My entry for Veer's first Take a Picture creative contest

I just won a $200 subscription to Veer’s new marketplace! I was one of five winners for the “big and blue” contest. I ran outside with some sidewalk chalk and went to work, snapped a photo and voila! Check out this contest and join in!

Under Consideration's fancy Brand New logo sketchbook, complete with quotes! (photo from Under Consideration)

This week I got a little somethin’ in the mail! Under Consideration has this super neat blog, Brand New, all about brands and logos. They asked people to submit their thoughts on the importance of sketching in the logo design process. My quote was one of the thirty selected for their book!

Take a look after the jump!

My quote. Wisdom? Well, maybe! (click it to enlarge it)

Just in case you can’t read it in the photo, this is what it says..

“Bytes are foreign objects that make the computer a strange machine to me. I don’t really even understand how it works. But I know how a pencil works. And I know how paper works. I can hold these things. I can’t hold bytes.”

I have been busy at work and somewhat separated from my portfolio and blog. I have some things to add, I just need to buckle down and do it.

So lately, I’ve been taking some really great classes. Information design and 3D graphic design to name a few. These are really keeping me flat out and I am really enjoying it. One of the projects I am working on in my Info Design class is a research/design project which I am calling OnePostcard (read on!).

The project is all about the influence of postcards in our lives. I will be trying to learn about how important postcards are to our society and the individual.

So far my findings are that people don’t send postcards very often, however, they love getting them in the mail! So why don’t we send postcards? I haven’t quite figured out yet. The finished design piece will display my findings and include a number of postcards that can be used to make a number of people’s days better for a mere few cents each (just adhere a stamp and write a few words, drop it in the mail, and bam… happiness in your friend’s mailbox).

Anyhow.. the project is turning out to be really fun. ou can participate by going to www.onepostcard.com.

I will post the project when all is done!