Lately I’ve been looking at a lot of retro work for one of my freelance projects, and I’ve been admiring Simon Page’s work. I would love to develop such a simple, “scientific” looking approach to design, and the dynamic simplicity of his pieces take away some of the aspects I like best about styles like [...]
I know that pretty much everybody (including myself) is confused about what will be going on in Ellenland in the upcoming year. Having finished my education for the moment, I’m at a crossroads of deciding where to go next, and I’ve been feeling pretty paralyzed with the decision. In hindsight I expect it will be [...]
My OWL class asked us to bring in a poem or quote tonight. I wouldn’t normally post this kind of thing, but I liked a couple of the choices I found, and I think it does one good to periodically acknowledge and embrace the intimate aspects of life. “Body, Remember” by Constantine Cavafy, translated from [...]
So this summer I’m trying to figure out where I’m going next, what I want out of life, etc. My whole life has centered around education, and now that I have a nice shiny BFA I’m not sure where to go from here. The summer is mostly going as I expected/going well, but come September [...]
My mom and dad head off this weekend to return to hiking, and to go bicycling, respectively. They’re happy to be outdoors again now that my mom is done with her lyme disease (aka vampire) meds. Evidently taking them makes you very sensitive to sunlight. This means my brother and I have the house to [...]
Wow, this project is finally wrapped up! I feel lucky to have worked with such talented artists. So back in September, I started a project for a guy in Rochester, where two of my Illustration friends would produce high-fantasy art for Warhammer reference cards, and I would do the card design. We were completely incapable [...]
