In my quest to sketch every day, I stumbled upon a simple way for those familiar with foundation design sketching to draw cute creatures in the vein of The Monster Factory.

Draw a simple shape, take some slices out of it, and draw a idiotic face on it! More from this masterful technique follows.

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I have been sketching more often nowadays. There are no themes to these images. Enjoy.

I compulsively doodle on sticky notes. They always seem to be the perfect size for a quick sketch. These drawings were inspired by many sources, mostly various pages across the internet.

First post of the new year! As a teaser for a new project to be added to my portfolio, here are some sketches from a service design project done in collaboration with the mayo clinic and design continuum…

The sketches on the left examine the form factor and ergonomics of the proposed device, while the images on the right focus on how the information will be organized within the displays. Click for a larger version. More on this project to come soon.

The final frame of a humpty dumpty narrative, we changed the story a bit for a happier outcome. For a card for Mark Mentzer, one of our professors recovering from surgery. I still need to modify the eyes so he looks more alive and attentive.

Get well soon Mark!

A few sketches illustrating a timely topic. The person in the mask is “The Spirit of Corporate Integrity”, disturbing the decision-maker by his unwavering presence. More after the break.

And yes, that is him on the toilet in the last frame. I’ll try to get the finals up once I scan them.

Second step for the fat to flat cube assignment. Hand-drawn and composited together using photoshop. Since there is a slight mismatch in perspective, I have to go back and animate the cube again. Hopefully I’ll find some time to do it once I find a job.

This is the inaugural post of a new template for my neglected blog! I have been working hard on getting my entire site up, but this is one of the first parts to actually go live. Hopefully this will encourage me to complete the full template (including designs for 404 pages, archives, etc.), and start blogging!

I Apologize for the obligatory ”look at my cute dog” photo. It is the placeholder image I used for the design, and I thought it would only be fitting to place it in the first post.

Today’s post is from the “No shit” Category. I Just got a slide scanner going and noticed how much more successful my digital copies are turning out. Now the only problem I am running into is wacky white balance in photographs with little tone variation.