Pogs!!

Okay, so I am supposed to be finishing up a big fat paper for class today- but instead I have it in my mind that blogging is somehow a necessity...although I have pretty much lost all my readers due to abandonment. Oh well- it is good for me to post. Like therapy. :-)

Pogs are something that I remember from childhood and I thought that it would be fun to make my own series of pogs as a sort of business card for my partner and I. I think they turned out really great and the illustrations are fun. Now for slammers!!!

Where does the time go?

I decided that it it high time that I get back into blogging....I have had a few people get after me for not keep up with it- I AM SO SORRY GUYS! From now on I am going to kick all sorts of ass...until other things get the best of me. ;-) Everything has been a bit overwhelming with trying to finish up school and running a business- but I am going to start doing art I love as soon as school gets outs- don't worry! For now, I will post some stuff from my portfolio show- that's right, my SENIOR portfolio show! The end is near.

The Rec

So I currently have a job at the campus rec center on Boise State campus as a designer- I just design promo posters for sporting events I know nothing about. Here is some the the stuff I have done so far: The flag football one already got rejected (he thought the concept was confusing)...so it really limits the inspiration to be creative---oh well. I will share it with you guys!

Magazine

AIGA BSU

I am now the Vice President of AIGA BSU Student Chapter- this is a poster I designed for an upcoming event.

Postcard Design

I got a a new job doing part time freelance for a design firm in Boise. Most of the work they do is out of TX, this is also an out of state client "Advanced Pain Care" who needed a postcard to let their clients know they were switching locations.
I am proud that I built this all by myself completely vector! Yay!

Here is the logo I designed for a corporate identity project. It is a modern "vintage" tattoo shop that prints the work of their tattoo artists on apparel and novelties.

Sorry I haven't been uploading much lately!! I will be better about it! I promise....

Stereotypes Series

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This is an assignment from a couple years ago- we were supposed to record something we do regularly for a couple of weeks and then present it in a vehicle that takes a stand on the habit. My habit was lipgloss application and I presented it in pop-up book form.

Happy Valentine's Day

3D projects

These are way back from last year-- I just barely got some pictures of them, so here they are!

Sex Pistols collectible discography
This boxed set includes 4 Sex Pistols albums featuring the faces of the band members on a fold out, hand stitched, disc case. Includes collectors cards with Pistols snapshots and a limited edition "Sex Pistol Condom Box"----get it? "SEX" "PISTOL"!! I am so clever.




Propaganda: Magnetic Feelings
For this assignment I was asked to design something that falls along the line of propaganda. I went with the idea of categorizing feelings. Each feeling goes into a box with a representative corresponding face icon. At the time I was going through some tough stuff in my life and honestly felt....nothing. At which time it seemed that I was pressured to identify my feelings by others and at the same time, wondering what I was feeling myself. This opened up a door to the idea superficial-izing "feelings" and the mixed messages associated.

Precious

This was my second to last design project for last semester. I posted some of the progress as I got it done. The assignment was to find a body of text that was precious to us in some way. I chose excerpts from my journal and ended up with a piece that deals with my relationships with the men in my life. I love love love the way it turned out---I painted the portrait in the background with acrylic, the heart is made out the clay, I used a real zipper, needles, razor blades etc. The text is screen printed on sheets of liquid latex. It is in a glass case and the tool is a pair of medical skin pickups.

It is an interactive piece in which the viewer has to use the tool in order to work around the skin-like latex.

Here are some pieces from a couple years ago. I made them in a hand process class and have a special attachment to both. The top is a one of several prints and the bottom is a few pages from a book that I made. Finally got them scanned in.




Identity Book


As a young adult trying to establish her own identity, my personal work has generally dealt with just that. For this piece, I wanted to explore a new avenue of question and opportunity: the identity of others. Throughout the duration of this assignment, I asked fifty-five people to write down what they believe to be their “identity.” Although the question seems pretty broad and somewhat arbitrary, I used it to my advantage to get a wide variety of responses. I asked people of all ages, some I know very well and some that I don’t know at all. I was so surprised with how honest and revealing some people were with their reactions. This has been such a wonderful experience and will always be a powerful piece to me personally.

Media:
Handmade paper from recycled personal documents
Printed with wood and lead type; handwriting
Hand bound

Church Logo Proposal

I was recently asked to design a logo for the Central Assembly of God in Meridian Idaho. The logos I submitted were narrowed down and this was the favorite of the client. I am now awaiting approval from the church- so it will be exciting if my design is chosen.

Logo Mania

Type Installation

I just finished an assignment where we were supposed to install a series of 3 "truisms" in the environment that sum up things we have learned in our lives so far. These are mine:

Truism #1 "Art is cheap therapy"
Materials: Plastic Bag, Overland Overpass


On my first adventure, I had a little run in with the police. I tried to smooze my way out of it, he was a real jerk...oh how one suffers for art!






Truism #2 "All we have is our own perception of the world"
Materials: Cellophane, Spray Paint, Trees






Truism #3 "We really aren't that important"
Materials: Magnetic Letters, Various Metal Surfaces