I appreciate art in most any form and have a profound respect for artists who are masters of their medium. I’m inspired daily by young creatives who are discovering new methods of expression as they develop the skills needed to ideate and execute their designs. In a world that is overwhelmingly digital, I still feel […]
Last night, my youngest son, Chase, had an unusual request. While reading one of his ‘Big Nate’ books, he commented on how time-consuming and difficult it was to make a comic because of all the illustration but especially – the hand lettering (he had worked on his own comic page earlier in the day, so he was talking from […]
There’s a popular misconception that some people have about creatives. They assume that they’re always creative. That they only need to push a button and BOOM – instant creativity. I’ll be the first to admit that it’s simply not that way (though at times I wish it were). Creatives are not machines. Their output can’t […]
We’ve been fortunate to have Identity Engineer Jeff Fisher of Jeff Fisher Logomotives visiting campus this week. Last night he delivered his keynote on Planning, Packaging and Promoting Yourself to a full audience of students and professionals within the local community at the BSC NECE Auditorium. Jeff was incredible to work with and in the […]
Pencils and pens are like tools to me, so I get pretty particular about which ones I use. Most artists utilize a range of specialized drawing pencils with varying grades of lead from hard (2H) to soft (B) and each is used to execute certain tasks in pencil illustration. But consider the common pencil. You […]