ROOS first day ROOS of work ROOS [Liam]

ok so as i was on the way out to start my new job at ePingo.com in Fremont, i was pretty nervous. i was trying to get out a quick blog about how i felt like it was the first day of school or something, which was to include this sloppily thrown-together illustration:


so anyway i realized it was stupid to be late so i could finish, and then when i got back i had photoshop and blogger open and i decided i might as well finish detailing my illustration even though it was no longer timely.
i began coloring from top to bottom.
i wanted to put STAR WARS on the lunchbox, since when i was in elementary school i had a "Droids" lunchbox (star wars spin-off), but the text if properly scaled and foreshortened would hardly be legible.
i skipped that and moved on to the shoes.
it was then that i remembered another treasured childhood belonging of mine, ROOS shoes. apparently nobody else rocked the roos when they were little kids, so for your information they were jogging-type shoes with pockets for keys or change or whatever else you could manage to fit. anyway, i googled them up and sure enough you can buy ROOS online!!!!! according to the website i visited, shoes.com, "roos are back" so i guess they were gone at some point. works for me.
i've narrowed my own purchase down to one of these particular models:
this is my #1 pick. it comes in black instead of blue, which also looks good, but i plan on wearing my ROOS in the most conspicuous fashion possible. also important is the actual text next to the logo.

these are cool. second choice. i've decided lately that i haven't been giving golf enough credit-- watched the u.s. open on father's day and it was actually very entertaining. anyway these have golf appeal i.m.o.

this pair gets a sentimental vote being that it's probably the most similar to my original roos, though i think they had a maroon trim. also new this time around are laces (though if velcro was available i would fsho get it no questions asked).

cool looking shoe. something i would wear even if i wasn't rediscovering my childhood. two major strikes though: (1) does not say ROOS in big letters anywhere visible (2)does not seem to feature a pocket, or at least a functional one.


anyway, work at ePingo was cool today. mainly just learning the ropes of commercial-style printing. even though my photoshop knowledge was to be the bread-and-butter of my work there, i learned a ton of new stuff in photoshop for photo editing and retouching, and proper formatting for printing. it's basically all the stuff i was bad at handling when i was in school taking electronic art classes. something about the fear of getting fired (and not having a curve of mediocrity to ride) really kicked the learning centers of my brain into high gear-- i was the master of "monkey style" photoshop but now i'm learning "tiger style"... except more like i can manipulater adjustment layers, effect masks, color profiles and color levels now (i think tiger style sounds much more interesting).

--{intermission for something actually funny}--
Chris Ramirez sent me this picture, which he and I would like to now share with you:


Ramirez, C. (Associated Press)



yeah! i know!

that kid does not look happy...

the sheep could give a shit, though.

i love it.

--{aaaand we're back}--




anyway i'm about to go to sleep so i can get up at 5am to go to the airport, see my parents to their flight to honolulu, and then wait at my gate for 2 MORE HOURS like a dumbass. first, though, here's my own photoshop tribute to that incredible photo: