Longer than intended naps.

I just woke up from a nap that went about an hour over schedule, but lucky for me I had no plans after about one o'clock today so the only thing I lost was time. Now I am fighting that fatigue that engulfs a person who partakes in naps that go overtime. The general signs that accompany said fatigue are: funny taste in mouth, slight dizzy/drowsy feeling, inability to determine the correct time, and my personal favorite - bed head. So after slapping on my brand new Cousteau Society beanie to cover up the mess, and thoroughly rinsing with mouthwash, I now feel prepared to catch my o-so-few readers up on the last day and a half.

Yesterday was spent entirely on homework for my Art 210 class which is Digital Illustration with Kate Bingaman Burt. I got in a good solid 12 hours there with a nice sprinkling of breaks and meals and was finished printing by about 1 am. The project was to design a series of T-shirts for Threadless. Kate was kind enough to introduce us to Mig Reyes via Skype, who works at Threadless, among many other awesome things. The project turned out pretty well I would say, but I'll be making some definite tweaks for the portfolio review:




















The series was based on the four regions of Portland and uses various elements many of us are accustomed to seeing in our daily lives. There is a slew of process work to look over on the Flickr account, if you so choose to view the set. I don't think I mentioned this earlier, but on days when I do work more than a couple hours, I generally throw in some good movies (Generally something related to Wes Anderson) or at the very least have Cops 2.0 playing in the background. On this particular Sunday however, I felt it completely necessary to break out the timeless animated series - Cowboy Bebop. You can read about the details if you want, but rest assured it is amazing. After watching it a few minutes, you start to understand how much time was spent in the details like music production, character developement, not to mention the story line and animation. I definitely recommend it to those who haven't seen it (especially those of you that role your eyes at the thought of watching anime).

So I think that's sufficient enough - now to brainstorm on some possible editorials.

RB