Settling Back In

I'm settling back home in Sacramento for a few months whilst I save some money and tie up any last minute loose ends between my portfolio, web presence, mailing promotion, etc.. I've given myself a time limit no longer than 6 months, so some time between the end of this year and January of 2010, I will be making a career move to NYC. I don't want to lose any of my steam so the name of the game right now is sacrifice & dedication. The last few weeks after graduation can best be summed up as extreme anxiety sprinkled with glimmering moments of sheer excitement for my future.

World of Slumber, the above piece, is one of my two pieces on exhibition at the Academy of Art University's 2009 Annual Spring Show and undoubtedly is one of my favorite pieces of my career thus far. The uncertainty of the disorienting environment with an overall sense of wonder - that's what life is like right now for many people, including myself. Let's all try our best to stay inspired even in the face of trying times. Enjoy.

Finals This Week, Graduation Next

I have been running around like a madman trying to get everything in order for these last few months. Looking back over this semester and the entire 5 year experience as a whole... all of the work, frustration and all-nighters.... it has definitely all been worth it. Even when it prohibits me from sleep and general comforts.... I still really LOVE doing what I do. I'm very happy.

Congratulations to all of my fellow gradautes & best of luck with future endeavors.

The end of a huge life chapter..... What's next?

It's the Little Things

Green Caspule - Mini Mobile Garden

The world's smallest garden.

Source & Purchasing Info: Strapya World

Hand-Drawn Type Experiments

This is some type I drew on graph paper and converted into Illustrator vector files. I think Graphic Design has been a great balance for my at-times too-technically-driven Illustration classes. I tend to find that the creative process and the immersion of one's self into concept and form that I find in Graphic Design (whether contrived or completely loose) is something that I will always need and want in my life. I'm not saying that these shapes are tight enough to be used as a perfect, clean typeface just yet but, because this is my blog about inspirations and general processes, I can be much more free with the identity I choose for it.

It's Sketch Time

I have a somewhat-finished Illustration of this from a while back that needs some editing & tightening up in terms of color and value... and overall composition actually.... but I'm really pleased with the shapes of exhaust smoke coming from the main squirrel's teacup-rocket hybrid. All I remember thinking while sketching this is that if he's going to leave this world, he's going to do it in style... I'd like to think that he did just that.

Slippery Electric Bubbles

Baby Bubbles - Character designs for a line of children's bathing products.