1.22.2008

Hospital chair

I came across this sketch in my sketch book the other day of a chair I sat in at the hospital. I remember sitting there thinking the worst and the best and then thinking if these chairs could talk what kind of happiness and sadness could they speak of. How many people have heard news and sat back down in relief or sat back down to slump over and cry. On this day my news was good. It is not so odd that sitting in a chair in a hospital really gets you thinking.

1.10.2008

Cookin up some Wheat Paste

So the other day I was thinking of doing some sort of collage project for a creative outlet. So I then decided to glue it together using the technique used by kindergarteners and street artists alike good old wheat paste. I went to the market to get some flower as I do not bake to much and came home and added some water put it all in a pan and slowly let it boil while stirring in some more water until it got to that nice paint like consistency. So the wheat paste is made and now I need to do something with it. I will post that project when I get around to making something.

1.08.2008

Happy New Year

Well another year has come and gone and time continues on at what seems to be a ever faster rate, I must be having a lot of fun. I hope your new year was a good one and that you spent it doing whatever it is that you wanted to do.

Now it is time for those pesky resolutions that get forgotten quicker then your promise to never drink like that again promise. I generally do not make resolutions but this year I am making one that pertains more to my business then personal life and that is to be more diligent about my marketing strategy or almost complete lack there of over the last year. It seems like this is a resounding theme with many of the designers I have been talking to in my network that run their own shop or solo design studio. In a profession in which we help others out with their marketing, branding and advertising we tend to forget to turn that mirror on ourselves and see that we are being neglected. So with that lets give a toast to marketing!

I will make this resolution and that is to a least post once a month and get an Illustration Friday submission in at least once a month, so there you go.

Happy New Year all!