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March 3, 2012 | category: my work Things are picking up momentum for everyone at work.
The engineers are building cool new stuff, the bd guys are promoting the heck out of our brand, and product is having fun building out a style to promote.
 got this one finished today. lady liberty wrapped in our polygons. We just started the first round of publicity with the rebrand of our platform in beta, due later in March. The word is beginning to spread. Here is an article from The Wall Street Journal.
NEW YORK, NY, Mar 01, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX)
– plyfe ( www.plyfe.me ), a revolutionary new gamification service and platform, announced today that it completed a $1mm seed round of funding in February, led by Initial Capital, and is moving from stealth mode to an invitation-only but public beta. Anyone can now visit plyfe.me to request an invitation to the beta launch later in March. People can “move to the front of the line” by sharing plyfe with friends, then they will be able to play games, earn points, move up leaderboards, and redeem points for prizes and products.
“With the growth of social networks and the always-connected lifestyle, consumers have become the new media channel: they create content, attract audiences and act as an additional distribution channel for main stream publications and brands; and we feel they should be rewarded for their time and contribution,” said Mateen Aini, CEO and Co-Founder at plyfe.
plyfe gives every consumer the ability to be rewarded for their digital, social, mobile or real-world activities (on plyfe.me or on plyfe’s partners’ sites, facebook pages, and apps), with status and points that can be used for both products and money-can-not-buy-experiences. In the closed alpha, early users earned points and competed via leaderboards in games by engaging in digital content and facebook or twitter activity. Those users redeemed points for rewards including everything from gift cards to all-inclusive VIP trips to Las Vegas. plyfe.me is both a free consumer destination and a platform for any company looking to increase engagement with their digital and social media touch points.
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February 19, 2012 | category: my work This is something I’ve wanted to do a drawing of for a while.
It’s my favorite tv show of all time: The Wonder Years.
This weekend while I was in between other projects I started into it. When it’s done and colored I’ll post that image up next.
Every time I hear the opening song from Joe Cocker, the nostalgia of childhood and simpler times rushes back into my mind. 
 kevin arnold and winnie cooper  kevin arnold  winnie cooper  paul pfeiffer Too see more sketch work click here.
January 27, 2012 | category: my work Here’s the illustration and icon aesthetic that is going to be having a visual conversation with Ozzy’s UI work. View the image below to see the steps that brought the phoenix to life and the final product.
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January 21, 2012 | category: my work Time well spent is as much about the task at hand as how your attitude affects the people around you. Work is one of many vehicles to authentic relationships with those you share a portion of your time with.
 Our mark: redrawing the circle around the digital self. My day and nights are now focused on helping to build a tech/gaming company based in New York. The fantastic group of business, engineering, and creative people involved cover broad skillsets and industries. It’s been an intense learning and cooperative experience. It’s like being schooled in an MBA, design, art, and computer science degree… all at once. Hahaha.
A shout-out to the core members in this venture: Mateen, Jeff, Zaw, Rich, Sean, Moises, Chris, Mike, Scotty, and everyone else being added into the fray. I love all you guys. We are raising the bar and staying hungry for the better solution always.
 Work in progress. I’m making my best effort to better know everyone on the team as we are becoming an extended family of sorts to one another.
Plyfe is good.
Not because of the work..
…but because of the fine people I get to do the work with.
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October 9, 2011 | category: my work I was watching a show on history channel on motorcycle gangs, then watched a show about the rock-a-billy hot rod culture.
The two seemed to mash-up in these concepts.
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September 10, 2011 | category: my work I need to draw more just for the heck of it.
Nowadays I feel like I do a ton of client / project work and not enough for fun. Tonight instead of going out I stayed in, watched some weird sci-fi movies, and let my mind wander.
Here’s what fell out.
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June 1, 2011 | category: my work The 9 to 5 has been productive.
Here’s where I get my pencil/pixel pushing done during the day.
Yes those are vegetables. I get famished as I look at them on the screen.
The little dog in the lower-right corner is a box for a Just Westies 2011 Calender that my co-worker let me have. It’s the most amazing calender ever, because it has 365 images of Westies for every planetary rotation of the year.
So stoked. For Westies, and building new stuff.
May 1, 2011 | category: my work “Rocks can be Gneiss,” my geology teacher would always say in school.
It’s a terribly cheesy joke, I know. Haha.
Below are some concept designs of rocks I did for a project being developed by the folks over at Animal. Who would’ve thought they could look so different?
Arched rocks are my favorite.
Thanks to Kris and Mike for getting me involved.
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April 10, 2011 | category: my work Here’s the finished illustration that will be used for the event on April 16th.
Thanks again to Seth Olson and Carl Lutz for putting things together. Also thanks to Seth for connecting me with more of the creative staff and talented work going on at Radium/ReelFX.
They will be printing this design as well as putting it on promotional material and t-shirts for the event. Can’t wait to get mine in the mail. Good luck to to everyone participating!
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March 14, 2011 | category: my work Seth Olson reached out to me about making promotional art and a tshirt design for the event Rock The Campus For The Cure.
It’s a great cause that is dedicated towards helping the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. To find out more and Bradley Steven Monk’s story go here.
Not sure of how the text is going to be laid out exactly, but I’m working a lineup of musical characters into the design. Had fun doodling these guys tonight and watching something rad on Netflix. Keeping it loose and letting the pen make the shapes.
…maybe put them in between the two lines of writing “Rock The Campus” and “For The Cure”, so I have a text-character-text sandwich? That could be neat. I’ll be doing another pass by adding text elements later on in the week or early next week.
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February 13, 2011 | category: my work Here’s a little concept I worked on for Guitar Hero a while back.
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December 17, 2010 | category: my work Well…..it’s been a crazy 365 days.
If I looked back to a year ago, I would’ve never thought that half the things that happened would have. But in retrospect it’s been great. I’ve learned to appreciate all seasons, even the painful ones. They make us who we are and acknowledging the lesson with each passing day allows us to move forward with more compassion and love, no matter the outcome.
Right now exciting things are in store for 2011. I’ve recently started a job to fill the role as Art Director for an interactive media agency. When I signed the contract with these guys I asked them to describe my role in a way which I could explain to the family. They wrote me on the agreement as “Creator of Chaos”. I’m not kidding. Memories of being three years old with jars of paint came to mind. Hahaha. My Mom thought it was some kind of joke or something, but what I told her is that I knew it would be a perfect fit for that reason.
I am both extremely thankful and blessed to be a part of big changes in my work and personal life, and the people I’m building with in both worlds.
Here’s to the next 365 days.
Progression and discovery, lead on.
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