Just a couple projects I’ve churned out in the last month: one is a fully functioning site, the other is a proposed rebranding and major overhaul to an existing site. Visit Bardo Entertainment to view the first design in action.

I do have one other web-related project in the works, but I can’t really reveal any more about it yet; still in beta testing! Will work on getting some of my hand-drawn work scanned in soon too; been awhile since I’ve updated those…

listening to:
Icky Thump
The White Stripes

thought of the day: i can drive, vote, drink and rent a car. but when exactly am i “grown up”?

People have been asking me all day if I feel old. Not just older… but “old”. Some ask if I feel wiser. No more than yesterday. I think you gain many things with age; their sum worth more than whatever things you may lose along the way.

One thing I wouldn’t quite have dreamt even a year ago—let alone 30 of them—would be my eyes seeing the things I now see on a daily basis. Conveniently ignoring the social issues of homeless people and related, here are just a few things snapped while out and about over the last week. Enjoy!

thought of the day: my body is the most expensive vehicle i will ever ride in.

Above you’ll see a little CD album cover I put together this afternoon (click to enlarge). It’s for the band Baoquan, titled The Loss of Sleep. That’s all fine and dandy, except it’s not real; the band is fake, and the album is doubly non-existent. It’s just a fun little exercise paired with a sub-cultural internet meme. I thought it quite a larf until all the pieces came together in either the wildest of profound coincidences or the most meaningless nonsense I’ve posted since some of my high school poetry appeared on this very site.

As for real bands, many followers of popular music—or at least those who begrudgingly endure my interests as I foist them about—will know that U2’s new album, No Line on the Horizon, was released last week. Being my all-time favourite music-makers, it’s a momentous occasion for me; one that I embrace with nearly every waking thought in anticipation during the 2-3 months leading up to the street date.

Normally I am too pure of heart to even attempt listening to music from my choice bands before the release dates because the quality of such contraband is often an insult to both the bands’ efforts and my delicate/pretentious audiophile sensibilities, and also because as an artist, I respect the moment of unveiling; people cannot see my work until I’m damn good and ready to show it, so I grant the same courtesy to the two or three musical acts my conscience cannot transgress. However this time around I had access to a pristine, high-quality edition, and just couldn’t resist.

Maybe I jinxed it.

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thought of the day: women who alter their eyebrows with tweezers are digital artists; as if painting a JPG one pixel at a time.

finally uploaded some design projects to the gallery now that i feel comfortably past the expiration date of the projects they represent: five sheets of logo/identity designs, one rough sketch, and one flyer layout. enjoy!

listening to:
Second Sight
Jami Sieber

just a quick sketch, practising the calligraphy brushes in Illustrator…

one more design concept that fell on the floor, and through the cracks…. oh well.

a few conceptual illustrations just added to my galleries, intended for use in a national holiday campaign, now relegated to the cutting room floor, unfortunately. two sheets of stylised silhouettes, and one sheet showing how they might be used in a more finished design. enjoy.. it’s the only time and place you’ll get to see them!