<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810</id><updated>2011-11-21T23:40:05.907-08:00</updated><category term='commerical'/><category term='wallpapers'/><category term='munny'/><category term='personal'/><category term='inpsiration'/><category term='photography'/><category term='custom vinyl'/><category term='commercial'/><category term='stop motion'/><category term='illustration'/><category term='design'/><category term='shirts'/><category term='reel'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='motion'/><title type='text'>Christopher Vela</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>74</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-2416452660466342189</id><published>2011-11-01T07:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T07:43:32.349-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween : Angry Pumpkins</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Aoz1V5GXTV0/TrAFhCz_veI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/qzJJyUyKHIw/s1600/cvela_angry_pupmkins_2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Aoz1V5GXTV0/TrAFhCz_veI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/qzJJyUyKHIw/s400/cvela_angry_pupmkins_2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670037996108234210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Over at my day to day job we do a pumpkin carving contest every year. This year I had some fun and made Angry Pumpkins! Made the iPhone stand as well to frame the stage, overall had a lot of fun with it :) Hope all is well with everyone! Stay tuned for new work!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-2416452660466342189?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/2416452660466342189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/11/halloween-angry-pumpkins.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2416452660466342189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2416452660466342189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/11/halloween-angry-pumpkins.html' title='Halloween : Angry Pumpkins'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Aoz1V5GXTV0/TrAFhCz_veI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/qzJJyUyKHIw/s72-c/cvela_angry_pupmkins_2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-2951227957455071827</id><published>2011-07-21T10:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T10:14:49.301-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Baby Shower Invite for Adcetera</title><content type='html'>Having fun here at Adcetera working on a variety of projects. And this was one of those, "have fun with it!" kind of projects. In result, were some cute animals that are here in to tell the Casey and Chrissy have a baby shower coming up :) Hope you enjoy this as much as I did!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Us43tBBS7yY/TiheeBWZq_I/AAAAAAAAAa0/6Bjes8J_naY/s1600/BabyShower_Invite_cv_760.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Us43tBBS7yY/TiheeBWZq_I/AAAAAAAAAa0/6Bjes8J_naY/s400/BabyShower_Invite_cv_760.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631855203878284274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-2951227957455071827?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/2951227957455071827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/07/baby-shower-invite-for-adcetera.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2951227957455071827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2951227957455071827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/07/baby-shower-invite-for-adcetera.html' title='Baby Shower Invite for Adcetera'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Us43tBBS7yY/TiheeBWZq_I/AAAAAAAAAa0/6Bjes8J_naY/s72-c/BabyShower_Invite_cv_760.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-4536860425212183466</id><published>2011-07-21T09:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T10:05:43.546-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beastn' &amp; Mythical Creatures in store now!</title><content type='html'>Hey everyone, it's been a while since I've been able to post. Been pretty busy on a lot of catching up and getting adjusted back into Houston. Think I can finally say I'm settled back in!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-soaeXQdURmc/TihbrxoguKI/AAAAAAAAAac/3RvHVL1R8kI/s1600/beastn_cvela_mockup2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-soaeXQdURmc/TihbrxoguKI/AAAAAAAAAac/3RvHVL1R8kI/s400/beastn_cvela_mockup2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631852141642561698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are the two new tees I just got finished designing and getting printed. They're now available at my online store! Just got finished shipping out the pre-orders and personalized all the packaging with some hand drawn illustrations on it :) So order one now and you'll get some post cards now while they last!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cveladesign.bigcartel.com"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit the online store!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rT5WHzFHY74/Tihb7rnTofI/AAAAAAAAAas/j0HRd_16b0U/s1600/mythicalcreatures_cvela_mockup.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rT5WHzFHY74/Tihb7rnTofI/AAAAAAAAAas/j0HRd_16b0U/s400/mythicalcreatures_cvela_mockup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631852414904803826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-4536860425212183466?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/4536860425212183466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/07/beastn-mythical-creatures-in-store-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4536860425212183466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4536860425212183466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/07/beastn-mythical-creatures-in-store-now.html' title='Beastn&apos; &amp; Mythical Creatures in store now!'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-soaeXQdURmc/TihbrxoguKI/AAAAAAAAAac/3RvHVL1R8kI/s72-c/beastn_cvela_mockup2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-4872952015041506074</id><published>2011-06-14T08:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T08:18:19.787-07:00</updated><title type='text'>3 New designs available for Pre-Order!</title><content type='html'>Just got done getting these all ready for print and am happy to say they are on their way into production. Pre-Order yours now if you'd like to be sure to get one! Limited to 30 prints! Take care and thanks again for the support. More goodies to come soon :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cveladesign.bigcartel.com/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PRE-ORDER AT THE ONLINE STORE!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKQ5Tyyfca8/Tfd7ge4BqQI/AAAAAAAAAXY/-S_FMe4NemM/s1600/cvela_beastn_shirt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKQ5Tyyfca8/Tfd7ge4BqQI/AAAAAAAAAXY/-S_FMe4NemM/s400/cvela_beastn_shirt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618094858142066946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PTkuwmMQ6NA/Tfd7cq75CTI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/mwLQb4kf4D8/s1600/mythical_creatures_cvela_v2_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PTkuwmMQ6NA/Tfd7cq75CTI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/mwLQb4kf4D8/s400/mythical_creatures_cvela_v2_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618094792660027698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q_k-DeB4iVw/Tfd7YPfGDvI/AAAAAAAAAXI/MFQvh_WvZoU/s1600/cvela_feather_shirt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q_k-DeB4iVw/Tfd7YPfGDvI/AAAAAAAAAXI/MFQvh_WvZoU/s400/cvela_feather_shirt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618094716572012274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-4872952015041506074?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/4872952015041506074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/06/3-new-designs-available-for-pre-order.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4872952015041506074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4872952015041506074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/06/3-new-designs-available-for-pre-order.html' title='3 New designs available for Pre-Order!'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKQ5Tyyfca8/Tfd7ge4BqQI/AAAAAAAAAXY/-S_FMe4NemM/s72-c/cvela_beastn_shirt.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5229761446237482983</id><published>2011-05-10T10:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-10T10:13:23.971-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Guest Mixer: Christopher Vela: Battle of Flowers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KlG6R9CB8lo/Tclx98GoEyI/AAAAAAAAAUo/Lmtwi9T0jbw/s1600/battleofflowers_front_christophervela.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KlG6R9CB8lo/Tclx98GoEyI/AAAAAAAAAUo/Lmtwi9T0jbw/s400/battleofflowers_front_christophervela.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605136520159171362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsFdAMsFAQA/Tclx6roPsGI/AAAAAAAAAUg/URxXSQU848I/s1600/battleofflowers_back_christophervela.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsFdAMsFAQA/Tclx6roPsGI/AAAAAAAAAUg/URxXSQU848I/s400/battleofflowers_back_christophervela.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605136464197169250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Was asked to be a guest mixer on Brian Gossett's blog. Was wicked fun to design something for it and also put together some music that gets me going on the work days. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://since78.briangossett.com/#1423415/Christopher-Vela-Battle-of-Flowers"&gt;But check it out and hope you enjoy it!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5229761446237482983?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5229761446237482983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/05/since-78-guest-mixer-christopher-vela.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5229761446237482983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5229761446237482983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/05/since-78-guest-mixer-christopher-vela.html' title='Guest Mixer: Christopher Vela: Battle of Flowers'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KlG6R9CB8lo/Tclx98GoEyI/AAAAAAAAAUo/Lmtwi9T0jbw/s72-c/battleofflowers_front_christophervela.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-1978828859399002903</id><published>2011-04-18T07:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T07:14:26.113-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2011 Updates</title><content type='html'>Hope all is well with everyone, just wanted to give you guys a heads up I gave my website a face lift and it's got some new work in there :) Hope you enjoy the new layout along with the new work! I'll be printing some new shirts soon! Stay tuned for the pre-order!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.christophervela.com"&gt;www.christophervela.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-1978828859399002903?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/1978828859399002903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/04/2011-updates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1978828859399002903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1978828859399002903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/04/2011-updates.html' title='2011 Updates'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6120393727230099194</id><published>2011-03-28T06:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-28T06:47:53.635-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Dustin d'Arnault updates... all the time.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yj3NHSdJEFo/TZCOrCghzQI/AAAAAAAAAUI/phRBquzbIGY/s1600/dustin_dd_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yj3NHSdJEFo/TZCOrCghzQI/AAAAAAAAAUI/phRBquzbIGY/s400/dustin_dd_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589124007625608450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This was a picture I took a few months back when I worked at Radium. What's crazy, is that Dustin rarely moves from this position. This is that kid in school who carried his sketchbook everywhere and doodled whatever and whoever he saw. As you can see from his portfolio, he's a beast. He taught me a lot about color, composition and just finding my own illustration style. He's an awesome guy, always down for collaborating or doing commission works. Young in age, but mature in style. Not to mention, he does some &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djdarnault/sets/72157625419471179/"&gt;sick caricatures&lt;/a&gt;. Take a look at &lt;a href="http://www.heydusty.com"&gt;his work&lt;/a&gt; and be ready to look at some amazing work and inspired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.heydusty.com"&gt;Check out Dustin d'Arnault's Portfolio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vmQQe-G4eS4/TZCOuTV741I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/HQV_jFs_2dE/s1600/jethro_tolkins_dd_001_640.