The art, humor, and philosophy of a guy named David Uribe.
Last week I submitted a standee design for the film Shoot Down, a documentary about the 1996 shoot down of the Brothers To The Rescue planes by the Cuban government. The film is getting quite a bit of media attention here in Miami and is premiering in selected theaters nationally. Click the thumbnail below to see the full design.
“The distance between the U.S. and Cuba is greater than 90 miles.”
I’ve made a list called Things to Worry About which highlights all the deadlines and obligations haunting me right now. It’s actually quite therapeutic for me to face all these demons in a single text file. Now the strategy calls for addressing each one. I’m attempting to find a place for each task in my calendar so I can eventually get rid of them. Next thing I need to do is turn down every other offer* that comes my way. I’ve committed to too many things now and it’s finally come back bite me in the foot. Well no more, I say! I’ll be politely declining invitations to work on projects until I can get things under control again. Just thinking about it makes me more anxious. I’d better go to sleep before this monitor feels the wrath of my jab. Good night.
*If you want to buy me lunch, that’s cool. I’ll try not to turn that down. ;]
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That’s it for now. Maybe next time I’ll have something exciting for ya.
As of last week, we were discussing the emergence of psychoanalysis at the beginning of the 20th Century. After reading about the work of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung I was inspired to draw the above sketch. What started off as a professional relationship soon became a bitter rivalry. I wonder who would’ve won in a mixed martial arts fight. My money would have been on Jung because there’s a lot more face to grab on Freud, him having a beard and all. I can also imagine Jung in a press conference after the fight saying something like, “Maybe Freud was right, I’m the biggest, baddest, mother****** of them all.”
History deserves a lot more outrageous quotes like that. Students would definitely pay a lot closer attention.
So far I’ve only attended the History of Graphic Design class and it was excellent. There are a total of 4 students in the class, including myself, which makes it more like a graduate seminar. Professor Georgette Ballance, formerly of the prestigious Cornell University, is a sweetheart and very knowledgeable. And it doesn’t hurt the she edited a book on the subject. All in all I think this is going to be a great semester. I have to make sure I schedule myself well as I work on my projects. It would be nice to work on projects without the element of procrastination. As self-motivated as I am, it’s time I recruited an external control to hold me accountable on these projects.
On a similar note, I’ve already started thinking about graduate school. It’s a bittersweet subject for me, because I hate the idea of having more homework in the future, but I’ve fallen in love with a particular school. I somehow stumbled upon a video of St. John’s College and was mesmerized about 20 seconds into it. Imagine a school with no textbooks. Instead, the curriculum surrounds around the Great Books of the Western World. I’m going to look further into the school and make a decision about when I will visit.
A few milestones for the year: Participated in the Blogathon, bought a scanner, went to 4 places outside of Florida as I planned, got braces, got my Associates Degree, and I can’t remember anything else right now. I’m sure there were plenty. If there’s something in particular that I failed to mention, post it in the comments.
My biggest advancement on Sketchism in ‘07: posting sketches. Seems like it’s something I should have been doing since day one, but it’s better late than never. Buying a scanner definitely helped.
I am in the process of listing my goals for 2008, so keep an eye out for that. Tell me, are you making any goals? Mind you, I mean written goals, not wishful unwritten resolutions.
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