Blue Hair

"And for some reason, I got blue hair. You gotta have blue hair."

Extendable Fingers

This comic pretty much sums up my life.

Comic from xkcd

And all this time, I thought I was the only one who had this particular neurosis.

I weep for the future... of graphic design.

Fig. 1 - My original

So yesterday I was told that I had to do four posters for a trade show. Okay, not a big deal. Then they told me that they had to be completed enough for review by about noon. Okay, yikes, not usually my preferred timeframe... but I'm a tough dude, I can whip something out.
So after my first attempt was unceremoniously shot down (for apparently not being eye-catching) I tried something a little bolder (see fig.1) as the basis for the four posters. "A big, bold background and bright text! That'll knock 'em dead!," I thought to myself. Seeing as the top heading cried out "big money!" to me, I went with fonts similar to what's on American paper money. This went over well, and they agreed to use it. No big problems thus far. Pretty proud of my bold (albeit rushed) design.

Then today, my boss tells me that the head boss called for a few changes at the (even more) last minute, and for time's sake she (my boss) would be the one to implement them. Fine, fine... this is usually nothing big. However, after I saw the final version, I may be decidedly more wary of "a few changes" in the future. To say that "I'm not entirely pleased with the final version that was decided upon by the higher-ups" would be a bit of an understatement. (see fig.2)

Fig. 2 - Bastardization

I... *sigh*... I fought the law, and the law won? A camel is a horse created by a committee? I don't know what else to say.

Me & Artoo

So the other day I met R2-D2.

He's a pretty cool guy, says he's working for the US Postal Service now, which is a little weird considering all the royalty millions he should have... but I guess even the richest of us need to keep busy. Lookin' good, Artoo!

son of a beach

I'm not really sure what happened here... I started doodling while making a disk image of a dvd at work, and it turned into something resembling one of the final scenes of Spiderman 3 - where the "Sandman" has assimilated dumptrucks worth of sand, has become humongous, and is holding off anyone who comes near, to allow Eddie/Venom to set a trap for Spiderman.

Man, even just describing it sounds super-geeky.

Anyway, I know the proportions/lighting/everything is kinda messy and whatnot, but it was fun to draw. w00t.

Oh and Monroe Litho, you can rest assured that the free notepad you gave me has finally come to good use.

harrypotterharrypotterharrypotterrrrr

I was looking at acciobrain and got inspired to try my hand at some Harry Potter character sketches. This one's Harry (obvious)...


...Aaaand here's Snape.
I did these with pencil/pen on post-it notes, but got a little carried away in Photoshop. Clicky for bigger look'ns.