Reviving a Passion: Getting Back Into Music
This is one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. I used this photo as the cover for my @acircleforsunday EP I released a few years ago...
A Commuter’s Tale of a Rainy Morning Journey
Driving around in LA during a major weather event like the one we are currently experiencing is not fun. Especially when the reason you’re driving...
Signs of Life: Griffith Observatory
After nearly 3 years since my last visit, the stars lined up to where I had a spur-of-the-moment opportunity to come back to Griffith Observatory....
A Renewed Sense of Purpose
I normally sit down to write my thoughts on the first day of the year. But this year I actually for once had plans on...
Solar System – Typography – Timelapse
The process for this piece took about 1hr+ to make. I made this for a space themed merch collection I released on my shop!
Custom Alphabet – Timelapse
A quick 20 minute warm up I did this morning. Turned out pretty decent. Nothing too crazy. Just a standard looking sans-serif alphabet.
After Midnight – Typography – Timelapse
Started on a new custom type design last night. I worked on the initial vector process first where I start off with a font as...
Sunspot Alphabet – Timelapse
Here’s another font timelapse I recorded this morning. I spent almost 2 hours on this one. Also note how I decided to leave all my...
Gravity Alphabet – Timelapse
Getting back into the habit of doing a complete alphabet in about 30 minutes as a morning warm up. The more i so this, the...
Reflector Alphabet – Timelapse
Another 45 minute morning warmup. I’m trying to get into the habit of making number sets with each of these alphabet sprints. I really like...
Binary Star – Typography – Timelapse
Quick 30 minute warm up from this morning. Was experimenting with creating some single-weight sans-serif characters.
Water – Serif Typography – Timelapse
Here’s a quick timelapse process video of me designing the word WATER from scratch. Total process time took about 20 minutes.
Planning Ahead for the New Year
I’m already doing TONS of prep work for all the things I have planned for next year. Lots of the projects I’ve started and unceremoniously...
Custom Typography Timelapse – Asterism Font
Another morning warm up. This one took a bit longer than most. Roughly a little less than an hour. Which is fine. Main reason being...
Patreon Rewards for January 2022
For as long as I’ve been on the platform, Patreon has been a open doorway to being able to pursue one of my goals as...
36 Days of Type – 2021 Edition
36 Days of Type is a project that invites designers, illustrators and graphic artists to express their particular interpretation of the letters and numbers of...
Quartez – My Newest Serif Font
Quartez, the newest font that I’ve been working so hard on for the past two weeks is finally available! I'm selling this font for $15...
When Dark Skies Roar
On this cold Sunday morning, I woke to the sound of rain. The atmosphere is calming, a much needed break from the strain. I climb...
For The Birds
This morning started out just like every other typical work-from-office day. I woke up slightly before my first alarm and just laid there, half awake/half...
Thirty-Two
With each year that passes, my birthday always becomes more and more of a day I take a step back to reflect on everything I’ve...
The Luxury of Time
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about time and how I experience it. Most days just blissfully come and go with nothing more than a...
New Year’s Resolutions for 2022
Out of all the years I’ve lived, (31 to be exact as of me writing this) I’ve never really made any New Year’s Resolutions with...
2022 – A New Beginning
I’m not sure if it’s just the optimist in me, but 2021 was better for me in almost every way than 2020 ever was. Sure,...
31st Birthday
My life is significantly different than it was a year ago. I moved to a new city just outside of Los Angeles in December and...
First Visit to NHMLA of 2021
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles is one of my all time favorite places to visit. Before the pandemic, I would go fairly regularly...
Hello 2021
I’ve always been someone who casually disregards the symbolic celebrations of a new year. Mostly because I felt so comfortable and safe in my little...
Landscape Thumbnail Sketches – March 28, 2020
Last night I finally came up with a recording setup that works perfectly. I decided to test it out this morning by doing a quick...
A Morning at Griffith Park with Shannon
This past Sunday I woke up super early to hang out with my really cool friend Shannon (@thepiemaker), who I met during my visit to...
How I Came To Dislike Being A Musician
It’s crazy to me that I used to be able to play like this back in my prime in 2016. I’ve been playing guitar for...
A New Self-Realization
I’ve been slacking-off real hard lately. I find that when I’m not actively busy, I feel lazy and unmotivated to do absolutely anything. I’ve tried...
So This is 30?
If you had told me even just a few months ago that I would be spending my 30th birthday stuck at home during a global...
Daily 365 Round-Up | February 2020
Another month's worth of work is now complete. This Daily 365 is definitely going a lot smoother than the one I did in 2018. I...