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vmQQe-G4eS4/TZCOuTV741I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/HQV_jFs_2dE/s400/jethro_tolkins_dd_001_640.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589124063684191058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6120393727230099194?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6120393727230099194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/03/dustin-darnault-updates-all-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6120393727230099194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6120393727230099194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/03/dustin-darnault-updates-all-time.html' title='Dustin d&apos;Arnault updates... all the time.'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yj3NHSdJEFo/TZCOrCghzQI/AAAAAAAAAUI/phRBquzbIGY/s72-c/dustin_dd_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-4962587432337267723</id><published>2011-03-21T14:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-21T14:07:58.555-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rock The Campus For The Cure</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cNIfwZsOJpg/TYe9_FdnK_I/AAAAAAAAAUA/575pc38icCY/s1600/RockTheCampusForTheCure_cv_v02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cNIfwZsOJpg/TYe9_FdnK_I/AAAAAAAAAUA/575pc38icCY/s400/RockTheCampusForTheCure_cv_v02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586642754272177138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Was able to have the privilege to do a gig poster for a good cause. Should be a good time and a great show! &lt;a href="http://www.rockthecampus.org/"&gt;Visit their website, Rock The Campus!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-4962587432337267723?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/4962587432337267723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/03/rock-campus-for-cure.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4962587432337267723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4962587432337267723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/03/rock-campus-for-cure.html' title='Rock The Campus For The Cure'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cNIfwZsOJpg/TYe9_FdnK_I/AAAAAAAAAUA/575pc38icCY/s72-c/RockTheCampusForTheCure_cv_v02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-3601054893460344165</id><published>2011-03-18T18:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-18T18:15:56.362-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jesse Ledoux and Tiny Showcase team up to help Japan!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I4xQy-O8zJI/TYQDqpv2LmI/AAAAAAAAAT4/sj8Q7eW8ymY/s1600/JesseLedoux_ExitStrategy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I4xQy-O8zJI/TYQDqpv2LmI/AAAAAAAAAT4/sj8Q7eW8ymY/s400/JesseLedoux_ExitStrategy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585593469142183522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hey everyone, if any of you love art or know me, you'll know I'm a huge fan of &lt;a href="http://www.ledouxville.com"&gt;Jesse LeDoux's&lt;/a&gt; work. &lt;a href="http://www.tinyshowcase.com/"&gt;He's got a print going for $35 on TinyShowcase.&lt;/a&gt; $25 will go to the International Red Cross' relief efforts in Japan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll be buying mine tonight! Get some awesome artwork for you home as well as helping out Japan, double WIN. Hurry before March 29th!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tinyshowcase.com/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BUY THE PRINT HERE!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can also help out Japan by donating on iTunes, every bit counts!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-3601054893460344165?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/3601054893460344165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/03/jesse-ledoux-and-tiny-showcase-team-up.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3601054893460344165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3601054893460344165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/03/jesse-ledoux-and-tiny-showcase-team-up.html' title='Jesse Ledoux and Tiny Showcase team up to help Japan!'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I4xQy-O8zJI/TYQDqpv2LmI/AAAAAAAAAT4/sj8Q7eW8ymY/s72-c/JesseLedoux_ExitStrategy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-7153968093136000240</id><published>2011-03-16T07:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T08:29:17.664-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><title type='text'>Justin Harder Updates</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GYOW4RKnYT8/TYDWXfdNe3I/AAAAAAAAATw/exsAI_mz-C8/s1600/self_portrait2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 185px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GYOW4RKnYT8/TYDWXfdNe3I/AAAAAAAAATw/exsAI_mz-C8/s400/self_portrait2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584699237008767858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I had the pleasure of working with this fellow at Radium. He taught me a lot of what I know today and definitely has inspired me to always push the boundaries and to keep producing... all the time. By far, he is one of the most talented guys you'll ever meet, not to mention he's a great friend as well. Designing, directing, painting, acting... you name it, he does it. Sit back and get lost in &lt;a href="http://www.juiceharder.com"&gt;Justin's work&lt;/a&gt;; or as everyone calls him, &lt;a href="http://www.juiceharder.com"&gt;Juice&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-7153968093136000240?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/7153968093136000240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/03/justin-harder-updates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7153968093136000240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7153968093136000240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/03/justin-harder-updates.html' title='Justin Harder Updates'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GYOW4RKnYT8/TYDWXfdNe3I/AAAAAAAAATw/exsAI_mz-C8/s72-c/self_portrait2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5583832814723613016</id><published>2011-02-07T21:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T21:20:50.613-08:00</updated><title type='text'>30 Motion Tests in 30 Seconds</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17411241?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0" width="415" height="233" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Amazing animation. Great to see someone just produce this amount of work and make it shine. &lt;a href="http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2011/01/30-motion-tests-in-30-seconds-plus-interview/"&gt;Download his C4D scenes here on GreyScaleGorilla's blog!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5583832814723613016?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5583832814723613016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/02/30-motion-tests-in-30-seconds.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5583832814723613016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5583832814723613016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/02/30-motion-tests-in-30-seconds.html' title='30 Motion Tests in 30 Seconds'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5676636503445444718</id><published>2011-02-04T10:31:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-04T10:33:48.418-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fall &amp; Winter Photo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TUxGK2uRf9I/AAAAAAAAATg/MfTBBTaS-N4/s1600/trees_in_fall_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TUxGK2uRf9I/AAAAAAAAATg/MfTBBTaS-N4/s400/trees_in_fall_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569903991452696530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TUxGNnBLgsI/AAAAAAAAATo/O3AVeK82KKM/s1600/winter_at_reelfx_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TUxGNnBLgsI/AAAAAAAAATo/O3AVeK82KKM/s400/winter_at_reelfx_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569904038776636098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Love these two seasons in the year. Fall for it's colors, and winter for the emotions it ignites in people. Everyone feels like a kid again. Love it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5676636503445444718?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5676636503445444718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/02/fall-winter-photo.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5676636503445444718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5676636503445444718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/02/fall-winter-photo.html' title='Fall &amp; Winter Photo'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TUxGK2uRf9I/AAAAAAAAATg/MfTBBTaS-N4/s72-c/trees_in_fall_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-7866798036113865704</id><published>2011-01-21T08:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:18:58.430-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inpsiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motion'/><title type='text'>Chris Kelly. Juice to the Moon.</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15414856?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=6CACB5" width="415" height="233" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New 2011 Reel from Chris Kelly at &lt;a href="http://www.autofuss.com/"&gt;Autofuss&lt;/a&gt;. Always been a huge fan of their work. Check it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-7866798036113865704?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/7866798036113865704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/01/chris-kelly-juice-to-moon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7866798036113865704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7866798036113865704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/01/chris-kelly-juice-to-moon.html' title='Chris Kelly. Juice to the Moon.'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6960221822921040495</id><published>2011-01-21T07:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:16:04.500-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Make It Better</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18678091?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=969696" width="415" height="233" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Came across this visual amazing type animation the other day. Definitely a fresh new look on making fun animation... better :) Typography and the transitions are spot on. Concept is original. Hope you enjoy this piece as much as I did. Sebastian Bap was the animator on the project, and also worked on one of my other favorites, &lt;a href="http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/buildings-vampires.html"&gt;Buildings and Vampires&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sebastianbap.com/"&gt;Check out other work by Sebastian here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6960221822921040495?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6960221822921040495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/01/make-it-better.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6960221822921040495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6960221822921040495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/01/make-it-better.html' title='Make It Better'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-215502720007029019</id><published>2011-01-20T10:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T07:57:03.048-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><title type='text'>Limbert Fabian updates.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TTh7fiBA6eI/AAAAAAAAATM/DECUsxmQhO0/s1600/21_boltbird.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TTh7fiBA6eI/AAAAAAAAATM/DECUsxmQhO0/s400/21_boltbird.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564333121253468642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Working at Radium I've had the opportunity to work with some really great designers. One of my favorite designers of all time being Limbert Fabian. Amazing illustrator. He's got a good eye, and I'm sure you'll love his work as well. The above image has always been one of my favorite illustrations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.limbertfabian.com"&gt;www.limbertfabian.