ARTS Sep 10.08
I recently started volunteering as an art teacher at the Pat D’Arrigo ARTS Center in Point Loma.
They have a great complex at the NTC Promenade. ARTS (A Reason To Survive), provides visual, performing and literary art projects for kids facing life challenges.
The people who run it are all very cool, and the kids are a lot of fun to work with. It’s the kind of organization that deserves lots of support, for sure.
WhoopsPress Sep 10.08
One thing you learn quickly about using Wordpress is the need for SPAM control. Before I got it locked down, I managed to delete a block of pending comments, including some that I wanted to keep. Whoops.
So for some reason that made me think of the giant worms in Dune that burst out of the sand and did whatever weird things they did. I haven’t seen the film in years. But I think they ate people. The way SPAM tried to eat my site. Or something like that.
I lost some nice comments from Suzanne Buchanan, whom I stumbled across one day via On My Desk, a cool blog about artists’ work spaces. Suzanne is a really talented artist with oodles of fun sketches on her site.
Anyway, the lesson learned? Beware of Russian alien SPAM worms.
Sketchbook 002: Suitbag Sep 07.08
Just sitting around on a lazy Sunday with my new Moleskine. This is my first entry. Also a character idea for The American Carnival which I’m going to get up and running ANY DAY NOW, I swear. Not supposed to be anyone in particular. Just some goofy douchebag in a suit.
Catch the Turkey Aug 26.08
The city of Dana Point sponsors the Turkey Trot 5k/10k run every year to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank. My agency was hired to build a site for the 2008 event. The jogging turkey is a character I came up with to make the site a little more fun.
Still Life Aug 03.08
Title: Still Life, Jeans and Sweatshirt
Media: Pencil on Strathmore 300Limited edition prints of this piece are available for sale. for more info.
I haven’t finished updating this section on my new site yet, so there will be more content coming soon. Stay tuned!
Sketchbook 001: Random Aug 03.08
Everyone likes looking at sketchbooks, right? So this section will hold random excerpts from my sketchbook. Hopefully it will keep me motivated to draw more often. Many of the characters that end up here will find their way into The American Carnival, one of my newest projects.
Costa Rica Jul 19.08
Image: A random hotel guest, by the pool
Location: Hacienda Panilla, Costa Rica
Design Archive Jul 19.08
All existing work will go into this one post, to get everything moved over to the new site. Future projects will be posted separately.
huhcorp.com
Client: Self
Project: www.huhcorp.com
Project Role: Art Direction, Design, HTML, CSS
Details: A satirical look at the world of creative agencies, huhcorp has been viewed and reviewed the world over, and was featured in a Best of Web issue of STEP Inside Design Magazine in 2005.duhcorp.com
Client: Self
Project: www.duhcorp.com
Project Role: Art Direction, Design, HTML, CSS
Details: A satirical look at technology agencies, inspired by huhcorpBuildingOnline.net
Client: BuildingOnline
Project: www.buildingonline.net
Agency: BuildingOnline
Project Role: Art Direction, Design, HTML, CSS, Flash
Details: A new version of our agency siteColony Properties
Client: Colony Properties International
Project: www.colonypropertiesintl.com
Agency: Scout Creative
Project Role: Art Direction, Design, HTML, CSS, Flash
Details: Site for a luxury vacation rental company that holds properties in Mexico and North AmericaJamesHardie.co.uk
Client: James Hardie
Project: www.jameshardie.co.uk
Agency: BuildingOnline
Project Role: HTML, CSS, Flash
Details: After the launch of James Hardie’s new site, we worked to develop versions in multiple languages for the European market.ArtisanLuxury.com
Client: James Hardie
Project: www.artisanluxury.com
Agency: BuildingOnline
Project Role: HTML, CSS, Flash
Details: Product site for long-standing client, to help them bring a new line to marketGroheF1.com
Client: Grohe
Project: www.grohef1.com
Agency: BuildingOnline
Project Role: Design, HTML, CSS, Flash
Details: Micro site for a line of high-end, contemporary faucets and fixtures for Grohe AmericaPolyseamseal.com
Client: Henkel
Project: www.polyseamseal.com
Agency: BuildingOnline
Project Role: Art Direction, Design, HTML, CSS, Flash
Details: Product presentation site for a new client, one of the largest manufacturers in the building products industryBuilderNewsMag.com
Client: BuilderNews Magazine
Project: Site currently under construction
Agency: BuildingOnline
Project Role: Design, HTML, CSS, Flash
Details: Online presentation of a popular building trade magazine, this site was designed and built around a robust and extensive ad-banner server.LascoBathware.com/Contours
Client: Lasco Bathware
Project: www.lascobathware.com/contours
Agency: BuildingOnline
Project Role: Design, HTML, CSS, Flash
Details: Micro site for a luxury product line for Lasco BathwareAquaticWhirlpools.com
Client: Aquatic Industries
Project: www.aquaticwhirlpools.com
Agency: BuildingOnline
Project Role: Art Direction, Design, HTML, CSS, Flash
Details: Complete re-design and rebuild for a luxury whirlpool bath company
