Truth in Advertising

I have no idea who is these actors are or who made this video but Its hilarious. I can only imagine how many people who are in the creative industry thinks these things and wants to say them.

Happy 4th of the July everyone

AIGA Houston Presents: Jessica Hische Full Lecture

I’ll have to say this is probably one of the best talks I ever heard from Jessica. Well besides the creativemornings talk she did. She also shows her process for lettering.

Enjoy

Do you believe in yourself or not?

There are times when you feel as if nothing is going your way. Your design work is not meeting the quality that you know you can produce and your applying to design positions and you are getting no responses. The main thing to do is not give up.

Because that is honestly a situation many other designers around the world are in. You have to remember that you get out of if what you put into it. Knowing that it is one of the reasons why I design somehow every single day. I’ll admit at times it can feel as if you are getting burned out.

One thing you have to remember is that creativity is not a limited supply for anyone. The main thing it depends on your belief in yourself and if you are willing to grind it out compared to the other people out there.

Sketches of Frank Gehry Documentary

I was so thankful to be able to find this documentary online. The documentary is about Frank Gehry’s life and also his process of designing architecture. There’s a couple things I learned from watching this and immediately started to apply them to my design process. I almost forgot to mention that its in 9 parts the one above is the beginning also don’t mind the spanish subtitles.

Kim jung gi : Awesome demonstration of drawing!

Kim Jung Gi’s facebook pageI have not seen anything this amazing in a very long time. One of the many things that amazes me when I see an artist who starts drawing with a pen and continues without stopping or messing up. The perspectives that he uses throughout the whole entire piece is remarkable. They also said that he draws from memory which makes this even more rad.

Have a great weekend

Society 6 Store

Recently I found out about this site called society6 and I decided to start putting up some photos I’ve taken. I also will start putting up some other work as well and making them available for more products. Is there anything that you all would like to see feel free to let me know?

To Go to Art School Or Not?

I used to have the mentality that going to art school was a waste of time. When actually depending on your level of skill already it may not be. The reason that I chose to go back and finish is because of what I learned from Robert Greene’s Book called Mastery.

Then you have to think about how quickly you will learn on your own compared to learning in a classroom. I’m not saying learning on your own is bad. Because I am constantly teaching myself things and learning on my own. For example being self taught in learning spanish and learning from doing so many design tutorials.

You can learn the technical side of how the programs work in school. I remember when I first started my journey into design I was more of a technical type of designer knowing how to use the programs swiftly. Then after I was told the programs will not help you design better.

I will leave you with this quote from John Cleese

Teaching creativity easy being creative is whats hard.

Learn from those who have came before you and how they developed their skills and etc.

The Golden Gun

This is a prop of the famous Golden from James Bond. The channel name is QUARTERMASTER PROPS I’m just amazed the level of craftsmanship that is put into this prop. In the comments many asked if he was ever going to sell others and he said it was just a one time thing. Seeing the Golden Gun brings me back to memories of playing 007 on nintendo 64 with friends.

A Letter A Day for 27 Days

Recently I began a new project to draw a letter a day for 26 days. The reason behind it was to really see what I could come up with. So far I’m only the letter E. But by the time you read this I should be on the letter I. I Post the letters daily on my instagram Here’s some of the Letters I have done so far.

My thoughts after graduating from college

Here’s a picture I took of my table at the portfolio show. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. The overall look at feel was to get people to look through my portfolio which worked out great. There were some very interesting people that came through the show.

But lets get to my thoughts about how I feel after graduating. This was my 3rd time taking portfolio class. The first time I took portfolio I was not ready at all. Mainly because I was finding myself as a designer. Then the second time I was not able to continue because of not having a way to pay for the class.

I am so proud that I was able to make it through easily. One of the things about it that made it easy for me was because I was prepared before the class. The reason for being prepared was knowing that I did not have a choice this time around. Also realizing that I am capable of graduating.

After the graduation ceremony was over I thought ok you graduated from college now what are you going to do? Are you going to continue waking up at 5 am every morning and going further each day? I am not going to think just because I graduated from college I made it which is not the case.

I’ve been applying to many design jobs in Fort Lauderdale where I’m moving to with my brother and sister in the next couple of months. Also I realized the many opportunities I have been missing with not being a member of AIGA. Hopefully I’ll be able to join soon and land a Job in Fort Lauderdale. I’m going to hustle hard to land a Job and continue designing daily.

Before I end this post I just want to say thank you to every single one of you who has followed my blog/left a comment or even read a post or watched a video I posted. Thank you.