Art Process

A 2021 Retrospective: The Year in Art

December 27, 2021 ●
anxiety is // bees buzzing in my chest, and // i'm afraid of bees. Image is a square black canvas featuring a messy watercolor illustration of a human rib cage in the center. The lungs within the rib cage are bees' nests, honeycomb seeping honey. Bees are crawling all over the sternum, some of the ribs, and the honeycomb, with some of them flying to and from the hive. The haiku is lettered beneath the rib cage in two different styles. "Anxiety" and "bees" from the first two lines of the haiku are written large in frantically scrawled all-caps, so that the initial message you see reads "anxiety bees." Most of the rest of the wording is in a very neatly written sans-serif, with the frantic lettering making a return for the final line of the poem.

I started 2021 with two goals in mind: exclusively focusing on growing my business and creating more art. With various physical and mental health struggles, it’s been easy for me to feel like I’ve failed. But data doesn’t lie, and I’m so proud of myself for everything I accomplished this year. In this particularly 2021 retrospective, I want to take a look at all the art I’ve created throughout the past 12 months.

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Consistent Letterforms: Basic Lettering Process, Part 1

April 4, 2020 ●
The artwork in question is grayed out, except for all the problems discussed in this section, which are all highlighted in fuchsia.

In this series, I’ll be teaching you how to think about your design and how to get it beautifully on paper. All you need is paper to sketch on, and a pencil or pen. Today, we take a look at creating consistent letterforms.

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There Are No Strings On Me: From Sketch to Vector

April 1, 2020 ●
Final design for "There are no strings on me." The monoline strokes of the letters and swashes are now white woven rope on a black background. Grit and shadows have been added to create depth and emphasize how the strokes weave through one another.

When Avengers: Age of Ultron first came out on Blu-ray, my brother came over to watch the film with me. While watching, I was struck with a lettering idea. I wanted to draw the phrase Ultron seems obsessed with throughout the movie (which is, of course, from Pinocchio): There are no strings on me. Ultron (or Pinocchio,…

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anxiety is // bees buzzing in my chest, and // i'm afraid of bees. Image is a square black canvas featuring a messy watercolor illustration of a human rib cage in the center. The lungs within the rib cage are bees' nests, honeycomb seeping honey. Bees are crawling all over the sternum, some of the ribs, and the honeycomb, with some of them flying to and from the hive. The haiku is lettered beneath the rib cage in two different styles. "Anxiety" and "bees" from the first two lines of the haiku are written large in frantically scrawled all-caps, so that the initial message you see reads "anxiety bees." Most of the rest of the wording is in a very neatly written sans-serif, with the frantic lettering making a return for the final line of the poem.

A 2021 Retrospective: The Year in Art

December 27, 2021 ●

I started 2021 with two goals in mind: exclusively focusing on growing my business and creating more art. With various physical and mental health struggles, it’s been easy for me to feel like I’ve failed. But data doesn’t lie, and I’m so proud of myself for everything I accomplished this year. In this particularly 2021 retrospective, I want to take a look at all the art I’ve created throughout the past 12 months.

Read More
The artwork in question is grayed out, except for all the problems discussed in this section, which are all highlighted in fuchsia.

Consistent Letterforms: Basic Lettering Process, Part 1

April 4, 2020 ●

In this series, I’ll be teaching you how to think about your design and how to get it beautifully on paper. All you need is paper to sketch on, and a pencil or pen. Today, we take a look at creating consistent letterforms.

Read More
Final design for "There are no strings on me." The monoline strokes of the letters and swashes are now white woven rope on a black background. Grit and shadows have been added to create depth and emphasize how the strokes weave through one another.

There Are No Strings On Me: From Sketch to Vector

April 1, 2020 ●

When Avengers: Age of Ultron first came out on Blu-ray, my brother came over to watch the film with me. While watching, I was struck with a lettering idea. I wanted to draw the phrase Ultron seems obsessed with throughout the movie (which is, of course, from Pinocchio): There are no strings on me. Ultron (or Pinocchio,…

Read More

A 2021 Retrospective: The Year in Art

December 27, 2021 ●

I started 2021 with two goals in mind: exclusively focusing on growing my business and creating more art. With various physical and mental health struggles, it’s been easy for me to feel like I’ve failed. But data doesn’t lie, and I’m so proud of myself for everything I accomplished this year. In this particularly 2021 retrospective, I want to take a look at all the art I’ve created throughout the past 12 months.

Read More

Consistent Letterforms: Basic Lettering Process, Part 1

April 4, 2020 ●

In this series, I’ll be teaching you how to think about your design and how to get it beautifully on paper. All you need is paper to sketch on, and a pencil or pen. Today, we take a look at creating consistent letterforms.

Read More

There Are No Strings On Me: From Sketch to Vector

April 1, 2020 ●

When Avengers: Age of Ultron first came out on Blu-ray, my brother came over to watch the film with me. While watching, I was struck with a lettering idea. I wanted to draw the phrase Ultron seems obsessed with throughout the movie (which is, of course, from Pinocchio): There are no strings on me. Ultron (or Pinocchio,…

Read More