Finished product

Finished up my wire project. Very happy with how it turned out. I've been thinking a lot about souls and who we are in a cosmic scale. That part of myself that makes me myself outside of my physical appearance. This is why I depicted myself as an entity floating along in a kind of universe. Ultimately this is my journey.

Wire project

Working tonight on the wire project. We are supposed to make a self portrait out of wire. I didn't want anything to literal so I decided to portray myself as a soul floating in the cosmos. I always wanted to make a mobile so I'm giving it a shot. Here is the thumb And a work in progress.

2Nd type project

Tonight I've been working on my thumbs for my second type project. We are supposed to take a character and zoom in on the parts we like. I choose some gliffs from Helvetica. About to start the roughs on InDesign

Logo project and the show

Just finished this logo project for my my concept strategies class. It was for a company called Cat Eye. They sell bike products and lights. This project and I have been through a journey. At first I was wanting something abstract, after getting some feed back many people said it was looking really tribal. I decided to change it do something a bit more literal with the element of the abstract logo I like. It turned out very professional.

Here is a pic of my desk after working on the roughs.

Here is the finished product.

For 3D we were doing this project in foam core (which I learned to despise from having to flush mount last year) and I wanted to make one of my weird alien creatures. My teacher kept hinting around that I should go with the serpent idea instead of a antelope looking monster. I decided to go with the antelope and it ended up being a disaster. I was happy with the head and torso but I could not make the legs sturdy. The thing totally fell apart on critique day. Super bummed me out. However, it was a learning experience and now when I make a sculpture I am going to make sure that not only the idea is sound but the structure is sound as well. Anyway, here is a pic of the after math of this project. 

I hate you foam core

On a more positive note, I am going to be in an Art show. I am very excited and don't really know what to expect. All my friends will be there so it will be fun. Made this flyer today. Space alien robot skull.

School Work

Wrapping up my first projects for the fall semester. Finished up my 3D lamp. I was struggling a bit to put this together since I forgot to cut out some squares on the enlarged version. Ditz moment. However, in the end everything was figured out. Love those moments. Here is the picture of the final sculpture. It lives on my work desk now. Made out of tape bristol board and tissue paper.

Also wrapped up my first typography assignment. We had to make letters out of only squares on a 9x9 grid. I wanted my font to look futuristic. I named it invader because it reminds me of invader zim.

Working hard in in Drawing 1. love love love life drawing. I feel like I hit a major break through today. Cant wait to get the drawings back so I can post. Also, laid down the stencil for the cabinet project last Tues. Probably be done in one or two more sessions.

I've been thinking a lot about how my classes are so different. I move from tightly rendered images in concept strategies and typography. To the physical world in 3D. After that, end the week with loose life drawings in Drawing one. I'm realizing everything is connected. Each media teaches you something different. You take that approach and can apply it to other media. Learning a lot.

Busy Busy Busy

It feels so nice to be back at school in a creative environment, submerging myself in art. This is going to be a big year. I finally launched my site which is a huge deal for me. Designed it in Dreamweaver from the ground up. Made a logo and printed out some stickers to get the word out.

Finishing up the cabinet project. Got the stencil cut and just looking to find the time to lay it down. Here is a little preview of all the layers. It is on acetate.

In 3D design we started working on sculptures made out of Bristol board. He gave us this amazing site www.korthalsaltes.com which has all this very cool geometric layouts to build these forms. Made this one on a small scale, next I am going to blow it up and combine form. I want to make a lamp out of it.

This is what it looks like when it's done. I am so tempted to cut designs in the bigger one kind of like a stencil. This way the light can make designs on the wall.

Cabinet project

Just wrapped up the stencil layout in Photoshop for my buddy's Cabinet. Ah late nights, good beer, good music (Punkgasm-Don Caballero). Seemed the planets were alining today for me to discover something new. Looking forward to a creative day off tomorrow.