the logo’s 15 minutes of fame

The senior graphic design show is coming up in a month.

We originally had the idea of the “spy agent” theme. I know it sounds a bit cheesy but the concepts we had were sleek; however, we tossed out the theme. The spy theme style was too similar to last year’s senior graphic design show called “Design Inc.” They were all superheros. Thanksfully none of the guys wore undie over their pants.

This logo was for the short-lived theme. The “zero seven” was our graduation year and the eye box was well, for spying…

12 Stone Art

Growing up, I thought the so-called “Christian Art” as corny and mushy.  However that all changed when I studied art & design at BJU.  I’m very excited to see the direction my former classmates is going.

The “Christian art” I’m referring about is the art you’d find in a typical christian gift store, perhaps something similar to the style of Thomas Kinkade. I’m not bashing the idea of having Thomas Kinkade art style in your home. There are Christian art out there who are, in my opinion, much stronger and bolder in the sense of design and also expression than the mass-production art you find in a Christian gift store.

A online gallery store has just opened recently. It’s 12 Stone Art. Timothy Gray started up the website with two artists – Justin Gerard & Christopher Koelle.

From the site’s “Who We Are,”

12 Stone Art was started after our own unsuccessful search for quality Christian artwork. We commissioned the talented artists at Portland Studios to create several original works and purchased the rights to reproduce these works so that we could make them available to others in search of a reputable source for Christian art. We hope you enjoy the artwork we have in our gallery and invite you to participate in future work by recommending artists and themes for us to consider for future work.

Take some time and look around. Enjoy!

Dude, I know him…

The words we often say when we see people we know on television, movies, or magazines.

Today I said “dude, I know him!”

He is Nick Dimondi, the person in the Doritos commerical during the last week’s Superbowl. I skateboarded with him during my freshman year at college. If I recall correctly, he was a cinema major. However, he didn’t come back the second semester. He transferred to Libery University. It’s neat to say “Dude! I know him!”