I try and teach my students to think outside of the box. In this way We are prepared to accept the unimagined or unexpected. This YouTube clip however, brings the idea of graphic design print mediums to a whole new level. Printing on and through water, using the material itself as “fluid” sheet of “paper”  that composes itself and then decomposes itself in a never ending circle of recycled media.

Just watch it … way to hard to explain.

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As I have said, its been a busy month. I got approval for this finished medallion sculpt yesterday. The scrap for this sculpt was awful, hard to tell what was what in the art. But I pushed through and nailed it anyway. I only have about 25 hours in this one, a large portion of that carving letter forms. I am still not exactly thrilled with the glasses, but the deadline was met and the client was happy and two out of three isn’t bad.

I wanted to wait until the show was over before publishing the Intermax graphics, and it is officially over; So here they are! We ended up using the graphics on a large 3 x 10 foot booth header, on 6 separate direct mail postcards (which they also handed out at the show,) A large poster, and web graphics. We are currently working on yard signs for conversion points, and some integrated message sheets for sales calls and media kits. All in all it has been a good project to work on this summer. Lots of fun.

On another note, School started on Monday and I have two full sections of illustration students who I am teaching this fall. It is always exciting to start out a new year.

I am beta testing a new to-do list called Things which is based on the GTD (getting things done) paradigm. So far I like it a lot. If has a few glitches but it functions much better than Apple’s and I can organize it by client and sort by tags. My To-do list the last couple of months has been enormous, so organizing and getting things done has been a major chore. With school now taking a place on my studio stage, staying organized and on top of the work curve is vitally important.

I know it seems like I have dropped of the end of the earth, but the reality is I am completely overwhelmed with  work. It is times like these that make me want to hire more people, but I know that in two months things will be back to normal. So I plow ahead. My to-do list is 28 entries long and extends into September.

I have a sculpt due tomorrow morning, and a web redesign, and of course School starts Monday! I have a logo project that is waiting in the wings, they are getting impatient and two illustration projects that will not die.

My webcomic “Artiste Gullible” is sorely neglected and I feel bad about that worst of all.

ARGH!!!!!! I can do this , I can do this, I can do this …

Getting back to work now.

This past week has been a constant stream of work. The work itself has been varied. I have been working on a logo for a new client, A cover illustration for a romance novel, A coin sculpt for a fireman who died in the line of duty, a price list for a catalog and some small vector web illustrations. Switching from one project to another is not always seamless. I will be working on the sculpt, when the client will call with a price list change. I jump to the price list to make the change and send back a pdf; when another client will call with a change in the web graphics. I make that change and get back to playing in clay when I reach a point where I need to cast a mold, so I throw plaster on it, and while it is curing I pull out my tablet and continue to work on the romance book cover. Whew!

I normally do a bit of bouncing … but this is pressing it a bit. In three weeks classes begin for the 2008 fall semester at NIC. I Sometimes feel like I need some sort of clutch to ease between graphic gears

I’ve included a picture of the sculpt for the fireman. It is sometimes hard to do these type of sculpts. Memorial images often reflect stoic figures. This design was very different in that the picture is a reflection of a happy and smiling man who obviously enjoyed his time here. The laugh lines around his eyes I think were the best memorial to leave behind. It is an affirmation of life. I really enjoyed doing it