sick of junk snailmail? here’s how to get rid of it.

i saw on the today show this morning a way to get rid of the annoying junk snailmail (snailmail is a term used by internet geeks to differ from email and paper mail. email is email and snailmail is… well, much slower). i get so much junk snailmail that i can’t tell the difference between … Read more

in the middle – part three

i interviewed at places like the martin agency, the stienrich group, circuit city, many places. i remember interviewing at the stienrich group and they told me to work on my portfolio and come back and they’d consider me. i didn’t bring any graphic design tools with me so i went to the art deptartment art … Read more

in the middle – part two

i packed my bags (my truck) and hit the road. i drove to my aunts house just outside of atlanta, ga and spent the night there then the next morning drove to a phone booth out in the middle of a tobacco field in the middle of nowhere amelia, va as instructed by my college … Read more

Virginia Tech

i don’t really have much to say about the murders at Virginia Tech…I’m almost speechless. it’s just really sad…the whole thing. even though i don’t know anyone that goes there it’s really sad this happened…who’s to blame? i don’t think this could have been stopped. things happen. there’s not one thing that could have prevented … Read more

in the middle – part one

after moving back to my parents house (from “in the beginning – part two”) to regroup, i collected all of my resources and picked where do i want to live. long story short, virginia. i had been to virginia before when i was on a boy scout contengient to the 1981 national scout jamboree in … Read more

in the beginning – part one

after i graduated in 1986 from delta state university in cleveland mississippi with a bachelors degree in fines arts in commercial design and printmaking (before macintosh, as we know it today), i got my first job as a graphic designer at gulf publishing company (mississippi coastal newspaper) in gulfport, mississippi. there i did layout and design … Read more

in the beginning – part two

after being “temporarily” layed off from the sun herald, i regrouped and got a job with a small printer in ocean springs, mississippi just down the road from gulfport. there i was the graphic designer and the owner sold his services based on that he had a graphic designer on staff which was unheard of … Read more

i thought i’d died and gone to heaven

chickfila-ceo

we recently had a company get together for staff birthdays. of course i suggested i would bring chick-fil-a. i love chick-fil-a especially the nuggets. i’d like to get a franchise, i love them so much. when i was carrying this huge bag of 120 nuggets to my truck, i thought i’d died and gone to … Read more

a new entrepreneur + story

my nephew came to me (actually his mother) with a new company idea and wanted my help. he said the kind of phrase i like to hear…”i need a graphic designer”. now how many times do you here that? not very often because some people don’t even know what a graphic designer is…this amazes me. … Read more

accomplishment

slgd-print

i walked in the Ukrops monument ave 10k race in richmond virginia this past weekend on march 31, 2007 to support the vcu massey cancer center in memory of my mother, sarah lee little. it was an emotional time because of the love i have for my mother and it definitely was a personal goal … Read more

me

hello world, about me. i’ve been an artist all of my life. my first drawing was when i was 3. i’ve always loved art. i entered my work in every school art show. was asked to design for others. i went to a private catholic school and they only offered art 1 & 2. i … Read more