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-215502720007029019?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/215502720007029019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/01/limbert-fabian-updates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/215502720007029019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/215502720007029019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2011/01/limbert-fabian-updates.html' title='Limbert Fabian updates.'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TTh7fiBA6eI/AAAAAAAAATM/DECUsxmQhO0/s72-c/21_boltbird.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6303365692788685031</id><published>2010-12-16T08:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T08:37:50.668-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>Invisible Creature</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TQo-6RcL6yI/AAAAAAAAAS4/Xslcl_mwDGE/s1600/invisible_creature_about_pic.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TQo-6RcL6yI/AAAAAAAAAS4/Xslcl_mwDGE/s400/invisible_creature_about_pic.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551318661522516770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.invisiblecreature.com"&gt;Invisible Creature&lt;/a&gt; has always been a studio I've always admired. Experimenting with different mediums, styles, and keeping it fresh, they never cease to disappoint. Check out their &lt;a href="http://www.invisiblecreature.com"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; and fall in love with their work as I have. Best thing about them is that they're brothers; inspired by their grandfather was also an illustrator/designer. Enjoy! And be sure to go shopping at their &lt;a href="http://www.invisiblecreature.com/#/shop/all"&gt;online store&lt;/a&gt;. Spend $30 and you'll get this sweet print.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TQo_1adxkGI/AAAAAAAAATA/qEzMt8A6Haw/s1600/2010_holiday_giveaway_invisiblecreature.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TQo_1adxkGI/AAAAAAAAATA/qEzMt8A6Haw/s400/2010_holiday_giveaway_invisiblecreature.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551319677557379170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6303365692788685031?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6303365692788685031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/12/invisible-creature.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6303365692788685031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6303365692788685031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/12/invisible-creature.html' title='Invisible Creature'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TQo-6RcL6yI/AAAAAAAAAS4/Xslcl_mwDGE/s72-c/invisible_creature_about_pic.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-1130312940427613271</id><published>2010-12-01T01:13:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T07:58:21.248-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><title type='text'>Night Owl T-Shirt Design</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TPYR069eUiI/AAAAAAAAASo/MxmFPQE-i5g/s1600/Night_Owl_Mockup_v01_cvela.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TPYR069eUiI/AAAAAAAAASo/MxmFPQE-i5g/s400/Night_Owl_Mockup_v01_cvela.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545639592031310370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is appropriate... 3am posting of a new design I may print :) Night Owl. Let me know what you think!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-1130312940427613271?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/1130312940427613271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/12/night-owl-t-shirt-design.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1130312940427613271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1130312940427613271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/12/night-owl-t-shirt-design.html' title='Night Owl T-Shirt Design'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TPYR069eUiI/AAAAAAAAASo/MxmFPQE-i5g/s72-c/Night_Owl_Mockup_v01_cvela.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-2882736984929712321</id><published>2010-11-22T01:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T07:58:34.641-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><title type='text'>Weekend Photography</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOo8hGCKqHI/AAAAAAAAASg/iwU6nmNVi6U/s1600/FallSoda_cvela_web_915.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOo8hGCKqHI/AAAAAAAAASg/iwU6nmNVi6U/s400/FallSoda_cvela_web_915.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542308830685866098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just uploaded some new photography on my &lt;a href="http://christophervela.com/#398865/PHOTOGRAPHY"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; and on &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/christophervela/"&gt;flickr&lt;/a&gt;. Hung out with some old friends and had a blast. Ultimate Frisbee, parks, Jingle Bash here in Dallas, video games, soda gallery... we did it all. Enjoy the pics :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-2882736984929712321?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/2882736984929712321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/11/updated-photography.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2882736984929712321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2882736984929712321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/11/updated-photography.html' title='Weekend Photography'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOo8hGCKqHI/AAAAAAAAASg/iwU6nmNVi6U/s72-c/FallSoda_cvela_web_915.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-3799850629474597413</id><published>2010-11-15T23:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T07:58:46.020-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><title type='text'>Moleskin | Inspriring Words</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOIvP9V4QcI/AAAAAAAAASI/4wgIv7eB5aY/s1600/make_mistakes_moleskin_cvela_web_v2_915.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOIvP9V4QcI/AAAAAAAAASI/4wgIv7eB5aY/s400/make_mistakes_moleskin_cvela_web_v2_915.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540042442830004674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOIvKzB45wI/AAAAAAAAASA/KcV4NluYEME/s1600/it-snotthejobyouhave_cvela_Moleskin_web_915.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOIvKzB45wI/AAAAAAAAASA/KcV4NluYEME/s400/it-snotthejobyouhave_cvela_Moleskin_web_915.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540042354162460418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Started a new collection of works on my site, be sure to check them out &lt;a href="http://www.christophervela.com/#746081/Moleskin-Inspriring-Words"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;! These are just some words of inspiration or wisdom that remind me why I got in the field of art.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TORqp0vIXVI/AAAAAAAAASQ/O9B7lRLlJrQ/s1600/makemistakes_cvela_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TORqp0vIXVI/AAAAAAAAASQ/O9B7lRLlJrQ/s400/makemistakes_cvela_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540670708336057682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TORqzLzqxOI/AAAAAAAAASY/u7IyYIsGVOM/s1600/makemistakes_cvela_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TORqzLzqxOI/AAAAAAAAASY/u7IyYIsGVOM/s400/makemistakes_cvela_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540670869147927778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-3799850629474597413?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/3799850629474597413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/11/moleskin-inspriring-words.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3799850629474597413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3799850629474597413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/11/moleskin-inspriring-words.html' title='Moleskin | Inspriring Words'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOIvP9V4QcI/AAAAAAAAASI/4wgIv7eB5aY/s72-c/make_mistakes_moleskin_cvela_web_v2_915.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-8036916795696810114</id><published>2010-11-14T18:29:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T07:58:59.224-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><title type='text'>The King Has Gone Missing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOCbTXZAqGI/AAAAAAAAAR4/SuZHW0cN9cI/s1600/WhereTheWildThingsAre_cvela_web_TheKingIsMissing_915.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOCbTXZAqGI/AAAAAAAAAR4/SuZHW0cN9cI/s400/WhereTheWildThingsAre_cvela_web_TheKingIsMissing_915.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539598298664446050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is a tribute to Where The Wild Things Are. Enjoy and have a great evening!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-8036916795696810114?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/8036916795696810114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/11/king-has-gone-missing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8036916795696810114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8036916795696810114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/11/king-has-gone-missing.html' title='The King Has Gone Missing'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TOCbTXZAqGI/AAAAAAAAAR4/SuZHW0cN9cI/s72-c/WhereTheWildThingsAre_cvela_web_TheKingIsMissing_915.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-1482135705607532022</id><published>2010-11-01T08:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T07:59:08.886-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><title type='text'>Work Smarter. Not Harder.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TM7jKFjC7II/AAAAAAAAARw/xvlvGIdeJuo/s1600/worksmarter_notharder_cvela_web_915.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TM7jKFjC7II/AAAAAAAAARw/xvlvGIdeJuo/s400/worksmarter_notharder_cvela_web_915.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534610754512284802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was a &lt;a href="http://christophervela.com/#746081/Work-Smarter-Not-Harder"&gt;type treatment&lt;/a&gt; I did over the weekend. Was a ton of fun. Watercolor and a brush pen. Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-1482135705607532022?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/1482135705607532022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/11/work-smarter-not-harder.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1482135705607532022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1482135705607532022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/11/work-smarter-not-harder.html' title='Work Smarter. Not Harder.'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TM7jKFjC7II/AAAAAAAAARw/xvlvGIdeJuo/s72-c/worksmarter_notharder_cvela_web_915.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6404141474147256688</id><published>2010-11-01T08:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:07:55.065-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commercial'/><title type='text'>"Firework" Katy Perry Music Video</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TM7gk_bzuwI/AAAAAAAAARg/0QIiYwv11aw/s1600/katyperry_cvela_v01_915.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TM7gk_bzuwI/AAAAAAAAARg/0QIiYwv11aw/s400/katyperry_cvela_v01_915.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534607918192900866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.radiumreelfx.com/commercial/work/katy-perry-firework"&gt;Radium/Reel FX just finished this music video for Katy Perry&lt;/a&gt;. Over on my &lt;a href="http://christophervela.com/#743903/Katy-Perry-Firework"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; you can check out the style frames I did for the initial pitch. Hats off to the team who worked on this!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6404141474147256688?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6404141474147256688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/11/firework-katy-perry-music-video.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6404141474147256688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6404141474147256688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/11/firework-katy-perry-music-video.html' title='&quot;Firework&quot; Katy Perry Music Video'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TM7gk_bzuwI/AAAAAAAAARg/0QIiYwv11aw/s72-c/katyperry_cvela_v01_915.