by Jamin | Mar 24, 2014 | Sketches
This was my first homework assignment for my figure drawing class at the San Francisco Art Institute. 36″ x 24″. Vine charcoal. Two hours. Source: le-voleur-de-beaute: Photo by Vladimir Lestrovoy (via thebesteroticphotos) I did a smaller study with...
by Jamin | Mar 20, 2014 | Design
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...
by Jamin | Feb 25, 2014 | 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,...
by Jamin | Feb 20, 2014 | Beer
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...
by Jamin | Feb 12, 2014 | Sketches
Today we did a few 5-minute warmups in charcoal and then 20-minute studies using pastels.