You often hear about 'operators'...mostly wannabes. In the military, there are many nicknames for them depending on where they are. One of them is "chairborne ranger," a play on "airborne ranger." I recently picked up a couple of "chairborne ranger" patches to add to my collection. It also sparked a though about a naval version … Continue reading Yeah, I operate… (naval version)
It's been a while since I posted, so here's some quick updates. My second challenge coin project is now in production for a US Ambassador. That project came about from a coin I designed for a conference last year. I may be helping a friend's business soon with graphic support. Should give me some practice … Continue reading Lots of things…
After hitting up friends and family, I have initial survey results for Trigrams. The most striking result is trend on whether to have a full 8-suit deck or split the cards into 4-suit decks Right now, the prevailing thought is offer a 4-suit pack (core suits of Water, Heaven, Fire, Earth and offer the other … Continue reading Trigrams Early Survey Results
I've been re-examining the possibilities of taking Trigrams to production. With more time at home, I've started tinkering with the design a little and also researching costs. This deck has been a small labor of love, being one of 3 decks I've really developed into full concepts. With that in mind, I decided to reach … Continue reading Trigrams Survey
All, even amongst this quarantine, other duties have taken precedence over some of my design work. I do have another coin design in work, but that'll be another post possibly. In the meantime, I was revisiting my Trigram card deck. For Google giggles, I did a search on 'trigram cards' and 'trigram playing cards." The … Continue reading Google results
A friend of mine who runs a local screen printing business (Muddy River Ink) inspired this one. He recently printed some "quarantine and chill" shirts, which sparked an idea for me. In these trying times, humor sometimes does help break the dreary stay-at-home life. So, in that vein, remember to Quarantine and Chill.
First, I hope all are doing well and staying safe. As we hunker down into a new normal of less physical interaction, adjustments must be made. In order to minimize the possible spread, my day job is now a work-from-home situation. So, when not doing telework, I maybe spending some time tinkering on various projects.....maybe … Continue reading Creativity in a Time of COVID
Recently a friend of mine who runs a screen printing business made some shirts I thought were humorous and asked where he got the logo. It was a generic one from the internet, but he had a time converting the raster image to a vector for better scaling and such. In response, I pointed him … Continue reading Fonts of color
Map Nerd: n. One who geeks out over maps, cartography, locating things, etc. See also "carto nerd." This creation was spurred by a co-worker, a member of a waning breed of cartographers. His suggestion of a "carto nerd" jersey led to this creation. The first iteration was a quick mashup of two icons from the … Continue reading Meet Map Nerd
My alter ego is in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In fact, working cartography and GIS in part led to my foray into graphic design. Recently, GIS helped my graphic design. Usually, graphic design helps GIS better portray data. With the unveiling of the US Space Force's (USSF) 'new' camo (same one the Air Force borrowed … Continue reading GIS lends a hand to graphic design
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