Distracted

Here's my latest illustration for an article on our nation's attention span, titled "A Nation Distracted". Which I found myself really relating to.

The article is about what we risk by being so tapped-in to our world of unlimited information. Today everything is an arms length away, and because of this we've become desensitized to everything of real importance. The sensory overload that is technology has in many ways made us lose our sense of value. It's a simple concept that I think people really need to be reminded of. I could go on for hours about this stuff but I'll just say this - Be weary of what convenience is doing to your patience, ambition, character, etc.. Technology is a great thing but like everything else, it requires compromise to be balanced out by it's opposite.

In other words, put down your iPhones for a second, dorks. Especially when you're amongst other people. It's rude as hell. [Nate, this is not about (just) you. Hehe!]

Sketch above.

Painting below.

Currently i'm battling distraction more than ever. As a post-graduate I'm finding it extremely difficult to motivate myself without any outside help.

I Used To Think 'Altzheimers' Was Really Called 'Old Timers'

Hey,

Here's my new image. It's on the subject of finding a cure for Alzheimer's.

Just because it's fun to scan thumbnails, I stuck them in there. Don't read too far into the images you see in my thumbnails.

finished sketch

Finished painting. Ew! Colors are horrendous partially because of a bogus scan and the fact that this file of the painting has been tampered with. Parts are really desaturated. Also the dimensions are different. The finish is supposed to be a square, but I ended up completing the image with the proportions seen on the painting, so that I could put it on a postcard.

Here's the digital finish. Did a lot of tampering with colors. Took out a lot more of the pencil work than usual. I think it looks a lot less messy.

Thanks for checking up.

All By Hand

My friend Juli Lose is now co-owning an artists consignment shop in liberty place - it's called All By Hand and its at the shops at Liberty Place. The entrance is the one on 17 & Market. They open this Sunday and they're gonna be selling a LOTS of cool stuff by a ton of artists. You should come by and check it out. I've got some prints that I'll be selling. The are all matted and nice, as you can see here-


So check it out, babies.

New

New image! First one since graduating! This will be my next promotional postcard too- which I'm excited for.

Distressed type on the back side of the postcard.

Yeahh, I don't like to brag but i'm probly gonna mail about a billion.

Objex

Excuse me,

For taking such a long break from drawing and painting. It's been all summer and I still haven't touched a paint brush, but that's gonna end real soon because of this:

I think I just finished my sketch of this sink. It's been on my mind for months and I finally just sat down to start drawing it. One of the obstacles I had while trying to get some drawing done was that I didn't have a drawing table, and I used that as an excuse to do nothing for the entire summer. I got really sick of that excuse and I just went out and bought one, and It motivated me to finish. I actually banged this out pretty fast. That's all.

New Website

Hi,

I just uploaded my updated website. It's written from the ground up with HTML and CSS. Yeah! It's not yet perfected. Keep in mind that right now you'll probably have to expand your window to see everything, which i'm working on. Also, today I dropped my first 55 post cards into a PO box to be mailed. I'll mail the other 45 when I find out if the first 55 reached their destinations. I'm trying, and failing, to keep making images. I just have way too much stuff in the air that I need to tie down first.