New Project

I started a new project on my flickr. Basically it's about picking up andom objects and drawing on them everyday. I'm trying to do something original everyday. You'll get the whole story on my flickr. I keep talking so much about flickr lately because I love flickr. There's so much to see and to do. My carbonmade portfolio is already full, I can't upload anything new unless I delete old stuff. I think I'll keep it to sum up some highlights and tell everyone to check out my flickr for more content. And I've been thinking about getting a twitter account allthough I think it's stupid. I'm close to giving in.

Anyways, check out my new project on flickr!

It's going great so far. My first post was about a lamp I drew on. My profile views almost doubled up that day and I got a lot of views and comments. Some friends want me to draw on their stuff now and be a part of this project. I'm looking forward to seeing this project grow.

Sorry for the rant

I just finished some stuff, still working on this nautical mess. My mood is getting a little bit better while my sleep schedule still sucks. Living life like a zombie is weird we... yeah, weird, you see. I keep my pens in a Duff beer can now, which looks pretty rad. The can is a souvenier I bought at the Universal Studios in July. Good times! Oh and I came up with a solution to some of my art-related problems I guess. I'll start a new exciting project as soon as I'm done with this design. No furher details yet, keep checking back.

The first year

I recently realized I'm doing this stuff for a full year now. I sold my first design at the end of august 08. A few weeks passed and I moved away from vector stuff onto traditional drawing and took it more serious. And according to emptees I uploaded 30 shirt designs this year. I still have some stuff that I couldn't show yet and did an album cover and shoes. So I think my output might be 40 designs a year. I could remove weeks due to vacations, exams and stuff but I can't cover up the fact that I did less than one design a week. I don't know about other designers and their output. But for me, this isn't the way it should be.

I improved over this year and did some stuff for really good bands and working on shoes has been an interesting project. I'm still glad that I was given this opportunity. I think I found my own style. But I'm getting more and more tired of the same e-mails and the people who refuse to answer me. I still want to do work for bigger bands that I enjoy listening to. I want to win contest and stuff. But I realized that I'm still far away from a point I wanted to reach. There's this half-finished piece lying to my left right now. But I don't have the motivation to finish it. Drawing used to be a form of escapism for me. This year kinda changed that.

Flickr, Buttons and Frogs

I finished the frog-design. I did it for fun so yeah, it's for sale. Contact me if you are interested.

Today my mailman saved my day. He brought me my new custom buttons, the Keyboard Cat shirt I ordered from Threadlass last month and halloween-themed table-fireworks. I love halloween even though there are no big celebrations over here. The buttons turned out really good. Purebuttons did a great job. I did a photo of them and they feautered me on their blog. Have a look:

http://www.purebuttons.com/thebuttonpost/showcase/nv-buttons-great-photo/

Last weekend I put up a Flickr account for my work. It showcases a little bit more than my normal portfolio. Go check it out:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nvasion/

My hat is a frog, your argument is invalid

I recently finished a new design and now I'm waiting for approval. I'm waiting for some other business-related mails as well, which sucks. In the meantime I had the urge to draw something ugly again. Yeah, random stupidity! Hopefully I can finish it today.