Monthly Archives: March 2009

I said I would and I am so don’t bug me about it. Get it? Cause it’s about bugs? Anyway, here is the updated version of my The Spider and the Fly cover. Admittedly I was not as worried about the cover as I was with what I did inside pre-typography class. In any event here is the new and improved version.

I am (and I know this is gonna be a HUGE shock) a big fan of the Rosie the riveter. Actually I am a big fan of any government commissioned art from years ago. I am glad this seems to be coming back. My friend Steve was saying I should put my own face on her, and while it actually fits okay I still am hesitant to add it to my site. Not that I am too good for cheesy, I just prefer fancy cheese to velveta. We’ll see.

I have been mucking through the ungodly task of putting together my website. I am fine with the look of it yet I still have to fine tune it, and make sure I spelled my name right and all that jazz. The galleries are kind of holding pictures at the moment and as is custom I am fighting with the alignment. But hey, at least I can use Rosie again and every time I do one of these things it gets closer to not sucking really hard like it’s predecessor so I guess it’s a win?

At this point my catch phrase is bordering in irony because there is nothing particularly riveting happening quite yet but just wait. I have some hopes and dreams that will no doubt come to fruition after I get through this laundry list of tasks that seem to keep piling up in front of me. Don’t worry though I can do it.

When I was little, my mom read to my sister and I a lot. Most of the time she read novels but usually after the story she would also read a poem. Mary Howitt’s The Spider & The Fly was a big favorite. I decided to turn it into a book, using type as the illustration. It’s still one of my favorite things I have made in school and now as a senior I want to re-do it. Will you walk into my parlor?

In my packaging class, we were given the task of finding a product at the local grocery store and re-packaging it. It’s not as easy as it sounds because, especially with food products, there are all sorts of insane standards to make sure that the customer is properly informed about the product. Strangely enough I ended up on the beer isle (I am not a huge fan of beer in general). I chose to re-do “Pete’s Wicked Ale.”

The other Pete’s beers had these super cool images on the front but the Wicked one was, in my opinion, not as successful. Because all the other ones used the face of a female I chose to use Medusa on the package. I also hand drew the type so it looked a little more distressed and viola! My interpretation. Also in a related subject perhaps it’s time to re-evaluate my stance on beer because this one was not half bad!