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04/24/10--02:29: Birthday 2010: A Year in Review (chan 2072093)




Unless you are very late in reading this or the process of aging has affected the functions of my brain that calculate basic math equations, I have now turned 28.

On this day one year ago, I found myself knee-deep in flies and what the insiders refer to as "municipal solid waste" at a landfill in the Dutch side of St Maarten with a night full of tequila, guava berry, beer, and a third of a bottle of Absinthe awaiting my unfortunate soul. I ate at a obnoxious French restaurant; had my first taste of snails; and, was served a watermelon with a lone candle to act as a make-shift cake from my boss.

Then the next month I was fired and my gir


04/27/10--17:52: Duckman Sketches (chan 2072093)

Got a new scanner so I can finally show everyone the Duckman sketches I did.I'll probably clean up and color these at a later date.PROGRAMS:*A Sketchbook and Pencil.The ~danceafterdark says: "Duckm...









04/28/10--23:53: IAN - Ep 33 Title Card (chan 2072093)

Title card I did, once again, very quickly. I'm starting to hate making these. It forces me to draw stuff I hate...which is anything.Here's the episode, BTW: [link]PROGRAMS:*Photoshop CS3









05/02/10--16:17: The Great Indoors Sketch (chan 2072093)

Random sketch of the window of the living room of the place I'm staying....or something like that.PROGRAMS*Pencil (Mac)









05/12/10--08:18: Not So Live from Miami (chan 2072093)




I'm in Miami (at least for a few more days) and recorded and episode of I Am Nerd from the Design District for all the world to see.


Here's where you see it:  http://blip.tv/dashboard/episode/3630556



We talk about an art show that we went to.



....that's about it.



.......go watch the damn thing already.


05/13/10--20:20: Thinking Out Loud (chan 2072093)




Ever since we started doing the whole video podcast thing, I've been trying to figure out how to improve it--how to make it more professional or more fun.  I added in things like the Adult Swim inspired sign/bump gags--which is one of my favorite things to create--but something still bugs me and I couldn't, for whatever reason, figure out how to correct them and make this little podcast with no budget seem much more put together.


Now some of it is just equipment.  We work with one camera--a Samsung SC-HMX10c HD camcorder I've had for years--so we can't do that much with interesting shots.  We have one work l


05/29/10--17:17: IAN - Title Sequence 1 (chan 2072093)

So we've been needing a title sequence for a while. I originally tried to film me drawing the IAN logo in pastels and was going to time lapse it...but that didn't work out.Then I decided to do some...









06/05/10--21:09: Rejected HBF Game Concept Art (chan 2072093)

I made this sheet for a game jam design contest for the "Healthy Game Challenge".Even though I was originally supposed to be the lead developer--the "art team" thought this character design "was sh...









06/16/10--13:35: I GOT A JOB!!! (chan 2072093)




The year of hell is now over as I'm once again EMPLOYED!!!  I start Monday at a really cool company called Mojo Interactive as a web designer.


It's been a long road since my last office job and I'm over the moon to be gainfully employed once more--and even better at a place that's so "nerd friendly" that all of their rooms are named after places from Star Wars.  I think the CEO even knows Kevin Rose personally which makes me do a little geek squeal.


06/17/10--21:32: Dear Internet: Sports Talk (chan 2072093)




Dear Internet,   I don't understand the need for "norms" to constantly attempt to engage in sports banter with those of us who clearly have no interest in the subject. I'm a Nerd, after all, and that implies that I've spent the better part of my life avoiding the world of Jocks—our natural predator.   They don't seem to understand that talking to us about sports invokes the exact same reaction as when we attempt to explain the plot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer to them.  Our eyes glaze, our attention wanes, and we reply to their wall of inane blather with a unique variation of "uh huh" designed to politely let


06/17/10--23:13: IAN Website v4 - First Draft (chan 2072093)

I don't actually have time to do the much needed redesign of the I Am Nerd website...but I wanted to do a basic mockup of what it would look like.I boiled everything down to the basics. When I last...









