I’m in Michigan. I was just going to be here for Thanksgiving, but I’m staying a bit longer. I don’t have a job, so… WHO CARES. A lot of things have changed since last time I was home, which was a year ago. My parents remodeled my room a bit, made it less like a 5th graders room. Hardwood floors and a fancy carpet are accompanying a fresh coat of blue paint and framed art on the walls. The basement is now equipped with a Samsung 50″ plasma screen TV (only 720p, LAME), a blueray player, and a surround sound system. Possibly a mid-life crisis is in the works. We also have a new fence around our backyard, and a newly paved driveway. My dad and uncles also finally convinced my grandpa to move out of his house. Here’s why:
The house my dad grew up in… from billbill on Vimeo.
You can probably stop watching once the music stops. This still needs to be edited down a bit. Also, sorry my camera is bad.
I snuck in today (the city owns it now) by myself. Luckily, someone had broken in recently, so one of the doors was open. Throughout the video I was screaming “HELLO?” and “If anyone is here, I’m just taking pictures!”. Also, “Feel free to stay as long as you like!” and “I’m almost done!” Needless to say it was rather scary, even if it was daytime. My dad grew up here, and he later moved in to the apartment upstairs when he and my mom got married about 30 years ago. It was unbelievable. My family’s past was collapsing and dissolving on itself. Pictures here. I wish Allison and her medium format camera were with me at the time. I’m sure there would have been much better documentation. Allison, if you want to fly over in the next few days, just give me a call.
I know what you’re thinking. Please vote on it though, and do yourself a favor and do not, DO NOT, look at my previous “designs”, because you will do what the title of this post is. A few of them were pre-MCAD and theyarereallystupid, okay?! I can’t figure out how to delete them, and the mistake of submitting them will haunt me forever. wahhhh wahhhhhhhhhhh
I doodled yesterday… or I guess technically it was two days ago. I added some digital elements in photoshop. That skull is so crazy! I’m going to get it printed on a shirt, for real.
I’m working on an illustration and I really am in need of feedback. It doesn’t really seem to be working no matter what I do to it. It’s about music you can hear in the mountains. The noises from the wind and the mountains, and noises of a stream. And instruments you might hear, like flutes and bongos and shaking instruments. I kind of hate this. Does anyone have any ideas? Or should I just scrap it?
The one of the left has the view of the mountains, and the wind and rain streaming through. I need to add more to that left side obviously. The one on the right is cropped and the composition is a bit better. But you can’t see any mountains. Also, they both have digital elements, but in an obvious and bad way.
Please pay special attention to the fav icon! I love it.
There’s a few more updates I need to make. Including some cool flash banners courtesy of Joel Gillman, and possibly an amazing secret that I am going to reveal later. Also, please check out www.sixfootfont.com. It’s a project that I’m really hoping to get off the ground and I want everyone to be a part of it. I’m still working out the details, but I have enough figured out that I’m going to get started on this soon (looking for sponsors, donations, etc.). Let me know if you’re interested.
I bought a Gorm for the office today. I really like it! It fits in the space perfectly and I have much more room on my desk. There’s only one little issue…
Emma and Katie, along with myself, are going to be in a small art opening at the St. Paul Tea Garden! You should go if you can. I wanted to make some new illustrations for the show, and it was truly a challenge- I had to make all three in less than a week! But I thoroughly enjoyed making this art. I had to struggle with each one to make it work, and in the end they turned out pretty nice. The show is up now! The opening is the 24th of October, and it’s up through mid-November.
I’m still doing the freelance thing. It’s going very well, I like it a lot. Hopefully I can start getting more illustration jobs soon.
