ICON5, Say What?

I am in the process of stressing out over everything. I am making business cards that have my genie image on the front (but I have to edit the iphone text out) and I'm hoping to get them by the time I leave for New York City on Wednesday evening. I wish I had thought of this sooner, but alas, I did not. So, what's this New York business I speak of? I will be attending ICON5 (the Illustration Conference) and it will be held at the above image which is the Roosevelt Hotel. I really cannot put into words how thrilled I am about this. It's going to be such a great experience. I think I will get a lot out of this and I am really looking forward to seeing Cathy Gendron again. I will try to do as much sketching as possible and I look forward to sharing my experience with everyone when I get back. My goals for this trip are listed below in no particular order:

To Do in NEW YORK CITY:
1) Pizza.
2) Find Ben Bailey/Cash Cab.
3) Exchange as many business cards as possible.
4) Make friends!
5) Not get mugged.
6) Stay out late and roll with the homies.

Sweet Summer.

I scold myself for abandoning this blog the way I have. Shame on me, but I have been extremely busy. This summer is already flying by and it makes me want to vomit. How is already June? HOW? I don't know. I haven't been doing much art because unfortunately work has been consuming me and my free time, but that's all going to change. This piece is kind of old. It was the last piece I did in Image Making 2 and it was for an iphone ad. I did this on Illustrator. It took forever. Not kidding.I was also told by my boss, Carla Gonzalez, I had to come up with dinosaur trading cards for the Arts Fest down here in Detroit that just passed (June 7 & 8) and that was a lot of fun. I created the cards using illustrator. We printed them off on cardstock, stapled them, and the kids got to decorate them as they saw fit. They mostly used glitter though. It was a great feeling seeing kids color these cards. The cropping is kind of weird because Carla wanted them big enough for the kids to color and that wasn't possible if the entire body was in there, but they still worked out fine.

They're Gr-r-eat!

There's nothing I love more than a good ol' bowl of Frosted Flakes in the morning! I'm kidding. I think I hate Frosted Flakes. I've never even had FF before. Anyway, I did this for my history class. We were supposed to pick something that defined American History via illustration so Tony called me and said, "Hey I can be that guy!" I went for a modern meets vintage appeal. I used a lot of different textured paper. His scarf is made from the inside of an envelope! Anyway, big fun.

If I Could Be Anyone...

I'd be Slash. Slash is pretty cool and confident. If I was a boy, I'd like to look like him. He's got BA written all over him! I did this a couple weeks ago and realized an update is long over due. Plus, Matt Byle (check his stuff to the right) left me a comment screaming about an update. Slash is made from construction paper and a piece of painted paper (hair). My birthday is Friday! I'm going to be 21!

Bloody England.

I finished up my next project in Chuck's class. it's a little different in subject matter and that excites me the most. I've always wanted to go to England and with my friend Nikki over there, I can't help but wonder what it's like and also feel a tad jealous. So I told Chuck this could be used for a post card. I was able to scan all of my progress from start to finish and it's an interesting transition. I actually might go back and play with the original little guy because he's a lot of fun. The finished product is done in construction paper and some pen used on the face. I wasn't sure whether to use the black skyline or the gray (to separate the guard from the background).

Logo.

I did this logo for BBC kids in our Image Making 2 class. Considering I had 2 hours to start it and finish it, I'm pretty pleased with the end result. Originally my colors were purple with orange lettering, but I changed them for some reason.