Category Archives: Art, Design, & Architecture

Sig Phis Know

November 12, 2010Art, Design, & Architecture, ΣΦΔDean

Here’s a t-shirt I made for my house a few days ago. It’s a parody of a Nike Manny Pacquiao t-shirt that I really like.

Helmet Head

September 17, 2010Art, Design, & ArchitectureDean

Wowie wow wow wow, a drawing! I haven’t used my wacom tablet in over a month so I dusted it off last night before going to bed. I made a few pencil sketches, scanned, and colored in photoshop. Lines coulda been cleaner with some Pen Tool / Illustrator love, but I felt like coloring by hand. As they say, I just put pressure-sensitve stylus to electromagnetically inductive drawing area and did some work. The model was one of my friend Angela G. Pestano‘s blog followers, Helmet Head, based on a photo she put up. I love the pose, the fashionista-ness, and the name!

Style I was going for was a simpler, curvier Dyna Moe for the graphic, Angela for the hand-written type. ;]

Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL

July 31, 2010Art, Design, & Architecture, Chicago, FriendsFrank Lloyd Wright, Oak Park, Unity House, Unity TempleDean

Sam, Sue, Lisa, and Bryan and I took a trip to Oak Park this afternoon to tour Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity House. It’s so awesome. I haven’t explored an intimate and visually exciting place like this in a very long time, so I had a doozy of a time. I decided to kick it old school and convert to black and white, something I haven’t done in a while and should probably try doing more often. I don’t think you’re missing much with color here anyway; Unity Temple has a very dull, earthy paint job that doesn’t really accentuate any of its amazing details. Enjoy!

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Bridging Modern Art

June 26, 2010Art, Design, & Architecture, ChicagoDean

After going to the beach on Thursday my friends and I took a trip to the Chicago Art Institute and finally got around to checking out the ‘new’ modern wing, but for only a little bit since we were getting tired and hungry after a long day. I think checking it out a whole lot more merits another visit. I love that place. Anyway, we exited via the bridge to Milennium Park, here are some photos from that part of the visit.