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A Day of Celebrations: Disneyland Vlog

Los Angeles Vlogs |

January 25th, 2023

Ever since I got a job working as a Sr. Print Designer at The Walt Disney Company late last year, I’ve been to Disneyland more...

Monster Jam 2023: Angel Stadium

Los Angeles Vlogs |

January 18th, 2023

Last weekend was quite the adventure. After the nonstop rain we had the last few weeks, I somehow ended up at Monster Jam in Angel...

A Commuter’s Tale of a Rainy Morning Journey

Los Angeles Vlogs |

January 11th, 2023

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

Los Angeles Vlogs |

January 8th, 2023

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....

Solar System – Typography – Timelapse

Art/Design Process |

December 31st, 2022

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

Art/Design Process |

December 31st, 2022

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

Art/Design Process |

December 31st, 2022

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

Art/Design Process |

December 30th, 2022

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

Art/Design Process |

December 30th, 2022

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

Art/Design Process |

December 30th, 2022

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

Art/Design Process |

December 29th, 2022

Quick 30 minute warm up from this morning. Was experimenting with creating some single-weight sans-serif characters.

Water – Serif Typography – Timelapse

Art/Design Process |

December 25th, 2022

Here’s a quick timelapse process video of me designing the word WATER from scratch. Total process time took about 20 minutes.

Custom Typography Timelapse – Asterism Font

Art/Design |

July 22nd, 2022

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...

Landscape Thumbnail Sketches – March 28, 2020

Art/Design |

March 28th, 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 Circle for Sunday – The Astronaut Pt.1

Music |

May 8th, 2020

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...

The Weight of All the World’s Clouds

Music |

April 15th, 2020

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...

Los Angeles Arboretum

Nature Vlogs |

January 28th, 2020

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...

A Nice Little Saturday

Nature Photography |

January 25th, 2020

Here's a collection of photos and a short video I took of my friend Emely at the Los Angeles Arboretum in Arcadia, CA.

AT&T Shape / Warner Bros Studio Tour

Vlogs |

June 25th, 2019

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

Vlogs |

June 18th, 2019

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...

The Rainy Drive to Work

Travel |

February 14th, 2019

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

Nature |

February 2nd, 2019

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 Mystery of Time

Thoughts |

January 26th, 2019

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...

Life In Miniature

Nature |

January 16th, 2019

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

Vlogs |

November 9th, 2018

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...

Nature Moves

Nature |

September 19th, 2018

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...

Maybe I’m Just Tired

Travel |

September 18th, 2018

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....

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