Exit Plan
Exit Plan: A Funeral & Memorial Planning Workbook is a book concept I'm working on for my Book Pitch class this semester. Here's a peak at some of the content.
SPE 2017, Orlando
Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference Family Values Orlando, FL | March 9-12, 2017 This year I was the only person from JSU to attend the national conference. I was able to attend thanks to a $500 Travel Award from SPESC that helped cover my expenses. I drove down on Wednesday and stayed offsite at The Fountains. I attended some really excellent panels and met up with some friends, but this SPE conference felt off. I think the hotel location was bad -- there was nothing within walking distance, and attendance was definitely below average. Highlights Awarded a SPESC Travel [...]
Hatched wins a Gold Addy!
Gold ADDY Win for Hatched Logo Design! Exciting news! Stefanie, Laura, and I won a Gold ADDY for our Hatched logo design at the Birmingham American Advertising Awards! 🎉 The ADDYs, held nationwide, recognize excellence in advertising and design. Since our entry took home gold at the local level, it will now advance to the regional competition in Nashville. This year, JSU students made a strong showing, winning four out of the twelve student awards: Blake Dodgen earned a Gold ADDY in the campaign category. Stefanie, Laura, and I won Gold for logo design. Annabelle Barrow took home two Silver [...]
Quick & Dirty Photoshop Patterns
Playing with pattern-making in Photoshop. Pattern Swatches Pattern Samples It's been awhile since I played around with pattern-making. It's super fun. Normally I work in Illustrator but I wanted to focus on making raster based patterns for a Photoshop Pattern-making demonstration. I used bits of my own photos, drawings, stamp work, watercolor, and paste paper to make what you see here. Â
Vinales Valley, Cuba
I still can't believe I was fortunate enough to wake up to this view during several of my days in Cuba. Vinales Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Check out some splendid images that capture the valley and it's inhabitants at the UNESCO website.
Picturesque America
Picturesque America is a two-volume set of illustrated books filled with information and engravings of various American scenes. The books were published between 1872-74 by D. Appleton and Company of New York. The volumes contain a total of nine hundred wood engravings and fifty steel engravings based on paintings of nineteenth century American landscape painters. The engravings were made by John J. Harley, Joseph S. Harley, W. H. Morse, William James Palmer, Frederick William Quartley, James H. Richardson, and the collection was edited by poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant. This set of books is important not just for it's [...]
TBT: Painting I with Gary Gee
I can't remember when these were done, probably in 2007, the really awful one may of been done in 2005. I initially hated painting these still-lifes but now I think they're fun and I'm glad Mr. Gee challenged us to paint all these lines and shapes. Class: Painting I Professor: Gary Gee
