it's good to be back

Hey, guys. It's been a while.

News:
1) After 4 good years with the ole Sony Ericsson phone, I "upgraded" to a Motorola Karma. Stupid name, okay phone. I still like my old phone way better, but It was fallin' apart and that just wasn't alright.

2) Lots of people have been asking me to make websites and logos from them lately. It's great and good and fun! I've been working on Travis' site today. Before this morning's efforts, it had a rather drab color scheme. Not. Any. More. Here's Travis Wilburn's site if you want to take a look at the progress. The lyrics page goes to the old version. We're going to add more videos gradually.

I've been working on some logos as well. Will post those eventually.

Travis Wilburn doodlins

When I went to Barnes and Noble last week and whipped out the ole sketchbook, I was surprised to discover that I still vaguely remembered how to hold a pencil. I drew some customers, then felt like a creeper and decided to draw from my imagination instead.

My boyfriend, Travis, is a pretty talented dude. I guess I had his music on my mind, because this is what happened:


Expect a digitally colored revision in ink. Also, less crappy type on the word "travis"

Day Job

Hey guys. I'm sorry for being so scarce of late. I work a lot. I also cut people's hair, drive places, drink gin and tonic like it's going out of fashion, and try to exercise. These days, drawing comes last.

However, it's not as though I haven't been making things. I just haven't been making things that I can legally post online. It's all copyrighted to the University of Kentucky.

Here's my office:
This is the stadium I work inside. I see this when I walk 10 paces outside my office door. Pretty neat.










I love being able to wear comfy clothes to work.












This is my desk. No, that isn't my name. That wooden structure beside the desk is an engraver and we like to stick the nameplates with errors on 'em around the office.

6 rubber bands

Hey, Everyone!

So a lot has happened since my last post.
I got a job in retail, worked there full time for a little while, then got offered a job in my field. I start working for the University of Kentucky as assistant to the graphic designer of the athletics dept. on Tuesday. I have a parking pass and everything! It's glorious.

I will update more soon. I owe someone a drawing of a coal mining newborn puppy, so expect that. but... for now, i'm going to go enjoy my weekend outside! :D

shaky legs

Sorry to disappoint, but I haven't been making much art lately, guys. Instead, I've been gardening, riding my bike a lot, and getting absolutely filthy every day. It's been great. My mum and I dug a hole from the terrible clay "soil" in the front yard and turned it into an herb garden. The plants are small and pretty upset about being transplanted and promptly monsooned upon, but I think they'll be okay.

Southland pool and quesadillas

I was going through some of my older pieces, when I happened upon one I still liked. It's in pretty rough shape, so I decided to scan it in and use it as the foundation for a new vector piece (started last night). Here's a small section in progress! Once I get the linework done, I plan on going back in and realistically coloring in certain portions. We'll see how that goes.

When it's done, I think I'll be selling digital prints online.












Here's some of the progress I've made today. I'm trying out a new technique that consists of making the line art in Illustrator, then moving it over to Photoshop for coloring. Experimentation abound (some of it bad). Which color combinations do you guys prefer?

Self Promotional Box

I've been working diligently on a mailer to send to potential employers.
This is it.






























































































































Listening to:
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Hard Life
Bon Iver Radio on Pandora. very chill.

Home

I'm back in Lexington, KY!
I've been organizing my files, stowing away past projects in order to make room for future ones.

















This is my bro sitting on our deck. You can probably see why I spend a lot of time out here.

Other News:
The parents drove to PA for Kelly's wedding. Congrats, Kel and Mike!
They're due back today. And they are bringing my printer with them. WOOT!
Our lawn mower really blows.
I love Banana Boat spray sunscreen so much, I could just marry it.
The optical drive in my computer is being a little jerk. It's not reading discs. So, we'll see how that shakes out pretty soon.

Listening to:
Van Morrison - Love Come Back

no more college

Here's some pictures of my work from the MICA Commencement Exhibition.

Calendar updates

JANUARY: Meredith and Gill enjoyed standing in perilous locations

FEBRUARY: Daniel and Sue fell hard into love
MARCH: Shannon would later regret following the leprechauns
APRIL: Harold knew better than to feed the bunny
MAY: Lewis couldn't wait for fish
JUNE: Ellie loved her own reflection
JULY: Larry was always under foot

AUGUST: Juan took the prank too far
SEPTEMBER: Randy had angered Pricilla for the last time
OCTOBER: Edward was never much for sharing
NOVEMBER: Hubert took matters into his own hands

DECEMBER: Mary was consumed by holiday cheer... and fire

otter pop tat

One more week of this and i'll be done with school forever.

On that note... here are some celebratory nudie pics. Well, not really. These are for my DIY class. We all designed tattoos out of typography we gathered and I created these models to indicate where the tattoos would be places on a girl and boy. It's really much more complex than that, but who cares?
Here's the tattoo I created. It would definitely be a tramp stamp.

Onward. Ive been reading a lot. I'm almost done with mah book. I really shouldn't be reading at all. I've no time for it. I should be working on thesis in a panic. But the panic has been dulled by apathy and distraction. (Mom, don't worry, I still care enough).

Boring stuff you won't be interested in:
I have been drinking energy drinks lately. They make me feel strange.
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I have dried salt marks on my face. I don't know what that's about. I either cry in my sleep or secrete lots of fluid (gross).
I miss my friends. All I do is work.
I'm too sober. (Once again, Mom. I promise I won't get hammered and fall off any more decks).
I DON'T WANT TO WRITE THESE ESSAYS.

Nolan is coming in 8 days.

Listenin' to:
Jean Ritchie - Edward
Billy Bragg - The Saturday Boy