Some design work

This week I worked on some really cute sticky notes and potential Math book covers for 1st and 2nd graders. And with Shirley last night, made this cute flyer for the Fertile Ground Artist Showcase going on tonight at the National Black Theatre Co.!
Also, you should all check out Dan Cohen's portfolio site that I helped make- he has some awesome work: Dancohencreative.com

liking this new sweater a lot! didn't buy it, yet.
excerpts from a chat from tonight
me:i bet you found some great clothes u havent seen in a while

friend: i had this vintage faux fur coat that i didn't like at first

and then i think i like it again

me:thats how it works huh

friend: yeah... the same goes for ppl

ETSY shop

One of my favorite books is the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I have all these sketches inspired by the novel, and decided to do a series of things based on the theme.


saw this on my friends facebook and really liked it:
Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.

Dont cry- funny video

I could do it like a brother, do it like a dude

Kid Cudi co/best Hip Hop Vid of the year at Antville Awards 2010!
http://videos.antville.org/stories/2038167

Got preview stills in my inbox this morning, for my new short film "Indecent Exposure", so excited to see the final, this was the greatest to film this past year!! Enjoy:

Watching "The Swan Princess" and eating chicken noodle stew, while doing web design and book cover ideas... It's snowing outside!
I've been liking a lot of british pop lately. There's this cheryl cole song parachute that I like, and the ingrid michaelson (apparently the original) version.
I don’t ever want to wake up...
Tonight I’ll be sleepin’
Sleepin’ with my eyes wide shut
Good day yesterday. Had a short radio interview in the morning, two freelance design meetings.

And so it starts another trip around the Sun

Back in my apartment- booty's happy. This year I'm going to try and be who I used to be (the parts I like. the innocence, openness, thinking I could do anything).
I'm not going to go out much, talk to family and old friends when I need too, but not to the point where I take out my 22 year old frustrations on them. Work really hard for what I have, and be kind to myself.




At church, the guy subbing for Tim Keller was saying that When you think everything is going well in your life, you think it's all because of you, that's you're in control. It's only when things get tough that you realize how stupid it is to think you're in control, that all you need is you.

From Space Kitten Tumblr, on New York

Move here when you’re 18 or 22, maybe even 24. Come from somewhere else-the north, south, west, ... and come to realize that everyone living in New York is a transplant. Even the ones who grew up on the Upper East Side end up moving into a place downtown, which, as you’ll soon discover, is like moving to a different city.

...

Eat bad pizza but trick yourself into believing it’s good because it’s made in New York. Do the same thing with bagels and sex.

Meet people who will be your best friends for three or four months. They’ll help you transition into city life and take you to weird bars in Murray Hill. It will be like the blind leading the blind but once you get a firm grasp on things, you can stop returning their phone calls.

...

Encounter a lot of people crying in public. Watch an NYU student cry in Think Coffee, a business woman in midtown sob into her cellphone, an old man whimper on a stoop in Greenpoint. At first, it will feel very jarring but, like everything else, it will become normal. Have your first public cry in front of a Bank of America. Cry so hard and don’t care if people are watching you. You pay good money to be able to cry in public.

Work long hours at a thankless job. Always be one step away from financial destitution. Marvel at how expensive New York is, how when you walk out the door, $20.00 immediately gets deleted from your wallet...

Go home for the holidays and run into old friends from high school. When you tell them that you live in New York, watch their eyes widen. They’ll say, “Oh my god, New York? That’s so crazy. I’m so jealous!” Have a blasé attitude about it but deep down inside, know they have good reason to be jealous.

...feel relieved to be away from the energy of the city, that punishing 4:00 a.m. last call. Spend the first two days eating and sleeping, getting back to normal. Spend the last two days feeling anxious and ready to get back to your real home. Realize this city has you by the balls and isn’t going to let you go.

Starting over

The New Year is starting in a few days and I have a few things to think about concerning what I want for the next year....
listening to this song by my friend, and really liking it
I'd like to work harder, make more money, give more.

updated reel:

Can't wait to be with my scanner again so I can upload the sketches I've been doing since I came home. Pics of being home are in this and in my previous entry.
Have been brainstorming. And the Chen women got hair cuts.