Northwest Wildlife

Shiny Toy Guns

2009-06-10T22:09:00.001-07:00

.. are creators of my new favorite song. This would be a great Rock Band song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUK25JJpLzg

The video is over the top. I think it's funny!

2009-05-13T22:01:00.001-07:00

This is NOT the original fredde le grand video, but whoever created it found some awesome footage of some burlesque shows. No nudity here, just stunts. The woman in the red outfit is amazing, and the somersault one too!!
http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=_fUXeL9WaQQ&feature=Responses&parent_video=339ixMtHrVk&index=6

2009-05-07T22:04:00.000-07:00

CUTE video about what two boys do when one of them gets dumped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrWTIFcrJs&feature=related

I want to be Sam Obernik:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MknmwMA4V6Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZl165WDjDA&feature=related

This song has promise but WAY too repetitive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL9dXCsrPVU&feature=channel

Cool song, cute video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxiI5qqYJI0&feature=channel

2009-04-22T00:26:00.000-07:00

I'm going to try to keep a sketchblog. We'll see how that goes.

I just got my Wacom tablet all hooked up, and my Adobe Creative Suite all properly installed (I had all this stuff installed on my old compy, but not my shiny new laptop... and I can't stand to be in the office anymore, so I had to relocate to my lappy. Her name is Pachalappy.)

So, here's my first sketch on my Wacom tablet in months. Possibly a year, or more. It was fun!

Creepy all-seeing eyeball.

Cool vid

2009-04-19T23:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZmrRbmgvrA

I think the song has its moments, but this is worth watching/listening for the video. They are Swedish but there is a certain Seattle sound to it. Maybe it's the depressing, long winters....

Playground romance unfolds, Peanuts style, in "Hold it in":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIJTDwyQw5Y

Now here is a genius who happened to make music. Not that his tunes are incredibly catchy, but they are incredibly experimental.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQE36wRM7HY

And an equally difficult-to-watch video to go along with it. This is the same artist that encoded weird things into his songs.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windowlicker

2009-04-16T21:11:00.000-07:00

This has been matching my mood the best lately.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20pUGRbkQbg

Badass and beautiful, with excellent rhythm.

Speaking of rhythm, this kind of thing takes my breath away when it's live. I love surprises, so something like this on a street corner... It would be the best day of my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIUlh8qweAc

I actually DID see "Kodo" live when I was very young, and they came to play in Pittsburgh. My dad thought they were so neat he bought their album to prove he was there. And, yes, they really are this cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPdOmY1BjAU&feature=related

Careful if you're at work, there's a sort-of naked guy at 1:15. There is naked butt.

The sexy, modern version of "Tron":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOV3LVRuVo&feature=related

And goddamn this super-catchy song. Warning, it's a "butt video". I want to have a behind like that... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd9Z_MwzBgw

LoveLikeFire

2009-03-23T21:44:00.000-07:00

"William"

The video is really the star here. The song mostly plays like a soundtrack for the video. Such a sad story, but so beautiful.... I wonder why they chose the name William. Is there someone the songwriter knew named William who had a broken heart?

Pi

2009-03-23T21:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqGOFH42-XQ
This is a crazy trippy video about Pi. I was with them until the mop. Glenn found it on onegoodmove.org.

Bollywood

2009-03-23T21:04:00.000-07:00

I have no apologies. Bollywood ROCKS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkuqCVy_3Tc&feature=PlayList&p=8052CDE101C3640C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2

I want to live in this world, with these colors and this music. Yup.

Why does no one dance anymore? All I want are friends who will dance with me....

Revival

2009-03-23T20:21:00.000-07:00

Time to revive the Blog. I haven't typed in one of these thingys for years.

So, still don't know if I've been accepted to UW SAFS. I thought I would find out during my trip to Peru (which was March 6-17 and I have yet to post pictures), but I did not.

I love music videos. I am obsessed with music and pretty visual things, and dancing. Music videos are like short, sweet movies, with less of the dialogue that always gets in the way.

Empire of the Sun is a relatively new band with a FANTASTIC video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmM2RwlxGt0

It reminds me of late 70's sci-fi art. For example:

http://www.starwars.com/img/episode-iv/bts/article/f19970115/anh_poster1_bg.jpg

Lady Gaga has some fun songs, but she cannot act. Then again I love ham. Here's a fun song, great for movin' booty, that shows how some artistic editing hides the fact that she can't act: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M65zI9LH-as

The first 20 seconds of this video are PERFECT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAoPJxTvZOQ&NR=1

Music win, video fail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIEOZCcaXzE&NR=1

This one too (video fail...), but this was one of my top 5 favorite songs in college, so the beat has some special memories for me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ab9wUcxoFQ

And the Coup de Gras. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=862dqXV9lEU&feature=related I have never met a Peter Fox video I didn't like. I need to hire his artistic director to choreograph my LIFE. Here's the one that started it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdtLCfEcPL4 This is probably the coolest video ever, which is appropriate because it's one of the most bad-ass songs ever. The best part of the video comes at 1:00. Hooray for pyrotechnics!

Portfolio

2007-07-09T20:59:00.001-07:00

First client, summer 2007--OrganicDry Carpet Cleaning. Client wanted a logo, a business card and a brochure:

Second client (still in progress)--wants a logo:
Assignment for a class, summer 2007:
Drawing I did (for no one except myself), summer 2007:
Invitation I made for my wedding in August 2006:
Sketch I made for my tattoo, June 2006:

Random sketch I made February 2007:
This is a photo (I pumped up the contrast for the sake of clarity) of a reflective decal I made for my sister-in-law. I worked off of a photo from the internet of a skull of a bulldog--March 2007:

This is a logo concept I did for my sister-in-law for her start-up exotic-pet boarding facility. This is an unfinished logo--the banner has a space for the name of her business, which she never came up with. This version of the logo was meant to be posted on a sign (high detail). I was to work up a business-card-friendly logo, but her business did not get off the ground and the project fizzled. April 2007.

The following four are cartoons I submitted to a contest organized by the Union of Concern Scientists. Due to the political nature of the contest, I had to combine a number of elements. Every one of these cartoons were hand-drawn in June 2006. They are not logos, but they will give you a good idea for how I handle layout.

This is a seahorse I hand-drew, using a photo of a skeleton of a seahorse I found off the internet. May 2007.