06/29/10--10:59: Scraptastic 34 (chan 2072093)

Had some time waiting for people to head out to lunch. Drew this.....that is all.PROGRAMS:*Photoshop CS3









07/22/10--19:23: Dear Internet: Internet Porn (chan 2072093)




Dear Internet,   Call me old fashion, but a video of a guy defecating on his girlfriend in a back alley while a voyeuristic homeless man sings the theme song to Ducktales shouldn't be the most normal thing I've seen on the internet. Alas, we live in the age of 4Chan governed by Rule 34—which accurately states that anything that exists has porn dedicated to it. Want to see Scooby doing Daphne in the back of the Mystery Machine while Shaggy asphyxiates himself? It exists. Want to see Chewbacca get his Sarlacc Pit eaten out by Han Solo? It exists.   While it's wonderful that you can spend the afternoon painting the town


08/16/10--13:08: Mojo Interactive - eBlast 1 (chan 2072093)

This was the first real piece of design work I did for my current employer--Mojo Interactive. It was used in an e-mail advertisement to draw in doctors to our services.I put myself under a lot of p...









08/16/10--13:28: Mojo Interactive - eBlast 2 (chan 2072093)

Here's something I did just today. Not even shown to my powers that be yet--but I'm proud of it, so I want to put it here.PROGRAMS:*Illustrator CS3









08/26/10--07:42: IAN - Set Concept 1 (chan 2072093)

Just an idea for the new I Am Nerd set.









09/16/10--11:44: IAN 3.0 - Sign Guy Concept (chan 2072093)

Concept of the new Sign Guy look. Working on new visual design for the show when it comes back. Thinking of an old CRT kinda look.









09/22/10--13:28: Tree Wall Art - Phase 1 (chan 2072093)

I wanted to decorate my bathroom because it's a tiny and boring place. I saw those vinyl wall decals that were cool, but I'm too cheap to spend $50 to get those--so I thought I'd make my own.This i...









10/05/10--14:52: IAN - Set Concept 2 (chan 2072093)

Second, and probably the final, set design concept. Just a really quick placement.









10/14/10--07:35: Birthday Cloud (chan 2072093)

Drew this for a digital birthday card thing for a guy at work who likes Cloud.It's not very good, but I was trying to do something quickly...and....I hate Final Fantasy games (with some exceptions)...









10/26/10--10:50: Mr Servo Wallpaper 2 (chan 2072093)

This was just thrown together because I wanted to have my old Mr Servo concept art picture as a wallpaper. So, really, this is just an old Mr Servo pic on top of an OLDER Mr Servo wallpaper.I'm tha...









11/04/10--14:19: Taste of Mojo (chan 2072093)

Something quick that I put together this morning for a pot luck lunch we're doing next week.









11/24/10--12:14: Holiday Party (chan 2072093)

Something I threw together this morning for our holiday party at work--that I'm kinda organizing....yeah, I'm not sure why I'm charge of these things either.









12/03/10--07:08: Mojo Holiday Card v1 (chan 2072093)

My first attempt at the holiday card for my work. I really loved the background but the tag didn't come out how I imagined--so it was later replaced.PROGRAMS:*PhotoShop CS3*Illustrator CS3









12/03/10--07:09: Mojo Holiday Card v2 (chan 2072093)

This was the second version. I went with drawing an ornament to make it feel more festive.PROGRAMS:*PhotoShop CS3









12/30/10--13:19: Stephanie (chan 2072093)

Everyone meet [a drawing of] my girlfriend.PROGRAMS:*PhotoShop CS3*Flash CS4









02/09/11--08:32: Lazarus Protocol - Episode 0 (chan 2072093)




Episode 0:  Serenity in Violence  In thirty minutes he fights.  Each second passes like hours, each moment savored. The coldness of the metal chair he sits on, the smell of sweat and blood in the air, the sound of the crowd's blood-lust that echoes down the hall--he is acutely aware of everything.   "There is a certain zen to this place," he thinks. "These are my people, the ones I fight for, the ones I commit countless sins to protect.  I know their minds. I know their fears. I feel the hurt and anger they have for the world at large.  It's an anger that only our kind knows. But here, in


03/11/11--10:55: Couple of Birds (chan 2072093)

Just a couple of birds. Or, rather, the same bird in two colors.Just working on an idea for a client site.PROGRAMS:*Illustrator CS3









04/09/11--19:36: Olive Tree (chan 2072093)

So, I was asked to do some graphics for this plaque that's going up in my grandmother's church. It's for the remodeled "Olive Room"--so they wanted an olive tree/branch. I still have to redraw this...









