Sunday, October 19, 2008

Website woes

I'm in the process of updating my website and, in all honesty, it's taking much longer than it really should.

I guess one could liken it to that saying, "it's like pulling teeth," except it's more like pulling teeth, then tilting ones head, then replacing the teeth, then pulling them again, re-arranging them, switching them out for different teeth in a new color scheme, tilting ones head again and then deciding the first set of teeth were the best. Okay, it's probably not like pulling teeth at all... especially since I'm not a dentist.

Teeth or no teeth (I think I'm back at having the original teeth), it's almost done and for this update, I wanted to include a sketch I did for one of the many, many, many iterations:



It was inspired by the wonderful artists over at the Delicious Design League; they're so good, they make me wanna spit. I don't remember why I canned this... but, I decided I should share it somewhere...

Thursday, October 9, 2008

About Sketchblog

Hello Blog-o-sphere!

My name is Karin and I've done it; I've finally entered the wide world of blogging. I am now a blogger.

I'm sure you're wondering, "who are you, Karin? and why are you blogging up the blog-o-sphere with your puny little blog-lings?" Well, oh great deity of blog, I'm Karin. Hello. I'm 24 years old, I live in Pittsburgh, and I've just finished my Masters in Entertainment Technology (that's a fancy way of saying that I have a big piece of paper that lets other people know that I'm qualified to do entertain-y and technology-y things). I like long walks on the beach and watching, Dexter. When I grow up, I want to design immersive environments like theme parks and interactive museum exhibits.

I made this SketchBlog in hopes of getting myself to draw more and also as an outlet for non-work-related things that I create ... and well, pretty much for fun! I've always liked drawing and I wish I had more time to do it. Hopefully, this will be a good kick in the butt for me.

I will leave you with an illustration I did for Valentine's Day. Tara McPherson is one of my favorite artists and Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday... so, it seemed fitting. Okay, so it's a little emo, but I like it.



Aaaand...here I am... on the phone... on a boat:


Happy sketching.