December 11, 2024

Izzy in the Club Gettin’ Tipsy

The other day my daughter was playing with a dj deck thing that her grandparents got her for her birthday. She started going hard and I felt the moment deserved it's due.

December 11, 2024

Sleigher

The other day a thought popped into my head about a Christmas themed death metal band. From there I wondered what an album cover for them might look like. People hate on AI but there's no way I could have made something like this without it. It all still has to come from a vision.

December 11, 2024

Holiday Card

As previously mentioned, we dressed as Star Wars characters for Halloween and one of the photos someone took of us provided too good of an opportunity. I loaded it into Photoshop, created a background in Midjourney and got to work. Our family and friends should be receiving these in the mail over the next few days.

December 1, 2024

Halloween Fun

We dressed up as Star Wars characters for Halloween, so I took advantage of the situation.

December 1, 2024

More AI Practice

Izzy struck a pose while standing on a chair the other day, and I immediately knew what to do with it.

December 1, 2024

Silver Linings

Had a moment of clarity last week where I thought about my time in the industry since my first layoff in 2017 that helped me reframe the instability I encountered and how it prepared me for where I am now. Seems like it resonated a bit.

November 22, 2024

Laugh Your Ads Off – Session 3

Another sell out for Laugh Your Ads off last night.

November 9, 2024

Laugh Your Ads Off – Session 2

The second session of Laugh Your Ads Off was Wednesday night TBWA\Chiat\Day LA. We had a pretty good turnout considering some people may have decided not to come on account of Tuesday's election. Lots of good feedback from attendees and many have already bought tickets to the third session.

October 25, 2024

Laugh Your Ads Off – Session 1

Last night was the first of our four Laugh Your Ads Off Events hosted at TBWA\Chiat\Day LA. We sold out of our initial 100 tickets within a week of announcing the event and then an additional 30 tickets after Chiat let us release some more. We had 130 people total on the waitlist for the event.

The event featured three parts: a keynote from Andy Pearson (VP of Creative) about how he helped turn Liquid Death into a brand that consistently puts out some of the most viral comedy brand work, a stand up set from several people in the ad industry who also perform, and a showcase of comedic ads from LA agencies.

Session 2 is on Nov. 6th and will be focused on understanding what makes people laugh, how to write comedy and then how to direct it. You can buy tickets here for $25.

October 9, 2024

LFI – Again

The other week I posted about getting two photos accepted into Leica Fotografie International, well a few days ago I found out a third was also accepted.

October 9, 2024

Toypography

I was looking at my daughter's toys last night and wondered if I could make something with them, well I could so I did.

October 3, 2024

The Castro

Just finished another digital painting based on a photo I shot. This one is of The Castro in San Francisco. I'm not sure why I love making art featuring locations in San Francisco, but my guess would be that it doesn't look like any other US city so there is something vaguely familiar but foreign about it.