Some artwork.

Ok... I have tracked down some older stuff I have done, with a few exceptions...

You can see more athttp://fear2b.deviantart.com/gallery/#browse

The Following two are new. The rest are older.

Top ferris wheel photo courtesy of http://eva425.deviantart.com/

Why I am a designer...

The title should be "Why am I a designer?"

Because right now, I don't know what made me choose this path.

On another note...

Are you a deviant? This a question for anyone that fancies themselves an artist, designer, photographer, or any sort of "artist".

This site comes very in handy in the best of moments.

http://www.deviantart.com/

Among other helpful things for the artist, I would really recommend these two following books.

(Typography Index)

And here is the other one

(Color Index)

Friends & Design

Started on a new business card design for a friend today.

- Funny, because designing for friends is harder than designing for a client that I have no attachment or relationship to. I feel like I really want to wow the person with a design, but I have the constant luck of getting friends who are VERY picky on what they like, and they always seem to have a preset idea of what they want the design to look like, and its hard sometimes to get across that what they are thinking does not translate well in real life to a design.

Other Developments -

I have to remember to get signed up for Love Modesto's stuff on the 20th of this month. I think I am leaning towards participation in the parks clean-up... Since our city budget has been cut pretty lean, especially in the area of public parks and recreation.

I found this color scheme website the other day.

Worth a look for any designers.

I found the ability to download a palette for Photoshop very useful.

http://colorschemedesigner.com/

Links and Artwork

Here are some recent links to verious artwork and projects that I have worked on in the past. Most of the stuff is pretty dated. I need to update my portfolio very badly.

http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc185/urbanartform/?mediafilter=images

http://www.cafepress.com/artifexCenCal

http://www.cafepress.com/jagdapparel

http://s530.photobucket.com/albums/dd348/ArtifexApparel209/

The new start

Well, I am pushing all my previous blogs to the side, and starting this one. This one will be the most updated and current blog for me.

I have recently been attempting to run a freelance grpahic design endeavour, with some limited amounts of success here in the Valley. I have been pursuing clients in the Bay and its surrounding areas, all the way to here in the middle of the Central Valley.

Well, recently I have been growing very fond of the idea of uprooting here and moving to Seattle, Wa.

I have never been, and I would really like to see the place of course, before I make the discision to get out there. Its a very enticing idea for me. I am really enamored with the idea of completly changing my surroundings and getting a new fresh start somewhere that is very different from where I have spent my life growing up. I really am sick of my town. (Modesto, CA)

I find myself more and more dwelling on the idea of giving this a go.

Some more research into the idea is most certianly due.

If anyone has any ideas or lives in Seattle, let me know what you think.