Posted 3 years, 7 months ago at 11:10 am. 0 comments
I took Friday off work and Todd and I headed over to the coast for some sun/sand/salty water vacation fun. We rented a wetsuit for me (Todd has one already) and a surfboard and went to Indian Beach in Ecola State Park, and I got to try out some surfing. I hadn’t even been in the ocean over my ankles before so I was a little intimidated – but it turned out to be one of the most fun things I’ve ever done, and I can’t wait to go back! After my first big wipe out I got over the fear of the waves and just had fun. I got smacked in the face by plenty of waves but I started getting the hang of it towards the end and next time will be so much easier. I even rode a wave standing up once. It’s pretty dang cheap to rent a wetsuit and board for the day. I’d like to take a weekday off at least once a month during the summer and go surfing. Not only is it really fun and nice to be outside and in the ocean… it totally takes my mind off work and I feel 100% relaxed and content, during and afterwards. And wow, is it tiring. You have to freaking work HARD to even get out there and on a wave. (Plus the surfboard we rented was REALLY heavy, Todd said)
Posted 3 years, 7 months ago at 6:29 pm. 0 comments
Sorry for the not writing about things, an activity of which I have been taking part in lately. Does that make sense? Anyway, it’s been a really busy month for me! Moving, plus work, plus more work, plus even more work. Plus daydreaming, plus movie watching, plus playing with the kitty, plus drinking and just hanging out. Alright, so I could have had time to write something, but I’ve been trying to hold off until the new design is done. And that’s kind of been off my radar this month. And now that it’s actually sunny and warm here in P-town it’s even harder to stay inside and work on the computer, though somehow I manage to do it on a daily basis – how do I ever do it!?
On the radar for me lately (in list format because my writing skills have deteriorated since my Freshman year in college): Continue Reading…
Posted 3 years, 8 months ago at 12:54 pm. 0 comments
Lots of things changing around these parts. I’m moving, into a house. That house which happens to be owned by my boyfriend. My cat likes it there and so do I. I’m almost ready to hand the keys in for my old apartment. Just patching up some walls and making use of the wireless that’s still connected (Todd’s house won’t be hooked up until Thursday). Despite the lack of internet there it really is a nice place and feels like home. There’s a porch, a big kitchen and a washer and dryer. I’ll even have a real desk! I sure am moving up in the world.
Posted 3 years, 9 months ago at 3:07 pm. 1 comment
Here is a small sneak preview, EXCLUSIVE to the readers of this blog (and anyone who views my Flickr stream) of the new design I’m working on for the site. It’ll be cool, trust me. Way cooler than it looks.
I think I’ve decided to use Flickr as my portfolio, using photo sets and collections. I’ve seen a few other sites use Flickr that way and it seems way easier to use AND to implement than having my own ‘portfolio-style’ solution. I’ll still have landing pages for each category (illustration, animation, web design, whatever else I think of…) on this site, which will contain small collections of thumbnails for each Flickr set, plus the latest blog posts for each category (containing the picture and whatever I feel like writing about it). The home page will have all of those categories of posts, plus more general blog type writings (boring stuff that isn’t artwork).
There will also be some cute little animations in the header, oh, just you wait. It looks GREAT. (In my head.)
Posted 3 years, 9 months ago at 12:00 pm. 1 comment
I’ve been experimenting with symbol-based Flash animation this week. I figure it’s a good skill to add to my animation bag-o-tricks, especially if I ever want to integrate animation into a web design.
Posted 3 years, 9 months ago at 8:16 pm. 0 comments
I recently added skineart.com to my list of art-y sites to frequent – boy do I love a good collection of sketchbook pages. And I like getting a good mix of random sketches, comics, journals – in pen, pencil, watercolor, whatever.
One artist that caught my attention today was Van Occupanther… His pen/watercolor drawings are absolutely amazing. He has such a fine attention to detail with regards to light, form and color. And his colors are crazy intense. When I first saw his sketchbooks they reminded me of Danny Gregory’s work, though kicked up a few notches.
Posted 3 years, 10 months ago at 8:33 am. 1 comment
Inside of my brain I have the little spark of an idea for a new site design… something incorporating some mad CSS with illustration and animation. Right now I have some sketches on paper and some rough Photoshop layouts. It’s gonna be pretty awesome (if I ever get myself to sit down and do it). Now that I have been “just a programmer” for 6 months I find myself dreading the actual design work. I keep thinking “someone else is supposed to do this for me”. But what the hell is wrong with me??? That’s the fun part! Once I get past the basic layout stuff it should start rolling along. But I keep wanting to just dive into code and start laying stuff out in HTML/CSS – but when I do that everything turns out really boxy and kinda boring. I’m going to force myself to stay in Photoshop for as long as possible. (I just typed “long ass posible”, heheh.)
I had a pretty nice weekend… started a new book, did some sketches, slept, and started watching Carnivale on DVD. Pretty relaxing. Though, as I was laboriously walking up the 3 flights of stairs to work this morning I was thinking that I need to get more exercise. Maybe less sleep, more running?
One artist that caught my attention today was 
