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Making Comics Again
I’ve taken a long break from making comics and it was a necessary break. I needed to re-discover my love of writing and drawing again – appreciating that I have a particular point of view and style that is all my own. I’m not here to measure up to some nebulous idea in my head…
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Red Fish Illustration
A red fish or “big eye chicken” (大眼雞) as my folks call it. I think it’s some sort of snapper. Anyhow, I saw it in an aquarium recently and it looked so cute. I decided to apply what I learned while playing with oil pastels with my Pokemon fan art a day project to this…
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New Business (Mini) Cards
I recently re-designed my name mark by using a more beefy type – a nice balance of round and hard edges – and added a swoosh element over the dots of the i’s to symbolize: It’s simple and minimalist which is a hallmark of my work. Instead of having standard-sized business cards printed, I opted…
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The LEGO® Millyard Project in Manchester, NH
We spent the Memorial Day long weekend in New Hampshire. On the way up, we stopped by the SEE Science Center in Manchester. It was a small but mighty museum. What I didn’t expect to see is the largest permanent LEGO® installation at minifigure scale in the world. Like, whoa. The attention to detail is…
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May TBR List
Branding is so much more than the logo, colors and typography. It’s the language, tone and point of view. There’s a lot that goes into it – market research, surveys, building personas, forming a collection of principles that will help serve as a guide and then galvanizing everyone to live & breathe it. Our marketing…
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2024 MassArt Senior Illustration Portfolio Reviews
On May 2, 2024 I had the absolute pleasure reviewing portfolios of the MassArt senior illustration class in person. I hadn’t realized how much is lost over video presentations until the first artist of five artists sat in the chair across from me and started walking me through the pages of their portfolio book. The…
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Happy May the 4th Be With You
For a good chunk of my career, my days were centered on creating new Star Wars character illustrations to be released in time for May the 4th – fan favorite USB flash drives like this C-3PO which I am super proud of. So, it was only right that my kiddo would be born on this…
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Spring Break in Maine
For our spring family vacation, we headed up to Maine for some off-season beach bumming and enjoying the city of Portland. Wells Beach Wells Beach was cold, but not so cold that we couldn’t enjoy some time on the sand. Our Airbnb was right across the street from the beach – we were so close…
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March TBR List
Did I read everything from my Jan/Feb TBR list? Of course not, but that didn’t stop me from adding a few more creative books and graphic novels / comic books to my collection.
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My Jan/Feb Design TBR List
The theme is color. I recently added three color books after seeing one of them pop up in my Threads feed. It’ll be fun and interesting to learn about the histories and stories behind color, how it’s applied in different ways and the psychology of it in terms of user experience. Hopefully, I’ll be able…