Author: Jamin
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Figure Drawing – Homework #1
This was my first homework assignment for my figure drawing class at the San Francisco Art Institute. 36″ x 24″. Vine charcoal. Two hours.
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US Airways Contact Us Overkill
In the context of the service design and service experience work I do, I’ve been much more focused on the way the services I interact with communicate with me. In this case, I wanted to communicate with US Airways and was presented with the following form, which asks for my Dividend Miles number, name (“Must…
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Basho on Poetry
I recently finished reading The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa edited by former Poet Laureate Robert Hass. Here are some highlights from what Basho had to say about poetry that I appreciated. Don’t follow in the footsteps of the old poets, seek what they sought. Learn about pines from the pine, and about…
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Bomber Barley Wine from Northern Brewer
While I typically brew one-gallon all grain recipes, I got this Bomber Barley Wine recipe kit from Northern Brewer using a gift card I got for Christmas. Compared to all grain, Northern Brewer’s recipe kits are simpler and faster. Instead of creating the mash with the grain, you pretty much go straight to the boil…
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Figure Drawing – Class #3
Today we did a few 5-minute warmups in charcoal and then 20-minute studies using pastels.