Family Christmas Letter!

Merry Christmas (soon)!

I just had the pleasure of doing the layout for the family Christmas letter (blurred for internet safety purposes) which will be e-mailed out in .pdf format to those of our readership who are internet savvy. A print version will be sent to those who prefer something to hold and put on the fridge to enjoy again and again!

3D Logo Animation

Well, it's not pretty (except for the lights, perhaps)... but at least it shows that I have basic knowledge of the program, right? I know how to import an illustrator path as a spline, create a sweep nurbs, create textures, create an emitter, create and key a camera, create and key multiple lights, export, and many other Cinema 4D tasks.

I hope you enjoy watching...I'd like to refine this in the future, regardless of whether I use it or not. For now, this is solely for the purpose of getting a good grade! :)

Pancake Typography

I decided to have some fun while making breakfast this morning. I'm living proof that it's okay to play with your food!

It started out rough when I dropped the whole of a freshly cracked egg into the batter, but thankfully there were no other mishaps.

I felt discontented with those boring, round pancakes and decided to see how well I could do my initials.

Bon Àppetite!

Christmas Presents!

It's December! The time of year when the world falls in love!
I'm so excited for Christmas that I can hardly bear it!

My roomate Jade and I got into a creative mood today by visiting the Arts and Crafts Fair held at the Academy of Fine Arts. I wanted to buy everything! Instead, I limited myself to $20 and got a few knick knacks to give as Christmas presents. After that, we stopped by the Vintage Lynchburg fair where lots of Etsy-esque things were to be found! There were all kinds of refurbished furniture, shoes, clothes, and housewares, all contained in an adorable, Christmas-light atmosphere. We were absolutely drooling! But, I had already spent all of my cash so I wasn't planning on buying anything, until I saw this:

Landscape Beginning

Starting my very first landscape painting! I've laid down the tones for the sky and ground, added a treeline and some shrubs. All that's missing are clouds, cows, and sable palms!

Christmas Cover Photo

Here's a little something I whipped up to get my Facebook profile into the Christmas spirit!

Font: Lavanderia (I promise I don't use this font for everything... it's just my favorite thing to use for personal designs!)

Christmas is only a month away! Yay!

Inaugural Post!

Here I go again... another blog!
I think this is number three for me. However, the difference lies in the purpose of this blog. This blog's purpose is to convince people that I am staying on the edge of design, progressing in my abilities, and generally cranking out some great design work.


I guess the first thing I should do is explain the reasoning behind my "company" name:

a·mi·a·ble - adj.    (dictionary.com)

1. having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.

2. friendly; sociable: an amiable greeting; an amiable gathering.

3. agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decisions, or suggestions of another or others.

(dictionary.com)

My name just happens to fit into "Amiable" while still retaining the same pronunciation, so I have decided to take that and run with it! I am a very social person - a social butterfly, if you will - and I do my best to please.

 The best part about a blog is that I can use it to track my personal progress as a design student. I'm in my final year of classes but I feel like I have only just begun learning!
Here's a few examples of my recent design work in order to see how I have progressed a few months (or several years) from now. Click "read more!"