9.16.2009

New Letterpress Cards!





Obscure holidays always get the short end of the stick when it comes to festive cards, so let's give them their chance! Talk Like a Pirate Day, Grammar Day, Tell a Lie Day, and Panic Day now have a voice. Made the old-school-icious (it's a word now...) way with handset metal type, I'm pretty fond of these little guys. Check out Plan B for more info.

For the next run, thinking up ideas for Skeptics Day and (belated) Procrastination Day. Any ideas?

9.02.2009

Turkeys are done, people are finished.

The letterpress is back in action with a random holiday card series. First up, National Grammar Day on March 4. Proper English rules!


Next up, Talk Like a Pirate Day...

8.27.2009

Love at first sound, love at first sight.

I didn't think my recent obsession with Grizzly Bear could get any worse until I saw this amazing video by CG wizard Gabe Askew. Anyone want to join me for Grizzly Bear at the Crystal Ballroom in October?

Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear from Gabe Askew on Vimeo.

8.13.2009

Fizky.

Latest project for typography: Fizky. We have to create a logotype for this imaginary soft drink, choosing from about 10 different base font styles and modifying them in some way. Here are the tight roughs, to be narrowed down to three. And, yes, it's all hand-drawn.


And I leave you with the first biggie of our harvest (more garden pics at our house blog):

7.29.2009

Who are you and what have you done with Portland?

(Our thermometer at the house says 107.)

7.26.2009

I didn't spend six years in evil medical school to be called "mister", thank you very much.

In the current (rather pathetic) tradition of monthly posting, I'd better get one in before July is spent.

First of all, school's back in for me. I started an Associate's in Graphic Design at the prestigious Portland Community College and am loving every grid system creating, font characterizing, triangle and t-square using second. Here's a sample, based around the idea of creating a logo using a natural outline cut out inside a letter:

Next, first time ever to the beautious Crater Lake with loverly company to boot:


With the sad passing of Michael Jackson came a fantastic night of M.J. remembrance. Lucky for me, I went through a huge M.J. phase a couple weeks before he died and had the greatest video hits on hold at the library. A-mazing.


And lastly, the first harvest of my uncontrollably huge tomato plants (you think I jest, but these things are pulling up tomato cages.) The big guys are all over the place, but insist on staying green. At least the cherries are beautiful (and tasty!):


6.03.2009

Don't even think about doing this...
























My housemate, Molly, sent this to me. The secret's out: I'm a typography geek. And proud.

(Check out more of these witty little comics by clicking on the pic.)