A very inspiring list of font systems made of of various methods.

Back in design school, I didn’t enjoy making these font systems, but that only heighten my appreciation for what these designers have done.

Hopefully this would inspire you to create your own creative font or at least to see letters in a different way. Far too often we abstract type into the meaning that it carries and lose sight of its form. This kind of exercise is perfect for that.

Noupe.com compiled this list of 30 cool illustrator tutorials: 30+ Fresh & Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials & Neat Tips

A lot of these are things that seem really complex and would take hours if not days to achieve in Photoshop, which is what I’d naturally go to to create these.

I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about myself or my work. Whoever wants to know something about me -as an artist, the only notable thing- ought to look carefully at my pictures and try and see in them what I am and what I want to do.
–Gustav Klimt

I’m dissatisfied with every record the Beatles ever fucking made. There ain’t one of them I wouldn’t remake… including all the Beatles records and all my individual ones……But you play me those tracks today and I want to remake every damn one of them. There’s not a single one… I heard ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ on the radio last night. It’s abysmal, you know. The track is just terrible. I mean, it’s great, but it wasn’t made right, know what I mean? But that’s the artistic trip, isn’t it? That’s why you keep going.
- John Lennon, Playboy Interview, 1980

A t-shirt design based on a painting titled “Miss Sarajevo” that was inspired by U2’s song by that same title.

That song is about the act of defiant in the midst of ugly adversity. Not letting ugly situations/conditions caused by evil-minded people kill the beauty in our soul.

We need to fight to let that beauty shines through darkness.

A portion of the lyric that is displayed on the t-shirt:

Dici che il fiume
Trova la via al mare
E come il fiume
Giungerai a me
Oltre i confini
E le terre assetate
Dici che come il fiume
Come il fiume…
L’amore giungerà
L’amore…
E non so più pregare
E nell’amore non so più sperare
E quell’amore non so più aspettare
–from “Miss Sarajevo” by U2

This t-shirt is customizable (color and material) and available for men also. You can purchase this t-shirt at my online print/poster store.

Here’s another t-shirt design based on a painting that I did.

As always, you can customize the t-shirt by picking different materials and/or colors.

The product shown here is available for $31.45 at my zazzle store

A series of 3 connected paintings that depict the struggle of a young lady to overcome a destructive lifestyle controlled by addictions.

Each panel is 24″ x 30″. All done in acrylic on canvas.

These paintings were completed on 05/03/2008.

They will be auctioned off at a fundraising fashion/art show in Downtown LA this Thursday 05/08/2008. For more info about this event, click here.

The prints for these paintings are available on my online print/t-shirt store.

A painting that depicts one’s struggle to express herself.

A struggle to live a life of greatness and originality