success equals sleepless nights

gift idea!!

2009-11-11T00:22:00.004-06:00

somebody please get me this for Christmas.... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

2009-10-05T19:24:00.003-05:00

n the future, yeah I don't know what to say... I just wanted to use the daily drop cap from http://dailydropcap.com . I freaking hate advertising after today and I definitely don't want to be an art director. Graphic design it is for me! So now I have to work really really really hard in packaging to prove that's the direction I need to take. I hope I can do it! I'm taking on "bipolarity" for my "fluctuating" package... I still need to design the pattern which is what I'm doing now... I just had to check the daily drop cap :) It's time to work now!

I don't know how I feel about that white border around it. And it definitely looks better on a white background. Oh well. I'll keep that in mind.

houIM poster- final take?

2009-09-07T21:35:00.000-05:00

HouIM poster- take III

2009-09-06T21:35:00.002-05:00

HouIM poster- take II

2009-09-01T01:39:00.001-05:00

i am currently impartial

Label Exercise 1

2009-08-30T01:25:00.002-05:00

The label I chose for these assignments was off of Pölka Dot Riesling...

and i combined it with this label...

here is what I came up with...

Montana

2009-08-27T01:08:00.005-05:00

So this is what I spent the last half of my summer on... It looks kind of wonky in the photograph. I had to take the photo pretty quickly (I was late getting on the road back to Denton) and I couldn't really tell if it was fuzzy or not... and there's a glare from the ceiling fan. And all those lines that look curved... they're really not. Oh well. Just imagine it... better. And that's how it is in real life. I promise.

HouIM poster

2009-08-27T00:48:00.005-05:00

So I was recently asked to design the poster and some flyers for the 3rd annual Houston Inline Marathon. First freelance job ever! :) Here are 3 of my ideations I worked on tonight while watching Sunshine Cleaning. I know the illustration needs some tweaking (i.e. the wheels on the skates aren't perfect, and I think there needs to be some black accent to make it pop). So yeah... the first two are pretty much how I came to the third. I still need to add some type as well but it should fall in line pretty easily with what I've got going on right now.

Also, I need to tweak the colors! I don't think the oranges feel right together... :-/

2009-05-01T21:08:00.001-05:00

http://www.astronautdinosaur.com/

2009-03-15T23:21:00.001-05:00

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/kindle2/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces_large.jpg

2009-03-02T01:39:00.005-06:00

I was going to put my forced connections on here, but it's late and I just don't feel like it.

Goodnight

EDIT

I tried to scan, but my scanner won't let me. Dang "USB not connected" error keeps popping up. Laaame.

Oidhche mhath.

2009-02-25T01:40:00.002-06:00

this was a quick color theory assignment showing desaturation, shades, tints, and complements

I just found this and it made me smile

2009-02-23T01:47:00.004-06:00

This is from the USSR pavilion at the 1958 World's Fair. It almost makes me want go back in time to the height of the Cold War and see the weird mix of palm and pine trees.

http://grainedit.com/2009/02/23/1958-ussr-pavilion-brochure/#more-1624

Amazing idea

2009-02-23T01:18:00.003-06:00

"B-cycle is the zero-hassle, zero-emissions way to get around town. It's a bike sharing program that meets the transportation, health, and environmental needs of our communities. One that adapts to any size city, corporation or campus. It's wind in your hair, air in your lungs and bugs in your teeth. It's free and spontaneous but also organized and practical.B-cycle is the only "next"-generation bike-share program. Integrated data tracking will automatically capture information such as your distance traveled, equivalent calories burned and carbon offset after each ride. It will then upload this data to your personal user profile on Bcycle.com. B-cycle is the future of bike sharing, and it's available to your city now." (Quoting the wise Christapher off vent)

http://bcycle.com/

TRIIIIIIIOPTICS!!

2009-02-22T16:12:00.001-06:00

for some reason the colors are inversed... imagine the oranges are blue and the blues are oranges

This is so me

2009-02-21T23:51:00.005-06:00

The tense-afraid type

"The tense-afraid type of procrastinator usually feels overwhelmed with pressure, unrealistic about time, uncertain about goals and many other negative feelings. Feeling that they lack the ability or focus to successfully complete their work, they tell themselves that they need to unwind and relax, that it's better to take it easy for the afternoon, for example, and start afresh in the morning. They usually have grandiose plans that aren't realistic. Their 'relaxing' is often temporary and ineffective, and leads to even more stress as time runs out, deadlines approachand the person feels increasingly guilty and apprehensive. This behavior becomes a cycle of failure and delay, as plans and goals are put off, penciled into the following day or week in the diary again and again. It can also have a debilitating effect on their personal lives and
relationships. Since they are uncertain about their goals, they often feel awkward with people who appear confident and goal-oriented, which can lead to depression. Tense-afraid procrastinators often withdraw from social life, avoiding contact even with close friends."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination#The_tense-afraid_type

So, it's been a while...

