Snow and a sunset
When I moved to North Burnaby in November, one of the first things I did was to go exploring in the area. I knew there had to be a place up on the mountain that looked down over the city and I found it and a playground right around sunset one evening. You can see ...
Maybe it’s the moonlight
I’ve been hit or miss on the blogging since I graduated from school. It seems a bit harder to figure out what to write when you don’t have a new project that you can talk about every week on the go. But I’ve been slacking, and now I’ve got some new stuff to show. While ...
We take our jobs seriously
During the fall, I was working on a short film alongside Sandra Rojas Gonzalez called Growing Up Julianne. We’ve successfully finished that project, Sandra’s graduated with flying colours from the Entertainment and Business management program at VFS, and we’re now working on turning that short film into a webisodes series. While the first project seemed ...
Cuts for Cancer
Ever since I shaved my head in December of 2007, I’ve wanted to grow a healthy head of hair to donate to make wigs for children who have lost their hair from chemotherapy. You might want to read that line again. Or maybe you knew me, and you know that story. For those of you ...
A conversation on spec
After writing my last post, I still wasn’t committed to removing myself from the Nokia Direct and Project competition, or making a film on spec to educate those in attendance at the gala. I spoke with a three different colleagues, Mark Busse, Todd Smith, and Shawn Hight on the matter. Below is a copy of ...
Spec work in different industries
In the wonderful world of print, web and motion design (which is where I’ve been trained and have worked) spec work is a four letter word. To be part of any design organization, one must not engage in it. I’m an advocate for ridding the industry of spec work. It devalues designers work, it creates ...
Nokia N8 film making competition
Mid December I was contacted by a representative at Nokia to create a one minute film on their new N8 phone over the holiday season. This little device boasts a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash, HD-quality video recording, and Dolby surround sound. Needless to say, I thought it a great ...
Hello, my name is Amanda & I’m a designer
I haven’t really been posting a lot lately, but luckily, the creative stream hasn’t stopped, just my blog documentation. I’ve had my fingers in a few different pots lately and I couldn’t be happier (or busier). My fulltime 9 to 5 job is as a game designer at Microsoft and I love it. The people ...
A quick gesture in the park
I took a break from the computer this afternoon and went to Deer Lake Park to enjoy the great outdoors. I haven’t really drawn anything in ages, but I took my sketchbook along. I sat down on a park bench tucked away in a forgotten corner and sketched this real quick. It felt good, scratching ...
