A Year In Design

Closing Thoughts

2012-01-06T17:39:00.000Z

The experiment is over.

You may have noticed a lack of updates, and that the total number of blogs is not 365. I failed to do a design every day this year, which is what I set out to do. This year has not been kind to me. I finished University and got a graphic design job not long after, which made the middle of the year a good time. My designs took a bit of a back seat while I was working and took a dip in quality as a result. I just didn't have the time to spend on them. Then, I lost my job, and shortly after ended up in hospital in a potentially life threatening state. It was a dark time, and when I got out I was scared. I lost all passion and didn't want to do anything. So I stopped, It was only a few days before the end of the year that I decided I wanted to make up for lost time, but by then it was too late. I did what I could but was not able to finish.

It isn't all negative though. I have produced some of my best pieces this year and learnt so much about creativity and software skills. Even if I am still not confident about my skills, I have had enough successes this year to feel good. Amoung the successes was the launch of my first T-Shirt for Whiskey Media, which sold 250 prints in the first couple of days. Working at Kineo was amazing. Having some of my designs featured around the internet was fun and talking to people who liked my designs has been interesting.

If you are reading this thank you for sticking with me through the year and checking out this blog. It has been an emotional year, with failures and successes.

Again, thank you.

Alister Buss

Day #332

2012-01-06T17:08:00.000Z

A Photoshop of Jeff Gertsmann from Giant Bomb, in a Banana Suit, in the game Saints Row The Third. Don't ask.

Day #331

2012-01-06T17:02:00.003Z

Quest Log Dragons from Skyrim.

Day #330

2012-01-06T17:02:00.001Z

Day #330 - Another card for Beefy Media.

Day #329

2012-01-06T17:01:00.000Z

An unused Christmas card design for Beefy Media to be sent to their clients.

Day #328

2012-01-06T16:59:00.001Z

The letter Z.

Day #327

2012-01-06T16:58:00.001Z

The letter Y.

Day #326

2012-01-06T16:57:00.001Z

The letter X.

Day #325

2012-01-06T16:55:00.002Z

The letter W.

Day #324

2012-01-06T16:53:00.002Z

The letter V.

Day #323

2012-01-06T16:52:00.001Z

The letter U.

Day #322

2012-01-06T16:51:00.002Z

The letter T.

Day #321

2012-01-06T16:50:00.001Z

The letter S.

Day #320

2012-01-06T16:26:00.001Z

The letter R.

Day #319

2012-01-06T16:25:00.001Z

The letter Q.

Day #318

2012-01-06T16:23:00.001Z

The letter P.

Day #317

2012-01-06T16:22:00.001Z

The letter O.

Day #316

2012-01-06T16:18:00.001Z

The letter N.

Day #315

2012-01-06T16:15:00.004Z

The letter M.

Day #314

2012-01-06T16:15:00.002Z

The letter L.

Day #313

2012-01-06T16:14:00.001Z

The letter K.

Day #312

2012-01-06T16:12:00.001Z

The letter J.

Day #311

2012-01-06T16:10:00.003Z

The letter I.

Day #310

2012-01-06T16:10:00.001Z

The letter H.

Day #309

2012-01-06T16:09:00.001Z

The letter G.

Day #308

2012-01-06T16:08:00.001Z

The letter F.

Day #307

2012-01-06T16:07:00.002Z

The letter E.

Day #306

2012-01-06T16:06:00.001Z

The letter D.

Day #305

2012-01-06T16:05:00.004Z

The letter C.

Day #304

2012-01-06T16:05:00.001Z

The letter B.

Day #303

2012-01-06T16:04:00.000Z

The letter A.

Day #302

2011-10-29T15:07:00.000+01:00

A bloody eyeball. Juicy.

Day #301

2011-10-28T15:05:00.000+01:00

A poster I made for someone's movie marathon.

Day #300

2011-10-27T16:57:00.000+01:00

One of my favourite quotes from David Carson. He is a big believer in a persons tools not defining the quality of their work.

