A Series of Meaningless Movement

Sketchbook : Girls 2

2012-01-06T22:59:00.001-08:00

Here are just a few things I've neglected to post in the past few months.
*posted in chronological order of creation

August

October

Last of 2011

First completed in the new year

Patterns

2011-09-22T15:07:00.000-07:00

Back in August, I sat down and did a few experiments with pattern making. The floral at the top was done in acrylic paint in my sketchbook, the clouds were pencil drawn and colored in Photoshop, and the mountain pattern is a dissection and re-piecing of a landscape photo.

Sketchbook : Girls

2011-07-05T21:38:00.000-07:00

These are just a few drawings I've done in the last few months.

April

early June

late June

I couldn't decide if I liked her with or without eyes. I drew them in anyway just because I was so excited to tackle those lashes. At first I didn't like it, but it's growing on me.

Closet Inventory : Completed

2011-03-02T07:42:00.000-08:00

The project I started this summer if finally over. As much as I hate to stop, I need to for my own sanity. I got into this thing where I tried to recreate it as best as possible. So you'll spot some Mishka (sweater/dress), Betsey Johnson (tights/dresses/cardigan), Marc Jacobs (shoes), Uniqlo (dress), and Zara (everything). I have a problem with getting overly detailed...

October

November

December

Here are a few highlight outfits I got a little too pattern happy, or just generally liked wearing.

F21 blouse, PegLeg skirt, Sam Edelman shoes

F21 flannel, Rebel 8 shirt, KillCity jeans, Vans slip-ons

Sister's old thrifted sweater, F21 dress, Zara boots

Kimchi Blue hoodie, Free People dress, Gap tights, thrifted boots

Pins and Needles blouse, Silence & Noise trousers, Ann Demeulemeester wedge sandals

PS- I may post a single outfit periodically in the future if I really love it. There's no denying that I'll be creating new outfits later on.

Pattern Making : Hair/Girls

2011-02-07T21:48:00.000-08:00

I took a break from vectoring to play around with some drawing. Starting with some post-it notes (which I love dearly) and my favorite Japanese brush pen.

I was on the fence about adding in girls, but then I figured there had to be a source for all that hair. Here's the result after playing around in photoshop:

Perhaps I was a bit ambitious by starting with something so intricate. Next one will be a little more simple. Until then...

Closet Inventory : September 2010

2011-01-15T17:29:00.000-08:00

Getting closer to done. This is #3 of 6...

Teaser : Lola

2011-01-03T22:13:00.000-08:00

Sometime around Christmas I completed a little layout job my friend/photographer, Hadar, approached me about in November. Things got a little busy, and although I wish I would've had a quicker turn around on this, I'm pleased with the results. It certainly would've been different had I gone down the initial path of ideas I had conceived.

Archive : Noonis aka toys

2010-12-29T21:11:00.000-08:00

Meet the Noonis. I don't know why I never posted these, but I found them today in a box while searching for something else. I made them last fall out of found wood, model kit parts, and building blocks. The vector image below was the final color study that I threw together before painting the mash-up of parts I wood-glued up.

I wish I could remember all their names... (worst memory in the world here)

The purple guy in the study wasn't finished due to time constraints.

Closet Inventory : August 2010

2010-12-09T20:37:00.000-08:00

I think it's safe to say I need a life.

Either way, I'm slowly catching up on these illustrations. In other news, there's a possibility that I might be leaving Texas, or maybe Austin still has some more surprises for me... Details to come in the near future.

Closet Inventory : July 2010

2010-08-23T18:44:00.000-07:00

One fine July morning while waiting at work, I starting doodling as per the usual idle time. Hearts, type and pandas somehow led me to creating this idea of illustrating my daily work outfit. No big deal, right? This sparked another challenge: how long could I go without repeating an entire outfit? So far, I've been going strong since June 7th. Sadly, I only started this project July 13th, so there's a good chunk missing.

I have some of August started, but so far its only living in its pen drawing form for the moment. I'm going to figure out what to do with these soon enough...

Process : Identity

2010-07-10T23:51:00.000-07:00

Sketchbook : Credits

2010-07-10T23:17:00.000-07:00

Updated credits for the sketchbook section

This is a little something I made back in March at the request of my friend David, who happened to be working on updating the Ringling catalog. I haven't seen the finished product, but I hope to get a hold of the new catalog asap. Oh, and by the way, one of my sketchbook drawing/paintings is in there. Look for this lady:

Test : Carter's

2010-05-11T11:53:00.000-07:00

arter's came to Ringling a few weeks ago, and with the rush of preparing for the senior show, I completely missed all on campus recruiters that came that week. A friend passed me the contact info and within a day or two I got the test.