2009-02-20T01:09:00.011-06:00

There's a lot to catch up on...

First: my poster from Typography. I wish there were a lot of things different about it. I don't even know what I got on it... most likely a B because I got a B in the class and it was %50 percent of my grade. And I already had a B. So yeah. Here it is.

Also, yesterday, I submitted my Istanbul travel poster to... DSVC!

Here she is... I made a few tiny edits, mostly to the headline. It was bright bright orange and, when printed, sank back into the green and kind of vibrated painfully. Taking what I've learned from color theory, I used a higher value red to make it pop from the low chroma green...

There it is! I am super, uber excited about the conference!

More updates soon, hopefully tomorrow

BASKERVILLE v. BOOKMAN -- FINAL SHOWDOWN

2008-11-17T08:09:00.004-06:00

SERIF FONTS!
bookman has very slight modulations compared to baskerville's dramatic ones
bookman has thicker serifs
bookman has a wider setwidth
the bottom counter of the baskerville g is open

baskerville WINS!

2008-11-12T22:47:00.001-06:00

Shelley Andante v. Snell Roundhand

2008-11-05T09:53:00.003-06:00

both are script!
Shelley is fancier... the crossbar of the A is a huge swash, whereas the A-crossbar on Snell is straight and plain
some of the letters are incredibly similar... Shelley has a wider setwidth, though
Snell has round, circular swashes, and Shelley has kind of zig-zag swashes
similar stress

It's a tie

il mio poster per tipografia

2008-11-02T19:46:00.002-06:00

2008-10-29T15:36:00.001-05:00

:'(

2008-10-29T00:19:00.003-05:00

my car is being totalled tomorrow

i had to sign it over to the insurance company today

i miss it terribly

univers 65 v. meta

2008-10-27T10:45:00.004-05:00

COMPARISONS!!!!

let's see how fast i can do this!

UNIVERS 56 v. META!

both are sans-serif fonts with very little modulation!
both have double-story "a"s!
Univers has a geometric g
the terminals of letters such as m, n, r, u, t, etc, all curl away slightly
Univers 65 is heavier than meta
META WINS!

Cochin v. Cheltenham

2008-10-22T08:06:00.004-05:00

Cheltenham and Cochin are both serif fonts. Cochin has higher contrast and isn't as heavy as Cheltenham. The x-height on Cochin is lower. The set widths of both are about the same. The terminals of Cochin are flat and feel more calligraphic than Cheltenham's rounded teardrop terminals.

COCHIN WINS!

Typographic Genealogy

2008-10-16T00:52:00.004-05:00

There they are. I'm proud of this...

So I just downloaded a bunch of free fonts off myfont.com, fontshop.com, and typophilia.com... museo 500, museo sans 500, quicksand (a mediocre font with really bad spacing... but hey, it was free!!), anivers, designal LW20, chambers sans... and i think that's it. i really can't remember. I'm way tired. I was watching The Naked Archaeologist and I noticed all the strange type they use on that show... Arnprior? Why would anybody use that when talking about Judeo-Christians? Maybe I'm just missing something.

Goodnight.

Typeface Showdown: Palatino v. Goudy

2008-10-12T23:18:00.004-05:00

Both Palatino and Goudy are serif-faces with similar x-heights and set widths. However, Goudy is slightly narrower and Palatino is slightly taller, in terms of x-height. Goudy has more modulation and higher contrast between the thick and thin strokes. The brackets to Goudy's serifs are more pronounced. Though still triangular, Palatino's serifs are flatter than Goudy's. The bowls on the R and P do not connect to the stem in Palatino.

Goudy wins.

Poster Illustration

2008-10-12T20:05:00.002-05:00

"pomegranates!"

--Matt Duerr (19, tall, single, and very ready to mingle)

Typeface babies

2008-10-06T22:46:00.003-05:00

The two faces I have to merge are Akzidenz Grotesk Bold and Arnold Bocklin. I don't like either. I decided to do names that only old people would have because Arnold Bocklin screams 1970's-old-person-brown-pants-and-weird/bad-shirts sort of style to me. Therefore, I asked my mom to give me some names of some of the older people in my family... (except Alejandra... that was my first one and I just blindly threw that in there...)

I'm thinking of dropping Bessie because I feel like I've done all I can with those letters... (sorry, Great-Grandma...). I'll probably use Auntie Em or something and try some different letters.

I love... / I hate...

2008-10-06T16:06:00.005-05:00

Museo Sans!!
plus... I thought this was a joke... but I was horribly wrong...

Comparison between BauerBodoni and Century Oldstyle

2008-10-06T00:33:00.003-05:00

First, both are serif typefaces. Century Oldstyle has teardrop terminals on letters such as a, c, f, g, j, etc, whereas BauerBodoni has ball terminals. There is higher contrast between the modulations and the stem weights of BauerBodoni than in Century Oldstyle. Century Oldstyle has bracketed serifs, in contrast to BB's slab serifs. The x-height of BB is shorter than CO and the set width of CO is wider than BB.

