More Shows!!

Holy shit...I had the best time last night. I watched Say Anything for the first time and I was literally blown away. I have never been so excited at a show and never enjoyed myself so much. The crowd was amazing and Max was telling us how this was the best show he has ever played at and how he has never seen such an amazing crowd. I think the venue helped out a lot, I have to say El Corazon is the best venue I've been to yet, its a much smaller venue which yields a more intimate experience. I probably sound gay right now (not that there is anything wrong with that) but Max was everything I thought he would be and then some. His voice is amazing and he gets the crowd going with his amazing attitude and he is hilarious. He also pantomimes what he says in his songs for example: when he sings "got your scars on my wrist..." he pretends to cut his wrist, very much like I do when I sing along to their music(not sure if that came out right, I do NOT cut my wrist). They played a lot of songs from Is a Real Boy and In Defense of the Genre including: Alive with the Glory of Love, Yellow Cat/Red Cat, Wow, I can get sexual too, Woe, The Futile, Slowly Through a Vector, Its a Metaphor Fool, Admit It! (which they closed with, seriously so epic). From In Defense they played: Spores, Have at Thee!, This is Fucking Ecstasy, Shiksa, Baby Girl I'm a Blur. And they also played like three or four songs from their new album coming out November 3rd(my birthdays coming up if you weren't sure what to get me). OMG I just realized they played a lot of songs...O_o I also watched Brand New with Manchester Orchestra which was cool better than the Puyallup Fair. It was at the Showbox Sodo which is bigger than I thought it would be so, like I said earlier not as intimate as the Say Anything show. Manchesters short was waaay too short which was very upsetting. Brand New played a shit load of great songs old and new and Jesse Lacey was funny as hell. What a great week, but now its time to think about school (I dunno how im gonna do that with my 21st birthday coming up).

WTF MacBook Pro?!!?

So last night I was writing a stupid long post about the shows I've been to recently and the upcoming shows I plan on going too. While writing the post my computer just shut down...I was hoping it was just hibernating but this bitch totally died. I am not motivated to re-write the whole thing, and I know only like 2 people will read it anyways.

Ay-Yo!!!

So I've been very busy with school recently and have a bunch of possible portfolio pieces that I will be posting later on. So me and my friends were messing around and said we were going to make this t-shirt business thing (basically just sell shirts with our logo on it and various designs). We came up with the name Elephant Empire...sounds sort of lame at first but when you look at the logo and shirts I hope you guys change your minds. I got a lot of inspiration from one of my favorite clothing brands The Hundreds (check them out!!www.thehundreds.com/wordpress/). Elephant Empire apparel is inspired by Seattle lifestyle and the designs will reflect todays growing fixed gear scene along with the skateboarding scene. I'm not gonna lie, but if I could I would love to create not only sick silk screens but also possible denim, wovens, fleece, outerwear, headwear, and accessories. I got a lot of ideas floating around my head just need to get them on paper. My friend Alex Paek will be showing me the ropes on silk screening and he will hopefully get in on some of the designs. I also plan on doing some collabos with my guys ALKR and Joctobr. but gotta start from the bottom and work our way up. I'll be posting some more designs later. Btw, I need to work on my HTML cause this png is not the size I want it to be click on the image for a larger view.

WHO WAS THAT GUY!?

Hello, sorry I haven't posted in awhile (all 5 of my followers). A lot of stuff has happened, my first 'term' (no longer called quarters cause they are one week shorter) was ridiculous. Like I was doing before I did the whole four classes, but the whole one week less thing killed me. This was officially my worst term ever, I had my least favorite instructor for two classes and I got a D in one of them which was a photoshop class. I could talk about why and how much him I hate but I'd rather not. Other than that I learned HTML which I really enjoy doing I will post one of them up so you can all see. I recently got my bicycle ^.^ which im way too excited about and converted it to fixed. I will be taking photos of it eventually just trying to figure out where and when maybe tomorrow?...I finally have some stuff to put in my portfolio which I will definitely post soon. I also played beer pong for the first time, and I must say I'm still not quite into partying too much but that was a lot of fun. So this term I will be taking 3 core classes: Graphic Design III, Web Design II, and Promotional Design. I'm pretty pumped but a little nervous, I have that same bastard teacher that I had for Web I for Web II. So yes I'm dropping down to 3 instead of the usual 4, I'm hoping to have more time to kick it with my friends, meet new people and of course check out some more shows. Four Year Strong, Set Your Goals, and Fireworks is gonna be up here in August and I'm way too pumped! Circle pits like mad! 

So here is my first portfolio piece. This is for my Typography II final. The project was to get dialouge of my choice (I chose the verse of a Modest Mouse song called Interstate 8) and using mainly type to convey a voice. I chose the Rockwell font family (regular, bold, and extra bold). I eventually plan on getting this silk screened onto nice quality paper. 

Albuquerque NM

So i've been thinking a lot about what I want to do after I graduate which is relatively soon (december, 2010 maybe sooner with new schedule change), and the way graphic designers work is usually if you don't work for a design firm or own one you most likely are a freelance designer. I really hate looking for jobs which is why I would really hate being freelance, but thats probably what I should do. If I make a lot of money i'll have someone look for work for me to do...not. So I have been thinking about where I'm going to live after I graduate. Should I stay and kick it in the Emerald City or move back to the Land of Enchantment? I like both a lot I have more friends in Albuquerque, but are my chances of getting work as a graphic designer higher in one city than the other? I guess I just don't want to graduate without having a plan. I really would like to do so much but with school and work its really tuff...I'm way pumped that im almost done but its not going to get any easier from here.

and here is the original drawing of the below shirt design I don't know why the color changed but it looks pretty siiick!

Carlsbad NM

So I am in New Mexico visiting my mom and friends. There was a show the first night I got there, and it was so siick! Living with Lions, All Teeth, Highways, Through Gore Comes Glory, muthafuckin Prom Nite Girls, Holding It Down, Live for Today, Easier Said Than Done, The Bedlam State, and Unspoken Revenge. Shit was pretty sick. That was easily the biggest show in Carlsbad. People love Prom Nite Girls. I got in the circle pit and ate it...it was pretty funny. Kind of sucks cause the Albuquerque crew left the next day so I didn't get to spend as much time with them as I would've liked to...I still love them. My whole stay here is only till Tuesday because my flight leaves really early from El Paso on Wednsday(i still don't know how to spell wed. it doesn't look right to me). So pretty lame spring break but at least I got to see most of my friends even tho it was so short lived. So this is the ESTD shirt.

Lawls

So its been a while since I've posted. I just finished up my finals and barely passed one of my classes the cher project didn't get the best grades...the mock up turned out nice I am actually gonna remake the mock up with an artist or show that I actually enjoy and take pictures and post them eventually. Here I have my Illustration class final which I think is pretty siick! I also did a shirt design for Easier Said Than Done a Albuquerque pop/punk band. I'll post that eventually too. So I am leaving to Carlsbad tomorrow, i'm way too pumped cause I get to see Prom Nite Girls last scare, along with like ten other bands which is effin insane. Sucks cus the Albuquerque crew is leaving the next day...But I also get to spend time with my other bros. Im gonna try posting more I swear. I wanna make a series of kick ass babies.