2,089

That is the total number of people who have seen my blog ever. Some of them might be repeats. Others might even be just Google snooping around. But still, 2K. I'm impressed that people have seen my blog that many times. It's quite flattering.

So I guess that means I'm going to be updating this blog more often. Stay tuned, let me actually make something nice.

Vital Signs - Logo and Type

So I haven't bothered to really get to updating this blog for a while. I hope to get back into the habit of posting things here and make myself a stronger presence online.

I was asked to do a logo for my sister's acapella group down in Elon University. Here is what I came up with for them:

It got relatively positive reviews from the group members and my sister, so I guess that makes this a job well done.

Pinstripe 23 Update and other News!

Remember these? Well these bad boys just made the cut for the Skullcandy Aviator Headphone Design contest! There were nearly 40+ pages of entries, some of them great and others not so much but man, these made it to the remaining 13 pages of designs! The alternate design I made, Obsidian Streaks, did not manage to clinch it but to be fair I didn't know where I was going with that to begin with.

ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP PLAN

So if you, the humble reader, would be so kind as to vote for this design I would become a small step closer to becoming the happiest 22 year old in the whole wide world. No lie, I would be really grateful for any support. There is a catch though. Need to do it via facebook and let them do that whole information thing. But the good news is that you can vote once a day on three different designs once you do. But I must remind you, the title of happiest 22 year old is on the line here.

In other news, did I mention I graduated college the other week? Yeah, I did that. It was fun, rather enjoyed it. Trying to relax, enjoy my last real summer before becoming a working person in society. Meaning I have time for things now, some of them art and others just self promotion. And then Student Loans. Fun. I recently finished a commision for some very lovely people and will post some images of that in a later post.

I think this might just be one of the greatest summers of my life. And the good news? It's only just started.

Contest can be found here or click the image above to get a direct link to the voting

Contests

http://www.threadless.com/submission/345210/Lucky

I submitted a design into threadless and it's now up for voting. If you could be so kind as to offer your vote, it would be greatly appreciated. Here's what it looks like:

Also did some designs for SkullCandy's Aviator headphone contest which will all be up for voting in a few days. I'm hoping to see what I can get out of this. See? I am doing something here.

Ugh

Alright, this is the first time a little more/less than a month since I've updated this blog. I'm terrible, I know. Trying very hard to get into a regular schedule for this stuff. The side projects haven't gone anywhere, been busy with commission works for the past week or so but hopefully I can get to getting some of my personal projects done.

Stylo v.2

The original Stylo, the very first piece made for the Plastic Beach series over a year ago. I made it as a school assignment and had the idea to expand it into a series from there. Very found memories, although I think I can try to take another crack at this one.

Since I was using the objects and characters from the music video in the last piece, I was thinking perhaps using the car from the video would hit truer to home. The 1969 Z23 Chevy Camero, an American icon. Also possibly a deathtrap. I tried doing some line work directly from a picture of this car, but it just ended up making me feel frustrated and hating life. Not the result I was looking for. I think for situations like this, it's better to trust paper and pencil rather than go straight to digital.

I've also started working on Rhinestone Eyes (months of neglect on that one), Glitter Freeze and To Binge. Not sure which ones you'll be seeing first but we'll see what happens.

. . . Now what?

So with the Wry, Raw Whimsical Wall completed and put away, I've been focusing on mostly academics for the next few weeks of my last semester of school. This is all well and good I suppose, but it still leaves a large vacuum where the seminar project. Of course I've had ideas of what I could try but I think what is important is to finish what I started. That being said, my Plastic Beach series has been on going for over a year as of March. I thought I would have finished it by now, but as I look back to see what I made I feel compelled to redo them. But that, we'll see.

The remaining ones are as follows:

• Welcome to Plastic Beach
• White Flag
• Rhinestone Eyes
• Superfast Jellyfish
• Glitter Freeze
• On Melancholy Hill
• Broken
• Plastic Beach
• To Binge

I've done some ground work from a couple of these. Should have at least one done by the end of the month. See you all then.