Day #299

2011-10-26T16:52:00.000+01:00

Cain, my favourite character from The Binding of Isaac. That eyepatch is stylish.

Day #298

2011-10-25T22:09:00.003+01:00

I'm ill. I have the flu. I can't think, barely concious. This is the best you're getting out of me.

Day #297

2011-10-25T10:17:00.003+01:00

I bought my brother a present, but all they gave me was a code on a receipt so I decided to design my own.

Day #296

2011-10-24T00:26:00.002+01:00

A little round Pikachu plushie. Though I prefer the Mario one.

Day #295

2011-10-23T01:32:00.002+01:00

A cute little mario ball. Awww.

Day #294

2011-10-23T01:30:00.002+01:00

An abstract, bulbous clump.

Day #293

2011-10-21T20:58:00.002+01:00

A cute lil' bomb.

Day #292

2011-10-21T20:56:00.002+01:00

Made a lot of changes and updates to my website today. Check it out: http://www.alisterbuss.co.uk

Day #291

2011-10-20T21:15:00.001+01:00

A photoshop of Ryan from Giant Bomb. His head is over Samuel L Jackson's.

Day #290

2011-10-20T21:13:00.002+01:00

A photoshop of Vinny from Giant Bomb as an old boxer.

Day #289

2011-10-19T21:50:00.001+01:00

I can't explain it.

Day #288

2011-10-19T20:54:00.003+01:00

A propaganda poster for the Blood Ravens chapter of space marines in Warhammer 40K.

Day #287

2011-10-18T20:24:00.002+01:00

A Halloween themed cup cake. Red/pink icing for blood, brown icing for earth and chocolate fingers covered in grey icing for the tomb stone.

Day #286

2011-10-18T19:40:00.001+01:00

A small notepad with an awesome face drawing in it.

Day #285

2011-10-17T20:16:00.002+01:00

Six Word Story, written by Matthew Boon.

Day #284

2011-10-17T19:35:00.002+01:00

I really hate location tagging. For no good reason. But I hate it.

Day #283

2011-10-16T22:16:00.000+01:00

A cute blob monster.

Day #282

2011-10-16T21:26:00.002+01:00

What if Batman Arkham Asylum was an old book.

Day #281

2011-10-08T22:04:00.002+01:00

Clayton Carmine from Gears of War 3 dreaming about bacon.

Day #280

2011-10-07T14:18:00.002+01:00

Something a bit different. Wanted it to look water coloured but it doesn't.

Day #279

2011-10-06T15:20:00.002+01:00

Steve Jobs has died, and it made me think back to the iPod which was the first product introduced to me by the Steve Jobs era of Apple. It is a product that made digital music playing a mainstream option and changed how people listen to their music. The iPod has had a significant impact on my life.

Day #278

2011-10-06T00:15:00.002+01:00

Funky Worm, based on a song from the Grand Theft Auto San Andreas album.

Day #277

2011-10-04T19:48:00.002+01:00

The most disappointing opening of a jewelry box ever.

Day #276

2011-10-04T00:57:00.002+01:00

A really, really happy balloon.

Day #275

2011-10-02T23:30:00.001+01:00

A creepy flat Finn from the cartoon adventure time.

Day #274

2011-10-01T23:01:00.002+01:00

It is true.

Day #273

2011-09-30T14:52:00.001+01:00

Swirls! I'd like to do this but drawing someone's hair. Love the colours.

Day #272

2011-09-29T20:01:00.002+01:00

A League of Legends T-Shirt I designed for Josh Bishop.

Day #271

2011-09-28T19:50:00.002+01:00

A mosaic object supposed to look 3D with perspective so that it is coming at you in the middle.

Day #270

2011-09-28T13:44:00.002+01:00

A quote that I love from T. S. Eliot.

Day #269

2011-09-26T20:27:00.002+01:00

A pretty accurate venn diagram.

Day #268

2011-09-25T22:08:00.002+01:00

A T-Shirt design for a segment of the Tested podcast where they discussed fighting a bag of angry raccoons.

