"rock the sneaks"
acrylic and ink
3.5 x 5 inches
mounted in a frame

break is coming to an end but not the winter. its so snowy out and it snowed again just the other day. today is so beautiful and blue with the earth covered in white powdery frosting. I have a slight cold and the dayquil is giving me a slight light headed feeling that i'm really enjoying right now. the past few days i've been working till up to 3 in the morning and one night till 6 in the morning working on freelance for Kabillion. They have power point (PPT) presentations that they have mocked up and depending on who they are pitching and their budget they need new illustrative designs for their pitch. so far i did Tys Toy Box, Monsters Vs. Aliens (upcoming movie), General Mills (1 for trix, 1 for reeces puffs, 1 for lucky charms), 3 for Pokemon Platinum, and Sketchers. I also did another small freelance for a one-sheet for the same company, different person and also i work at the school library 10 hours a week. i havent really had a day to just breathe until just recently.

i'm seeing that as a designer its okay not to be BEST illustrator but i think it is extremely important to be able to draw. i dont really know the exact words that i'm trying to say but being able to be INSPIRED by EVERYTHING around you, art or not, it will only help you be INFLUENCED. for these projects for kabillion they already had a template for their PPTs, i just had to illustrate and design the missing pieces. so in this freelance i was not really a designer, but and ILLUSTRATIVE-designer. i was able to draw influences from what kabillion is as a company and be inspired by their style and mimic it and apply it to the company they are pitching to and come up with the right equation of what the illustrations need to look like to be able to fit in with their proposal.

its very important to draw.
to be influenced.

so now i'm relaxing, enjoying this rare moment where i have nothing pressing to do and i am okay with it...

going to make some more art.