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Last week was incredible.

Stayed with my cousins at Moreno Valley, ate at In-N-Out Burger, explored Vegas, went swimming, visited Hoover Dam, ate at Jollibee, had funnel cake at Santa Monica pier, saw some paintings at Getty Center, did more swimming, walked around Hollywood, rode every ride at Universal Studios, then saw The Dark Knight Rises.

In short, I got to spend an entire week with the best people at some of the most stunning places in the country.

I can’t wait to go back.

L’Amoreaux Park

From my backyard.

Beatrice at Miliken Park.

Queen St. West

Justin at John’s Classic Pizza on Baldwin Street, Toronto.

More summer photos to follow.

Shot at the OCAD Student Gallery.

A couple of messy doodles done using my trusty blue pen. I find that drawing letters is waaay more fun than drawing people, which is why I’m so pumped for my three type classes this coming semester. Wooooh!

Next, I’m going to try some hand-painted type and do some more calligraphy.

I recently finished designing and coding a website for Ryan Sousa, an up-and-coming musician who mainly does reggae, jazz, and soft rock. He wanted a layout that was: a) clean and unobtrusive but still implied his genre of music, and b) allowed him to post updates and share new songs quickly and easily.

As this was the first Wordpress-powered music website I was commissioned to do, there was a steep learning curve I had to go through to figure out how to integrate things that all musicians require on their site: music players, show listings, social media widgets, etc. All I can say is that it was frustrating but very rewarding in the end.

There’s still a lot of bug-testing to do so I’m not ready to share the full website just yet, but you can see the mockup of it HERE, though some changes were made in its final iteration.