track suit

continuing with the "suit up" theme comes sue sylvester from the tv show glee. jane lynch is a great actor and amazing comedienne. if i didn't already love musicals and cheesy teen shows i would still watch this show just for her.

the way of the dinosaur

i submitted some artwork for a threadless and ops (oceanic preservation society) challenge today. the challenge is in anticipation of ops's new documentary the singing planet. the theme is listening to the planet. "scientists predict that we may lose half of all species on earth by the end of this century."

my design has to do with the extinction of the polar bears. they're one of the first animals to feel the pressure of global warming and are definitely in danger. the dinosaur is sort of escorting the polar bear off into the sunset, perhaps never to be seen again.

UPDATE: the voting just ended on this challenge. this design was number 6 (/134)

third birthday

i made this cake for my car's third birthday. last year i threw a huge party, but this year i wanted to keep things more subdued (also i only have 3 friends in this city). i'm happy with the way it turned out. plus it tasted great!

suit up

this is the first in a series to come. i think i'm going to call it v.i.p., vectorized iconic people. barney stinson from how i met your mother has some very iconic catch phrases, "suit up" is one of them, and the inspiration for this illustration.

illustrated for fun and to keep my skills sharp. made with adobe illustrator cs5.

chinese new year

i went to the chinese new year parade today with my friend jack. it was raining at first but stopped in time to enjoy most of the parade without umbrellas.

happy valentine's day

i handed out these valentine's today. i've never cared much for v-day but at work they make a sort of big deal out of it, so i tried to be intentional about making cool cards to handout. i got these postcards printed with moo. they turned out really well! i mailed some to friends and family. king's has a drop box that you can put valentine's and they'll mail them from loveland. yup dorky ;)

dolls

this is pretty random but i came across these awesome repainted dolls today. all of these were done by noeling - view his deviant art page or website!

this is the most recent works i think. anne hathaway and meryl streep from the devil wears prada. they're currently on ebay for $660-$750!

he had quite a few twilight dolls. apparently the kind of people who like sparkly vampires, are also the kind who like dolls.

the pirates of the caribbean dolls were amazing, I had to snag a few of those! shown here are johnny depp's captain jack sparrow, naomie harris's tia dalma and orlando bloom's william turner.

portfolio redesign

i've just finished updating my website / portfolio. it had originally been made in flash, as a school requirement. i disliked it for a long time but hadn't had time or energy to put into changing it. after finishing the website for my sister, i decided i was capable of taking on the challenge of my own website. i like the way it turned out. i wanted something simple (opposite of my old flashy, complicated site) that would let the artwork shine and speak for itself. i ended up making the original a bit too large (a result of disliking how small my old version was), and ended up creating a second smaller version of the whole thing. i figured out how to detect screen sizes so that hopefully the optimal version shows up.

wedding invitation

i've been on craigslist a lot recently trying to get a job. yesterday i came across a freelance gig that wanted someone to design a 70's fillmore-theater-style-psychedelic-poster themed wedding announcement. it was for a couple who live in the haight and are hippies. that's super awesome! i wanted to reply right then and there, but they wanted some examples of work so i created the picture to the left. i used the names of some friends who recently got married, a random date and a nice haight-ashbury hotel for the venue! this is definitely not my style, but it was a lot of fun to do.

wizard of oz

a freelance poster project. the idea behind this poster is to include the entire text of classic novels into one graphic / literary poster. i did this (chosen) and a version for alice in wonderland (not chosen. boo.)

UPDATE: after accepting my wizard of oz design and asking for a final to be sent to them, the people at novel poster have told me they are going a different direction and that i won't get paid for my work. i'm pretty steamed about this but they're pretty good at ignoring me now.

sister's business cards

did some business cards for my little sister. i tried to keep them in line with the resume and website that i previously made. the back has the purple damask strip at the top and the rest is blank so that she could write customer specific info or appointment times or whatever.

wacom

yay! i got this tablet with my birthday money. i took this photo then added some graphics to show how excited i am to use it.

seeing

i really love the way this... whatever this is... turned out. it started off as an online photoshop tutorial (as i was looking for something creative to do this week). but it turned out so fun! i added this to my 52 group today (it's #47 - i can't believe how fast this year has gone!!)

san francisco

i took this photo on a ferry going to oakland. i love how the city stretches out behind the bridge. i pretty much just love the whole city!

wedding announcement

i did this postcard wedding announcement for my friend esther and her new hubby brian. they got married in estes park in a private ceremony. this was how they shared that moment with all their friends and family. (photos were taken by photographer hired for the event)