One for the other thumb! Here’s a little drawing I did during the game.
Category Archives: Rants
2009.
Two-thousand and nine is here and I’m still alive. My high-school friends and I used to have a saying — “As long as none of us are dead, or in jail… it’s been a good year.” Another year past, and that’s still true. Everyone seems to be in good health, and there’s nothing to complain about.
Two-thousand and nine can only mean that it’s time for some changes. Hopefully, all for the better. I’m back on the job market, and things are looking positive, and I’m ready to get out there and start this ‘career’. Things are going to have to change, but it’s my priority to stick with my aspirations. No matter where I end up in the new year, I’m going to put my artwork first and foremost. I love the work I do, and I love to see the reactions I get when it’s out there. So here’s to the new year. A new start.
What’s going to change? Who knows. But i’ll keep on drawing. You can count on that.
“I am, much more.”
I’m a cultured mnemonic of originality
and an abscess resistant to banality.
A limerick of validity,
an example of authenticity,
Original, expressive, and
a shining example of rationality.
Not one, or two,
or many more can discourage
my personality — or challenge my
sentimentality. While at times
I may display multiple mutualities.
I stand firm on my principalities. As
I march towards an eventual fatality. I can
offer much venality, in exchange for
my immortality.
While I may recite lines of banality,
or rely on the precipice of my speciality —
I ponder on my eventuality, and
devote myself entirely
to my individuality.
2009 and beyond
With a bachelors degree in my pocket, and two more awards on my mantle. I’m ready to jump back into the work force. For those of you who actually read this blog, and don’t know already. I received my bachelors of science in graphic design with honors from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh -and- both the Best of Show and Employer’s Choice awards. Meaning, I was picked by faculty, employers, students, and everyone voting to have the best display in the show. [ unfortunately, I forgot to bring my camera, so no pictures ]. I’m crossing my fingers and hoping that something job-related is going to happen soon. I haven’t been working all week, and already I’m bored out of my mind. At least this time off has given me some time to draw a lot more. I’ve actually pulled out my sketchbook again, and have started working on some new stuff.
With the new year coming, I can only be optimistic on where my future will take me. I’m ready to get out there and start making a difference with my art and design. I have about 2 more months of financial sustainability, so it’s becoming more important every day that I find a job as soon as I can. Unfortunately, I’m limited in my job search to pittsburgh, since I can’t afford to move to another city right now. But, I feel that this is a good city to get my start in. No matter what happens in the new year, and following years — i’ll keep my head up, and never stop drawing.
Kinetics
It’s been sometime since i’ve done any aftereffects work, it’s that tool that’s sitting in the back of the shed — neglected and malnourished — but still cherished. In the future, I plan on feeding this starving skill more often.
Launch Day.
I will be launching my one-page on friday, if all goes by schedule. Most of the coding and perpetration work is finished, and all that’s left is actually doing the work. The Javascript and browser compatibility has been somewhat of an issue, so far. At launch, it will not be 100% compatible with all platforms and webkits, but in the next few weeks i’ll be fixing all of the errors I’ve come across. So far, I’m 100% w3c verified, but that may change as I work on my XHTML. Just a few more days and everything should be working smoothly on the site, and this blog (i still have some CSS errors I need to fix, and I need to clean up my scripting. I can script rather well, but i’m still not a certified scripter – so somethings do take longer for me to figure out. I’m getting there. Here’s some sketches to tide you over. More after cut.
Remembering Music.
It’s been a long time since i’ve played a show with my band, and i’ve been sort of craving some musical expression. I’ve been playing music since I was very young, and I thought that it would be my career as I grew older. Little did I know that I would end up being a graphic artist, and putting my musical past behind me. But I haven’t lost touch with the way I grew up. I don’t go a day without playing my guitar, and my musical library grows bigger by the week. But I just want a new experience that I can call my own, and to write music again would be marvelous. My style of playing guitar and bass has changed so much over the past few years, and I find it difficult to connect with my past “musical allies” in the same way anymore. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing better than playing a sweaty, fast, loud, grinding punk-show screaming at the top of my lungs. And I long for that. But, I want to experience something new musically.
I think i’ve decided to try to write music again, so I’m looking for someone to sing songs with me. I just want to jam, and write music; draw and make pictures. Is that too much to ask for? Maybe I should just be content with one of my vices, and not open myself up to all of them. In any situation, i still will play my guitar daily, and listen to my new tunes with great gusto. And when i’m done with that — i’ll start drawing until my hands fall off can’t take anymore.
I think i’m in love with too many things.
A New Start
While this may be a freshly designed and re-coded blog, the ideas I set to use on my old one are still here. This is not a mere link-dump, or image blog— it’s more of a collection of my ideas, inspirations, sketches, processes and rants, all thrown together in an easy to read format (or at least I hope it is). My thoughts may be jumbled at time, all depending on how late I get to writing, but it isn’t really the coherency that is important, it’s more about my ideas.
Since this is the beginning, and for those of you who have started reading somewhere down the line, and would like a bit of resolution into who I am — let this next paragraph server as that indefatigability.
