My love of vintage computing led me to this article: "When is computer art art?" Creative Computing asked this question in January of 1983. Some of what it says is quite endearing, like this statement:

Color video pallets are the next thing we are going to see marching into our living rooms or capturing our hand-held calculators and other chip-emblazoned gadgets.

Interestingly, though, much of this 20-year-old article has stood the test of time. We've now reached a point in technology when any kid with a pirated copy of Photoshop thinks he or she is a graphic designer. I, for one, think this is great. I'm all for free expression.

When you make that committment to being a graphic artist, however, it's time to stop thinking about the graphic part and start focusing on the artist part. Though written in the early 80s, no words could be truer:

I am making a plea for anyone truly interested in turning computer graphics into a more serious art form, to study art history and theory, to go back to the simpler art forms and learn what makes them artistic.

This statement alone confirms why I'm in school, why I approach the work I do differently than I used to, and why I take it personally when the professional and proper way of approching commercial art gets undermined by a client's hubris. I'm not better than you, I just know something you don't, and I want to share it. I don't think that's wrong.

Thus, I'm proud to present my new logo.