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-7236071179683036056</id><published>2010-10-18T12:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:08:17.848-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stop motion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motion'/><title type='text'>Father Autumn Time-Lapse</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15958111?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0" width="400" height="145" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Here's my contribution to Seed Deep Ellum Community Gardens. There will be a show in Dallas, TX.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a continuation of a monster I originally made called Autumn, but gave this guy a business attire. Making him... Father Autumn :) Enjoy this peace as he's casually hanging out with the leaves and blowing leaves into the air.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Audio by Christopher Smith "Gently, Gently"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out the final images of the painting &lt;a href="http://www.christophervela.com/#711194/Father-Autumn"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-7236071179683036056?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/7236071179683036056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/10/father-autumn-time-lapse.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7236071179683036056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7236071179683036056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/10/father-autumn-time-lapse.html' title='Father Autumn Time-Lapse'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5888069783675957480</id><published>2010-10-11T15:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:08:28.934-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motion'/><title type='text'>2010 Reel update!</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14813910?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/14813910"&gt;2010 Showreel 2.0&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/christophervela"&gt;Christopher Vela&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;Updated the reel with some new work I've completed recently! Enjoy and stay tuned for more updates!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5888069783675957480?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5888069783675957480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/10/2010-reel-update.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5888069783675957480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5888069783675957480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/10/2010-reel-update.html' title='2010 Reel update!'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-3383693548955999156</id><published>2010-10-08T20:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:08:44.356-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><title type='text'>Autumn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TK_l9b2LamI/AAAAAAAAARQ/dXgbbRjepvE/s1600/autumn_cvela_web_670.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TK_l9b2LamI/AAAAAAAAARQ/dXgbbRjepvE/s400/autumn_cvela_web_670.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525888111416666722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Friday Sketch! This monster changes through seasons... and we just happened to catch him at autumn :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-3383693548955999156?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/3383693548955999156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/10/autumn.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3383693548955999156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3383693548955999156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/10/autumn.html' title='Autumn'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TK_l9b2LamI/AAAAAAAAARQ/dXgbbRjepvE/s72-c/autumn_cvela_web_670.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-2666858960480470008</id><published>2010-09-30T17:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:09:00.864-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='munny'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='custom vinyl'/><title type='text'>Custom Dunny: Yeti</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TKUsamyfPzI/AAAAAAAAARA/bDM5f7SykZ8/s1600/yeti_angled_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TKUsamyfPzI/AAAAAAAAARA/bDM5f7SykZ8/s400/yeti_angled_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522869353640312626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TKUsVgvnBLI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/9buNEmTpEoA/s1600/yeti_back_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TKUsVgvnBLI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/9buNEmTpEoA/s400/yeti_back_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522869266118280370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;So I've always wanted a vinyl yeti... of some sort. Made this guy out of white fur and acrylic paints, shot by Jared Brower. Totally fell in love with the lil' guy. He may be up for sale in the future at my &lt;a href="http://cveladesign.bigcartel.com"&gt;online shop&lt;/a&gt;, but we'll see :) He's the first of many! Enjoy and I'll keep everyone posted on the new customs!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-2666858960480470008?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/2666858960480470008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/custom-dunny-yeti.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2666858960480470008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2666858960480470008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/custom-dunny-yeti.html' title='Custom Dunny: Yeti'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TKUsamyfPzI/AAAAAAAAARA/bDM5f7SykZ8/s72-c/yeti_angled_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-3505910554338273021</id><published>2010-09-20T15:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:09:11.801-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inpsiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><title type='text'>Romain Laurent Photography... Wow.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TJfiOTQle6I/AAAAAAAAAQw/gqg7NinxiD0/s1600/Picture+3.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TJfiOTQle6I/AAAAAAAAAQw/gqg7NinxiD0/s400/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519128603681717154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Be sure to take a look over at Romain Laurent's Photography. Some really nice motion and clever ideas. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.romain-laurent.com/?page=main"&gt;View Romain Laurent's Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-3505910554338273021?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/3505910554338273021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/romain-laurent-photography-wow.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3505910554338273021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3505910554338273021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/romain-laurent-photography-wow.html' title='Romain Laurent Photography... Wow.'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TJfiOTQle6I/AAAAAAAAAQw/gqg7NinxiD0/s72-c/Picture+3.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-7309427988368167180</id><published>2010-09-13T18:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:09:20.839-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wallpapers'/><title type='text'>iPhone Wallpapers ... coming soon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TI7Uqx7twrI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Rj2wAn9oLPE/s1600/iphone_wallpaper_lineup_cv_web_1200.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TI7Uqx7twrI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Rj2wAn9oLPE/s400/iphone_wallpaper_lineup_cv_web_1200.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516580424998830770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a line up of some of the designs I've formatted so far. Hopefully this week they'll be available for a free download on my site!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-7309427988368167180?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/7309427988368167180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/iphone-wallpapers-coming-soon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7309427988368167180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7309427988368167180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/iphone-wallpapers-coming-soon.html' title='iPhone Wallpapers ... coming soon'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TI7Uqx7twrI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Rj2wAn9oLPE/s72-c/iphone_wallpaper_lineup_cv_web_1200.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-3507976463811898861</id><published>2010-09-12T19:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:09:29.935-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><title type='text'>iPod nano Watch</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TI9uMUXIVdI/AAAAAAAAAQo/9oj_XZi8K2w/s1600/ipod_nano_watch_2_cvela.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TI9uMUXIVdI/AAAAAAAAAQo/9oj_XZi8K2w/s400/ipod_nano_watch_2_cvela.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516749226455356882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TI2KttoLy6I/AAAAAAAAAQY/ITv-wKxhwqc/s1600/iPod_nano_Watch_cvela.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TI2KttoLy6I/AAAAAAAAAQY/ITv-wKxhwqc/s400/iPod_nano_Watch_cvela.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516217636545612706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just picked up the new iPod nano, lovin' it. Had heard about people turning it into a watch with some nylon straps. Luckily Fossil carried a Nylon strap that was just the right fit for $20. I feel like Dick Tracy now :) Only if it could make calls now. That would be rad.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-3507976463811898861?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/3507976463811898861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/ipod-nano-watch.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3507976463811898861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3507976463811898861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/ipod-nano-watch.html' title='iPod nano Watch'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TI9uMUXIVdI/AAAAAAAAAQo/9oj_XZi8K2w/s72-c/ipod_nano_watch_2_cvela.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6810598629907865855</id><published>2010-09-10T16:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:09:46.187-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inpsiration'/><title type='text'>Influence Map : Christopher Vela</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TIq8MNbSfPI/AAAAAAAAAQA/bAVXkYKfY6Y/s1600/cvela_influence_map.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TIq8MNbSfPI/AAAAAAAAAQA/bAVXkYKfY6Y/s400/cvela_influence_map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515427611617164530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Man, there is so much influence in my life outside of this. But one thing that has had a huge impact in my work is loving what you do. whatever that may be for anyone. For me... I do love art and design. So here are some big influences that have gotten me where I am today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6810598629907865855?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6810598629907865855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/influence-map-christopher-vela.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6810598629907865855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6810598629907865855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/influence-map-christopher-vela.html' title='Influence Map : Christopher Vela'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TIq8MNbSfPI/AAAAAAAAAQA/bAVXkYKfY6Y/s72-c/cvela_influence_map.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5604783883616505750</id><published>2010-09-02T08:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:10:00.886-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design'/><title type='text'>New business card on the way! Sneak Peak</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TH_AcIBsciI/AAAAAAAAAPw/zbgeee2kfFE/s1600/cvela_2010_businesscard.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 350px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TH_AcIBsciI/AAAAAAAAAPw/zbgeee2kfFE/s400/cvela_2010_businesscard.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512336058348237346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5604783883616505750?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5604783883616505750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-business-card-on-way-sneak-peak.