I’m an artist and designer by trade, but music has always been one of my other passions. Singing is the only thing I’d consider myself particularly good at, but I do love to dabble with p...
Move ever forward, but never forget from where you came… I don’t know about you, but I’ve found that every so often I go through these seasons in life where not much seems to be hap...
Though it’s not my “great artistic love”, I’ve always enjoyed photography. These days it’s so cheap (read: free) and easy to snap a picture, we almost do so arbitrarily ...
I’ve had to scale back my goals a bit for my own sanity. Right now, I just need to focus on one thing at a time. This is a work-in-progress poster illustration which is part of a bigger project...
via CherryBam.com I haven’t had much to write in the past week, but believe me when I say my mind just won’t shut up. I’m trying to figure things out, you know? What’s the bes...
I found a very slim manila envelope from Brooklyn in my mailbox this evening… I had a fantastic surprise when I got home from work today and checked my mailbox… a slim little envel...
While I’m not a vegetarian, I LOVE the food. Today I tried my hand at cooking veggie burgers… Today I tried my hand at making the “Better Bean Burgers” found in the book Vegan...
“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying who hears or what they think…” –Rumi When I was young, I had a lot of dreams. That’s just the kind of child I was and, ...
Last night, I saw Young the Giant play live at The National in Richmond, VA I always say this but… live shows are the best! Young the Giant didn’t disappoint and I have yet another ne...
It’s been a while since I’ve done this style of illustration, all flats and exaggerated lines. They’re a lot of fun to do, though and fairly quick projects. I used the same process ...
Today I’d like to share a short tutorial on the process behind creating this quick elephant illustration in Photoshop! Step One: Start by sketching out your drawing either on paper or directly ...
Last Thursday, I had the great pleasure of attending Go Radio‘s Lucky Street tour at Kingdom in Richmond, VA. In addition to the headlining band, we had a chance to see 4 other acts performR...
So since I heard about it sometime in the past couple months, I’ve been following news of the G40 Art Summit that’s taking place in Richmond this year. Basically, a handful of mural artis...
As someone who just moved into a new apartment, home decor has been on my mind a lot recently. Here’s a few sites that satisfy my craving for interior design inspiration: Home @ Pinterest You p...
If there’s one thing I discovered while packing up to move it’s a plethora of artwork! Among the strange attempts at printmaking or first-year-of-college color exercises, I discovered a f...
All projects have been on hold the past week or so due to some serious busy-ness in my personal life. I’ll be back soon with more posts, promise.♥
I’ve slowly been working on a few freelance projects. It will be a while until I can share anything final, but here’s a sneak peek at a mini media kit I’m working on. Client directi...
This was recorded by one of the colleges in the city, but it gives a very pretty aerial view of most of Richmond. You really see a place in a different light from the sky…
So a couple weeks ago, a few friends talked me into grabbing a LivingSocial deal for a series of Barre classes. Figuring it’d be a good way to tone up a bit and seeing that it was more conditio...
More old work! At the very end of summer I drew a series of stream-of-consciousness style pieces. They’re a bit odd and much more stylized than my usual, but they were very cathartic and fun to...
Just thought I’d share a sampling of pictures I took at RVA Music Fest back in the Fall. I have a fairly decent camera, but due to overuse of the zoom feature and jumping crowds, well, I’...
Reaching goals is tough. Going through daily life is tough. I’m the kind of person who sees the big picture really easily, but gets bogged down with all the details if I don’t properly se...
Tips for the Awkward, Hermit Artist – This article by Promise Tangeman (who’s blog and designs I recently discovered and am loving) offers tips on stepping out of your comfort zone and ne...
I think I mentioned that this past week had been fairly slow aside from hanging out at happy hour mid-week. By Friday, the office was surprisingly quiet… and the workload started to pick up. Co...
Been a slow week, not too much going on. Even the pace at work is much more relaxed. So for now, I’ll leave you with a picture of my dad’s new puppy, Shep. Adorable, right?
Don’t ever use the excuse that you can’t pursue something because “It’s too late” or you don’t “have the training”. Get up and go try what you want to ...
Found a tutorial from TransientArt on youtube on how to make your own sketchbook! Looks like this would be a really great way to use up scrap paper from old drawing pads (particularly the oversized o...
Let me start by saying that I find psychology fascinating. Actually, scratch that. I find psuedo-psychology fascinating since a lot of the things I love on the topic are sort of brushed off by the po...
Working in Design, you get a lot of interesting and/or funny articles passed along to you– in addition to whatever you may stumble upon yourself. Here’s a small listing of articles and ot...
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