In South Florida we have very little variety when it comes to the seasons. The majority of the time it’s just hot and humid. Once in a while we’ll get rainy days but that pretty much sums up the extent of the weather down here. Now that we find ourselves in autumn I can feel the slightest difference in the morning. Winter is right around the corner and I can feel it in my bones. I suppose that’s why I enjoyed Colorado so much. Waking up and walking outside to a cold breeze makes me feel so… American, and I don’t mean that in a patriotic sense. It’s as if I finally arrived home from a long trip and the winds were welcoming me with opened arms.
Now that’s it’s Saturday I can focus on my projects a little more intensely. Later on I’ll take a break and walk my dogs, take a nap, enjoy a cup of tea, and then get back to it. Weekends are the ultimate therapy sometimes, even if I am working.
Hey everyone. I’m here in Colorado at the
AIGA conference. None of the events have started exactly, but there is a giant sketch wall at the back of the convention center and I’ve taken the liberty of drawing all over it. Naturally, I wrote my website address on it as well. So if anyone is visiting for the first time from Colorado, let me know! I’m typing this from the iMac booth set up at the entrance of the
convention center.
I’m stoked to hear some of these speakers and see all the great work that’s coming out of the AIGA community. I’m already super inspired.
To my family at home, I love you guys! I’ll try and upload photos to these computers as the days go on. See you all soon.
I’m in process of packing for my trip to
Colorado. I fly out tomorrow morning along with my classmates. There’s a stop in Dallas before we arrive in Denver. I’m definitely excited to be traveling. This will contribute to my
goal of traveling to 4 places outside of Florida this year. Two down, two to go.
I’m running on fumes again, due to the fact that I stayed up all night at work finishing a school project. It was worth it. The class liked the work and I got good feedback. As soon as I have photos, I’ll post them on here.
Well I’d better finish packing and start sleeping. Good night.
Let’s see. I think it’s time I listed a few of the highlights and lowlights of the past few days.
- I turned in my swatchbook assignment for my Graphic Design class. Got good feedback.
- Did a new scratch board piece and showed it to my Portfolio class. Good feedback as well.
- Bought a new scanner. It’s a thing of beauty.
- Also bought a good APC battery backup. (I have to mention these purchases because I barely buy anything outside of food.)
- Bought the new Rilo Kiley album.
- Jenny Lewis is still a fox.
- Missed the Rilo Kiley show because I was finishing a project.
- Was in the passenger seat of Yuen’s car when he almost got a traffic ticket. The off-duty cop opted for a stern warning instead.
- Had some logos rejected by a client. Back to the drawing board.
- Getting ready to fly to Colorado with 11 other classmates for the AIGA conference. I’ll be gone for a few days.
- Learned the 14 characteristics of Modernism via a series of hand movements I choreographed.
- Been enjoying the new season of Heroes and The Office.
- Wondering when LOST will be revived.
- In the process of reading 5 books. Keeps me busy.
- Attended the memorial service of my friend Edeliel Veguilla. He was an inspiring guy.
- Saw a lot of friendly faces I hadn’t seen a while. I love you guys.
- Interested in writing poetry. Starting with limericks.
- Today is Heredes’ birthday. You’re gettin’ old, boy!
- Sarah, have a safe trip!
That’s it for now. I’ll aim to write more frequently, especially now that I have a scanner to show off some of these new sketches.
I apologize for not writing lately. These projects have been taking up most of my time. I’m actually working on one right now, but I mustered up enough guilty feelings to write a new post. The sketch above is from my high school sketchbook. I remember drawing these 2 passengers on a train ride home. The guy at the top was a construction worker, the woman on the bottom was a grandmother. I like the fact that I added some captions next to them. I may continue doing that kind of thing from now on. Alrighty, well I’m getting back to designing stuff. Have a good weekend.
