Summer Summon

After thinking that taking the summer off from school and work was a wonderful (yet lazy) idea, I have become overwhelmed with the amount of time on my hands and the time I've been wasting. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed my creative hiatus, but it's time to get back in the groove and start a routine before school takes over. For the past couple days, I've been thinking about how much I miss sketching and drawing just for fun instead of for assignments... And since my favorite thing to draw is letters and typography, I decided to start a sketch book of my hand done lettering, completing at least one every day. Since this summer has brought about many, many ridiculous quotes and dumb words, I don't think I'll have any trouble getting started. Tomorrow starts the fun.... no procrastonating allowed.

Off Campus New York

From June 4th to the 13th I was in New York City taking a class called Architectural New York. Every day the 7 of us in the class would visit a different neighborhood in Manhattan with our professor, and view some iconic architecture that explains a lot of New York's history. For one of our assignments, we had to make a presentation on a building of our choice in the city, and supplement it with a hand out. Although I had never seen it, I decided to do the New York Public Library and was super impressed when I saw it in person. Here's my handout:

Icon System

Here's my Vector and Raster Graphics class: 20 icons all containing the same theme. I couldn't help but to do snowboarding :)

House Industries Catalog

Here's my catalog for Type I. The text inside is the content of my research paper.

House Industries Poster

For my Typography I final project, we were required to research a typographer, write a 1,500 word essay, prepare a 5-10 minute lecture, make an 8 page catalog, and a large poster advertising our lecture. A lot of work! I chose House Industries , and since I LOVE doing things by hand, I decided to hand paint my poster, sticking with the concept of my paper that anything hand done gives it an edge! Here are some progress shots I took on my phone. The poster is 18" x 24" done with acrylic paint on plywood.

FINALS are FINALLY over!!

Just finished printing my last project that is due tomorrow! I feel the weight lifted off of my shoulders already :) I am so happy with how all of my final projects turned out, and SO ready for a little break! I'm uploading pictures of my work right now, so check ittttt

Sneak Catalog Peak!

Here's a preview of one of my spreads in my 8 page catalog I'm making for my Typography final.... in the process of finishing it up!