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5604783883616505750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5604783883616505750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-business-card-on-way-sneak-peak.html' title='New business card on the way! Sneak Peak'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TH_AcIBsciI/AAAAAAAAAPw/zbgeee2kfFE/s72-c/cvela_2010_businesscard.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6017104337216482227</id><published>2010-08-30T21:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:10:16.750-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shirts'/><title type='text'>Shirts ordered! Pre-Order before they come in!</title><content type='html'>Well! They'have been ordered and ready for Pre-Order! Head on over to the &lt;a href="http://cveladesign.bigcartel.com"&gt;online store&lt;/a&gt; and reserve your shirt today! Take care and hope all is well! New shirts to be printed in the future as well, based on demand :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6017104337216482227?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6017104337216482227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/shirts-ordered-pre-order-before-they.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6017104337216482227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6017104337216482227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/shirts-ordered-pre-order-before-they.html' title='Shirts ordered! Pre-Order before they come in!'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-4479953603128372217</id><published>2010-08-17T09:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:10:36.487-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motion'/><title type='text'>Buildings &amp; Vampires</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14001443&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14001443&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coworker showed me this little gem. What I love about it is that I was able to look at it and think "Man... just when you think there is no such thing as an original idea... someone does it." Love the simplicity of it, enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-4479953603128372217?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/4479953603128372217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/buildings-vampires.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4479953603128372217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4479953603128372217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/buildings-vampires.html' title='Buildings &amp; Vampires'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-740366476649851040</id><published>2010-08-09T22:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:11:01.175-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shirts'/><title type='text'>New designs for possible printing soon...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TGgoT94BM3I/AAAAAAAAAPg/-NhYmBN2ipk/s1600/HeatherGrey_tshirtdesign_v02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TGgoT94BM3I/AAAAAAAAAPg/-NhYmBN2ipk/s400/HeatherGrey_tshirtdesign_v02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505694867952579442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TGDmqBw0EEI/AAAAAAAAAO4/cTtujsGpcmM/s1600/everyBreath_tshirt_design_v03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TGDmqBw0EEI/AAAAAAAAAO4/cTtujsGpcmM/s400/everyBreath_tshirt_design_v03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503652354348814402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TGgoOuoyUAI/AAAAAAAAAPY/Eh1gQ-nJySY/s1600/Simply_tshirtdesign_CV_v02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TGgoOuoyUAI/AAAAAAAAAPY/Eh1gQ-nJySY/s400/Simply_tshirtdesign_CV_v02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505694777962811394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TGgoJLcKdJI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/awi-TMzzuTo/s1600/savethegulf_cvela_aquablue.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TGgoJLcKdJI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/awi-TMzzuTo/s400/savethegulf_cvela_aquablue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505694682615280786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got some new designs for the next round of shirts I'll be printing. Be sure to check them out! I've got some voting going on at Facebook. These words were a line that spoke to me from the latest Switchfoot album. Definitely an inspiring moment. Enjoy and stay tuned for the shirt to be in the online store within the next month or so!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-740366476649851040?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/740366476649851040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/every-breath-is-second-chance.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/740366476649851040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/740366476649851040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/every-breath-is-second-chance.html' title='New designs for possible printing soon...'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TGgoT94BM3I/AAAAAAAAAPg/-NhYmBN2ipk/s72-c/HeatherGrey_tshirtdesign_v02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-1661101536547958871</id><published>2010-08-03T11:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:11:15.860-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commerical'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motion'/><title type='text'>DFW Airport | For You</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10986426&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10986426&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also wanted to post about this project we worked on, even though it's a few months old. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But this project was special in a sense that all of the food, rocks, smoothies, everything was shot in a stop motion style. We shot all of the products on an acrylic set; rotating them and capturing different angles that way we could composite them in After Effects and animate them wherever we needed to. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ton of work, but a ton of fun :) Hope you guys enjoy this and see it if you are ever in the DFW Airport!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-1661101536547958871?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/1661101536547958871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/dfw-airport-for-you.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1661101536547958871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1661101536547958871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/dfw-airport-for-you.html' title='DFW Airport | For You'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-4299751528078959012</id><published>2010-08-03T11:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T08:11:31.216-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commercial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motion'/><title type='text'>Autolite Canadian Tire</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13564876&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13564876&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just finished working on this project here at Radium. Was definitely a great way to get familiar a little more with Cinema 4D. Style frames were a lot of fun to work on as well. A loose but fun style to animate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The whole spot was animated in Cinema 4D and then some black and white base renders where composited into After Effects. Once animation was laid out, the team and I painted frame by frame in Photoshop to bring it to life. Hope you enjoy the spot as much as we did here at Radium! Be sure to check out the style frames over on my &lt;a href="http://christophervela.com/#528002/Autolite-Canadian-Tire"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-4299751528078959012?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/4299751528078959012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/autolite-canadian-tire.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4299751528078959012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4299751528078959012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/08/autolite-canadian-tire.html' title='Autolite Canadian Tire'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6726523093486812170</id><published>2010-07-23T08:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T08:35:06.083-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Interview with Christopher Nolan on Inception</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TEm10pQGKuI/AAAAAAAAANw/c5gsQT2acqE/s1600/chris-nolan7-14-10-b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TEm10pQGKuI/AAAAAAAAANw/c5gsQT2acqE/s400/chris-nolan7-14-10-b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497124736213592802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just saw Inception this weekend and was blown away by the movie. Christopher Nolan definitely proves that he has yet to make a bad movie. In fact, I think this movie has easily made it's way to be one of the top movies of the year. Came across this interview with Christopher Nolan, but be aware, there is some talk about the plot of the movie in case you haven't seen it. Check it out &lt;a href="http://screencrave.com/2010-07-15/interview-christopher-nolan-for-inception/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6726523093486812170?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6726523093486812170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/07/interview-with-christopher-nolan-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6726523093486812170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6726523093486812170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/07/interview-with-christopher-nolan-on.html' title='Interview with Christopher Nolan on Inception'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TEm10pQGKuI/AAAAAAAAANw/c5gsQT2acqE/s72-c/chris-nolan7-14-10-b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-931799258621772418</id><published>2010-06-25T09:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-25T09:30:58.783-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Video Journal #2: Love Sugar Blood</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12855174&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12855174&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video Journal #2, enjoy! Song by The Real Tuesday Weld&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-931799258621772418?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/931799258621772418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/06/video-journal-2-love-sugar-blood.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/931799258621772418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/931799258621772418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/06/video-journal-2-love-sugar-blood.html' title='Video Journal #2: Love Sugar Blood'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-8110880748266535048</id><published>2010-06-21T16:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T16:59:26.315-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Save The Gulf | Feather</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TB_819PuHnI/AAAAAAAAANI/mV-W0o2bQEg/s1600/save_the_gulf_cvela_before.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TB_819PuHnI/AAAAAAAAANI/mV-W0o2bQEg/s400/save_the_gulf_cvela_before.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485380875064319602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TB_8y_cIemI/AAAAAAAAANA/FkCPowISPAM/s1600/save_the_gulf_cvela_after.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TB_8y_cIemI/AAAAAAAAANA/FkCPowISPAM/s400/save_the_gulf_cvela_after.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485380824113642082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New treatment. Showing a before and after. The second illustration is showing hope and us contributing to help save the gulf. Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-8110880748266535048?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/8110880748266535048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/06/save-gulf-feather.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8110880748266535048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8110880748266535048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/06/save-gulf-feather.html' title='Save The Gulf | Feather'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TB_819PuHnI/AAAAAAAAANI/mV-W0o2bQEg/s72-c/save_the_gulf_cvela_before.