@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

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.