I am still thinking ARGH! Finals.

Chewing me up and spitting me out.

Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things. People who achieve the most are selective as well as determined."

— Richard Koch: is a former management consultant,
entrepreneur, and writer 

I will post something with photos in a couple of days. Bed and then up for the second job in the morning. This too shall pass. 

ARGH! Finals

"Losers live in the past.
Winners learn from the past and enjoy
working in the present toward the future."

— Denis Waitley: is an American motivational speaker and writer

It is almost over. for my InDesign class I am working on a 24 page magazine called LEAF. I will have to post parts of it when I get through. I am also working on a small poster, 11x 17, because that is the biggest printer capacity we have for the majority of student work. That is for the Photoshop class. I feel like I have a handle on things in InDesign, but feel like I am all thumbs in Photoshop. I am doing monster insects that have bread near Fukushima Power Plant and are menacing the populace.

No new images.

From 1977, this Bota Bag was a popular way to carry wine at concerts, picnics, where ever. it had a plastic lining and a leather outside. I am embarrassed to say I wore it out. 

School and work are kicking my butt

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." — Dale Carnegie: was an American writer and lecturer  This is an old sketch book collage piece. As I look at it, even though the spine is on the left, I think the piece is upside down. Yeah, it is. That is how things feel right now. Work and school, work and school, work and school. I am learning about efficiency this term, not enough time to do the work I need to do, the way I usually do it, Normally I would work carefully, and meticulously, but I don't think things out as carefully first. This time I am spending the time to think about what I want to do and the steps involved to get it done well and on time. Challenging, and as you can tell I didn't think things through because I just posted an upside down image. That was the way it was scanned. Ooooooops.

Happy New Year!

"Nothing can add more power
to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets."

—Nido Qubein: is a businessman and motivational speaker 

My primary focus has always been art, This black and white drawing was done in 1977, in Modesto, at a coffee house named the Coffee Bean.  It had an out side seating area surrounded by a cinderblock wall. I would have been 23 years old and I remember the sketch pad went everywhere, and I would draw what ever was around me. I drew in black ink, so there was no erasing, and all of the drawings from this period have a funky, organic quality to them. They asked me to come back and do another sketch of the premises for them and they paid for my breakfast. I am not sure it was a fair trade, (looking back) I was there about 4 hours, but I jumped on it. I have boxes of sketch books that I am slowly scanning when I have time. 

Right now my limited set of targets are school and work. Because I am studying graphic design, I am spending most of my time on a computer. If I had a laptop, it would go everywhere with me much the same way as the sketchbook does. I still carry a sketch book in the car, in my purse, there is one in every room of the house, and in the survival backpack I carry in the car. I will still draw on a scrap of paper if that is all I have. Drawing is still at the heart of what I do.