Pt. 5 | Chapter 4 – Managing Your Mind & Time
The very idea of being a self-starter and realizing that anybody can learn anything at any time if they put in the required time and...
A Circle for Sunday – The Astronaut Pt.1
Here’s a quick little video I recorded this morning with my Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K of the intro to one of my favorite A...
Pt. 4 | Chapter 3 – Get Shit Done
The key to all of this is knowing what to share and when would be the right time to begin sharing. If you’re anything like...
Pt. 3 | Chapter 2 – Take Action
Coming up with ideas, let alone good ideas, can be a tough task. Sometimes they just come to you. Other times they come as a...
BMPCC4K – First Outdoor Test
I went outside today to pick up some food with my sister. Luckily for me she offered to drive so I took the opportunity to...
The Weight of All the World’s Clouds
Here's a quick little video of me playing a piano piece I wrote a long time ago. It was always one of my most favorite...
Pt. 2 | Chapter 1 – Fear & Wonder
Comfort is the nail and acceptance is the hammer. Never settle for anything short of what you know you are capable of. Even when faced...
Pt. 1 | Foreword & Introduction
Creativity is one of the most common things in society today. Yet it is also one of the hardest things to truly grasp at a...
Borrowing Focus – A Book Written by Raul Esquivel
About 5 or 6 years ago, I started writing a book about my process and the mindset I have that allows me to have the...
None Of This Is Normal
The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of emotions. I have felt everything from confidence that this wasn't as big a deal as...
The 2020 Daily 365 Is Now Over
So this is a post I never intended to make so soon but given the circumstances with the world and how things are progressing, I...
#StateOfNASA 2020 – NASA JPL
Space is something I've been extremely passionate about since I was a very young child. I vividly remember being obsessed with an old space encyclopedia...
Leap Day Star Party
This past Saturday was Leap Day. A day which only happens every 4 years. The day also happened to line up with February's Star Party...
A Day At The Getty Center
Visiting museums is something I enjoy doing pretty regularly. Although art museums are some of the most common, those are the ones I visit on...
The Quest for Mango Sticky Rice – Part. 1
A few nights ago I had a dream that I was eating dinner at a Thai restaurant and had ordered a dessert dish called Mango...
Los Angeles Arboretum
One of my absolute favorite places to visit is the Los Angeles Arboretum in Arcadia, CA. Its a place that is beyond peaceful and makes...
Game Over Pizza
What do you get when you mix pizza, old-school arcade games, retro neon lighting, blazing 80's music, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
A Nice Little Saturday
Here's a collection of photos and a short video I took of my friend Emely at the Los Angeles Arboretum in Arcadia, CA.
Typical Saturday
Over the years I've grown into a routine that I usually follow at least once every weekend where I wake up early and go to...
New Year Stuff
We're roughly about 3 weeks into 2020 and I've been doing lots of thinking and planning for some projects I want to work on this year....
DesignerCon 2019
This year I attended the most conventions I have ever been to in a single year. DesignerCon 2019 marked the 7th and final convention of...
BlizzCon 2019
This past weekend I attended my 5th BlizzCon with my good friend Jose. We weren’t sure at first if we were going to actually attend...
AT&T Shape / Warner Bros Studio Tour
While I was at E3, I met someone in line while waiting to see the gameplay footage for the new Avengers video game. After a...
E3 2019 Vlog
My favorite time of the year has come and gone. E3 is something that I look forward to every single year. Even though I don’t...
How To Use Lightroom Presets
Adobe Lightroom is a great program to edit photos with and having presets can speed up your workflow a considerable amount. But sometimes installing and...
The Quest for Mental Clarity
Over the past couple of weeks I have gone down a rabbit hole that seems like it has no end. I have been trying to...
An Observation of Morning People
One of the things I’ve come to realize about waking up super early is that there isn’t much to worry about. Since I started my...
5:18 am
I feel as though some things seem to finally be falling into place. I spend lots of time thinking about stuff I want to create...
Silence & Solitude
Finding a place where I can truly be alone with myself, my work, and my thoughts is tough. Everywhere I go there always seems to...
Eagle & Bison Design Company – A New Start
For what seems like years now at this point, I've always dreamed of starting a project/business that was based seamlessly around my main creative interests....
The Rainy Drive to Work
Hey would you look at that, it's yet another rainy day in Los Angeles. As much as I look forward to rainy days, too many...
Stuck at Home
Another rainy weekend here in Los Angeles and I'm stuck indoors. It's not all bad though. Staying home forces me to work on stuff I...
