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Flickr set of some of my notes from the Echo ‘09 Church Media Conference in Dallas July 29–31. Thanks to Mike Rohd for the idea. There’s a 30×10′ curved wall in the NewSpring student building that’s been blank and lonely for far too long. I can’t wait to see this thing come to life at full scale next month.
My hand hurts, the old scanner is tired, and I killed my fair share of Bic GripRollers in the last two weeks. I’ve never worked on a project where I said, “Oh, it’s almost done… just one more hour” so many times. Then again, I’ve also never gotten the chance to run amuck with 300 square feet of environmental graphics that will visually anchor a public space either, so who’s complaining? Not this guy.
Just so you don’t start thinking I’m all thinking and no designing these days, here’s a little illustration I did this morning for a project. A big part of the ensuing redesign of this site will be a better, more frequently updated portfolio.
I’m completely enamored with these bird paintings by Frank Gonzales. It’s like JPG artifacts or satellite TV glitches. I’d love to see that style applied to editorial illustration portraits.
1. Preparing for Mrs. Blankenship’s return (in other words, house projects)
2. Preparing for this weekend’s final interview with a potential web dev for NewSpring
3. Finishing this drawing
4. Finishing some HUGE Prom Night Fist Fight style vinyl wall graphics
5. Trying, and failing, to keep up with email
1. John Romita Jr. era Daredevil
2. Gustav Doré
3. Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body
4. Shinobi
5. Bernie Wrightson’s illustrations in Stephen King’s The Stand

This Terry Colon illustration from the October issue of Reason Magazine is clever, well-executed and informative. No small feat when you’re talking about the U.S. immigration process and what has to be almost insurmountable bureaucracy.
I’m loving this poster from illustrator Eric Smith (aka I Draw All Day), who is undergoing cancer treatment and donating the proceeds to the Live Strong Foundation.