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5531354411950539932</id><published>2010-06-20T17:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T17:37:55.856-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Save The Gulf</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TB60G66gfGI/AAAAAAAAAM4/1A2stXK7l9A/s1600/save_the_gulf_cvela_web_white.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TB60G66gfGI/AAAAAAAAAM4/1A2stXK7l9A/s400/save_the_gulf_cvela_web_white.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485019427170712674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New illustration using Cinema 4D and Photoshop. Just applying the look and feel that I saw on TV of these animals covered oil. Dedicated to all you animals who are reading this... we'll save the gulf.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5531354411950539932?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5531354411950539932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/06/save-gulf.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5531354411950539932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5531354411950539932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/06/save-gulf.html' title='Save The Gulf'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TB60G66gfGI/AAAAAAAAAM4/1A2stXK7l9A/s72-c/save_the_gulf_cvela_web_white.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-3814444481155365839</id><published>2010-06-13T09:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T09:32:14.917-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Song for William</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12522908&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12522908&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=00adef&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a video journal I did last night of some footage I took last night. Was pretty dark out but camera held up pretty well with low light. Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-3814444481155365839?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/3814444481155365839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/06/song-for-william.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3814444481155365839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3814444481155365839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/06/song-for-william.html' title='Song for William'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-4047620442391710006</id><published>2010-06-03T22:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T01:04:13.925-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New work. New updates. News all around!</title><content type='html'>Been really busy lately. As you can see, there is new photography, new word of the day illustrations, and also some brand updates through out the store and blog. Not to mention a siting of my One Meal One Day design being printed on shirts! :) Hope you enjoy the new work! Stay tuned for some custom designed Munny's that will be up for sale as well as a few prints. See ya soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TAiSnw7LbFI/AAAAAAAAAL4/IiWjXqjAEG8/s1600/oleaginous_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TAiSnw7LbFI/AAAAAAAAAL4/IiWjXqjAEG8/s400/oleaginous_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478790158541876306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TAiSVEtpmuI/AAAAAAAAALg/tj7rYAhEsCY/s1600/beach_chair_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TAiSVEtpmuI/AAAAAAAAALg/tj7rYAhEsCY/s400/beach_chair_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478789837436328674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TAiSQCblrlI/AAAAAAAAALY/LzZbe05kSLE/s1600/adumbrate_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TAiSQCblrlI/AAAAAAAAALY/LzZbe05kSLE/s400/adumbrate_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478789750924357202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TAiSf1frTbI/AAAAAAAAALo/alHmYioUcc4/s1600/cvela_design_omod_shirts.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TAiSf1frTbI/AAAAAAAAALo/alHmYioUcc4/s400/cvela_design_omod_shirts.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478790022329748914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-4047620442391710006?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/4047620442391710006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-work-new-updates-news-all-around.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4047620442391710006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4047620442391710006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-work-new-updates-news-all-around.html' title='New work. New updates. News all around!'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/TAiSnw7LbFI/AAAAAAAAAL4/IiWjXqjAEG8/s72-c/oleaginous_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5777550062144617247</id><published>2010-05-14T16:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T16:15:18.668-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thunderstorm | Tormenta Eléctrica</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-3ZgQ5x5wI/AAAAAAAAALI/VIXNHyrYPfg/s1600/TE_night_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-3ZgQ5x5wI/AAAAAAAAALI/VIXNHyrYPfg/s400/TE_night_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471268270641374978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-3ZdfgYj1I/AAAAAAAAALA/oIKOEXiAxQg/s1600/TE_day_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-3ZdfgYj1I/AAAAAAAAALA/oIKOEXiAxQg/s400/TE_day_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471268223021780818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Spanish translation : Tormenta Eléctrica; enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5777550062144617247?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5777550062144617247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/05/thunderstorm-tormenta-electrica.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5777550062144617247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5777550062144617247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/05/thunderstorm-tormenta-electrica.html' title='Thunderstorm | Tormenta Eléctrica'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-3ZgQ5x5wI/AAAAAAAAALI/VIXNHyrYPfg/s72-c/TE_night_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-1748750012628671193</id><published>2010-05-14T08:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T08:45:54.771-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Website updates</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-1v-0QDbJI/AAAAAAAAAKo/bHk6otQ_LCI/s1600/cvela_updates_cargo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-1v-0QDbJI/AAAAAAAAAKo/bHk6otQ_LCI/s400/cvela_updates_cargo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471152247293570194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently just updated the website, more to come soon!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-1748750012628671193?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/1748750012628671193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/05/website-updates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1748750012628671193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1748750012628671193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/05/website-updates.html' title='Website updates'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-1v-0QDbJI/AAAAAAAAAKo/bHk6otQ_LCI/s72-c/cvela_updates_cargo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-7804227624164646738</id><published>2010-05-07T15:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T15:56:56.263-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Every Breath Is A Second Chance</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-Saf_mNqxI/AAAAAAAAAKg/OgU-n5Fv_2Y/s1600/EBIASC_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-Saf_mNqxI/AAAAAAAAAKg/OgU-n5Fv_2Y/s400/EBIASC_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468665721972960018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Latest addition to my portfolio. Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-7804227624164646738?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/7804227624164646738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/05/every-breath-is-second-chance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7804227624164646738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7804227624164646738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/05/every-breath-is-second-chance.html' title='Every Breath Is A Second Chance'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-Saf_mNqxI/AAAAAAAAAKg/OgU-n5Fv_2Y/s72-c/EBIASC_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-3049502671772259609</id><published>2010-05-06T13:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-06T13:31:21.168-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Bad Penny Opening Titles</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11481231&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ff9933&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11481231&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ff9933&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/11481231"&gt;The Bad Penny Opening Titles&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/christophervela"&gt;Christopher Vela&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-MlrONXN-I/AAAAAAAAAKY/AJhIzvdEa-E/s1600/BadPenny_Frames_2ndHalf_CV_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-MlrONXN-I/AAAAAAAAAKY/AJhIzvdEa-E/s400/BadPenny_Frames_2ndHalf_CV_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468255797036660706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are some opening titles I've been working on for the past couple weeks at Radium. I was responsible for the motion of the titles for the second half of the video. Above are boards of some of the scenes I worked on. Was a lot of fun to work on and definitely see this being a direction I want to keep going in. Hope you enjoy! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credits&lt;br /&gt;Studio: Radium&lt;br /&gt;Client: The Bad Penny&lt;br /&gt;Director: Todd Bellanca&lt;br /&gt;Producer: Kurt Kirchner&lt;br /&gt;Title Designer: Justin Harder&lt;br /&gt;Senior Editor: Peter Tarter&lt;br /&gt;Motion Designers: Byron Slaybaugh, Christopher Vela&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-3049502671772259609?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/3049502671772259609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/05/bad-penny-opening-titles.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3049502671772259609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3049502671772259609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/05/bad-penny-opening-titles.html' title='The Bad Penny Opening Titles'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S-MlrONXN-I/AAAAAAAAAKY/AJhIzvdEa-E/s72-c/BadPenny_Frames_2ndHalf_CV_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-7387104103846603397</id><published>2010-04-20T14:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T14:11:45.739-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2010 Showreel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S84YH_Nl_pI/AAAAAAAAAKI/44YucSiRTFQ/s1600/cvela_2010_reel_web_post.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S84YH_Nl_pI/AAAAAAAAAKI/44YucSiRTFQ/s400/cvela_2010_reel_web_post.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462329923553590930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Latest reel for 2010. I'll be updating it through out the year as new work comes in. Head over to my website and enjoy! &lt;a href="http://www.christophervela.com"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;www.christophervela.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-7387104103846603397?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/7387104103846603397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/04/latest-reel-for-2010.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7387104103846603397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7387104103846603397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/04/latest-reel-for-2010.html' title='2010 Showreel'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S84YH_Nl_pI/AAAAAAAAAKI/44YucSiRTFQ/s72-c/cvela_2010_reel_web_post.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-4047888155591623973</id><published>2010-04-13T23:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T08:19:44.967-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Collage Series : Be Quiet and Drive</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S8VlJ4yBS5I/AAAAAAAAAKA/xNNZYUUG10U/s1600/bequiet-and-drive_web_cvela.