July23rd
Our lives are about to change in around 3 weeks when we welcome the newest member of our family, Ruby. Michelle and I just finished setting up the nursery. It includes a lot of handmade things by both Michelle and I and our friends. So thankful for the awesome family, friends, and community that is surrounding us.
July5th
Ok, so I had to take some time off from working on my rebrand and post this photography. These photos are absolutely incredible. I dare say better than real-life, though I’m sure if you asked this photographer, he’d disagree after being there. But what composition. What color. What texture. This guy has a great eye.
July2nd
So things don’t always go the way you plan. In fact, rarely they do. But that’s what keeps life interesting. If you haven’t noticed, I haven’t been posting much on my blog. The reason for this is because I’m working on a complete overhaul of marcosuarez.com and my business. Up until now, I’ve considered myself to be a freelancer. Not much pressure. But now I’ve been challenged to grow what I do into a respectable business. If you don’t know where you’re going you’ll never know when you get there. So I’m rebranding myself, redoing my website, and creating a business. I hope to have the new site up by the end of July, just before my bundle of joy comes. So please be patient. My new site will kick some A!
May28th
Here’s five shots I took while over in the UK that I put together for my art show at the beginning of the month. It’s crazy how putting them into a circle frame drastically altered the composition from a rectangle. They just pop. I’ll be putting these in my Etsy shop shortly.
April22nd
I’m SUPER excited about what some friends of mine are putting on. It’s the first indie craft fair Greenville has ever seen. Of course I’ll be participating. This will be a highlight for the year!
April22nd
This is an incredible film about an incredible art form that has slowly been dying and now only exists in cities like L.A. & NYC. I remember seeing these in NYC and wondering how they were done. Unfortunately I was unable to embed the video below, but click it to be taken to the website. It’s a great short film.
April8th
As many of you know music holds a very dear part of my heart. Very few things in life move me like music. Music has an incredible ability to soothe a troubled soul, encourage an overwhelmed spirit, become a vessel for shouts of praise and joy, or cause one to analyze their life or current situation. Music was a great avenue for me to express myself creatively and to release frustration. I love music, playing guitar, and writing songs but maybe not as much as I use to. I’ve now found other avenues to explore and more important things to occupy my time. You may already know that I released a full LP in 2004 entitled, Eucatastrophe. It was a great experiment that I am proud of and I believe it was a great accomplishment for me though musically and lyrically I’ve evolved since then. I began writing new songs shortly after that and slowly but surely have been recording them. Some have sat for years without being touched until recently. I’ve been wanting to release my new EP, entitled Nickajack, for many years now. And that day has finally come. Some songs never made it off the shelf and some still sit half finished. But I believe these five songs create a great cohesive thought. Each one of these songs deals with choices. A choice to do what you know is right or to follow the anger of your heart and do what you know will only lead to destruction. It is this great conflict that we face every day. The word Nickajack is the name of a cave in Tennessee. When Johnny Cash was faced with the despair that his life was too messed up to fix he found himself inside this cave asking God to take his life. He was done. But he heard a voice telling him, “Get up. I’m not done with you yet.” God graciously gave John the power to kick his demons out and shut the door. And it’s only God’s grace that keeps that door shut. Even to the last line of his last song his hope was firm in Jesus Christ but yet he still felt the enticement of the path God yanked him from in that cave. “Oh Lord, help me to walk another mile, just one more mile.”
Thanks to Ryan Hodges for playing drums on Right One For Me and Andy Martin for playing ebow on Right One For Me.
This album is completely free. But if you’re feeling generous…
March23rd
Dailey Crafton is a good friend of mine that now lives in Brooklyn, NY. He’s an awesome graphic designer and recently was featured in this very cool how-to video on how to create block prints. I love block prints and if you remember, my wife made me one for V-Day this year. Check out this how-to and make your own awesome art!
March16th
So with Michelle having 18 out of 40 weeks accomplished in her pregnancy, babies are finding themselves on our brain more frequently. I find myself ready baby blogs more than design blogs and thinking up cool ways to decorate our nursery. Michelle is finally beginning to show and we’ve talked about taking photos of her growing belly. At first I thought this was a little cheesy until I saw what photographer, Ryan Marshall has done. This is just the coolest idea. Every week he takes shots of his wife and writes a note about what has happened that week. What a great memory! I think I may have to steal this idea. And on a personal note, I think it’s very cool to see a dad’s love for his unborn so transparent. We need more dads like this. Here’s a few of his shots. Be sure to read the captions as well!
March10th
Jessica Hische is not only an incredible designer, but incredible with type, and not only is she incredible with type, she’s an incredible illustrator. Anytime you start feeling like you’re something special or start becoming a prima donna, take a look at artists like her. Then you’ll realize you’ve got a long way to go. But she has been doing a type project since September of 09 where she creates a new drop cap every day. And they’re all uniquely different and equally beautiful. Five stars says me.