Down Under

Arctic

Circus

Household Pets

Woodland Critters

Senior Show : Paper Fun

2010-05-04T00:57:00.001-07:00

My senior show was this past Friday (April 30), and my table mate Jessica and I decided to do a collaborative effort for our wall space. Yeah, I could've put up all the posters I've designed, but that's no fun. We had been talking about it for weeks and had been sending inspiration back and forth. However, this endeavor was actually conceived and executed the night before. Discussions, sketches, cutting, quick stops for food, and Kinko's were all done within an eight hour time span. I couldn't have asked for a better partner in crime, or a better result. I hope everyone who saw it enjoyed it just as much as we enjoyed making it.

Zine : Printed

2010-04-23T08:56:00.000-07:00

Done. 20 copies, numbered.

Printed via Mimeo.

Icons : GOOD

2010-04-20T19:07:00.000-07:00

These are some icons I designed for a group project for GOOD Magazine. I chose to be part of this collaborative effort over doing a 10 pg paper. I'd say this was the better choice. The aim is to do a mini guerrilla campaign to make people aware of their water usage and how important it is to conserve it.
After collecting all the data, this was just how I visualized it in my head...

(from left to right - top to bottom)
1. 70% of an adult’s body is made up of water.
2. 84 gallons of water are used per person a day in Sarasota County alone.
3. The largest desalination plant in the US is located in Tampa. (It costs $3.06/1000 gal)
4. A drip from a faucet can waste up to 19.81 gallons a day.
5. Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water is readily available for direct human use.
6. Freshwater animals are disappearing 5 times faster than land animals.
7. 1/4 of the world’s population is without safe drinking water.
8. Humans use an average of 50 gallons of water a day.
9. Americans use 5 times more the amount of water than Europeans use.

Zine : Raw

2010-04-12T17:54:00.000-07:00

This semester's graphic design class this semester = chill. We were given a list of projects to choose from, and from there you design what you want/whatever you feel would improve your portfolio. First on my list was this:

“SLEAZENATION” OR “MOLOTOV”

An abundance of front line fashion, music and design with added insolence, always for model citizens...

This pretty much sums up everything I'm into, so I decided to make a high end zine. With the assistance of the wonderful photographer Hadar Pitchon, I was provided with the means to make what I had always wanted to. This will be a limited run of 20, which I do not currently have printed, but they will be available at my Senior Portfolio show April 30. And so, without further ado, I reveal a few of my favorite spreads from Raw:

Made up of Japanese brush pen, paint on glass, paper cut-outs, graphite, ball point pen, charcoal, conte crayon, watercolor, markers, and anything else I could find in my stash of art stuff. All drawings and type by me (of course).

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Where to find Hadar :

http://hadarphotography.carbonmade.com/
http://hadarphotography.blogspot.com/
http://hadarlikestoblog.tumblr.com/
http://modelmayhem.com/hadarpitchon

Random : Poster

2010-01-21T13:09:00.000-08:00

Last semester there were a lot of random projects– this being one of them. I wasn't too pleased with the poster this became, but the image is somewhat nice. I had fun making it at least.

Sneaks : Printmaking

2009-11-23T18:42:00.001-08:00

Here's a few prints I've done recently:

16x16 2 color linoleum print on Japan paper

12x17 woodblock print

The linoleum prints haven't been returned to me yet, and the woodblock was a test print done earlier today. The registration on the "Milk & Honey" was tough. I'd say about 6 of the 10 came out close enough or spot on. Oh, and what made those even harder was not being able to use the press. Never will I want to look at a large plastic spoon again. Either that, or I just wont use the entire 12x12 block the next time I'm forced to use a spoon to press a print.

Commission : SRQ Orchestra

2009-09-27T17:19:00.001-07:00

A couple of us students (aka Trustees scholars and nominees) were asked to do a work of art inspired by one of Modest Mussorgsky's songs from Pictures at an Exhibition. The song assigned to me was "The Catacombs" (Roman Sepulcher).

New Venture : Plush Making

2009-09-13T15:43:00.000-07:00

This was my first attempt at making a plush toy. I made him during my last weekend in Kansas City as a baby shower gift for one of the designers in my department.

Thanks to Kayla and her mom for showing me how to use/lend me a sewing machine!

Sketchbook : Lettering Fun

2009-08-04T09:33:00.001-07:00

I went to a lettering lunch yesterday with some of the hand lettering artists, and here's the result:

I was inspired by Mexican loteria cards. I'm actually taking a charms making class on Thursday at Hallmark's Rice Center, and the plan is to illustrate some of the cards before then to make them into pendants. I just keep getting craftier and craftier as the weeks go by.
OH, and sculpture post soon. She's missing hands, but once that's taken care of she'll be baked, painted, and photographed.

