Brushes

So it's not much and it's just a quick doodle, but this is my first
foray into Brushes for the iPhone and iPod touch. It takes a few
minutes to get used to but once you get the hang of it the interface
is surprisingly intuitive. The hardest part is not having nimble wispy
fingers. Surprising potential here especially with the ability to have
transparent color. I am really looking forward to exploring this app
more!

Email test post

So I'm late to the party in a few respects. First - I knew that I was able to email content to Blogger and have it post immediately on the blog, but didn't really have a good reason to. Second - I just inherited a first generation iPhone from my sister. So I'm finally catching up with the rest of the pack on all the things that the iPhone can do. So here is the collision of two potential forces. I can take a semi-ok photo of whatever with the iPhone and post that image up on the blog immediately. I suppose this could also be true of using Brushes, or other painting/drawing apps for the iPhone. Not bad... Now actually DOING that is a different story, but at least the potential exists! Ah, the 21st century....

From the Vault

I found some "oldies" cleaning out my flat files. It's always interesting to see work from awhile ago to see how much you've changed and also how much you've stayed the same creatively. Or what things still remain constant interest-wise...

The painting is probably from 2002 or 2003, and the Robot madness is from 2001. I did a series of screen prints called The Curious Predilection of Robots - this was an "outtake" test print.

Head Studies

These were some explorations of both style and execution for a project I'm working on. It was nice to play around with some illustration for a change at work - something I don't usually get to do. It was a nice change of pace...

New website!

So I haven't officially launched it yet, and I'm not finished with it by any means (have LOTS to organize/tweak), but I thought I would float it out there and solicit feedback in-progress. I signed up for Apple's Mobile Me this weekend (thanks, H!) and put together a portfolio site using iWeb. I'm still new to the whole site-dev thing but I did successfully arrive in the 21st century by purchasing some domain names and I now have at least something up and running, even if it's popsicle-stick and glue style...

I am curious to know if the interface is intuitive and seems aesthetically pleasing (I thought minimal would be a good approach to let the work speak for itself) or if it just looks slapdash. Obviously Apple makes it easy to grab and go and it's incredibly convenient for me, but I'd love to know others' opinions looking at it fresh.

The site is solely for portfolio and resume, so don't expect any fancy flash games or scantily clad vixens. Sorry. Hopefully once I get this thing figured out I will put together a separate illustration site.

Thanks in advance for your feedback! Hope you're all having a great summer.

Site: www.jayrodesign.com

UPDATE: So apparently I'm not as savvy as I thought. Not surprising... I guess the site doesn't work on browsers other than Safari. I will look into it and see how to address that. Sorry!

UPDATE UPDATE: After speaking with Apple support, it appears that Firefox 3 will support it, so it was an upgrade issue. All should work fine if you have the latest versions of your browsers.

Triangles, Circles & Squares

It's been awhile, I know... It's hard keeping up with a 1-and-a-half year old. My wife is out of town, and my daughter is asleep so it was a good time to play around with some art...

When my daughter was born, my wife had asked me to do a piece for her room. For a myriad of reasons I've been putting this off, but I finally made it to the intersection of inspiration, free time and upgraded RAM.

This piece is based on a song from one of her toys that repetitively beckons you to find shapes everywhere you look. Based on the profuse number of times I've heard it, I'm pretty sure that the lyrics are engraved on the inside of my skull. Lovingly, of course.

I'll probably noodle with it some more for composition, but I'm generally happy with it. Look at the larger version - some of the detail closes up when it's a thumbnail.

Visit Townsville Progress

Working the image, playing with fonts, adding some lighting and texture. Getting there...