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S8VlJ4yBS5I/AAAAAAAAAKA/xNNZYUUG10U/s400/bequiet-and-drive_web_cvela.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459881343792008082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's the latest addition to the Collage Series of illustrations I've been working on. Just an exercise. May start getting some of these into motion soon. Stay tuned!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-4047888155591623973?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/4047888155591623973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/04/collage-series-be-quiet-and-drive.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4047888155591623973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4047888155591623973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/04/collage-series-be-quiet-and-drive.html' title='Collage Series : Be Quiet and Drive'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S8VlJ4yBS5I/AAAAAAAAAKA/xNNZYUUG10U/s72-c/bequiet-and-drive_web_cvela.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-1328314782381138048</id><published>2010-03-30T08:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-31T18:15:55.098-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Canvas For A Cause</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S7Ib1Rx9blI/AAAAAAAAAJw/HqpNB1T93wA/s1600/CanvasForACause_cvela_Large_web_blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S7Ib1Rx9blI/AAAAAAAAAJw/HqpNB1T93wA/s400/CanvasForACause_cvela_Large_web_blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454452700819058258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's my contribution to Canvas For A Cause that will be this Thursday at Reel FX. My other paintings are posted on &lt;a href="http://www.christophervela.com"&gt;my website&lt;/a&gt;, enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's some more info. If you're in the Dallas area, come stop by for the show &lt;b&gt;tomorrow&lt;/b&gt; and check out the studio! All of the pieces are $60, so it's all surprisingly affordable, and it goes to a good cause.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:small;"  &gt;Reel FX is hosting the 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; annual A Canvas for a Cause charity art event one week from now on Thursday, April 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; from 7-10 pm which will again benefit Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. 100% of the proceeds will go to Children’s Child Life Program which is a great cause that helps make the kids’ lives better while they are being treated. All art is $60 and is done by locally and nationally known artists from Reel FX and our friends, partners etc… This year, there is also a silent auction portion where select photography and art will be available for bidding. There will be really cool art and a fun evening for a good cause. We will have apps and wine as well! We hope you can join us for this event.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope to see you there&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-1328314782381138048?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/1328314782381138048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/canvas-for-cause.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1328314782381138048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1328314782381138048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/canvas-for-cause.html' title='Canvas For A Cause'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S7Ib1Rx9blI/AAAAAAAAAJw/HqpNB1T93wA/s72-c/CanvasForACause_cvela_Large_web_blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-8797730902321092748</id><published>2010-03-18T20:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T08:55:33.593-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CVELA Design Store has launched!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S6L5dri4b1I/AAAAAAAAAJA/lKXV8P-1ZbM/s1600-h/cvela_store_BlogBanner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S6L5dri4b1I/AAAAAAAAAJA/lKXV8P-1ZbM/s400/cvela_store_BlogBanner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450192787372273490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The day has come! The store is live and online! Offering free shipping for a limited time, as a grand opening welcome to all :) Felicitous still hasn't come in but will post when it arrives. Take care and enjoy! &lt;a href="http://cveladesign.bigcartel.com/"&gt;Visit the store, click here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-8797730902321092748?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/8797730902321092748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/online-store-has-launched.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8797730902321092748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8797730902321092748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/online-store-has-launched.html' title='CVELA Design Store has launched!'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S6L5dri4b1I/AAAAAAAAAJA/lKXV8P-1ZbM/s72-c/cvela_store_BlogBanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6317950855256214993</id><published>2010-03-14T16:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T17:05:41.989-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shirts are in! Store coming soon...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S515WFuE6pI/AAAAAAAAAIw/2MiwleUKs2o/s1600-h/adjuvant_cs_cvela_store_blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S515WFuE6pI/AAAAAAAAAIw/2MiwleUKs2o/s400/adjuvant_cs_cvela_store_blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448644544587688594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S515bNG7BMI/AAAAAAAAAI4/WR56Oc1i09I/s1600-h/incarnadine_cs_cvela_store_blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S515bNG7BMI/AAAAAAAAAI4/WR56Oc1i09I/s400/incarnadine_cs_cvela_store_blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448644632470291650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Two of the designs are in! Felicitous should be in within in the next week or so. Once they're all in the store will be online and live! Decided to go with bigcartel and will be running the store myself. Stay tuned for the link to the store!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6317950855256214993?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6317950855256214993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/shirts-are-in-store-coming-soon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6317950855256214993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6317950855256214993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/shirts-are-in-store-coming-soon.html' title='Shirts are in! Store coming soon...'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S515WFuE6pI/AAAAAAAAAIw/2MiwleUKs2o/s72-c/adjuvant_cs_cvela_store_blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-7820561473972847651</id><published>2010-03-14T10:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-31T21:04:34.017-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Trolley</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10153363&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ff9933&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10153363&amp;amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ff9933&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/10153363"&gt;Trolley&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/christophervela"&gt;Christopher Vela&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;First video/short film,  Trolley! Had a lot of fun with it, no color correction added. The beautiful Saturday helped :) Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-7820561473972847651?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/7820561473972847651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/trolley.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7820561473972847651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7820561473972847651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/trolley.html' title='Trolley'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5778378107256013984</id><published>2010-03-08T12:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-08T12:44:24.594-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Spy Collage</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S5VhTxVJC0I/AAAAAAAAAIg/IMe3gNV63ic/s1600-h/hertz_spy_cvela_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S5VhTxVJC0I/AAAAAAAAAIg/IMe3gNV63ic/s400/hertz_spy_cvela_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446366316661902146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's the latest edition to the Collage Series, based on the topic/concept "Spy." As I was developing the idea, I was searching for newspaper articles and came across one that gave this illustration a whole new meaning. Article was on "The Housewife Who Spied for Russia."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S5VhZzHgvBI/AAAAAAAAAIo/pi0BSmogECs/s1600-h/hertz_spy_cvela_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S5VhZzHgvBI/AAAAAAAAAIo/pi0BSmogECs/s400/hertz_spy_cvela_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446366420220820498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Also, there are two treatments, one solely dedicated to the story, and one that was a graphical experiment with texture and elements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! &lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5778378107256013984?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5778378107256013984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/spy-collage.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5778378107256013984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5778378107256013984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/spy-collage.html' title='Spy Collage'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S5VhTxVJC0I/AAAAAAAAAIg/IMe3gNV63ic/s72-c/hertz_spy_cvela_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-3350540171296698601</id><published>2010-03-05T15:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T15:54:00.565-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday Sketch RFX : Kitchen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S5GZknsqbFI/AAAAAAAAAIY/yBd37wH-AEE/s1600-h/kitchen_cvela_web_900.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S5GZknsqbFI/AAAAAAAAAIY/yBd37wH-AEE/s400/kitchen_cvela_web_900.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445302278878293074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-3350540171296698601?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/3350540171296698601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-sketch-rfx-kitchen.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3350540171296698601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3350540171296698601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-sketch-rfx-kitchen.html' title='Friday Sketch RFX : Kitchen'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S5GZknsqbFI/AAAAAAAAAIY/yBd37wH-AEE/s72-c/kitchen_cvela_web_900.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5583295636700299196</id><published>2010-02-24T05:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-24T09:15:01.507-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Updated Website!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S4VeiwatUpI/AAAAAAAAAHY/gPGfmU280VE/s1600-h/site_update_cvela_blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S4VeiwatUpI/AAAAAAAAAHY/gPGfmU280VE/s400/site_update_cvela_blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441859675952599698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey everyone, it's that time again where I stay up late for two nights figuring out what to do for the website... and it's live! &lt;a href="http://www.christophervela.com/"&gt;Check it out here&lt;/a&gt; and be on the lookout for a new showreel soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5583295636700299196?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5583295636700299196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/02/updated-website.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5583295636700299196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5583295636700299196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/02/updated-website.html' title='Updated Website!'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S4VeiwatUpI/AAAAAAAAAHY/gPGfmU280VE/s72-c/site_update_cvela_blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-9005164497338844386</id><published>2010-02-16T13:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-16T13:47:49.666-08:00</updated><title type='text'>One Meal One Day Contest Update!