231117
Sun & moon, buddies forever. This one came out almost exactly like I pictured it with no surprises, which is an unusual but welcome W.
231113
A HIDDEN DREAM
A friend of mine passed away. We hadn’t seen each other in a long time and I’ve been thinking about why.
Here’s a song by Conor Oberst that I listen to a lot.
It’s about Frank Lloyd Wright, and dreams, and how a dream kept secret in your heart is perfect forever. No one can burn it or break it or tear it down. No one will laugh at you or make you cry or make you feel foolish for hoping.
Never try & never fail. Never love & never lose.
A hidden dream can be embarrassing
and the only thing that’s sacred ‘til the end.
230919
DRAW THE ANSEL.TV LOGO IN 10+ STEPS
Stuck in geometry class? Learn to draw the timeless, iconic “A Star” insignia at any scale — on your computer with ease, or on paper in real life with slightly less ease and a few hand tools. Get your compass & straight-edge and let’s roll.
- Start with a pentagon.
- Connect the pentagon’s points to make a star.
- Connect the star’s outer points & inner corners.
- Add 5 points where step 3 overlaps with step 2. Connect these points to make a smaller star, continuing the lines to the larger star’s edges.
- Add 10 points where step 4 meets step 2. Connect them in 5 pairs.
- Draw a circle connecting the rightmost pair around their midpoint.
- Draw 5 circles around the midpoints of step 5’s pairs with radii extending to the star’s nearest outer point.
- Add 10 points where step 7 meets step 1. Connect them in 5 pairs.
- All the lines are in place to complete the logo. Trace the glyph (A), dot (B), and flower ©.
- Color it in and you’re done.
Still with me? It’s not over yet. Read more words and experience the + in 10+ on the full page over at ansel.tv.
–A∙
230904
DAILY : HEATHKIT
Hey folks. I’m online once again. I turned 30, an old friend died, and it all really threw off my groove in a big way. After a few weeks of doom & glooming the future is coming back into focus, and it’s time to do some arts & crafts.
I’ve started working part-time at a neighborhood surplus store that any St. Paulite will know, where I’m meeting new pals and consuming a steady diet of cool old stuff. This logo came off an AM/FM radio tuner the size of a family-size cereal box. I’m going to try to keep doing these practice vectors while I devote more time to drawing art-type art — stay tuned for more of that real soon. Onward & upward.
–A∙