test pattern

i went to earth fare today to get some tea and what did i see when i was checking out but the latest issue of BUST, i didn't even know they sold it there, it has some wonderful clothing inspiration that makes me wish even more for ray-band's and plaid collared shirts

souled out

it's beautiful outside after days of random rain showers, which i spent soothing my self with conor oberst's latest music, he really can do no wrong in my book

down time

i have been really busy with the end of the semester and my portfolio review (to take higher level graphic design classes i need to pass this), i set up my portfolio last night and they're doing the review today and then i find out in a few days if i can take GD2 in the fall, i'm really worried but like the total art nerd i am i've been browsing a bunch of graphic design work to occupy my time because I am so not in the mood to study for my typography and art history exams tomorrow

so while looking at past posts on ffffound! i came across a piece of work by this guy called Mark Weaver, i have saved a few things by him in the past through that site and decided to find more of it, i really like his use of the grid and his simplicity

here's a small sampling of his work that i got off of his flickr account

wrecking

"And the king is a hand
And slaps you like a wave
And shackles you down
Bound like an anchored chain in the sand"

some more photographic beauty discovered during time better spent studying or working on graphic design and typography projects, these photos are from a different flickr account then yesterdays post but they are still quite beautiful, well, at least i think so

resounding

"and deliberately she shut her eyes to the truth ... she felt herself fallen and degraded, weakened in mind and body, who had been strong before; and her pride had gone with her independence."

-from the novel Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

i stumbled across this flickr account recently and must say that the photography in it is more beautiful than i ever expected, here is just a small sampling of some of my favorites

les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs

"my nerves are bad to-night. yes, bad. stay with me.

"speak to me. why do you never speak. speak.
"what are you thinking of? what thinking? what?
"i never know what you are thinking. think."

-from the poem A Game of Chess by T.S. Eliot

i'm actually in the mood to get school work done today, i guess laying around and being lazy for a few days makes it easier to be excited about doing art again, i felt guilty for my lack of posts lately though due to being busy with school and spring break so i decided to do another "junk" post of some of my inspirations, these are just a bunch of images i collected from ffffound! which, if you haven't noticed, i adore, i think i'm going to try to focus my posts more so this one is going to (mostly) revolve around graphic design work and the use of type, best wishes <3