Yah Internets!

January 29, 2010 – 10:43 am
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Kind of funny that the same time you start redesigning your site is when it is featured on a bunch of css gallery websites.

Many thanks to SiteInspire, The Best Designs, CSSDSGN and Colorgorize for featuring me on their gallery websites.

Also thanks to the very nice Tumblr bloggers passing along my site as well.

So far my mockups of the new site hold the same feel and i would say its more of a refresh rather than redesign. Hopefully you internet people like the redesign as much as you like this current site.

I’m Currently Redesigning This Website

January 22, 2010 – 5:24 pm
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This current site has been up for about a year now, and ready for a bit of a refresh. I’m pretty sure it wont be drastic, I mostly want to refine the code and a keep it in the same general visual language I have now. I will be keeping the backend Wordpress and most likely use the great Thematic Framework as a starting point. This redesign should also re-kickstart my momentum of the Open Source Wordpress Portfolio I have been threatening to make for the past year.

I am working on a bunch of freelance projects but I hope to squeeze some time for whenever I can. I’m excited to get started. Please send me any suggestions you might have for me on how you would improve this site or some inspiration of other portfolio sites. Leave a comment or find me on twitter

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2009 – 4:25 pm
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I have recently graduated a few weeks ago and I am really excited for whats to come in the new year.  I have started to join the fun of the “Make Something Cool Every Day” project. Here is my first contribution.

This Smashing Magazine article showcases a bunch of  very talented designers already doing this. I am sure many designers out there are also making this same new years resolution.

I will be posting these all on Flickr but also follow this blog and my twitter account to keep up with my progress.

Happy New Year!

Spot the Tiger

December 14, 2009 – 12:10 pm
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An illustration I did for Spot the Tiger is up. Go check it out!

Typography Show!

November 16, 2009 – 11:14 am
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I have been lucky enough to be invited by guest curator Ben Peterson  to contribute to a show titled “Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration” at Lucky Gallery. I am in very good company with: Friends of Type, Jennifer Heuer, Jessica Hische, Justin Thomas Kay, Pablo A. Medina,  Meg Paradise, Pillow Fort, and Travis Simon all contributing their talents.

Each designer was asked to make selections from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman to visually explore letter forms. The designed words will be displayed on the front of t-shirts with the selected text written on the back in a font consistent across each of the shirts. This contrast will highlight how the shape of letters can add meaning to the words we read.  Everyone attending the opening will receive a free shirt from the show, extending the exhibition beyond the gallery walls.

The opening is Saturday, December 5th from 6-9 pm and runs till January 10th.

"Wearing Whitman's Words; A Typographic Exploration"

Poster/Illustration by Portal Porfavor

More about the show and the other artists

I am very excited to meet these talented designers and see their work for the show! Hope to see you all there.

Lasers & Letterpress

November 12, 2009 – 9:38 pm
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Thanks for everyone who sent me their weird, dark and funny recurring dreams (via Twitter). Sadly I couldn’t use all the dreams I received but happy to have had a good response. For those whose dreams I used: I am sorry if there is any bad paraphrasing,  I had to reword a bit while playing with the type. A little background on the project – I am taking your dreams and I am making a little letterpressed book. It’s 8 different recurring dreams from 8 different people.

I am really excited about this project because I got my design lasercut into wood and I am currently in the middle of printing them now. I am really interested to see how it comes out and how it differs from polymer plates. I will post the final result once it’s all done!

Here are some teaser photos:

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Terry Shop Time Again!

November 4, 2009 – 10:36 am
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Come stop by this Sunday, November 8th at Nita Nita!

PS. The Terry Shop website is going live VERY soon LIVE go check it out! www.theterryshop.com

Changes… Soon

October 28, 2009 – 3:38 pm
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These days I have been pretty busy. Here’s a quick update:

  • I am in the last leg of school and will be completely done late December.
  • I am currently doing an internship with the very talented crew at DesignWorks.
  • Learning how to letterpress has also kept me busy but I am completely in love.
  • Recently I have been asked to contribute to a few fun projects that I will post posting once they are complete.

Overall just have a ton of new work to add to my portfolio. I hope to do a little website refresh to add all this new stuff to gear up for my upcoming job search. Contact me if you know of anyone looking to hire or if you have any suggestions on where I could be a good fit.

Also a belated thanks to Grain Edit, Design Work Life and Graphic Hug for featuring my work in the past month.

Follow me on Twitter or come back often to find out when some of my new work is posted.

Thanks NYT!

August 20, 2009 – 9:33 am
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Sadly, I have recently ended my internship at The New York Times. It was such an amazing experience and feel lucky to have been chosen for the opportunity. Thanks to all the smart and very talented people who I had the opportunity to work with. Since finishing I have had time to do an update to my portfolio. Keep coming to visit, I will be adding more in the coming weeks.

Keeping Busy

July 15, 2009 – 12:06 pm
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Sorry for the lack of updates, my new friend – The New York Times has been keeping me very busy lately. I just wanted to list a few things I have going on to explain the lack of action on this website.

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Wordpress Portfolio Template

One reason for lack of blog entries is that I have been working on a big code and design update to this website. Overall I  need to clean the code, and implement some ideas I had for new features. Since I have been getting a ton of emails about my template, I will try to release it to the public once these changes have been made. If I haven’t responded to your email yet, I will be sure to keep you in the loop once it’s released.

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DoubleYou – Cookies & Dream

I have some new work that will be shown in Vancouver, Canada on July 24th at Ayden Gallery put on by a very good friend of mine. The show is called “Cookies & Dream” and I will have my work next to 11 other very talented artists. I have been busy not only working on the artwork for the show but also the posters and flyers (poster below). All you west coast Canadians better stop by!

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This is the first show of many from DoubleYou. I have been busy helping out with the prep of this show and the identity for DoubleYou itself. (below). Expect to hear a lot more from DoubleYou in the future. http://wecandoubleyou.com/

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The New York Times Magazine – William Safire

Lastly I am excited to say I was asked to do a typographic piece next month for William Safire’s On Language column for the New York Times Magazine. For anyone who doesn’t know what this is, basically it features original lettering/typography by a different designer every week as an accompaniment to Safire’s column. Here are a few examples of previous issues.

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The Terry Shop

I will post a full entry on this soon. theTerryShop.com

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