Kris Black Digital Studio

A month or two ago, I decided to check out Twitter. I’ve known about Twitter since its inception from the fine folks at Obvious, who were also known in the “podcast-o-sphere” as the creators of Odeo before they sold it to SonicMountain.

 
Image above is copyright © 2008 Twitter 

Twitter has always remained a mystery to me in terms of why it’s become so popular until I created an account and started using it. It’s simple, it’s addictive and most importantly it’s fun. Being able to “follow” your friends or in my case, people I admire in the Web design and Mac community, helps me feel as if I’m in their heads.

Maybe it’s the same feeling people have using social sites like Facebook and MySpace. What I like best about Twitter is that they don’t devalue the word “friend” but instead refer to everyone as someone you follow. That’s important to me because I reserve calling people friends who are actually my friend and not just a random stranger across the ether. 

Check out my Twitter page and add me as one of the people you follow. I’ll return the favor and follow you.

Recently, I “auditioned” for a lettering gig with an artist that has a very organic, painterly style. I lettered the script in Adobe Illustrator and then saved it out to a Photoshop (PSD) file. I opened the resulting Photoshop file and used various brushes and techniques to get that worn, organic quality to the balloons and dialogue.

I was happy with the results and proud of my submission. I didn’t get the gig, which is fine, but I wanted to post a sample of what I submitted.