@GavinWassung: an inspiration

I've had the pleasure of working with Gavin Wassung (whose portfolio is available here) and been amazed by how his designs capture the essence of commercial messages. I recommended the portfolio for anyone looking for commercial design, or inspiration for commercial design.

Not so long ago, when I was looking at Gavin's artwork via his blog I was inspired to make something similar. Gavin makes me want to be a better artist. Since these types of works have no name, I shall henceforth refer to them as "Gavins." Making a Gavin involves using a circular rotation in the center of an image. I've added reflection (as opposed to rotation) to this technique, but rest assured that all of these images are Gavins.

Gavin the first: Stack

Gavin the second: Rocker

Gavin the third: Cycle

Gavin the fourth: Tree

Subterranean Robot Vacation Takeover

As many folks might have noticed, going on trips really inspires me to make artwork. Also while on vacation I had some coffee, and during the ensuing caffeine freak-out, I had a vision. What if I could convey to viewers images of the world that were normal, but present them in a manner that made them totally alien. Being the heavy-handed, explicit person that I am, I decided to do this with Arial Black text. So please enjoy being transported to a tropical paradise, which happens to be infested with under-ground robots, whose intentions are questionable at best.

Vacation Possibilities on Prezi

Want to own your own copy of this little story? Print it out an mail it to your relatives in Canada? Sure, download a pdf here. 

Absent, but not gone

Still making artwork?! Having this interobang laid on me over and over for the last three months, I hope here to lay the matter to rest. Yes, art is still being made by me, by Henry, by Sebastian and (indirectly) by Kirk. But some people named above have also been busy starting a company. Said company is called Atto and focuses on web design in the service of education. All of my work, of late, has been channeled toward this effort and I'm thrilled to share it below.

Readers can look forward to future posts by me including: Re: Branding (competing globally for the identity of Gabriel Diaz via google search results), more recent work updates, and some show updates!

For those of you who have gotten this far down the post, Thank you. Please note that these designs are available on T shirts at the Atto shirt store if you are really moved please CLICK HERE.