The Changing of Times
One of the things that has fallen to the side over the years is my willingness to set aside time to write and record music,...
The Mystery of Time
Living your life at the mercy of time is an easy life to live. Living your life in spite of time is much harder. Who...
Getting Back Into a Routine
We’re almost a month into 2019 and one of my goals for this year is to finally get back into a regular schedule and routine....
Life In Miniature
Griffith Park has always been one of my favorite places to go to whenever I want to capture beautiful footage or photos of nature. On...
BlizzCon 2018 Vlog
BlizzCon 2018 was a whole lot of fun. This was the 4th BlizzCon I've attended since 2011 and by far, I had more fun at...
Coffee
A few days ago I went to LAX to pick up my great-grandma who was returning from Colombia. When we came back, I helped her...
Nature Moves
I bought a new motorized camera slider the other day. I made some time to visit Wildwood Canyon Park and I brought the slider along...
The Voice of the Wind
Wildwood Canyon is one of my favorite places to relax. It's located in the hills of Burbank, one of my favorite cities, and it's so...
Coffee Shop Ambience
There's something about working out of coffee shops that has a calming effect on me. Whenever I go to one, I end up doing some...
Maybe I’m Just Tired
After spending a whole day hanging out at my grandma's house with my sisters, it was pretty late by the time we started heading home....
Griffith Park Nature Walk
One of my favorite places to hike in LA is the Fern Dell Trails at Griffith Park. Its a nice, short route that transports you...
I’m 9131 Earth Days Old
What do the Hubble Space Telescope, Adobe Photoshop, Windows 3.0, and I all have in common? We were all released in 1990.
KTHNXBAI 2014. OHHAI 2015.
It's the last day of the year again and just like what I did at the end of last year, I'm taking a look back...
How To Not Be A Lame Designer
As some of you might recall, I've talked about a book I started writing over the past few months tentatively titled "Waiting To Wake Up"...
Monotony Kills Creativity
Doing new things for the sake of not going insane from boredom can be hard. It seems as though you try to live out perfect...
24 Trips Around The Sun
Well here I am. Another year of life under my belt. I am now 24 years old. It's weird to type that out, let alone...
The Blood Moon
So yeah, back to last night. A total lunar eclipse happened and I was super excited about it. I was finally able to properly collimate...
Windows H8
About 2 months ago, my beloved MacBook Pro suffered a GPU failure. It was about a sudden and unexpected as one can imagine. Being a...
Why I Gave Up Television
Television, along with my will to watch it, is dead. The reason being is that there just isn't as much quality programming available to pique...
Object vs. Subject
I've come across lots of forms of art over the past few years. I've also come into contact with the creators of those artworks and...
What Do I Do Now?
I do a lot of things. Like seriously. Let's be honest here. I have my hand in tons of different creative outlets and I enjoy...
Fake It ’til You Make It
One of the best quotes that pretty much sums up my life as a working designer/developer up to this point is "Fake it 'til you...
Goodbye 2013. Welcome 2014.
Time is a strange concept to me. It's probably one of the few things I always think about and wonder what the origins of it...
The Rise and Fall of AetherAeon
I'm just going to come out and say it up front; the project you all know and were excited and hopeful about is officially done....
Searching For The Sunset
Despite what I was talking about yesterday about not having motivation to do anything, I am still running off of a great high from spending...
I Like To Waste Time In My Spare Time
It's mid-November. Leaves have started falling and the weather is changing. Daylight Saving Time is (finally) over and I'm stuck with, for the first time...
Just Some Updates, Nothing More
It's that time of the year again. No, not the holiday season. I'm talking about me updating this damn site. I really suck at keeping...
Terragen 2, DeviantArt, & Me
I'm really excited right now. I feel like I've been reunited with an old friend who has changed quite a bit but is still the...
Twenty Three Years & Counting
Today's my birthday! Woo!! Cue the marching parade! Cue the festivities! Cue the gun-fire! (although that's a common occurrence given the area I live in)...
I Am The Galaxy Mission Statement v.2
For those of you who have been living in a cave for the past few years, you'd have no way of knowing it, since you'd...
When Only The Grey Makes Sense
Here is my newest design piece I worked on over the weekend. Its a retro custom typography poster I started on a few weeks ago...
The Making Of…
One of the more exciting aspects of building this site was finally using Zurb's Foundation Framework more in-depth. I briefly used it last year when...
Welcome
This is a big day for me for a couple of reasons. The first being, obviously, the launch of this new site you are currently...