04/17/11--12:55: The Pitt Remix (chan 2072093)

So way back in 2005 I did something I titled "The Pitt". Why two "T"s? Fuck you. That's why.ANYWHO.I was up in Louisiana for a week with no internet or anything (I know! Right?), and I kept seeing...









05/16/11--11:49: Andy's Groupie T-Shirt Design (chan 2072093)

Initial design for a t-shirt. It came out of a conversation I was having with a girl. She promised to wear it."I Became Andy's Groupie and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt...and Herpes"PROGRAMS:*Ph...









05/25/11--07:44: IAN 3.0 - Website_Inner (chan 2072093)

So, big news! My show is getting picked up by a new gaming community network!This means I need a new website...new look.And here it is. Well, the inner page.PROGRAMS:*PhotoShop CS5









05/25/11--11:10: Andy's Groupies T-Shirt - Fina (chan 2072093)

Final version of a t-shirt design I created.The design came out of a joke with a friend.PROGRAMS: *Photoshop CS5









07/11/11--04:40: The Ramblings of Yet Another Nerdy Graphic Artist (chan 2072093)




There was a time that my DA journal was a place I'd put down my ideas on life as well as design.  Back when DA was a young buck, and I was too, I had a different account (:devDeathSun:) and a very active group of friends and strangers. The site changed it's culture and the energy in trying to maintain that sort of participation was more than I was willing to put in so I slowly moved away from using this journal altogether.  At this point, DA has become just a place for me to post my occasional artwork and hope that someone takes a look--but that's all it is to me.  My long-winded observations on life faded away.



07/14/11--05:22: Hipster Sasquatch (chan 2072093)

I wanted to draw something to test out my WACOM tablet and I couldn't sleep...so....here's the results of something I came up with really quickly.PROGRAMS:*Sketchbook Pro









08/12/11--08:46: Mojo Annual Shirt Concepts (chan 2072093)

Shirt designs I created for work. I put myself under a lot of pressure since this was the first time we had the annual company shirt designed "in house". The top image was what was finally chosen a...









08/17/11--18:19: Dinosaur 404 (chan 2072093)

So my work asked me to come up with a funny 404 (File not Found) error image. A girl I'm keen on suggested I have one that says "A dinosaur ate the the internet" and I decided that was a decent one...









08/22/11--06:58: Dear Web Designers in the Central Florida Area (chan 2072093)




I'm looking for a website designer for semi-regular contract work with the company I work for.  I'd prefer that you're in the Central Florida area so you can come in for design meetings with myself and with our clients.

If you're interested, message me and get my attention with a portfolio of some good design work.


Thanks!


08/30/11--11:05: Steampunk Cat (chan 2072093)

Quick drawing test while trying to fix and issue with Photoshop CS5.PROGRAMS:*Photoshop CS5









08/31/11--12:02: Owl (chan 2072093)

PROGRAMS:*Photoshop CS5









11/24/11--14:42: TDRE - Something Better (chan 2072093)

On a drawing kick so I decided to do a comic strip. I also tried something a little different with the coloring on this one.PROGRAMS:*Sketchbook Pro









12/06/11--16:44: Web Developer/Video Editor for Sale! (chan 2072093)




So, I got laid off yesterday.


Umm...anyone want to hire a graphic artist?  I'll be your friend!


12/18/11--01:03: My Portfolio/Freelancing (chan 2072093)




As some may know, I got laid off from my last job.  I'm trying to make the most of it, though, by doing some freelance work.  I even got myself a new domain (under construction) and everything.


I'd thought I'd just share, for those interested, my online portfolio as well.  It's up on Coroflot.  



As always, if you know a place that wants to hire a graphic designer/video editor, let me know.


12/29/11--22:34: Vintage Bike (chan 2072093)

Just got a DSLR for my business/show. Went out today to learn how to use the thing. Never had a DSLR before, but I gave myself a crash course.

Anyway, this is a bike that's just been rusting in the backyard. It isn't mine....my bike got stolen.









12/29/11--22:38: Tennis Court (chan 2072093)

Just got a DSLR for my business/show. Went out today to learn how to use the thing. Never had a DSLR before, but I gave myself a crash course.

This is a tennis court in Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, FL.









12/29/11--22:40: Pool (chan 2072093)

Just got a DSLR for my business/show. Went out today to learn how to use the thing. Never had a DSLR before, but I gave myself a crash course.

Pool in my backyard.









