So the left is what I came up with. I was working with the colors and tried getting what I saw in my third eye, but I just couldn’t get it there. So I went a different route and ended up with these colors. They imply that it is patriotic but it speaks more to entertainment.

To the right is the business card we’re working with. I really like how the logo is positioned in this, but I think the typography could use some work. Although she did say she liked it like that. We’ll see how it comes together.

My mom wanted me to do her logo. I designed one a couple of years ago but it wasn’t exactly what she imagined. She’s into the Revolutionary War and 1812 and hires reenactors for these time periods to do gigs around the Boston area. So while in Provincetown today we went to the Marine Specialty’s shop which used to be a war surplus store. From its’ website,

MARINE SPECIALTIES has been a Provincetown landmark for over 45 years. Often known simply as “the army-navy store,” Marine Specialties is an eclectic trove of salvage, surplus, slight IRs, closeouts, overruns, misprints, mistakes, spare parts, odd lots, cast-offs, and new and nearly-new items. Over time it’s grown to be the kind of jumbled, inclusive, and eccentric “army-navy” store Provincetown deserves.

I originally was looking at currency from these time periods but my mom said the bald eagle was too militaristic looking for what she was going for. I then began looking at military emblems and patches, which led me into pins. I recognized that a graphic on a pin is similar to that of a logo shape. I was thinking of graphics and images that may already exist from those time periods that I could adapt to use as a logo.

Then we found this cute little pin of Uncle Sam’s hat. We thought that a top hat definitely reflects entertainment.

Below is a picture of one of my mom’s performers and look what he’s wearing!

I’m excited to start working on it and to see where this idea leads me.

I am hired. Or will be. I had my interview with Signs by Tomorrow. And they want to hire me but I have to go through their hiring process which will be a bit of a balancing act since the position is in Flourtown, Pa and I’m still stuck here in Boston. But yay! I’m excited cause this means I’ll be in PA and close to people I know. They want me to come to PA for an in-person interview/training session and then I’ll be hired. Just gotta figure out moving and logistics stuff, but it seems like a definite that they want to hire me.

Yay! So today while driving around cape cod my mom and I realized how much potential Lightwaves has. I.E how many signs that really need revamping… and she was like so you need a business card.

Tonight I sat down and designed myself one. When I’m home next week, I’ll print out a test copy and then have them printed.

… for fun since I dabble with Tarot I asked my Tarot of a Moon Garden deck what my first client with Lightwaves might be described as.

First card: Queen of Cups – feminine, Pretty and beautiful, in a conventional and very feminine way, maybe a bit girlish. Nobody can say she’s not cute, but some people may think she is too sweet, too soft, maybe even a bit bland. Smiles a lot, is very charming. Of the four queens, she would be the most likely to be a model.

Second card: Death – very, very pale and dark hair. tall dark and handsome, or dark and mysterious. Perhaps a little on the quiet side, yet has an edge about him (or her)

Third card: Hierophant – Conformist… so it could be that they look and dress to fit society rather than setting trends. think pencil skirts, stockings, heels, sleek jacket. Very knowledgeable, soft spoken, intelligent. Also good looking simple dressed most importantly orthodox, traditional,conservative and following rules.

I just launched a new business venture. I have always loved the creative spirit of Cape Cod and in honor of that I have launched a package and brand design venture. I focus on the crafter and artist. Sometimes the artist/crafter is clueless about how to promote their work and/or express what they do effectively and to do that effectively they need a good designer to visualize the spirit of their craft.

http://lightwaves.kglyphics.com

So for the past few days I’ve been working on a redesign for my website. It’s almost complete. I liked the other one, but it got a bit complicated and I grew tired of it fast — I can exhibit serious design ADD sometimes. I suppose changing it up occasionally isn’t a bad idea.

Job search has not changed at all. Still unemployed…still sending about 5 resumes out at least a week if not a day… not sure what I’ll do with myself come fall and winter, sure hope I get hired by then — the pressure coming from my parents isn’t helping with my frustrations either.

My mother surprised me today with the Tarot of a Moon Garden deck and purple sunglasses. 🙂 The artwork of Tarot of a Moon Garden is gorgeous! Such a switch from medieval iconography of the Medieval Scapini deck.

I’ve been meaning to order some silver wrapping wire to begin wire wrapping some wompum cabochons that I’ve found on the beach on cape cod. I really need to get working on that.

Here is a composition I completed last month.:

http://www.kglyphics.com/music/composition1.mp3

I’m thinking of trying to compose something once a month… we’ll see.

Also I’ve been working on some calculations based on a new theory of mine in regards to the periodic table of elements. Figuring out the speed of each element based on einstein’s e=mc2. Kind of dry… almost done though then I can redesign the table according to this theory.

our flame of azalea bush was blooming and looked so pretty in the sunlight =3

Awhile ago I posted a photo made with electricity. I’ve been doing quite a lot of them and have scanned them.

Oh and here is ‘design’ I did in middle school/high school.

Lately I’ve been inspired by sigils and I think I was inspired by them once upon at time because in some of them my logo can really blend in. I like the idea of creating a glyph with intent and to be applied practically.

I also came up with my photography final. I was searching for inspiration for my final and decided that I wanna try light painting. You basically let the shutter stay open 5-10 minutes while the other person draws with a laser. My inspiration for this is the Shining Ones;

“Shining Ones” is the Imperial term for the ancient, psionically powerful race which preceded most of Imperial civilization. We know about them solely through the artifacts and structures which they have left behind, most of which have been buried or destroyed by natural ecological processes in the five hundred thousand years estimated to have passed since the time of their civilization’s fall.

As there have been no living or dead Shining Ones – even skeletal remains – yet discovered, our understanding of the appearance of these beings is based purely on speculation gleaned from their architecture. It appears that the Shining Ones were bilaterally symmetrical bipedal beings, ranging from four to seven feet in height. They wore clothing of many kinds, suited to fit a being with two manipulatory appendages and two legs. It is likely they had a head perched on their torso above their manipulatory appendages, as well; research indicates that this was the place where their visual sensory organs were located judging from the height of visually interesting items in their remaining buildings.
Oddly, no depictions of the Shining Ones themselves remain amongst their artifacts and structures, although many visual representations of technology, architecture, animals, and other things have been found amongst the ruins of their civilization.

http://www.skotos.net/games/succession/encyclopedia/shiningones.shtml