Self Edit

I'm really not sure why I've put this off for so long. Over the past few years I've been half-assing my logo in an attempt to get 'something' up and be done with it. Maybe I just didn't want to subject my personal brand to the same critical examination as my past clients. Or maybe it was out of laziness, who knows. In truth it was a refreshing change from all the knitting. Applying the creative process to my own content has been liberating in a way. I always used to do this for someone else.



Logo design is all about coming from a conceptual place which is why I like it so much. It starts (for me anyway) with a list of words. What's the gridjunky brand about? Is there a recurring creative theme? What words characterize your skill set? From about twenty or so words, mine ended up being: 'Organic' & 'Convergence.'

Nature inspires me, I know that's a cheesy cliche, but it's true. Nature is exploding with patterns. Like right now. I find that fascinating. A lot of my projects are an acknowledgment of these 'organic' patterns.

I'm not a scientist or a teacher or any other hero of earth. I'm just a creative person, so I recognize and demonstrate nature differently. 'Convergence' is a reference to the connections between organic pattern recognition and the creative process. It's also a reference to the merging of different skills -such as design, photography, writing and knitting- into a cohesive brand.



The symbols I came up with revolved around a trefoil design which I feel represent both convergence and the cohesion of organic structure. The decrease patterns of my hats are a play on this design as well. The final logo consists of a 'g' and a 'j' nested together in a trefoil shape. I still have to work out some stroked variations, but I'm happy with the result.



Hmmm... now I need new business cards.

Packaging Postulations

So I've been tossing around ideas for product labeling on my hand knits. Today I tried out a knitted label. It took a while, I'm thinking maybe too long. I think it's cute, but I don't know if I can handle doing it for every piece I produce. I'm meticulous, but I don't have all the time in the world.



Fortunately for me my cards arrived. I ordered these last week from PSPrint. They have a deal for business cards right now, so I jumped on that 40% off for a short run. I think I'm just going to attach these rather than torture myself knitting thread weight yarn.



Are you familiar with Etsy Treasuries? They're these collections of items compiled by members under various themes. I first heard about Treasuries when I got featured in one earlier this week, then another. I was like: "I'm featured in a what?" Have a look, and leave a comment.

illustration: Shuffle

I like deconstructing things and examining the pieces in new arrangements. This image consists of elements generated in Savagery. I used just one layer of objects and proceeded to shuffle, prod, scale and arrange the objects like I was in kindergarten again.

illustration: Savagery Wallpaper

I was messing around with Savagery lastnight and made a wallpaper.
The image I used is from century_boy_too.
Click the image above for the 1024x768.

illustration: Untitled

Now that I've finished my knitting projects I'm in the mood to do an illustration. Honestly I don't really know where I'm going with this particular image, it's more a representation of how I'm feeling lately. I wonder why I feel like this....

drawing: September 2nd, 2009

A study of colors. Vector drawn from imagination.

print: Alpha Crack

Some illustration for a self promo.

sketchbook: Grow #12

Just getting some practice in the composition of shapes and colors.

illustration: Phoenix Crest Project

This is something I've been meaning to do. To create this composition, I scribbled simple shapes and lines with an 8B graphite and scanned them. I used only these shapes and lines to create the bird, then used some vectors to add more color.



Here are the scanned elements I used to make the bird.
I ended up using only about 10-12 of them.

illustration: Tatau #1

I started this vector illustration yesterday using the photos I took at Folsom. Still a ways to go with the midtones and shadows.
Check out some other photos I shot here.

drawing: Making Faces #2

Pen Tool doodling in Adobe Illustrator.

drawing: Exploring Font Forms

Sometimes I'll doodle like this to distill shapes out of fonts. This font is called 'Luftwaffe.'