Check out this promo video with a few students playing some games I worked on! :

In the video you can see footage of the students playing Inklings and Lexica, along with a couple other games I had a tiny bit of involvement on. It's so exciting to see kids enjoy these! (Read more)

Er, this site got one, that is! I just finished redoing the visual design of my site. The first go around was largely focused on learning WordPress, increasing my HTML & CSS knowledge, and introducing myself to a bit of PHP. The goal this time was geared toward the visuals - clearer, better use of white space, a little less clutter, and unifying the look and feel. (Read more)

A few shots from my first couple weeks in the Bay Area.

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For the past few years I've used Evernote to save reference material that I find around the web. More often that not I will save something and then immediately forget about it; meanwhile, it gets buried in the depths of the app as I add new material. This afternoon I was struck with the urge to give Pinterest a shot, so I spent a great amount of the day sorting through my saved reference and migrating them over there. (Read more)

Just added new work to the Schell Games Graphic Design page! I recently completed the cover art for the 2nd Edition of The Art of Game Design by Jesse Schell. I collaborated with another artist and the art director on the design, then created the final art in Illustrator. The most important guideline was to keep the flavor of the original cover. (Read more)

To design an interface, first we have to get to the root of the problem it's trying to solve.  What is the goal for this particular interface, and how do we measure it?  Your goals might look like some of these:

• "How do we design for mobile to reflect the essence of our existing brand, while making it as usable as possible for our customers?"
• "How can we design these games so that they are fun for preschoolers?"
• "What can we do to increase our email list sign-ups?

I am July's employee spotlight at work!  Which means I got to answer a bunch of fun questions like these:
 
What inspires you?
Looking deeply at work from great designers and artists, but what I love the most is when they share their processes. Getting a peek into both why they make their choices and how they execute their work inspires me to keep elevating my own craft and the intention behind it. (Read more)

A game I was the UI Lead on has just won the Gold Award at the International Serious Play Festival!

Though I promise the game has a lot of whimsy, and is not all serious. In the game you're introduced to a creature made of ink, appropriately named Blott, who needs to repair the underground home by fixing wrong words and sentences. (Read more)

Added some new art to my Illustration dump page. I just really like pumpkins, okay? And fall. But mostly pumpkin.

Roughest sketch ever...

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Once upon a time around 2008, I had my 15 minutes of internet fame in the Avatar: the Last Airbender crowd for a blanket I made based on the show emblems for earth, water, fire, and air.  I created a pattern so that others may also know the joy of having their very own Avatar blanket.  (Read more)

I have actually had a blog since 2002, before the word “blog” was even a word.  Well, I don’t know this for certain. That might be a lie.  I do know the word wasn’t anywhere near as widespread as it is now.  But that old blog has long since fell into idleness and since I have wanted to reboot my site for some time, along with that I thought I’d try a new attempt at a blog. (Read more)