events. When I get to see the images at the actual event it's like a ray of warm sun has reached me in my office! Look how sweet and gorgeous Ariel is!! What a beautiful young girl!

Here's my latest bar mitz, complete with sign in art and event poster/invite cover. I had a great time with this one. I used the boy's last name, Ratner, in the sign-in art and called it "The Ratner Pack" for that tie in to the Dean/Sammy/Frank element. I was trying to make him look like he was escaping from the paparazzi with the lights and the urban wall.

Portrait Poster 23" x 35"


Sign In Art Print 23" x 35"


Stamp Art



below is the rough of this image as I was working on it. The image on the left was used for a color palette. The client's image is on the upper right.