a little tweet column
- service aside, i'm diggin' netflix's new interface design. reads nicely. http://t.co/6m0SgeI7
2012/05/17 - sketching a little anticipating the sunday eve eclipse. it's warranting a quick southerly road trip. http://t.co/pU5GgbLx
2012/05/16 - up late enjoying movies and working on portfolio projects and enjoying it again.
2012/05/14 - love the user interface design in the avengers. #Avengers
2012/05/13 - restaurant advertising in bathroom stalls. does that make anyone hungry?
2012/05/13 - macbook pro users, anyone have issues with the adapter dying every few months? or customer service telling you it's not meant for travel?
2012/05/02 - there is a grocery store here, can you tell which level? user experience fail? http://t.co/R9hzSr2A
2012/04/21 - 3rd time in 2 weeks that someone emails asking to use this logo i did 4 years ago. cool, but copyrights? and why now? http://t.co/7UBzvyI2
2012/04/18 - billboard for montana reads "gateway to yellowstone." as an ad campaign, not sure "because it's next to somewhere else" really works.
2012/04/04 - loved the visuals in "mirror mirror": the animation at the beginning, the sets, the color and costume...
2012/04/03 - "information is beautiful". new book to enjoy, not that i'm sure i buy all the stats, but doesn't change the design. http://t.co/NJUTpyP3
2012/04/02 - and more toying around. but, back to work, projects to pick up later. flow of line v quantitative effect of dots. http://t.co/ivAWp8Nd
2012/03/28 - playing around with infographic ideas. tracking snowboarding speeds and paths. http://t.co/UfUkNpxT
2012/03/28 - seeing a lot of graphic design in egyptian, islamic, and japanese art this evening. text, it's the text.
2012/03/25 - after months of work, finished project up at an event, and a 'foster the people' concert.
2012/03/22 - quick turnaround near carte blanche design project with the response "rockin'!" love that.
2012/03/19 - ah, the joy of ordering new design and illustration books. surround yourself with material, yes?
2012/03/16 - how does a 4 feet by 8 feet graphic panel earn the title 'meter board'?
2012/03/16 - noticing i type in lowercase and write in capitals. i suppose that's some kind of balance.
2012/03/03 - sometimes design is taking other's design and getting excited about it to build on and sometimes it's designing to hopefully excite others.
2012/03/01
By: US Web Designer- service aside, i'm diggin' netflix's new interface design. reads nicely. http://t.co/6m0SgeI7
Category Archives: Illustration
Back to the Chalkboard
After two years of the previous design, returned to the Adobe chalkboard for another non-computer project. For a first project of the year, it made for a lovely full-day start to finish just illuminating a basic design in black and … Continue reading
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Mormon Messages Illustrations
Last August kicked work into high gear, fortunately, and has been stacked since. So, though my site hasn’t changed much, apart from some fidgeting around with blog themes, I’m starting to get some of the finished projects at least mentioned. … Continue reading
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Brom
Attended a really interesting presentation last week by Brom. Speakers like these always want me to get involved with illustration again, good reminder to make a more concentrated effort to be sketching. Working in sci-fi and fantasy illustration, he cited … Continue reading
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This month’s issue of Inc. Magazine features the CEO of Omniture, Josh James, now Senior VP with the Adobe acquisition. It’s such a minor thing, but still a bit of fun that the article portrait uses the little chalkboard drawing … Continue reading
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New plans
New year and going out for some new things. On the smaller side is a portrait/portfolio contest by Artists Wanted. It’s one that I don’t really think I’m going to fit too well, but I figure there’s a better chance … Continue reading
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Omniture and Adobe in chalk
The common area at Omniture, known as the Living Room, has a wall-sized chalkboard, which needed some new embellishment last summer. It made for an exellently intense, full day of work away from the computer and a lot of dust … Continue reading
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Scott Gustafson
UVU hosted the second illustrator program I was able to attend this week. Scott Gustafson, children’s illustrator, presented a contrasting style to Jon Foster from the other night. These oil or acrylic pieces and series involve weeks and months of … Continue reading
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Jon Foster
This evening, I went to a program hosted by the Illustration Department at BYU by fantasy/sci-fi illustrator Jon Foster. It was fascinating that although highly proficient with computer software for his work, he doesn’t seem set on any one medium, process, … Continue reading
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Does working at night make me a vampire?
Ah yes, it’s Halloween season and a couple weeks ago during another moonlit working session, I altered the backgrounds and colors of my website on a whim for the season. Traditionally, I think of oranges for Halloween, or fearful greens, … Continue reading
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Random thoughts at the start of Autumn.
Yes, it’s been two months since my last blog. Although there has been plenty of work going on, there’s much that’s still in process and accordingly I’m not able to blog about those project, fun as they are. I did … Continue reading
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Communication Arts Illustration Annual
I’ve been checking out the Communication Arts Illustration Annual and discussing it friends and associates. As I was relating to a friend this evening, I’m particularly noticing techniques involving stylized realism. My buddy Brad was pointing out Jim Salvati as … Continue reading
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Second month at Omniture
It’s been a busy month. Work at Omniture has been centered on Summit, a fairly intense time for them. Frequently, people have been out of the office for Summit. It was an odd feeling going in to Omniture and being … Continue reading
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