12/30/11--22:39: Orchard Spider (chan 2072093)

It's a spider. Thaaat's about it. Spider. Yup.









12/31/11--23:25: New Year Goals (Update) (chan 2072093)




I start this year with nothing BUT goals.  Last year was full of it's up and downs, but left off with me having to make big decisions about my future.  So, let's see what I want to accomplish.


[X]  Get a job and/or start my own company.

So, this is the big one.  I'm going to make a go at my own company if I can't find a full time gig soon.  For those unaware, early December I was laid off.  It was difficult since I really did like working there and I'm one of those types that lives to work.  I like having that purpose, that meaning.  I used to come to work


01/23/12--14:59: Llama (chan 2072093)

Photo of a Llama taken at the Sanford Zoo. I really like how this came out once I did a little color correction. For some reason, it reminds me a Wes Anderson movie.


EQUIPMENT:
*Canon T3i









02/06/12--20:50: Model Moment: Pam 1 (chan 2072093)

My first model photoshoot ever! My friend Pam asked me to take some pictures of her, so I did.









02/06/12--20:52: Model Moment: Pam 2 (chan 2072093)

More of my first model, Pam. She requested photos of her doing her "no face".









02/06/12--20:54: Model Moment: Pam 3 (chan 2072093)

The location I picked for my first photoshoot had a bunch of statues I never really noticed before.









02/06/12--20:56: Model Moment: Pam 4 (chan 2072093)

Even more of Pam.









02/13/12--22:42: Prop 8 On Trial - 1 (chan 2072093)

A friend of mine, Tisse Mallon, did me the honor of asking me to help her photograph Prop 8 on Trial (a play about Proposition 8) as well of the wedding of Chad & Jason afterward.

This was the first test of my new 50mm lens as well as my first time being a real photographer for an event, so I was fairly nervous and excited. It was great having Tisse there to back me up and to learn from.









02/13/12--22:43: Prop 8 on Trial - 2 (chan 2072093)

A friend of mine, Tisse Mallon, did me the honor of asking me to help her photograph Prop 8 on Trial (a play about Proposition 8) as well of the wedding of Chad & Jason afterward.

This was the first test of my new 50mm lens as well as my first time being a real photographer for an event, so I was fairly nervous and excited. It was great having Tisse there to back me up and to learn from.









02/13/12--22:44: Prop 8 on Trial - 2 (chan 2072093)

A friend of mine, Tisse Mallon, did me the honor of asking me to help her photograph Prop 8 on Trial (a play about Proposition 8) as well of the wedding of Chad & Jason afterward.

This was the first test of my new 50mm lens as well as my first time being a real photographer for an event, so I was fairly nervous and excited. It was great having Tisse there to back me up and to learn from.









02/13/12--22:45: Prop 8 on Trial - 3 (chan 2072093)

A friend of mine, Tisse Mallon, did me the honor of asking me to help her photograph Prop 8 on Trial (a play about Proposition 8) as well of the wedding of Chad & Jason afterward.

This was the first test of my new 50mm lens as well as my first time being a real photographer for an event, so I was fairly nervous and excited. It was great having Tisse there to back me up and to learn from.









02/13/12--22:46: Prop 8 on Trial - 4 (chan 2072093)

A friend of mine, Tisse Mallon, did me the honor of asking me to help her photograph Prop 8 on Trial (a play about Proposition 8) as well of the wedding of Chad & Jason afterward.

This was the first test of my new 50mm lens as well as my first time being a real photographer for an event, so I was fairly nervous and excited. It was great having Tisse there to back me up and to learn from.









02/13/12--22:47: Prop 8 on Trial - 5 (chan 2072093)

A friend of mine, Tisse Mallon, did me the honor of asking me to help her photograph Prop 8 on Trial (a play about Proposition 8) as well of the wedding of Chad & Jason afterward.

This was the first test of my new 50mm lens as well as my first time being a real photographer for an event, so I was fairly nervous and excited. It was great having Tisse there to back me up and to learn from.









02/13/12--22:48: Prop 8 on Trial - 6 (chan 2072093)

A friend of mine, Tisse Mallon, did me the honor of asking me to help her photograph Prop 8 on Trial (a play about Proposition 8) as well of the wedding of Chad & Jason afterward.

This was the first test of my new 50mm lens as well as my first time being a real photographer for an event, so I was fairly nervous and excited. It was great having Tisse there to back me up and to learn from.