FAME!

Sort of anyway. The poster I designed for Communist Daughter was featured as Flyer of the Week on the City Pages!

This is good for two reasons. One, it helps promote the show even more, which is great because Chance wants this show to be big. Two, it helps get my work out there! Allison commented and left a link to my website, which is great. COOLCOOLCOOL.

Also, I got offered a job! More details later. I'm absolutely relieved though. I'm really happy because the position will allow me to focus on my freelance illustration career. Yes!

Alphabetical

Well, not much is on my mind right now. I'm still applying for jobs. Things are looking a little brighter, I'd say, but nothing is for sure yet and I'm getting anxious. One can only watch a certain number of episodes of Roseanne everyday at noon to pass time. Here's something I made to keep myself busy:



And who could forget this classic:



I had lunch with Sarah Hedlund today. She payed in exchange for some website help, which was great since I'm quite low on cash. We pretty much did a crash course in html/css, so I really hope it works out. She was already picking up on editing code, which is awesome since it took me forever to get a hang of it. It also means I might be an okay teacher.

Racial Profiling

Breezy

I did an illustration for Illustration Friday last week, but I didn't get a chance to scan it in until this week. Breezy was a pretty tough word, because mostly trees and things blowing around came to mind. This idea came to me because I"m really looking forward to spring, and I like riding my bike and feeling the rush of wind.



I didn't do an illustration this week. Scratch that, I just did an illustration for Heart's website, which they're currently redesigning. Wait, you didn't know I'm represented by Heart? Oh! Well. I am! They put my work up on their website about a month or so ago, and my portfolios were just printed. I haven't had any commissions yet, but I'm really hoping for one soon.

EDIT:// By the way, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. Words alone could not express it. When I found out Heart wanted represent me I almost lost it. I was seriously running around my house. I didn't have anyone to celebrate with so I ended up dancing around my cats and trying to get them to jump around with me. It didn't work, haha. I am on cloud nine though. I'll probably blast off into space when I get my first commission. That's right. OUTER SPACE. I need to dedicate a post to this. I'll write about it soon!\\


I've been spending most of my time looking for jobs and applying to everything possible, and I haven't been making much work lately. As you might have possibly received my massive facebook message, I'm having a huge problem finding a job. Any job. Doing anything. I would say I'm fairly desperate. Anyone know of any graphic design jobs? Anywhere?

MARCH 27TH. BE THERE.

Here's a poster I designed for the March 27th Communist Daughter show. Wolves are cool. Wolves with sunglasses are even cooler.



I wish I had a bit more time to work on the typography. Things aren't lining up! However, I do like this poster quite a bit. Quite.
You should definitely check them out though. March 27th @ the 400 Bar! Apparently the sound system at the 400 Bar is rather good, and Communist Daughter sounds REALLY good live. Excited!

House Pattern

Probably not the best place to live. I can't imagine walking out from a house in the middle. It took me 4EVER to get the shape of the first house right so that I could repeat it over and over. PATTERNS!

Typography (part 2)

So a few posts ago I tried to take an article and lay it out. I took another swing at it:

I'm trying to figure out the grid, but I'm having a bit of trouble. I've been reading a few books (thanks to some recommendations!). Unfortunately I haven't gotten to A Type Primer yet, which is the book I wanted to pick up the most. After checking out the MCAD Library I found it's on the reserve shelf! Blast! I might buy it on Amazon though.

PS- here is a comparison:

I will make this

I know what I'm going to be for Halloween next year:

via Rasmus Norlander. Click on Bokstäver.