Aina is the Hawaiian word for land and for me 2010 is a year of reconnecting to the earth. In 2009, we experienced a year filled with financial problems, political tensions and fear in the media… As a forest sometimes burns, new life regrows in its place. While we may have had a year of burning I feel like the soil we have to grow out of is fertile and full of growth.
-Mark Boulton
At least I think Mark Boulton wrote that on Colourlovers. I can’t seem to find it now, but I scribbled it on some paper and I like it more and more each day. I believe the quote was in reference to the color he chose as the color of 2010. Apparently, Pantone decided it’s turquoise.
Here’s a quick series of holiday sketches that I finished up yesterday. I guess I am in the holiday spirit. Now where did I put my Bob Dylan Christmas Album?
Patagonia decided to scrap their printed catalog and instead debuted an entirely online catalog yesterday. They’re certainly not the first company to do this. But it re-ignited a conversation I’ve been running in my head about the possibilities that interactivity bring to works that would traditionally be print-only. From the Kindle to the iPod to traditional browsers, the way that we tell a story or sell a product should never be the same.
Here’s a quick tutorial where I run through using the opacity mask in Illustrator to create transparent shadows that fade out to nothing. I can remember when I first started drawing in Illustrator it took longer than I care to admit before I realized that a gradient didn’t have to have two colors (ok, it does but it doesn’t have to appear that way).
Here’s a quick series of holiday sketches that I finished up yesterday. I guess I am in the holiday spirit. Now where did I put my 
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This wonderful poster is 
Lately I’ve been having a pen & ink revival. It’s nice to get away from the machine occasionally.
Love these cans by 
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