167 days ago
I have recently started a blog for the purpose of promoting fellow illustrators and designers, learning a bit of Wordpress, and a having another small project to keep me busy. There will be new backgrounds to download each week, so Check it out!

176 days ago
201 days ago
I am the worst at making a habit of drawing in my sketchbook. I also continue to buy new sketchbooks before the old ones are finished. Despite having them since I was a kid, I have yet to see a sketchbook to the end. But no more! I’m going to draw in this one every day, and actually finish it. If you’re trying to do the same, but are stuck for ideas, maybe these will help…
224 days ago


250 days ago
My first real try at modeling with Cinema… once I learn some
more animation, the little guy might just bust a move!

276 days ago
Working on teaching myself Cinema 4D… It’s pretty fun actually. I was doing some tutorials and somehow ended up creating a shape that turned into a tree, added a landscape, and then moved over to After Effects, where I put in the animated text and a particle world. More updates to come!
307 days ago
Nothing like the smell of pumpkins and a layer of melted chocolate on your hands…

321 days ago

We saw Food Inc. the other night, and you’d think a film like that would make you want to quit eating meat (or bad food) all together… right? Even though we saw some horrible things in that movie. Things that the government is doing to suppress the little guy/farmers. The large corporations that are absorbing the smaller companies, and treating theirs badly. Not to mention the animal abuse. I wonder: If a movie like this (or Supersize me, etc.), won’t make me change my eating, what does? I don’t eat a lot of meat, but it’s not something I actively try to avoid. I wouldn’t say money has anything to do with it. After all, where there’s doener, there’s usually falafel. Is it laziness? Is it the taste? Most people have tried it for a short time, or have been vegetarian since they were young. I wonder: What is the biggest common denominator between all vegetarians and vegans? And why are we so relaxed about where our food is coming from?
477 days ago
So it’s all over. I just have my internship left to complete, and then I will officially get my degree for graphic design. Just a few pictures from the show, and unfortunately someone had the idea to go and steal a handful of projects, including my Bauhaus guide. Regardlesss, everyone did a great job, but I think most would agree: Thank God it’s over!

Photo courtesy: Spencer Xiong

Photo courtesy: Spencer Xiong

497 days ago
This weekend, my good friends from the Sheridan Illusration program earned their wings, and are finally finished, after months of sleepless nights in preparation. Having been there (albeit, on the other side of the school) through most of it with them, I can appreciate all the hard work that went into it. I’m so proud of all of you!

503 days ago
Hey, I have a blog now, I’ll write something very soon…
after grad show… If I’m still alive…
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