EIK Test 001 2012

With A. Nunallee and A. Pierson.

Six Evening Portraits 2012

These are excerpts from a shoot commissioned by Rodolfo Vengoechea of his wife on her birthday and her friends at the Timo Restaurant in Phoenix, AZ, March 16th, 2012.

Vexillum 2012

For What It's Worth

Here is a quote from a film I watched tonight called Objectified.

I didn't take down the name of the guy who said this, unfortunately,

so I'll have to look at it again later and add his name.

For now, however, all I have is what he said,

so I'll just type this out and decide if I agree with him later on down the line.

For now, it feels sound.

Good design should be innovative.

Good design should make a product useful.

Good design is aesthetic design.

Good design will make a product understandable.

Good design is honest.

Good design is unobtrusive.

Good design is long-lived.

Good design is consistent in every detail.

Good design is environmentally friendly.

Last but not least,

Good design is as little design as possible.

Okay, I just did a quick search and the fella's name is Dieter Rams and here is another iteration of his principles.

An Abstinent Abbie Cornish 2012

Amanda Seyfried, Consumer 2012

...And Onto Milla Jovovich 2012

A Little Science (The Gain Medium...) 2012

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Summer Glau and the Red Dot Again 2012

Lily Collins with a Red Dot for a Nose 2012

Guardian of the Cross 2005

I always loved this illustration but it never did get used for anything.
I don't have the original vector file for it anymore either, which is a shame.
All that's left of it is this jpg of my imagined superheroine,
The Defender of Mercy.