The Humble Beggar

My current muse is my dog, Picasso. He poses on ichat, and I draw him. Most of the time he is begging for food from my mom. This time, he was begging for a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

Pins

Pin love.

Lecture Numero 2

Poster for Seth Johnson Lecture.

The Circus is Coming to Town

Poster for circus exhibit. I felt a little out of my element making this, and I don't know why, but now that I look at it, I quite like the result.

AIGA Movie Night Poster

Now that we have all renewed our memberships, it is time to party! Our first AIGA Student Group Movie Night! November 10th!

More clocks from: It's About Time Senior Clock Expo

Clock Expo

Paperback: States Series

Clock Used in Promotional Ad

Our senior class displayed our clocks this week. My clock was used to promote the event. Ooh la la.

This is what process looks like

Sneak Peak

Three Views

Behind the Golden Curtain

So, I have rediscovered the circus this past weekend. I went to the Ringling Brother's famous circus as a kid (I was 5), and it was a fascinating experience. As of today, at 21 years old, I am working on an exhibit design project that involves the circus on rails. Before the motion picture, towns turned to the circus as their form of entertainment. When rail lines became accessible, circus owners saw an opportunity to expand the reach of their audience by making themselves mobile.

I found these photographs in my research, and I love the romanticism, and the harsh realities of the lives of the circus animals and performers in these stills.

I want to make things that make people happy .. like this!

I saw this on ffffound tonight. It reminds me of all those times I went to restaurants as a kid and they provided the coloring books with the little crayon box (but this is nicer because you don't have that annoying little box to fuss with). Looking back on those days, the coloring books served as a beautiful distraction from all of the adult conversations that were going on, like war and politics, and family disagreements. All I remember are the crayons and the chicken fingers. I guess the magic worked.

Magic 8 Ball

No Assembly Required

I am in an exhibit design class, and our first assignment was to build a window display for a retail store of our choice. I chose Bose headphones. Our instructor had us pull the name of an object out of a hat, and I picked a wrench. Using this object as our inspiration, we had to design a display that incorporated the chosen object.

So my display for Bose, “No Assembly Required,” addresses the effortless user experience Bose sound systems delivers. Bose’s product is so streamlined, no additional tools are necessary to make your personal music experience any better, or of a higher quality. When choosing Bose, you are
guaranteed quality, the best materials, and durability. Unlike other headphones available for purchase, Bose headphones are long-lasting.

Bose headphones are a handyman or handy-woman’s best friend. A handyman is someone who knows how to solve problems. A handyman is crafty, and knows what tool to use for each unique dilemma. A true music aficionado would know Bose headphones offers unparalleled performance, and cutting edge noise canceling technology. A true handyman would choose Bose headphones.

Positive thinking will take you places

I designed this poster for the "Positive Posters" contest, sponsored by the International Poster Competition. The idea behind the poster is being optimistic is aspiring to be the best person you can be. Each balloon represents a goal or dream, and our world potential is increased each time an individual chooses to peruse their own dream. I missed the deadline for the contest, but I really like where the initial proposal took me.

Senior Poster Show and Auction

This is my current version of a promotional poster for the senior poster show and auction, to take place in October. Each senior was responsible for donating a poster from their internship, or any studios they may have visited over the summer. I was inspired by the way posters used to be installed, with glue on walls across cityscapes.

Birthday Pug

My sister, Rachel, is turning 18 on Tuesday. I really don't have money for gifts, but I thought she might appreciate a hand-drawn card, featuring our pug, Picasso. Ain't he a cutie!?

Clarity in Music

Key: Whole notes are hours, half note minutes, and the quarter note is seconds. A measure is a segment of time defined by a given number of beats of a given duration. The title of my clock is 'measure.' I have yet to style the logotype. Coming soon.

Are we there yet?

Latest clock sketch for "Tempo" theme. I was resisting the use of physical notes and characters for the longest time, but I caved last night. The treble clef represents hours, the whole note minutes, and the quarter note seconds. The outer ring is stationary, and it is meant to insinuate an hourly tempo as the seconds hand makes its revolution. Thoughts?

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New colors and orientation. Wha u thunk?

2wenty Years

Exploratory image for the 20th anniversary of ASU's Visual Communications Design Senior Exhibit. Our professor said the chosen design would be applied to an invitation/card of somesort.

STRIKE !

Newest sketch. This is a combination of two other sketches. Originally, I wanted to do a reveal under the darkest circle. The reveal was going to be a combination of dots to compose a sort of 24 hour tempo, but I chose to transfer those dots to the outer perimeter of the circle instead. I still think a sense of music remains. 

New Clock Sketch

I was thinking about my trip to the orchestra in the shower this morning, and then I remembered how instruments are organized in a hemisphere shape, which lead me to incorporate the keys as well. I like where this is going, but it still isn't quite right yet.

Heart of Darkness: Willow Tree Takes on New Life

I have always enjoyed classic literature. This summer I took a picture of this gigantic willow tree in my grandmother's backyard. It is quite tremendous, and I knew I had to incorporate it into something I was working on. This is a proposed book cover for Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad. I never thought I would end up using this picture in this context, but I think it works.

Revised Clock Experiment

At the end of August I made a post regarding a clock project I was working on. To get feedback, I asked my clock/watch obsessed boss from the summer, TQ from Holly Hunt to take a look at my sketch. He offered some great feedback, which I have adapted to my project. Here is what he said:

"If nearly the whole middle ring is yellow, they know its near the end of the hour, without needing to count or remember where the starting point is. Secondly, I would make your starting point different. I would move it down to the square below where you've got it now. That way, people can read halves easily. That combined with my first suggestion would make it clear that if the whole upper half was yellow, it is 6. Again, no need to do any counting. It would help a lot with the middle ring, because think in 15 minute blocks (hence why people say "quarter till 7" or whatever), and this would give you 4 little 15 minute quadrants."

TQ also said he would buy this watch once I had it manufactured. If you know any watch maker's, send them my way. Swatch maybe?

Maria Grillo Lecture Poster

Poster for guest lecturer Maria Grillo. Painting provided by Maria. Designer assisted in poster direction and focus.

Clock Experiment

One-day class assignment discussing the nuances of time. Beyond traditional analog clocks, are we able to tell time in new contexts? Try this out. (Make sure to enlarge image).

Cubism at its Best

http://ffffound.com/.

This sculpture reminds me of Picasso's experiments with cubism. A really cool concept.