Apparently I'm A Night Owl....


Tuesday, March 31, 2009

I'm on a roll...



Here are a few text options I am playing with for my main logo....I want to animate the "d"....I'm thinking color swirls moving around it. I'm trying out flash for that right now, but am finding the tutorials a little hard to follow so it's mostly trial and error thus far. More updates to follow as soon as I can create what I have in my head. agh!

Step 1

I have a domain name!

willardesign.com coming soon!

I narowed it down from quite a list:

willardesign.com

linwillgraphics.com

ldwgraphics.com

Ldesigngraphics.com

willardgraphicdesign.com

thebigWgraphics.com

thebigWdesign.com

bigWgraphics.com

willardL.com

bigWconcepts.com

thebigWconcepts.com

The more domain names I came up with the more I wanted to buy, so if all goes well, I may purchase a few more for future websites.

WOO!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Artist's Statement (in progress)




I love to create and inspire. Through my art, I tend to explore concepts of afterlife, death, and rebirth. Such concepts have always tugged at my attention and can be endlessly explored. I feel as though there is so much out there that the human mind cannot even attempt to comprehend and my art reflects many of those desires to understand what is beyond my reach.

I work mostly with traditional photography methods and digital graphic design. I almost always have a camera with me and have gotten into the habit of photographing things that interest me anytime they appear, whether it is on a crappy cell phone camera or on my professional equipment, that process adds significantly to my process of creating concepts for pieces. I love photographing people in their element. From the comfort of being in a common surrounding, people tend to show so much more depth.

I have been traveling a lot lately, and much of my recent work has been compiled from many different areas. I have been focusing on how earthly beauty and destruction reflects human survival and existence after life. For instance, I am exploring the question, “what would continue to prevail if the human race perished completely?” My current work has developed out of my previous explorations of transcendence.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Matt Sawyer's Memorial Podcast

This Guy Is Funny!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/i-got-2-words-for-ya

Twitter

I got pestered into signing up for a Twitter account. It seems to be a fast-rising networking site, and although I wasn't too into the idea of another website to rule my life, I actually am enjoying it. I can follow people like Lance Armstrong and Britney Spears and read real posts from them. It seems like some people post multiple times a day and others not as much, but it is definitely an interesting dynamic. Like facebook, you are updated on people's lives, yet on twitter you can connect with people that you never would have known in real life (celebs etc) while on facebook you must have some sort of connection to know to friend them. I'm getting into it, and now have another pointless technology to report to.

Monday, March 16, 2009

This is where my mind is this week...



I haven't been keeping up with my blogging...it is a struggle for me to change from writing on an actual piece of paper to publishing thoughts on the internet. Without prompts I am lost, so I guess I will just blog about what I'm thinking about in general for this one...

I am awaiting my trip to Maui next week and my mind is clogged with those thoughts. I have never needed a vacation more than now.


RIP Matthew Sawyer...you were a great friend. Maybe I'll blog about you when I can put in the time you deserve.