the little things

I worked on this sketch during my lunch breaks last week. It is the exterior of Kanpai of Tokyo. It feels good to take a small break from my work day to work on things that are just for me.


I read somewhere recently that you should take risks and fall into holes because you will learn more when you're crawling your way out.

I plan on going into design overdrive this month and really flex my muscles. Between designing a new menu cover for Kanpai, coming up with some interior design ideas for the sushi section of the restaurant, decorating the new apartment and redesigning the website for the company I work for, I'll be dipping my toes into a variety of new design projects.

baby stepping.

When I started designing the logo for this blog I knew that I wanted to think of a fun way to play off of the letters J and P. I started with a flamingo because it has the characteristic long neck and legs to form the shapes I wanted. I felt like my logo could be stronger though if I went with an animal that had a more distinctive print so I gravitated towards a giraffe.Right now I find myself liking my sketches more than what I have come up with, but at least now I have something I can critique and revise.