Check out my new blog

I just made a wordpress blog. Partly because I want to experiment with wordpress and partly because I want to organize my thoughts of the world. I know I have this blog but I think I needed to start a little fresh and feel like I have more control over things. I hope to still post to here but for right now follow me on wordpress. :)

http://orienteddetails.wordpress.com/

Ramblings of a Pessimist

So I am kinda making this post a little journal like. I am trying to find my creativity. I got a little down on myself today and I felt like I can't create, only modify.

I know that if I create more, that creativity will come. I think that I am just upset that it hasn't come yet, but at the same time I been with the same job for nearly 6 years. I do the same thing all the time and maybe I don't really exercise that muscle. I can't wait to take time and start developing skills that I just didn't know how to stretch until recently.

Enough said I think, time for sleep.

Trying to keep things up

So I am trying to resolve my laziness and my unsatisfied artistic life. I think that I should post to the blog more often and try to keep a journal of what I am doing.

Today I met with a friend of mine who wants to create a comic book. He wants me to draw it. Problem is a) I am not an illustrator and b) I haven't religiously sketched in a long time. This puts me at a bad start of it all and of course he has a whole steam punk idea, which is never simple. But maybe really getting into it will be good for me. Get me back into being an artist, which I miss and apparently is the most integral part of being a designer.

So here is my baby step. I still haven't worked on my CD covers. I really should do that. I bunch of normal excuses will follow but I am going to save my "listeners" from it.

I want to do tons of projects in the next 18 months or so:
the comic book
more digital photography
blog posts
painting
portfolio
corporate identity
my website

I know, that is a lot. We will see if I finish all of those. But I feel like I need to. So here we go!!

Portfolio

CD cover?

Ok I am apparently trying to pull everything together..... I started this. Don't think I will finish in time. Oh well.... I am actually trying as you can see:

Front Cover

CD holder / Inside

Back Cover

Logo Start

Trying to come up with an identity..... Have been kinda been saying "pushing pixels" for a few years Trying that idea out.... i really don't think it is working... but posting it anyway.

How about this?

Trying to expand my idea. Not sure if it really works.