Conspiracies

It's still the start of a new year, and that means working up some new ideas, new projects, and some new fun to share with the world :) I have some new projects on that go that I'm hoping to report on in the near future, but for now I'd like to comment on this new thought experiment I'm involved in, brought to you by the brains floating in that jar over there...

I'm not going to go into the details now, I want you all to pop over, read it for yourself, and then hear what you have to say. But I am down with the idea. My goals look like this:

• Gain a new client - I'm a freelance graphic designer and visual communications expert that owns his own business, so I'm trying to expand my client base.
• Finish a play test of my board game - I love anything nerdy, I love board games, and I have an idea for one that fulfills a lot of needs for me. I need to complete a play through so that I can start the beta testing, and not just design the art for it.
• Outline a single story I am writing - Not only do I do board games, I write. I have a number of stories bouncing around in my head and I should start outlining them in order to complete them.
• Check off at least 4 things from the wedding list - A list of things yet to do for our upcoming wedding. Need to keep on track of it all so that it doesn't lag behind and we don't stress at the last minute.

I think they're pretty reasonable, and obtainable. I need a kick in the arse every now and again to keep working, and I fond that I had already let one or two goals lapse in the first cycle. If for no other eason, I hate not to feel like I'm accomplishing things!

Speaking of, I need to make some phone calls. Goal number one, after all :)

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Creativity Is Like A Race...

The first to the finish line gets the glory, everyone else gets to go home in defeat :P

http://io9.com/5975491/a-history-of-superman-told-in-25-logos-over-75-years?post=56141710

At least I know I had mine finished, poster sized, ready as Christmas presents...

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A Bit of Silly...

... in this commission for the holidays. Hope you enjoy!

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Christmas Fun

Hey all. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you all.

In honour of the cool poster kicking around places like here and here of the Evolution of Batman, I thought that another iconic comic book character demanded an evolution of his own:

I had this one finished for a little while, but I was giving it away as a gift and couldn't talk about it :P

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Christmas Season Update

Merry Christmas everyone :)

I'm sure there are a lot of people in the world with much bigger problems, especially given the current state of the news, the schools, plants, etc.

I'm not here to editorialize though. But I would like to talk about priorities and resolutions. I'm new at this whole business thing, and while I still love it, I'm still learning the ropes about certain things. Like updating here regularly :P

With the business and clients, planning for a wedding, general life stuff and Christmas, things are amazingly busy around here. I actually spent the majority of the morning wrapping presents only to realize that when I was done, I didn't want to work on anything!

But that made me think about my free time, and the projects I want to be working on, and while it will probably make me crazy, I want to make an early resolution to take more time for my projects. I'm sitting on a load of writing I want to do, as well as the board game I gave a sneak peek about a little while ago, and I really should hit these.

I think I can balance it... :P

What sort of resolutions are you planning? Are any of them design related, because that would be awesome :)

Thanks as always for reading. Happy holidays!

News Time Children.....

Anyone who played (or watched their fiancee endlessly play) Fallout 3 will get the title. Those of you who don't, it's not that I don't love you, but put down the book and pick up a controller every now and again ;)

Many apologies for not updating here on a more regular basis. The last week or two have been a bit busier than usual, and while I do realize I haven't every Monday, I just find too many smaller projects on the go that make me say "I'll get back to it shortly", yet sadly don't.

As for those projects, I'll discuss them now in the order they pop into my head:

The wedding planning is a juggernaut of a train that has now clearly left the station. It still has a ways to go, but it picks up speed at every junction. More things get added on, some get dropped, but in the end, it will be well worth it. I'm still working on designing the invitations (and anything else that needs designing), but we're waiting on information from an officiant first. I'll very much be posting about these things in the future.

Christmas also crept up on us pretty quick these last few weeks. Shopping, organizing, making plans and lists, checking them twice, you know how it is. A few pieces have been requested as gifts, which I'm working on.

Oh, an aside for that. I do a number of custom cards for various events, Christmas, birthdays, non-occasions, the like, and if anyone would like some sort of specialized and personalized card for their loved ones, by all means ask! The worst that will happen is that I don't have time and you'll have to buy the card you were going to anyway :P

I've picked up a few new clients as well, and have been doing some off and on work for some existing clients. A shout out to James at White Rock Technology Inc. Dude's awesome. I'll create a post for his work soon. A continued shout out to AJ Auto Repairs too! I hear business is doing well :)

I've hit at least one networking event a week over the last few weeks, which have been awesome, and the open house at Ontario Office Works on Friday was a blast. Pictures should be on Facebook.

That's all for now, if anything comes up, you'll be the first to know ;) Thanks as always for reading!

Sneak Peek!

Aside from the wedding materials, here's a sneak peek of the next project I'm working on. I'm excited... are you?

Thanks for reading ;)