Final Project: Old Maid Game

The name of my game is Yes??  It derives from my weakness to say yes to many more projects than I am capable of managing.

This is the back of my cards. The words and phrases emphasize how my common mistake before handling a project--accepting more than I can accomplish in a timely manner. 

 The next series of cards are color coordinated by background. Red represents the events that changed my art style, yellow is the activities that inspire me, green includes the inanimate objects that I keep close to me, and grey is for the people that inspired me, and orange is my old maid. 

Events: 

Snowball Fest 2011 was the first time I was introduced to EDM music.

SXSW 2009 was the most inspirational and craziest spring breaks of my life ... I lived like a king for a week. 

Living as a snowboarder in Avon, CO. 

The first drawing in which I became aware that I could draw. 

My everlasting trip to Cambodia 2011.

Activities:

Playing guitar helps to resonate extra creativity within me. 

I keep an abundance of art history books around me

I follow video blogs, Youtube, Vimeo, and Hulu.

Downtown Austin is sacred land to me. I'll got pub crawl or run the city.

My scooter helps inspire my journey

Inanimate Objects:

Pencils and supplies are always around for any free flowing inspiration

My nalgene will never go empty

My thinking caps keep me creative

Caffeine or any type of energy stimulant is necessary to keep a good pace

A mickey mouse figurine that was a top my 4th birthday cake

People:

Chanda is my girlfriend, she loves yellow, and I always get her to critique my art.

Skrillex is just one of my favorite DJ's at this time, he's become very successful and that inspires me.

My sister is a Yogi now, and a wonderful artist.

Jason Jenkins is a powerful spirit that has allowed me to advance my skills.

Activities:

Bass Cannon refers to the volume and style of music I currently listen to when creating.

I dance with my music or just to my own drum. 

The driving range can be medicinal for me.

I exercise to stay healthy as well as clear my head

Longboarding brings a bit of thill into my steady life.

Old Maid:

My old maid is a depiction of me carrying all of the projects I've accepted, while also trying to balance and manage them. It's no easy task. 

Project 7: The Bard

Using our Pseudonym that we create a project ago, we are now to illustrate a playbill for the Royal Shakespeare Company in the style of our Pseudonym. Unfortunately for me, I have nearly read none of these plays, with the exception of The Merchant of Venice. Even still it was many mornings ago, that it was difficult for me to recall. Lucky for me my girlfriend was an avid fan of shakespeare and she would be able to summarize each play. I eventually stuck with The Taming of the Shrew. It boasted a similar story as a recent movie, 10 Things I Hate About You, and symbolizing this plays theme was as easy as a pair of wedding rings and an inscribed quote.

As my Pseudonym would, he painted most of the playbill, including the rings, the inscription the background and boarder. My pseudonym also likes to treat the background and boarder with harsh brush strokes and paint splatter, to contrast the prettier and "tamed" features, if you will.