Homework-ish

Had my interview this morning. I feel like it went well...But you never really know. What I do know, is that I was asked to submit an animated gif banner. I just finished mine up and am about to send it, but want to see if it works first.

So here it goes.....

Okay. That was a fail. Let's try this...

Bingo.
Side note: I don't think I've ever been to SIFF. Wanna know why? I aint made of money!

Crazy Day

Tomorrow I have an interview at Wunderman. I found out this morning, so that meant time to print out another portfolio. I hate this part. It costs $15 a pop, and the color always comes out all screwy. I hate Kinkos. But I love them because they can turn around stuff like crazy.

Today a dog--I believe a beagle, maybe--inspected my studio for bed bugs. We couldn't be around while it happened, I think because they were worried we'd bribe the dog or something. In any case, I passed with flying colors. NO BED BUGS. I drank a beer to celebrate and wrote this song:



So I'm not as stressed anymore. I'm going to return to Kinkos tomorrow and try printing out a better portfolio...we'll see.

Week in Review

Today I set out for an interview in what I realized are the only nice clothes I own. How did this happen?! I guess my revolving uniform of the same tired jeans and flannel/t-shirt combination has caused me to turn a blind eye to the state of my closet.

I actually left the house in my favorite pair of black Florsheim boots, only to have the light of day bring to my attention that these shoes could no longer be worn in public. I quickly returned home, threw them in the dumpster, and found my other pair of good shoes. Thank god I at least have 2 pairs of nice shoes (I suppose now it's just one).


So, the interview. I actually really enjoyed myself. It was for Nordstrom.

Moving on...last week I worked a day over at Cole & Weber United. Awwwwesome studio. Their previous (and current) work is sooo cool. I felt like a little kid gushing about their previous Rainier campaign. Fan art below:

In other news, fan art is starting to negatively impact my wrists so I have had to make the difficult decision to retire. However, fan art has given me the idea to do a series of sketches of all the places I've worked at. Amazingly, even at the age of 25 I can say that I have worked at A LOT of different places.

I'm Back

It's been about a month now since I started up on unemployment benefits again. I had a great time working at Taphandles and hope some day I'll get to cross paths with them again. But for now, it's food stamps and weekly checks from the state.

Been doing some freelance work. Some of it's paid, but most of it's not. I just finished designing and producing cassettes for my band. That was real fun. Penniless, but I had total creative control. Tomorrow I'll be shooting it and hopefully have photos to put up soon after.

So that's pretty much it. Was working for the past 10 months, now I have no clue what I want to do with myself. I just don't want to be a part of some rat race where I clock in crazy hours and then get stuck with alcoholism as my only hobby.