Sketchbook : New Pen Fun

2009-07-14T20:47:00.000-07:00

At the start of my internship I met an amazing little Japanese brush pen. These are just some things I did while getting acquainted with it.

Top reads : You're No Good
Bottom reads : So I Go (could've planned that one out a bit better)

Crafts : Cell Phone Charms

2009-06-14T21:33:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, when I'm not doing homework (or in this case, working), I make things like these little guys.

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On a sidenote, I was totally awesome and left my digital camera in Texas, and didn't realize until I was already in Kansas City. This would explain the poor documentation.

Time Life : Sneak Peek

2009-05-24T00:00:00.000-07:00

The only image in existence of my TimeLife redesign on Animal Behavior. Hand drawn/painted type (of course) printed on vellum so that you could see the ink treatment I did on book cloth (that wasn't really even book cloth). I'd go further into detail about the concept, but it doesn't really matter at this point w/o visuals. They'll be a long time coming...

Sketchbook : Girls & Type

2009-03-21T00:24:00.000-07:00

This is a little something I started during winter break and finished about 2 months ago? Either way, it was fun, and inspired by milk... or at least the type was. Hand drawn type is fun. What more can I say?

Side Project : Mail Me Art

2009-02-23T13:06:00.000-08:00

Last year a friend sent me a link about an international art submission called Mail Me Art. I don't know where I found the time, but I pulled a painting out on a bubble mailer just before the postmark date. I got the email that they'd chosen me to be in the show/book last spring, and now I've officially been published.

Here's a scan from right before I mailed it:

See, graphic designers can paint too (if they want to).
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Also, you can purchase the book here via Amazon.

Late : The End of Fall '08

2009-01-23T16:13:00.000-08:00

My last project for 3-D Problem Solving was to create a pop-up card invitation for an existing museum exhibition– past or present. I thought about all the ones I had been to (and enjoyed), and the Met's blog.mode:addressing fashion exhibit got the OK.

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These are just a few things that rounded out my Music Branding campaign for Hella:
1. Tees and a tote design / screen printed
2. Goodies / stickers and buttons
3. A fictional compilation CD of their stuff pre-vocals (Unfortunately the use of a clear CD did not lend itself well to the possibility of putting actual music on the disc, but it worked for the design.)

Hella Posters : The Real Deal

2008-12-12T09:09:00.001-08:00

The first two are hypothetical shows playing in Austin for next year, and the last is just a band poster. I'd like to thank sketching and the wacom tablet for making it all possible.

Hella : Stop Motion Video

2008-12-10T22:50:00.000-08:00

I don't want to think about how many hours I've spent drawing, scanning, and photoshopping only to have Josh show me how to get it together in AfterEffects in a matters of minutes. With that said, this is my stop motion animation for Music Branding featuring Hella's song "The D. Elkan".

Paper City : Ofrenda

2008-11-19T15:11:00.000-08:00

Here, I present my paper city – otherwise known as an altar in my case. I tried to go with a concept that was already rooted in my interests, and this just happened to work out nicely. Over the past few years, Dia de los Muertos has gotten quite the attention from all around. I'm used to the holiday since it's tradition in the Southwest, but I feel like people don't know enough about it. My intention for this is to be used as a cultural education tool for children and adults alike.

My favorite part of the package is the instruction booklet aka Guia para los Recien Fallecidos.

Side Project : The Black Keys

2008-11-08T14:39:00.000-08:00

T-shirt design # 2

I need to learn how to hold things straight, eh? Best of the shots though.

ps- Photos by Shanestache

Best of Ringling : Food Package

2008-11-03T18:17:00.000-08:00

Last Spring I was one of four sophomores to be admitted into the Best of Ringling show. After this semester's Hard drive Crash '08, this is all that's left of said entry— well, besides the physical pineapples chillin' on the armoire in the living room. Not the point at all.

Hella Posters : 1st Sighting

2008-10-27T08:36:00.000-07:00

My posters are up in the display case.

I apologize for being too short to take a decent photo of them.

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For the record, all fonts created by me.

Side Project : Cool Calm Pete

2008-10-24T21:16:00.000-07:00

Hello, hello.

This marks the first side project of the semester. My music branding teacher proposed an extra credit idea the first day of class about wearing band t-shirts everyday of class for the entire semester. We have yet to know what the "prize" is, but the rules are as follows:

1) You may wear a shirt no more than twice.
2) If you'd like to wear it more than twice, then it has to be the same shirt for the rest of the semester (no washing).
3) You are free to make your own shirts.

Here is the first of 4 shirt ideas put into action.

His CD is on repeat in my car and I have yet to get tired of it.