the egg is for my second attempt at the painting i should really have finished earlier in the week, but didn't -- my homework assignment of painting a white egg on a white background, after my pitiful attempt in color theory last saturday. it wasn't that it was a white bust on a white background under white light that defeated me; it was that i couldn't seem to get the white paint out of the bristles of my brush, so all my colors got chalky and zombieish. you wouldn't think that'd be a problem when painting a white object, but let me assure you: it's a problem somewhere on the scale of looking at a G4 server whose power cord your boss has just tripped over and yanked out of the socket.
Read Morelattes and two speeds
that it only took me two weeks of glancing at the espresso machine, and thinking, hmm, i should take that to my office and stop spending so much money on coffee downstairs -- well, in my personal mythology, that's right up there with the loaves and fishes, people.... here are sample items in the Ehh category: • my car registration • my taxes • mailing anything that requires postage • reuniting tupperware lids and containers • any project with a 'oh, just get it done whenever' deadline (which is to say, no deadline whatsoever) • deciding on and buying new bookcases • organizing my stupidly large herb collection • moving laundry from the dryer back into my house • moving laundry from my studio where i dropped it, to its rightful place in the closet and dresser • tracking down a new supplier of non-photo-blue pencils any bill i only pay once a year, or some random one-time only thing • filing of any sort • bringing any object from my house to my office, or my office to my house the obvious solution is to tell myself that stuff in the Ehh category is really On Fire. and sometimes, that promotion does happen -- like the time when i got the letter from the state franchise tax board, asking me when exactly i was planning on paying my taxes.
Read Morewhat is an art director, anyway?
In advertising and print work, art directors (often teamed up with a copywriter) come up with “concepts,” the creative ideas which communicate with us on a gut level through such devices as theme, metaphor, and symbolism. Some art directors do little more than dream up these ideas and present them to clients, while some oversee almost all aspects of the design and production process. Surprisingly, art direction is seldom taught in schools and there is very little formal information on the subject; it is often learned in practice.
Read More11 things you shouldn't do as a creative
i was flipping through CP+B's employee handbook, and noticed that on page 5, they have a list of things they'd like you not to do: WE ASK THAT YOU DON’T: Throw sand.... Play the busy card.... Make promises you don't keep.
Read Moreday in the life of an art director
fling myself out of the van as it stops in the alley behind my office, somewhere around 7 a.m.; stumble upstairs, enter my ID code into the little black time clock thingy so that the vast bureaucracy knows i showed up, even though i'm salaried and could be punching in at 1 a.m., for all they care.... think about just giving up and dreading all my hair, then realize my boss would never let that fly -- i'm pushing it already here with two visible tattoos and multiple ear piercings.... check a third email box to see if anyone here has decided to add a new router and thus, new wireless service somewhere on campus.
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