Christmas well wishing!

here's wishing you and yours, a Happy Holidays!

it's that time of year

and it's coming close! i love christmas time, and especially love creating christmas cards to give to my friends. while I am 'complete' with the design this year, I will not post it here yet. for now though, i'll treat you to some wallpaper i've made :] enjoy! (and next update to come sooner than we all think!)
(current wallpaper on the iMac. resolution of 1920 x 1200)

11/13 (yes...very delayed post)

but.. i caught them ALLLLLL!!! well..all that I could legitimately. All that's missing is Celebi, and who knows if America will ever get it. I feel very accomplished..and will probably not play anymore Pokemon games after this. I can't believe I achieved such a feat. Here is my 4 Star Trainer Card to commemorate my achievementnow to do REAL work! more of that soon to follow. Until then...Aloha 'm/
*edit. as of febuary, i've caught them...ALL. yes. including celebi. have been behind with a photo, but you have my word that I have caught them all. Does this make me a Pokemon master? I'd like to think so.

October Browns!

Designed some stickers and they finally came in! (last week) It's of Mynah Birds. A common bird found around the Hawaiian Islands. Apparently they are pests, but I think they're pretty cool dudes and translate pretty well on sticker form! I've also made a wallpaper (that i am currently using as my Laptop wallpaper!) of the same bird. it's at 1280 x 800.

Stickers are:
1 - $1.50
2- $2.00
5 - $5.00

get at me! :D

AUG 30

"R.I.P." OG Nintendo D.S. :[

(screen still works..just VERY fragile hinge damage)

KEEPING BUSY!!

but i can treat you to a sneak peek of what i'm trying to get going! :]
enjoy!

!!! very delayed. but thought i'd share

SO, regarding my latest post where i made shirts to support Hype 5-0, i was also featured on Blogging Best Dance Crew regarding my design!!

what a huge honor for me! sorry for the large hiccup with updates (to those that follow the blog) i've been busy moving with my parents to our new place. look to more updates to come! i still have to revamp the website too! aloha!!

first ever produced shirt for sale

To sum things up, if you know me pretty well ever since college i haven't been on a need to watch too much t.v. but since 2008, there has been one program however that i've made one of my top listings as one of the greater shows to ever come with the advent of reality television. yes, i even wrote a note about it a while back...that show is Americas Best Dance Crew.

Three seasons later since my entry, we've come to season 5...and as far as I believe, this has potential to be one of the BEST seasons since the shows airing - true season 1 introduced us to Jabbawockeez and Kaba Modern but since it was just beginning we didn't know what to expect from this show. (Season 2 was one of my personal favorites, and the rest from then have been kinda hit or miss).

Season 5 has potential to become one of the best seasons of the show, is because of the unpredictable level of talent with (at least) 5/6 of the remaining crews that made it onto the show. Of course Hawaii is represented (and VERY WELL at that) by the crew of Hype 5-0 comrpised of 7 members from Hypersquad Studio in Waipahu, HI. Of them, my friend Josh (who is the 'leader'/choreographer).

I've known Josh since High School and have known him to be someone SO passionate about the art and history of dance so there was no doubt in my mind that he had the talent to make it on the show. He and his crew auditioned since season 3 and almost didn't audition this season but luckily enough they did and made it into the show.



To support/rally Hawaii hopeful i designed a shirt that with their crews motto - "Believe the Hype". These shirts are actually an effort for me to raise funds to pay for my trip so I can support my friend and his crew because I believe in them, and Hawaii really should get on it because I don't think they understand how important it is to these folks.

I figured that this is the blog I have where I talk about everything in my design life, so I just thought i'd add a little diddy there. If there's any interest in these shirts, feel free to shoot me an email...or comment on this entry.

new threadless (2nd design!! hooray!)

whaats up folks i have a new threadless design up (i really don't know how many people read my blog - but for those that DO....some new info!) andddd voting is going underway NOW. there's less than 4 days anddd hopefully this gets printed..if not, oh well - least i make the effort right? link is listed belooooowhttp://www.threadless.com/submission/256528/and_now_you_know/showmore,designs

oops! its a little late...

but i made a graphic for it! sooooooo...also - big SHOUT OUT to Jendrix who reads my blog and lets me know! ;] thanks for the email..i'll send you one soon!

this weekend is going pretty nicely

i hope i didn't jinx anything...only time will tell how things hold up..here's hoping it continues for the better though...on the lighter note, here's a cool update that many people might not have heard about
(original article on link below)
Heinz revamps ketchup packets

Basically Heinz, you know...the ketchup folks, have taken a step into redesigning their ketchup packets! sure it sounds dorking/nerdy to be updating about packets, but have you seen them? (pix below!)What makes me excited about this new design is that it definitely caters to the people that are more on the go. If you've ever ate french fries in your car, you know that nothing goes better than having ketchup on it. The trouble of course lies with squeezing the ketchup on the fries.

The new ketchup packet is designed to you have a side to peel from if you want to start dipping the fries into the ketchup packet OR peel it from the top. The fact that the ketchup packet is also designed like the kethcup bottles just scores another mark on my book for awesome design.

belated happy new year - new design to kickstart!

aloha! as you can read by the title, i'm a little delayed in wishing everyone a great/happy 2010. so hopefully this year has been going well for you - if not, there's still 11 months left :] (it'll go by quickly no doubt about it).

So for my first blog update for the year, i wanted to talk a little about a design I have up on threadless! it's my first design and if it get's printed I can get $2,500* if it gets printed! (yes...there is an '*' placed there...haha i've never used it consciously before...haha) this is my FIRST ever submission...and i guess it's a long shot hoping it gets printed, but hopefully enough people will like it and it will get printed...(img + link below)

http://www.threadless.com/submission/251312/i_m_a_big_dork

* - $500 of the '$2,500' goes towards threadless' site, where i can buy shirts! :] and if my design gets printed, the first 15 people that can help me promote my design will get a free shirt! (remember, this is only if my shirt gets printed)

I don't know if too many people follow my blog, but any outlet i have at this point helps right?

Any who, here's hoping you have a great rest of January! Will update as soon as updates call for! aloooha!