king squid from high on the swing set slings nice quips to affect :)

2009-04-23T17:57:31Z

I made these for my Javascript homework, and I was really curious to see how my peers and professor would react to them and the project, but then I slept through my class :(

I'll Guru That dot com

2009-04-15T04:42:21Z

A while back, my good personal friend and certified published authorist Carlos Del Rio asked me to write a couple of funny articles for his website. And while I thought this would be merely an opportunity to make a couple of easy jokes about social media and web 2.0 design styles, it was actually the first in a series of stunning revelations.

All those years I spent being a dick on the internet paid off! Somehow, magically, through the sheer power of elitism and grousing, I had learned genuine information about things. Those articles are tongue-in-cheek, sure, but they are predicated on actual sincere facts. Real stuff.

More empowering than the notion that I am, after all, an educated, thoughtful designer is the idea that I can use this air of authenticity to tell bigger fibs than even before! So. As of today. I am officially offering my services as a guru. On anything. Anything at all. For the price of one coach airline ticket, a night's stay at HoJo, and a gift cert for Sizzler, I will show up at your conference and I will say words that sound intelligent. I will present thought-provoking ideas. I will have a slide show, containing no images of monkeys or crudely drawn penises (unless they intimately pertain to the topic). I will get a haircut and be 100% believably perfessional. No one will suspect a thing.

For a small additionaly fee, I will provide my own fake identity.

Please email LaDonna my virtual secretary at inquiries at kingsquid.

the grates - burn bridges

2009-04-03T22:20:32Z

I &hearts You & Bums

2009-02-25T04:34:30Z

Initial sketches for my color theory final project. Whichever one I decide on, I'll be making into a limited run of silkscreen prints.

Okay, in the interest of full disclosure, yeah, most of the people in that bottom one are friends. I would like to offer my sincerest apologies to each and every one of you for making you look silly. Future revisions will look better, I swear!!

2009-02-18T13:27:41Z

As per Anno's instruction, I have made a selection of very small birthday cards for our father, who I cannot link because he does not have a blog. Maybe next year we will get him a blog. This year, however, he will have to settle for a big mouthed, roly poly magician.

2009-02-14T06:20:57Z

Modest screen prints will be available soon!

2009-02-13T06:09:42Z

One of the many things that ultimately did not make it into the bundle of fun I sent to Weiden and Kennedy. This was the art for the first design of a new business card, and now I am going to turn it into an adventure game...starring me! I'm the adventure! Yaaaaay.

2009-02-11T11:36:17Z

the mae shi - see u again (miley cyrus cover)

2009-02-09T12:27:45Z

Covers of awful pop songs are truly my one musical Achilles heel.

2009-02-06T11:44:25Z

Made these for the Panic Office 4.0 thing, which was completely crazy. There were internet celebrities everywhere. These two flavors were intended to compliment the sushi-go-round that was set up in the office, and despite their strangness people did indeed crowd around and go nuts for them. I did not get any pictures of people enjoying (or not enjoying) the actual ice creams, though, so these guys will have to do.

Oh, and here's a handy desktop version.

2009-02-04T11:25:27Z

Relish Design Redesign

2009-02-02T12:13:38Z

Assignment for user interface design class, to really knock the ecommercyness of Relish Design up a notch.

Doritos Spec Ads

2009-01-31T05:48:18Z

These are the ads I made for that Doritos Superbowl thing. It was a lot of work. Blood, sweat, tears and orange dust. I think the general consensus was that everyone who watched these ads was hypnotized by the alluring flavor or Doritos.

2009-01-28T10:06:40Z

Capital letter set for an as yet unnamed font set. The frontrunner for a name is Machinist, but I am prepared to entertain or accept any crude double entendres you can think of, internet.

2009-01-26T04:22:11Z