Because of all of this, BauerBodoni is the superior typeface in my book.

Experimental Type -- take 3

2008-10-05T20:51:00.002-05:00

experimental type-- take 2

2008-10-05T19:54:00.006-05:00

The reason I work...

2008-10-05T18:46:00.003-05:00

Why do I drive 9 hours round trip home once every 28 days to work at Chilis?

Yeah, I do it for the money.

Hence, my most recent paycheck.

Experimental Typography -- Take 1

2008-10-02T23:54:00.003-05:00

a work in progress

This is how I feel

2008-10-02T22:38:00.003-05:00

uuuuuuuuuuggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh

prepping

2008-09-28T23:53:00.003-05:00

here's my 20 objects... i'm worried about how interesting they are, but since i forgot about it until tonight, it's the best i can do right now :-\

so yeah, i have a ceiling fan pull-chain, handcuffs, a napkin ring, tweezers, a couple of different handmade stamps, my Jesus ring, different kinds of earrings, a pendant, my dad's mail key, charm bracelet, button, the screw thing for frame hanging, one of the things to hang my Ikea mirror, a couple of different paperclips... etc. Okay, I'll throw in a cup hook for good measure.

2008-09-27T16:54:00.003-05:00

Here's my travel poster in progress. Please ignore the hideous colors... they're serving merely as placekeepers while i'm penning everything in. Imagine that it's better, and you'll have a good idea of how it will turn out.

Figure/Ground final product

2008-09-27T16:39:00.004-05:00

Well here's 20% of my final grade... I hope it pulls it's weight...

I'm actually not 100% sure that this is exactly what the final looks like... I've kind of been messing with the files on my computer today since I installed the new versions of Illustrator and Photoshop, and when I went to Kinko's last night it was perfect, so... yeah. Anywho, this has been a brilliantly worry-free weekend. Nothing to do but laze around and eat and watch tv. Se7en is an intense movie, btw. That's what I did last night instead of any other homework :-)

finally!

2008-09-27T16:18:00.003-05:00

I am now the proud owner of CS3 Design Premium and a free CS4 upgrade :-)

and yes, this is how i feel.

2008-09-15T17:54:00.004-05:00

WHERE IS VENT?!?!?

whatever this is...

2008-09-12T19:24:00.004-05:00

i realized too late that you can't mix uppercase with lowercase. oh well. i just won't do it again :-\

if you could...

2008-09-08T15:22:00.010-05:00

So I was looking at one of my favorite indie music poster designer's websites (Jason Munn at http://www.thesmallstakes.com/ ) and I stumbled across "If You Could..."

Check it, yo:

"Every month of 2008 If You Could will be
releasing two new screenprints, one from an established artist and one from an
emerging.
Responding to the question, ‘If you could do anything tomorrow,
what would it be?’, these two colour, B2 (655 x 480 mm), limited edition
screenprints are only available to buy from the If You Could website for the
duration of that month.
This creates unique editions, determined by the
amount purchased and are individually signed by the artist and dispatched by
recorded delivery two weeks after the last day of the month.
As with all If
You Could projects a personal touch is important and every print is stamped for
authenticity, printed at a local screen printers, and where possible taken in
person to the artist to be signed."

Here are some of the poster designs...

-Jason Munn of thesmallstakes.com

-Rob Ryan of misterrob.co.uk ...and here's the link: http://www.ifyoucould.co.uk/prints

I thought it was really cool and it inspired me to... drive to Highland Village to get a Jamba Juice. I'm kidding, even though I did shortly after reading this. The two events were completely unrelated. It did, however, make me want to buy more screenprints. But I don't have any room for anymore on my walls :-( I'm trying to give one away already (any Ted Leo fans?)

monograms #37-51

2008-09-01T22:21:00.003-05:00

monograms #25-36

2008-08-31T17:33:00.006-05:00

Here is my third page of thumbnails for the monograms...

Some of my monogram thumbnails

2008-08-31T11:06:00.005-05:00

I enjoy this! I really do!

1/2 of the 1st day project

2008-08-30T13:52:00.013-05:00

Arrighi 72 pt

Granjon 72 pt

Haarlemmer Sans 72 pt

It definitely gave my hand a workout! And it reminded me again just how happy I am not to be in the dorms anymore... this would've been impossible for me if I was trying to do this on my bed back at Bruce like in the good old days! Poor Becca wouldn't have gotten any sleep either. Thank God for apartments.

It's so easy, a caveman can do it!

2008-08-27T19:42:00.001-05:00

This is my first post.

I would say more, but I have to go help make some chicken parmesan, and I have lingered far too long online checking out other people's blogs. My friends are getting antsy!

A presto, signori e signorine!