With the rise in popularity with poker or the long history and mythology of playing cards, motifs using spades, aces, jacks, and kings have rose in distribution. We designers will always be influenced by these shifts in culture, whether intentionally or not, and I was the other day. I was just thinking about what I should make and I came up with a king motif. Continue reading
Trying to come up with a new drop cap, I noticed the beauty of a now popular pattern that was once only worn by Paul Bunyan. Continue reading
When I was a kid, I was told that I was going to be the next Picasso or De Vinci. People like complimenting art to the extreme which is a dangerous thing because it can put some expectations in a kid’s head that shouldn’t be there. Continue reading
After not posting anything on my blog for two weeks due to moving and starting a new job, you’d think that I would make something really cool. Well, sorry to disappoint. I posted a weird sketch that I drew when sick. Continue reading
Ever people watch? How about people draw? I sort of invented it today. Its a mix between life drawing, people watching, and being a ninja. 🙂 Today I tried to people draw at the DMV and found that its kind of hard. Continue reading
Making resumes is an art. You have to be professional, creative, reserved, and unique. So I guess its hard too. Well, today, after seeing so many friends starting to make resumes, I decided to try and make one myself. Continue reading
Ever travel to new worlds while drawing? I have. I begin in front of a piece of paper, pencil in hand, and next thing I know, I’m drawing something else I would have never thought other wise. Continue reading
To balance the yin and the yang of yesterday’s post on simplicity, I decided to make a post today on complexity. See what I made. Continue reading
There will always be a time for a design that needs to be busy, detailed, and ellaborate but sometimes you just need something simple. Today’s drop cap is one of those times. Continue reading
After reading a customized license plate that I could not decipher, I decided to write a comic strip about the game of decoding these secret messages. Continue reading