Friday, August 17, 2012

Easy as pie? Hardly!


















Is drawing as easy as pie? To the untrained eye, maybe. But it occurred to me recently that because I can crank out a quick drawing somewhat quickly- I might make it seem as though drawing comes easy. I guess it does but then one also needs to look at the amount of paper & pixels I've gone through in my life to make it look easy. Sure, Michael Jordan can make a free throw but then someone also needs to point out how many countless baskets he shot in the gym training for that moment.

The same can be said for making art. It looks easy (and fun) to some but it's also taken a lot of work to achieve some level of competency. While it might look effortless, it has taken us a lifetime of observation, practice, practice and much much more practice than we care to talk about. For those of us who do it professionally, all of that practice also has to have a resolution and we have to be good enough to get paid for our skills too.

So next time you think some things come pretty easy to people, ask them how many countless hours they've spent practicing their craft.

Friday, August 3, 2012

History of the hula girl

Some of you might know that I collect a few oddball items from time to time. Well, recently a local ad agency called me up to borrow a part of my hula girl collection for an OnStar video. Here she is in her video debut:





Fantastical creatures


















It's not like I've ever really been called to design weird oddball fascinating creatures but I figured I'd do one for the heck of it. It's a total mishmash of all sorts of critters and there would be no way it'd even fit into any form of biological genus. For those talented folks that do it regularly and with a goal in mind, I applaud them for the study and diligence it takes to come up with something that might even have a chance to be real.