This morning I was surfing some international yo-yo blogs when I stumbled upon this video I made with Alexander Maness from Current TV. Alex came to Chico last year and followed me around as I told him about our humble sport. I hadn’t heard anything since the trip, so I just figured the whole documentary [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2008’
Valentine’s Cereal Card
This year for Valentine’s Day, I bought a card that is in the shape of a cereal box. Considering the high price of cards, I was surprised that this giant card was only $3. I decided to use the cereal box as a gift box too, here was my process; I started with a box [...]
Managing expectations
At most sales jobs, you learn to manage a clients expectations as to when they are making a purchase. This is a delicate balance of hyping up a product as a fantastic deal, without creating hopes that could never be fulfilled. The Johnny’s Irish House, on O’farrel St. in SF, seems to embrace this concept [...]
Some recent promo pics
My friend (& Self Edge co-affiliate) Clay Gardner, took some awesome shots for my new yo-yo site. The photos turned out well, but needed some minor touch ups, so my friend Krisgoat punched them up with her amazing photoshopping skills. She sharpened the blurry yo-yo, cleaned up some dermatological issues, removed dandruff and various crap [...]
Fail!
At our last San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy, I suggested we try our hands at recreating the popular “Fail” meme in cartoon form. Fail images capture excruciating moments of failure, typically punctuated by the word “Fail” in a bold font. Below are a few of our pieces I worked on at the meeting, you can see [...]
