what i wanna do

Travel and record my traveling through use of gathered items, drawings, paintings, photos, and screen prints. Eventually create a book recording my travels and ways to live a happy life!

Get a plot of land with my friend Jo, farm and have animals, make art for my own enjoyment and sell, make my own clothes, and have a house filled with funky gadgets and trinkets.


Spend my days snowboarding and surfing and working for a boarding company making snowboard, surf, kite, and skate, graphics. Living a life of chilling and boarding and doing art!

Make graphic design book that serve as inspiration to others and myself in every day life.

Hiking, biking, traveling, and having freedom and time to think!

Be my own boss or work in a small funky studio and screen printed posters for various occasions.

I wanna go around and make things that make people think!! Make them use their brains and have fun with it, push some of the limits : )

5 peeps or companies i dig!

Handiedan

http://www.handiedan.com/default.aspx

Images: sketchy drawings, hand done, mixed media images using cards, textures, newspapers, pinup girls, aged and grungy feeling, funky vibe, kinda crazy.

photographs- of traveling and nature!

Colors: blacks and tans. browns, bright reds and oranges as accent! some blues and greens hidden with in most images

Type: most type is sketchy and hand done, the type that is not hand done is small and a type writer like font

Banksy

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

Images: graffiti!! messages/images that make you think!

Type: spray painted type

colors: mostly whites, blacks, and reds, with accent colors!!!

Volcom artists - Michael Sieben

Images: screen printed, hand drawn, hand crafted art!

Type: screen printed big and blocky, funky, head titles

colors: blacks, tan, browns, greens, burnt orange, turquoise, greens

David Carson

Images: surfing! extreme sports, lots of photos mixed with hand done images and incorporated textures. lots of funky typography

type: all different types, grungy and miss matched, experimental, warped, over lapping, distorted

colors: lots of blues and natural colors, lots of colors associated with surfing, also lots of reds and oranges, as more extreme and in your face

Lisa Kokin

http://www.lisakokin.com/mmbooks/

Images: Mixed media using trinkets and what nots to create books, collages, and funky sculptures. reused materials

Type: simple lower case type, not very much type incorporated in the creations other than words on trinkets used.

colors: soft faded colors, rusted objects, lots of tans and grays, with accents of bright colors from a trinket or two.

2.8 “inspiration”

1) Reason for sitting on couch: getting some inspiration from a book called Dirty Fingernails that I picked up earlier in the week from the library.
2) Time: 8:47 pm
3) Duration: 35 minutes
4) Items on coffee table: a red and cream painted school tray, some black cut outs of a surfer, the book called dirty fingernails that I’m looking at, an owl tray, and an elephant incense burner.
5) Noises I hear: Florence and the Machine playing on my computer, someone walking down the hall in loud boots, cars driving by
6) Event happening downtown: Didn’t hear or know of anything

2.5 “getting it done”

1) Reason for sitting on couch: Gettin stuff done! Working on some design stuff
2) Time: 4:30 p.m.
3) Duration: 1 hour or so
4) Items on coffee table: a red and cream painted school tray, some black cut outs of a surfer, a book called dirty fingernails, an owl tray, and an elephant incense burner.
5) Noises I hear: my summer music mix again, summer is on the mind quite frequently lately, lots of traffic and commotion outside, and my window is cracked open and I can hear someone on the street corner playing the drums
6) Event happening downtown: Tattoos for Tears at the Loft

2.3 “hey neighbs”

1) Reason for sitting on couch: My neighbor Tony came over to grab his hat and we ended up hanging out for a little while, he took hold of my camera and had some fun with it.
2) Time: 9:30 ish p.m.
3) Duration: 20 mins, give or take a few
4) Items on coffee table: a red and cream painted school tray, some black cut outs of a surfer, two glasses of aqua still, radio k flyer, the season one of Flight of the Conchords, some old photos, a usb cable, and my camera lens cap.
5) Noises I hear: Tones laughing, some chit chat on the street, a couple big trucks rolling by, and the entry door slam followed by someone with very clunky boots walking up the stairs
6) Event happening downtown: Free bacon at the Triple Rock

2.1 "flight of the conchords"

1) Reason for sitting on couch: Jo and I are chillan out and watching some Flight of the Conchords season one! Brown Paper, White Paper, stick together with the tape, the tape of love, oh ya, the sticky stuff.
2) Time: 9:00pm
3) Duration: somewhere around an hour
4) Items on coffee table: my computer, a red and cream painted school tray, red little hand bag, some old receipts, a radio K flyer, some black cut outs of a surfer, two glasses of aqua, and the season one of Flight of the Conchords.
5) Noises I hear: Brett and Jermaine streaming through the computer.
6) Event happening downtown: 2 fer 1’s Triple Rock Tuesday

1.31 "grub"

1) Reason for sitting on couch: Reaping the benefits of working at a restaurant, brought home some chips with salsa, sour cream, guacamole, and a delicious veggie burger! Time to dig in…
2) Time: 10:36
3) Duration: 22 Minutes
4) Items on coffee table: my food, a red and cream painted school tray, some black cut outs of a surfer, mayonnaise, a jar of water, a red bag, and 1 coaster
5) Noises I hear: crunching of the chips, a siren going by, someone singing on the street, and my summer mix of music (thinking about sunshine)
6) Event happening downtown: Cadillac Koldstad vs. Cornbread Harris down at Palmers Bar : )