MOMA - San Francisco, California

Playing with Illustrator

I was curious to see the matrix created when two sets of growing/shrinking boxes were superimposed.  Regarding color, I stuck to the light spectrum and kept it consistent transitioning from one set of boxes to the other.

The black-and-white version yielded some interesting results, too.

Above all else, this was a study on color and contrast.

As we were heading home from Riverside on the 91 West, I saw how beautiful the hills and sunset looked just before we entered the LA basin.  I took a mental snap-shot to later recreate the scene from memory.  Here is the end result.

The Getty

Looking out?

Out and About

Waterfall in Eaton Canyon.  Pasadena, California.

I like this picture but the only think I regret is not including someone or something for the purpose of scale.  This waterfall is about 50 feet tall.

Out and About

Looking downstream.  Big Santa Anita Canyon, Angel's National Forest, California.

Hobson's Choice in the Haight.  San Francisco, California.

This isn't a good picture--it's double exposed, in fact--but there's something eerie about the outcome that I like.

Inverse Wave

Perspective

Pico House

Lines - Pico House.  Los Angeles, California.

Sunset

Watching the sunset from Rio Hondo.  Whittier, California.

Cow Skull

Oak Trees

Oak trees on a hazing morning.  Tulare, California.

East of Downtown

East of downtown.  Los Angeles, California.

5K Run around Dodgers Stadium

Louis Vuitton ripped off Felix the Cat

I was watching Felix the Cat the other day and I noticed that the bag he carries has a pattern reminiscent of the Louis Vuitton pattern.  Or, rather, Louis Vuitton has a pattern similar to Felix the Cat's bag.  I tried to find the actual pattern of the Bag of Tricks but they ones I found were pretty blocky whereas the one in the cartoon is more intricate.  I started playing around in Illustrator and made my own pattern more similar to the original than what is out there (even on official merchandise).  I took a few artistic liberties, however, to embellished it just a bit.

Random

Stuff along the railroad tracks

Plaza Olvera.  Los Angeles, California.

Detail from the main doors of the St. Sofia Greek Orthodox Cathedral.  Los Angeles, California.

At the Getty

In the Getty garden

The Grapevine

East of I-5.  The Grapevine, California.

Point Fermin

Kelp and seaweed, Point Fermin.  San Pedro, California.

Point Fermin

Looking out from Point Fermin.  San Pedro, California.  (Catalina in the back left.)

Sunset from the bluffs.  Palos Verdes, California.