Lifedrawing 110227
My first male model: I think the male figure is harder to draw. Or maybe I just don’t have as much practice with it. I spent the whole time on this page, focused on his chest and arms. Finally I got bored with it and spent the last ten minutes trying to draw his face. [...]
Lifedrawing 110220
I was able to focus more today and not jump from page to page. I did two pages but I am only showing one here… it is the one I spent more time on. Next time I would like to get the emotion back, which maybe I am lacking here because I did not rush [...]
Lifedrawing Session 110206
I’ve been attending lifedrawing recently. I only go once a week, but it’s a start. I decided to be a designer initially because I wanted a more practical way to use my skills as an artist. But somehow during school and through the last few years I lost the passion for putting image onto paper [...]
Something is different around here
I’ve been making some tweaks to the look of this thing. Sort of slowly. I’m working on integrating my Portfolio site into the blog…or rather the blog into the site to make it one thing. I’m one of those designers that sort of thinks she has the ability to understand code, and potentially suffers from [...]
Our Portland Story
Since the fall of 2008 my friend Melissa has spent a lot of time gathering stories about this awesome city and has worked with designers to make the stories come to life visually. She put all this work into a book called Our Portland Story. Last night, Our Portland Story had it’s second coming out [...]
I’d Rather Make My Own
I don’t have a lot of space. And I have a hard time getting rid of things once I’ve got them. So I’d rather practice my non-hoarding skills by painting on some butcher paper (two things I always have on hand) than buy more paper to add to the closet.
Seaside Sweatshirt
Saturday I went to the coast with some friends trying to escape the heat of Portland. We succeeded so well that we were actually disappointed. It was cold, foggy, windy. And I forgot my sweatshirt of all things. That place must make so much money off of people like me. I was excited at first [...]
Sketchbook #1
So I am kind of afraid of sketchbooks. I like loose pieces of paper better. I’m always jealous of people who have beautiful sketchbooks. I’m afraid to mess up a nice looking book, and tend to collect empty, unused books on my shelves. So last August I decided to start making my own sketchbooks. I [...]
What’s Up, Chicken Butt
I read The Brand Gap this weekend, via a suggestion from my CD. I thought a lot about what it says in terms of myself, mostly because that is the easiest way to relate. In the book it says a company (or a sole designer in my case) should be able to answer three questions. [...]
Print to Digital
I recently had an interview where I made a pretty giant mistake of talking about how everything is going to be digital eventually. I tried to make it clear that I didn’t believe it was happening soon, but EVENTUALLY. Yes, print will remain, but it will remain as a novelty. I call this a mistake [...]