Day #267

2011-09-25T00:10:00.001+01:00

A positive 8Ball that makes you feel good every day. Why don't they make these?

Day #266

2011-09-24T01:45:00.002+01:00

This is how I feel right about now.

Day #265

2011-09-22T23:53:00.002+01:00

An b-Bit pixel pattern.

Day #264

2011-09-22T00:28:00.002+01:00

A baby face based on the Awesome Face.

Day #263

2011-09-20T20:15:00.001+01:00

A nice quote from Charlie Chaplin. Makes me feel determined to succeed.

Day #262

2011-09-20T19:34:00.001+01:00

Gears of War 3 came out... so I had to do it.

Day #261

2011-09-18T22:04:00.002+01:00

The arm of a vengeful god, come to smite people.

Day #260

2011-09-17T23:39:00.001+01:00

A weird badge with a pattern.

Day #259

2011-09-17T00:22:00.002+01:00

Based on The Dead Island TNT from Giant Bomb, here is my design for a 'Truck Rich' T-Shirt.

Day #258

2011-09-15T21:38:00.001+01:00

DEM DRY BONES!

Day #257

2011-09-14T23:35:00.001+01:00

Mario coin block with the 8-bit coin (I didn't make it).

Day #256

2011-09-13T23:20:00.004+01:00

My favourite quote from norm during the 'fake outtakes' section of the tested podcast.

Day #255

2011-09-13T00:20:00.001+01:00

Where's ma skull?

Day #254

2011-09-12T01:06:00.001+01:00

A series of logo concepts for KCL care program.

Day #253

2011-09-11T23:45:00.001+01:00

A second design for a website I'm working on.

Day #252

2011-09-11T23:43:00.002+01:00

One design for a website I'm working on.

Day #251

2011-09-08T20:30:00.002+01:00

A super low resolution version of Kirby.

Day #250

2011-09-07T22:17:00.001+01:00

My favourite quote said by Patrick on Spongebob Squarepants. Love it.

Day #249

2011-09-06T21:47:00.001+01:00

A weird clothing pattern that hurts my eyes.

Day #248

2011-09-05T22:35:00.001+01:00

Crab people. Crab people. Crab people. Crab people. Crab people.

Day #247

2011-09-04T23:06:00.002+01:00

Fish don't have hands, but they can still swim. One of my favourite quotes from Giant Bomb.

Day #246

2011-09-04T22:45:00.002+01:00

A ball of fire, made from smoke brushes.

Day #245

2011-09-03T02:32:00.001+01:00

I made a compass. Just 'cause.

Day #244

2011-09-01T21:59:00.003+01:00

A Hardcore Dave stamp. Always first class.

Day #243

2011-08-31T23:31:00.002+01:00

The mouth of the beast. Nice pointy teeth.

Day #242

2011-08-30T19:14:00.002+01:00

I was listening to a tech podcast today, and they reminded me of the Mac vs PC ads, and how stupid it all is, as demonstrated by the cookie.

Day #241

2011-08-29T21:15:00.001+01:00

A metallic background pattern.

Day #240

2011-08-28T19:56:00.001+01:00

A robotic eye, watching you sleep.

Day #239

2011-08-28T00:54:00.003+01:00

Based on the planets I made years ago (one of them is in the background) I made a rocky, desolate planet. In space.

Day #238

2011-08-27T23:52:00.003+01:00

A joke from giant bomb about the engineer known as snide. The vest is what makes him so hardcore.

Day #237

2011-08-26T00:11:00.002+01:00

An attempt at a Captain America poster. I had some better ideas but only had time to do this one. Might give it another go.

Day #236

2011-08-24T22:59:00.001+01:00

Hipster/Hip-Hop milkshake in a vest. He's tough, obviously.

Day #235

2011-08-23T21:44:00.001+01:00

Have you seen this man? Armed, dangerous and extremely tasty.

Day #234

2011-08-23T00:44:00.002+01:00

Another great day for Adrian Brody. He was having such a good time he decided to blow some bubbles. I also wanted to make use of the bubble brush I made.