31 July 2009

GOODBYE, AVENUES DUMP




photos by Matthew Bednarik





It's been over two years and we're saying goodbye to our lovely (dumpy) apartment. It's been fun, peace out.

30 June 2009

SALT LAKE GUIDE


Everyone go check out this really excellent guide to Salt Lake by Amy Shaffer on the Design*Sponge blog.

27 June 2009

JULY KILBY CALENDAR



Designed by Sarah Martin and myself for Slug Magazine. Sarah did an awesome job with the owl!

26 June 2009

MY BIGGEST REGRET

Awhile back I was at NPS (a crazy discount store in Salt Lake, think Big Lots but times one thousand) and I saw a comic book that was on sale for twenty-five cents. The title of the comic was HELEN KILLER. Yeah. I stared at it forever, thinking in my head, 'WTF? SERIOUSLY?' I don't have a ton of regrets - but I must admit that I've been kicking myself for the last two months for not buying it. I think about HELEN KILLER a lot, and I often bring it up when I'm with friends. Today I Googled it just to make sure I wasn't making it all up. I wasn't! Here she is...



From the official website: "At the dawn of the 20th Century, twenty-one year old college student Helen Keller has a dark secret science has restored her lost senses and granted her unimaginable power. Will she use it to protect herself and her country. or will it destroy them both? Thoroughly researched, Helen Killer blends a full cast of historical characters with high octane super-spy action, examining the extraordinary spirit of one of the most inspiring individuals of the twentieth century."


Oh my goodness.

30 May 2009

SELF-PORTRAITS

Quick, cartoony doodles are usually the only way I draw myself. I rarely sit down, look in a mirror and study my face.

As long as I get the hair, glasses, and nose right - it usually looks like me.




Yesterday I stared at myself in the mirror and drew a series of quick self-portraits. It turns out when I try to draw a little more realistically, I still end up with a cartoon version of myself but with the self-deprecation knob turned all the way up:



To be fair to myself, I know I don't really look like this. I just got carried away with the acne...it was fun to draw.


ALSO: I got a new sketchbook after dropping my last one in a gutter before my camping trip to Bear Lake last weekend. Boo!

26 May 2009

KILBY JUNE CALENDAR



Happy birthday, Sarah.

23 May 2009

SARAH



Drew a picture of Sarah for next month's Kilby calendar. More to come...
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