My theme got reset. I wonder how long that was going on before I noticed it?

P.S. Eagle-eyed viewers may find a clue to something I’d like to accomplish in this image.

At 2pm on Sunday I met with Brandon Oxendine, Ellen Dykes, Geoff Buell and Cameron Bunce to screen print the posters for the Illustration & Graphic Design Show. It was a 12 hour process and man-oh-man was it worth it.

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I am not the first person to complain about Internet Explorer, so rather than detail it’s shortcomings I’m going to pose a question: Why is Microsoft so intent on propagating a browser that isn’t any good and—even worse—has noticeably harmed the web design community for years.

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Last night I had a deadline to meet.

I was put in charge of coding a website for my class’s senior show. Brandon and I drew out the first sketches and he worked on finalizing the designs. Ben Jack is making a documentary about the process of making our poster. The trailer serves as our homepage and is on his Vimeo page. He also did all the photography for our class. The entire senior class chipped in and was incredibly helpful.

We had this project moving at a brisk pace but as always it came down to the very last second. Four of us—Brandon, Ben Jack, Geoff and I—made our final stand at Denny’s last night equipped with four Apple laptops and a basket of endless fries. We worked feverishly to bring everything together. Brandon delegated tasks and did last-minute design work, I coded at a furious pace, Ben Jack edited and uploaded video, and Geoff … well he was there rooting us on (and offering suggestions along the way). During the last few seconds, while I was still coding, Ben Jack took a couple screen grabs of the countdown to celebrate. As soon as it launched we tweeted in unison (because, oh man, we are dorks) and our waitress, who was amazing by the way, brought us shots of champagne (Sprite).

It was bizarre and glorious, and I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome or a more competent and interesting team to work with. It really was one of those moments that makes you extremely happy with where you are in life.

Illustration & Graphic Design Show

I’m working on manually merging six photos together for an image we want to use on www.ill-gd.com. I’m such a loner.

We never plan it, but we usually end up wearing nice colors that compliment each other. It must be the designer in us all.

This is the face of a designer who got caught up in work (as happens quite often) and found himself working nonstop until 5am.

Notice the look of resignation—he must wake up in the morning, and there is no way to turn back the clock. Tonight (this morning?) he will not get adequate sleep—his mother will worry for him—however it is times such as these, in the moments before dawn, when he realizes something important about himself: He tortures himself easing disparate elements into a cohesive design, he robs his body of sleep and essential nutrients (Earlier in the night he made tea, only to forget about it and let it steep for 2 hours. He has been known to forget to eat; again, his mother weeps), but despite this he is happy—against all odds it would seem—completely happy with how his day played itself out. He is a designer and this is what he sacrifices in the name of his craft because he knows it is worth it. At least to him.

Note: I don’t even know what that was about. Disregard and be on your way.

Concept for class tomorrow. Front and back, standard size.