Drove out to Morton Grove to have a lunch meeting with JB about her website, and it was very, very helpful. I showed her three different possible design directions, and she admitted that she had a hard time picking - she loved all three! We decided to go with something more classical so that we can use the old tarocchi images. It'll require a bit ( Read more... )

Working on some new personal stuff using hand-drawn, primitive shapes in circles. Here's one of the first - I'll be using it as a background element for a photo collage, but liked it well enough to let it stand on its own as well.


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It seems that Shane liked my Haven logo, and we struck a deal yesterday! Yay!! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!

Met with Barbara yesterday about her website, and got a few more things nailed down. I have to try out about a dozen or so permutations on her domain name and see what's available, but I think we have an adequate number of strong words from our brainstorming to come up with something original and catchy. The trouble with doing a website for ( Read more... )

Last night's menu was Linguine with Scallops in Garlic Butter Besciamella, and it turned out great. The scallops cooked to the point of being a bit brown on the edges, and were so tender - I could just eat a big plate of those, to be honest. We watched a documentary about black gay and lesbian couples called "Jumping the Broom" on LOGO which was ( Read more... )

It's been a slow week for freelancing, with only two projects to work on, but I've been able to keep busy with my own stuff. The comps for my business website are getting there, although I still have to dig through all my photos for  more black and whites to use. The books on AJAX have been useful - some more than others - and I think building a ( Read more... )

I've not felt much like journaling the last few months for a variety of reasons, but in some ways it comes down to getting out of the habit. Habits never change if we don't try to break them, so ( Read more... )

ClassToday is the official last day of class for Digital Illustration, sadly. I've enjoyed the class, and produced some decent pieces I think. AIO had a teccup with the servers Wednesday and Thursday resulting in some lost files. My illustrator STILL hasn't posted or responded, so I sent an email to the instructor yesterday explaining what happened ( Read more... )