Dear Divine Being of Money, I want these headphones. kthnx.

thinking of starting and continuing a series based on [link] . what should I do next in this style? give a shout out plzkthnx



P.S. art/design dump to my gallery soon. so many projects I've neglected to upload..

Okay. I'm going to force myself to do this. Here we go.


this is my brainstorming and idea list that I developed while looking at this guide to writing an artist statment.


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` juicy, quality design, stirring color palette, twisted & gothy, technology-driven, utilizing potential of canvas, thematic,

` I like texture and type

` photomanipulation is my strong suit

` I am confident with using simple but appropriete shapes and letterheads for logos

` I love me some custom fonts, but would love to make my own even more

` my lifestyle in relation to computers, video games, and music is pretty well reflected in my designs, I think

` favorite tool: photoshop. my tablet pen. my sketchbook. my noodle. these tools make up my design life & without them I get very little done.

` favorite material: various papers and inks. quality paper and a good print job reflects taste, talent, and craftsmanship.

` what I like best about what I do: the creativity part of course! from the sketchbook to the print job, I want the design to be cool, creative, fun, and a little trendy.

` what I mean when I say that a piece has turned out really well: when I have gained more experience and wisdom than my previous best piece, and that is shown in the current one. a piece that turns out well can be as simple as getting back on the right track after accidentally taking two steps back from a previous attempt.

` patterns that emerge in my work: texture, type, and simple color palettes, are my strongest pattern. I also tend to lean toward styles that incorporate using simplistic techniques & styles as well as getting a little grungy with my fonts, brushes, and images.

` what I do differently from the way I was taught: sometimes I goof around in my program (photoshop, illustrator, what have you) before I even start on thumbs. I'll also sometimes narrow my artistic vision when it comes to something widely brandable like logos. sometimes the first ideas that pop into my head for that one can be just fine-tuned & made better, while brainstorming will just lead to awkward, complicated and misrepresented design.

` favorite color to use in my designs: lime green. depending on what element uses this color, it usually can be incorperated into editorial, web, and logo design. plus, I've always had an artistic fetish of sorts for greens.

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to be continued? . . .

In a dream I had, there was a fuzzy TV screen. It was slowly revealing a picture, but I was too impatient to wait for the reception to clear up. Walking downstairs, I turn a corner looking in a mirror. I am without any features, a pale flesh-colored and perfectly flat face staring back without eyes. This doesn't scare me. I expected it somehow. Downstairs, a whole family of faceless people are in their nightly routine: Faceless Mom sewing, Faceless Dad with a blank bundle of newspaper, and Faceless Daughter listening to a CD player, volume up, and I can hear white noise coming through the earbuds hanging from her long, thin neck.

Someone is missing.

Running outside I call her name, but I only hear it inside my head. A gurgled, muffled noise only escapes my throat, but there is no tongue or lips to express the sound correctly.

Snapping out of first-person perspective and into a third-person viewpoint fixed on the TV screen upstairs the reception has cleared. My mother's ghost flickers onto the screen.


That's when I woke.

Well, now that I have access to my computer (and with that, my programs, school art projects, Fallout 3, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion [ Bethesda Softworks]), things are feeling a bit up for me. I've gotten a job, which makes less drawing, designing, and gaming time but that's life for you.

With access to more than my portable drive though, I can finally submit a project or two of mine and start on some new ones. Being currently sick, this may be a while longer, but hopefully my writing this will force me to deliver on it and actually start designing and drawing again. I really need to before school starts - my art skills are getting quite rusty.

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As far as some personal notes to myself:

need to:

~ practice line quality with technical pens

~ make illustrations indirectly from a model

~ create logo design ideas, including personal logo tweaking

~ thumb alternate logo and identity packages for already existing brands and businesses

~ brush up on my web design

~ start some tutorials again, and expand techniques in Adobe programs

~ make at least one sketch, every day