day0009 -- you've got to spend some time, love

Death Cab for Cutie has inspired me. Good for them, good for me, and good for you! Enjoy, my viewers. Stay thirsty for design.

day0008 -- Splashy!

Those of you who have been to my apartment (two of the three people that read this blog) know this guy is not new. Admittedly so, he is not; however I was walking to the kitchen this fine morn and stopped in appreciation of his cuteness.



He was very impromptu and an afterthought of a different project. Please do not mention that to him due to his sensitivity. He may cry and that is not excellent. His substrate will get all mushy.

I need to experiment more with less digital art.

day 0007 -- meh

There was no post yesterday because I spent half the day troubleshooting my desktop's hard disk issue. (note to self: read the damn motherboard manual) I had to format and reinstall, but at least she is running like a race horse hopped up on some good speed.

After reinstalling, I realized how badly I need a font management program. I am trying out Suitcase and FontAgent Pro right now. I really like FontAgent Pro and will probably purchase it (only $99!!!) when my trial expires. Suitcase is less intuitive and hides your fonts deep in C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Extensis\Suitcase\Suitcase Font Database.suitcasevault\primary\PostScript which I really hate. Also, there is no option to change this directory. FontAgent places them in C:\FAP which pleases my data organization obessive compulsiveness. I forgot if FontAgent lets you change this directory, but its not so huge an issue. Anyways...



This is nowhere near complete, but I wanted to get something up today. It took a long time to render a version of the skull I was happy with, and now I need to add more depth and texture. The Zappers need a bit more work too. Looking at it now, I think the skull/gun proportions are way off.

If anyone has suggestions that could help the skull look more cartoony, I'd be much obliged.

day0005 #2 --Competitive Beer Pong

My, my, aren't you the lucky duckings today? You get two posts! Take that to the bank and slamdunk it in a savings account with 7% annual interest.

Screw that! Lets get drunk and play beer pong.

The colors clash and vibrate like mad. I know it reduces readability, so I'm experimenting with other combinations.

day0005 --1,024 levels of sensitivity

Today I've been working that creative muscle. I haven't really illustrated like this before (Wacom+Photoshop) and I think some freelance gigs are going to require this method. This is taken from a BBQ sauce label I have in production. I plan to replace the bandanna with a bib as that is more fitting. I may re-illustrate the spitting devil to give a more cartoony feel.

Go, go llama powers, ACTIVATE!!

day0004 -- still busy

I pulled this from a project I'm working on currently.



Hopefully soon I can make my crossed NES Zappers with a mario skull that I wanted to post today.

day0003 -- super busy

So, its technically not on the third day, as it is 12:14am, but I've been super busy. I came up with some ideas today you may see soon.

While waiting for my interview with Apple, this fell out of my head.

Fun? at the mall

will i ever learn...

a design a day keeps the duldrums away

In an effort to kick start my brain, I'm starting a new project. Every day I will draw, composite, illustrate, vectorize, photograph, or design something and post it here. It could be something extravagant, beautiful, or mundane. It may be nothing more than a scan of a pen mark on my fore arm. Who knows. I am not confining myself to one medium or style.

Maybe I'll find a style. Who knows. This is an experiment, so grab your aprons and safety goggles. Here we go.



I haven't drawn the human form in over a year. I referenced no images or people and just went by what I remember. The proportion is probably way off, but I think it turned out OK. I was considering adding lyrics I wrote, but they did not fit the mood I believe the imagery conveys.

Stay tuned kids, there will be another coming tomorrow.