horseshoe pits

I weeded a lot today,
carried ridiculously heavy bags of sand,
finished a book,
got accidentally tipsy on some pina coladas my dad concocted,
bought 6 boxes of strawberries,
watched a really amazing movie called Once

Southland pool and quesadillas

I was going through some of my older pieces, when I happened upon one I still liked. It's in pretty rough shape, so I decided to scan it in and use it as the foundation for a new vector piece (started last night). Here's a small section in progress! Once I get the linework done, I plan on going back in and realistically coloring in certain portions. We'll see how that goes.

When it's done, I think I'll be selling digital prints online.












Here's some of the progress I've made today. I'm trying out a new technique that consists of making the line art in Illustrator, then moving it over to Photoshop for coloring. Experimentation abound (some of it bad). Which color combinations do you guys prefer?

Self Promotional Box

I've been working diligently on a mailer to send to potential employers.
This is it.






























































































































Listening to:
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Hard Life
Bon Iver Radio on Pandora. very chill.

Home

I'm back in Lexington, KY!
I've been organizing my files, stowing away past projects in order to make room for future ones.

















This is my bro sitting on our deck. You can probably see why I spend a lot of time out here.

Other News:
The parents drove to PA for Kelly's wedding. Congrats, Kel and Mike!
They're due back today. And they are bringing my printer with them. WOOT!
Our lawn mower really blows.
I love Banana Boat spray sunscreen so much, I could just marry it.
The optical drive in my computer is being a little jerk. It's not reading discs. So, we'll see how that shakes out pretty soon.

Listening to:
Van Morrison - Love Come Back

no more college

Here's some pictures of my work from the MICA Commencement Exhibition.

Calendar updates

JANUARY: Meredith and Gill enjoyed standing in perilous locations

FEBRUARY: Daniel and Sue fell hard into love
MARCH: Shannon would later regret following the leprechauns
APRIL: Harold knew better than to feed the bunny
MAY: Lewis couldn't wait for fish
JUNE: Ellie loved her own reflection
JULY: Larry was always under foot

AUGUST: Juan took the prank too far
SEPTEMBER: Randy had angered Pricilla for the last time
OCTOBER: Edward was never much for sharing
NOVEMBER: Hubert took matters into his own hands

DECEMBER: Mary was consumed by holiday cheer... and fire

otter pop tat

One more week of this and i'll be done with school forever.

On that note... here are some celebratory nudie pics. Well, not really. These are for my DIY class. We all designed tattoos out of typography we gathered and I created these models to indicate where the tattoos would be places on a girl and boy. It's really much more complex than that, but who cares?
Here's the tattoo I created. It would definitely be a tramp stamp.

Onward. Ive been reading a lot. I'm almost done with mah book. I really shouldn't be reading at all. I've no time for it. I should be working on thesis in a panic. But the panic has been dulled by apathy and distraction. (Mom, don't worry, I still care enough).

Boring stuff you won't be interested in:
I have been drinking energy drinks lately. They make me feel strange.
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I have dried salt marks on my face. I don't know what that's about. I either cry in my sleep or secrete lots of fluid (gross).
I miss my friends. All I do is work.
I'm too sober. (Once again, Mom. I promise I won't get hammered and fall off any more decks).
I DON'T WANT TO WRITE THESE ESSAYS.


Listenin' to:
Jean Ritchie - Edward
Billy Bragg - The Saturday Boy