Posts tagged inspiration

Neil Pasricha: The 3 A’s of awesome

Neil Pasricha:

You will never be as young as you are right now.

Quin shared this video with me last night. Sometimes it doesn’t take very long for the fresh start of new year to wear off. Suddenly, hopefulness fades and everything once again seems like a giant mountain to climb. Watch this whenever that happens.

View it on Ted or You Tube.

Paintings Inspired by Typography and a Good Book

Have you ever wondered where you get inspiration? What do you do with it? I get creative! Inspiration can come from anywhere, in this case, a good book. I always capture my inspirations on paper first, in my sketch book. I had several key words in mind, along with some imagery I’d imagined from the book.

First, I scanned in my new sketches, to prepare them to use for my paintings. After I saved the scans, I placed them in Illustrator, and chose a font closest to my drawings, kerned and set it at various point sizes.

Next, I printed the words on repositionable label material. I cut out each word with an X-acto to make a stencils. I placed each typographical element on the canvas. When I was happy with the layout I pulled out my acrylic paints.

Always start with your sketch book before you go to the computer and you will appreciate Typography, Design, and Art. In case your wanted to know, the paintings were inspired by Enders Game, and the font I chose was Anonymous Pro.