Every now and then, I like to step away from the computer and spend time with a pencil and paper. Christian Manz, Framestore CFC, makes an interesting comment referencing what is necessary to be a good motion designer: “You need...

In his essay, In the Image of God, Bruce C. Birch mentions that “To be created in the image of God brings with it the commission to care for the earth.” I was commissioned to care for a cat for...

Printmaking is one of my favorite art forms. I enjoy both the creative process and the look of the finished product. After sketching a design idea and breaking it into three components (one per block), I was able to skim...

This intricate composition was a two-fold test: patience of the mind and hand. A high-contrast magazine image was selected and broken into a specifically sized grid system. Each resulting square contained a shade of grey to be replicated using acrylic...

Quiet moments of graphite, vine charcoal, India ink, pen and paper; perspective, shadows, shades, dimension and depth....

The concept for this project was to contrast two objects that represent opposing concepts. I chose the category “natural versus man made” and found two images that were visually interesting and clearly represented the concept of each. The resulting composition...

The idea: merge two things in some natural or logical way. The object was placed dynamically into the frame, floating in a void of gray, so that the positive shape activates the surrounding negative space. The result is a surreal...