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S3sOd0KJKkI/AAAAAAAAAGM/BbwmAKW2Kfs/s1600-h/1meal1day_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S3sOd0KJKkI/AAAAAAAAAGM/BbwmAKW2Kfs/s400/1meal1day_cvela_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438956880360188482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Was shocked when I got the email today and found out I won the contest for One Meal One Day! Here is the winning design that was chosen, $500 cash, $100 store credit to RiW, thanks to Red is White for hosting the contest!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-9005164497338844386?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/9005164497338844386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-meal-one-day-contest-update.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/9005164497338844386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/9005164497338844386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-meal-one-day-contest-update.html' title='One Meal One Day Contest Update!'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S3sOd0KJKkI/AAAAAAAAAGM/BbwmAKW2Kfs/s72-c/1meal1day_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-1909156542721630202</id><published>2010-02-14T20:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-14T20:07:15.332-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Valentine's Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S3jHFAPAw1I/AAAAAAAAAGE/i3udo1Ad9ys/s1600-h/v-day_card_lh_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S3jHFAPAw1I/AAAAAAAAAGE/i3udo1Ad9ys/s400/v-day_card_lh_cvela_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438315438826111826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Illustration I did for Laura's Valentine's Day :) Hope everyone had a great Sunday and thank goodness tomorrow is President's Day! Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-1909156542721630202?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/1909156542721630202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-valentines-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1909156542721630202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/1909156542721630202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-valentines-day.html' title='Happy Valentine&apos;s Day'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S3jHFAPAw1I/AAAAAAAAAGE/i3udo1Ad9ys/s72-c/v-day_card_lh_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-4869082902172101165</id><published>2010-02-05T17:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-05T17:23:07.377-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tri-cycle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S2zEEmq30BI/AAAAAAAAAE4/CI3J5qzzZHY/s1600-h/tricycle_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S2zEEmq30BI/AAAAAAAAAE4/CI3J5qzzZHY/s400/tricycle_cvela_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434934433708232722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sketch Friday at work! Topic : Tri-cycle. Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-4869082902172101165?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/4869082902172101165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/02/tri-cycle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4869082902172101165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/4869082902172101165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/02/tri-cycle.html' title='Tri-cycle'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S2zEEmq30BI/AAAAAAAAAE4/CI3J5qzzZHY/s72-c/tricycle_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5824012487023889633</id><published>2010-01-31T22:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-31T22:59:18.130-08:00</updated><title type='text'>One Meal One Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S2Z7jlIwEFI/AAAAAAAAAEo/GRzTwSDRJb4/s1600-h/OneMealOneDay_Logos_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S2Z7jlIwEFI/AAAAAAAAAEo/GRzTwSDRJb4/s400/OneMealOneDay_Logos_cvela_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433165851663536210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Entered in a contest for "One Meal One Day." It's a campaign that will be launched some time in October this year that needed a logo. Which one will get picked is up to the folks at One Day One Meal. But definitely had a lot of fun designing on Sunday afternoon playing with type and composition. Had a fun find when I stacked the words on top of each other and saw that the word NEED could be spelled out. Which completely changed some of the designs for the better and gave it a new idea or concept. We'll see what the results are in the near future. Best of luck to the people who submitted!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5824012487023889633?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5824012487023889633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-meal-one-day-contest-entry.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5824012487023889633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5824012487023889633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-meal-one-day-contest-entry.html' title='One Meal One Day'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/S2Z7jlIwEFI/AAAAAAAAAEo/GRzTwSDRJb4/s72-c/OneMealOneDay_Logos_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-640572201939312364</id><published>2009-12-22T08:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-22T08:21:54.964-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SzDyHO-8OwI/AAAAAAAAAEg/s74zVhgC19g/s1600-h/merry_christmas_cvela_blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SzDyHO-8OwI/AAAAAAAAAEg/s74zVhgC19g/s400/merry_christmas_cvela_blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418096557821803266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Latest illustration I did for the holidays, enjoy and Merry Christmas!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-640572201939312364?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/640572201939312364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-holidays-and-merry-christmas-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/640572201939312364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/640572201939312364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-holidays-and-merry-christmas-to.html' title='Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all!'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SzDyHO-8OwI/AAAAAAAAAEg/s74zVhgC19g/s72-c/merry_christmas_cvela_blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-8960133245366216225</id><published>2009-11-07T09:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T09:48:46.934-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Word of the Day : felicitous</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SvWyD1HQDmI/AAAAAAAAAEE/279ZFY9H5qY/s1600-h/felicitous_cvela_web_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SvWyD1HQDmI/AAAAAAAAAEE/279ZFY9H5qY/s400/felicitous_cvela_web_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401419106967621218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just finished these two illustrations for the Word of the Day series.  Starting to make this an exercise of experimenting with color. Which is why there are two versions.  I think the first one represents more of the definition of happy and delightful; whereas the second I was  experimenting with a vintage color scheme.&lt;br /&gt;Definition : Suitably applied or expressed; appropriate; Happy; delightful; marked by good fortune.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SvWx9X4baZI/AAAAAAAAAD8/zT-dcbNs2u8/s1600-h/felicitous_cvela_web_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SvWx9X4baZI/AAAAAAAAAD8/zT-dcbNs2u8/s400/felicitous_cvela_web_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401418996041607570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-8960133245366216225?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/8960133245366216225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/11/word-of-day-felicitous.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8960133245366216225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8960133245366216225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/11/word-of-day-felicitous.html' title='Word of the Day : felicitous'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SvWyD1HQDmI/AAAAAAAAAEE/279ZFY9H5qY/s72-c/felicitous_cvela_web_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-8004093704000738819</id><published>2009-10-02T16:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T16:11:27.370-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Word of the Day : incarnadine</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SsaIc7KU-bI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Ps6n7zcbWxY/s1600-h/incarnadine_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SsaIc7KU-bI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Ps6n7zcbWxY/s400/incarnadine_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388144034694101426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well, today I was able to squeeze in some time for another word of the day illustration; incarnadine.  Still having a blast at work, enjoy the illustration!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-8004093704000738819?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/8004093704000738819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/10/word-of-day-incarnadine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8004093704000738819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8004093704000738819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/10/word-of-day-incarnadine.html' title='Word of the Day : incarnadine'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SsaIc7KU-bI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Ps6n7zcbWxY/s72-c/incarnadine_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6598636121333081176</id><published>2009-10-01T19:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-01T20:46:52.756-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Word of the Day : adjuvant</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SsVzLOrETiI/AAAAAAAAADs/FtJ6jJDH6Q4/s1600-h/adjuvent_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SsVzLOrETiI/AAAAAAAAADs/FtJ6jJDH6Q4/s400/adjuvent_cvela_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387839165973155362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just started working at Reel &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;FX&lt;/span&gt; / Radium this past week as a Motion Graphics Artist and have had a blast. Not to mention I'm surrounded by some amazing talent. Today I saw in my Illustrator at work that there were some color swatches of Reel &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;FX's&lt;/span&gt; colors. Decided to do an illustration with them. Was wondering what typography I could incorporate, so I googled the word of the day... result : "&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;adjuvant&lt;/span&gt;." Meaning is at the bottom of the illustration, "define : serving to help or assist; auxiliary. assisting in the prevention, amelioration, or cure of disease."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Had a blast just playing around with the colors and experimenting with Illustrator. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did designing it! Looking forward to many great days at Reel FX / Radium.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="def rr_wid"&gt;             &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6598636121333081176?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6598636121333081176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/10/just-started-working-at-reel-fx-radium.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6598636121333081176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6598636121333081176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/10/just-started-working-at-reel-fx-radium.html' title='Word of the Day : adjuvant'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SsVzLOrETiI/AAAAAAAAADs/FtJ6jJDH6Q4/s72-c/adjuvent_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-2498478098726033199</id><published>2009-08-25T23:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T23:22:31.253-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Random doodles at work</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTSFl4k0gI/AAAAAAAAADU/oIJyBml9Iz4/s1600-h/cvela_sketches_v4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTSFl4k0gI/AAAAAAAAADU/oIJyBml9Iz4/s400/cvela_sketches_v4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374151248870429186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTSO-htTAI/AAAAAAAAADc/sGVIV1zKa3E/s1600-h/cvela_sketches_v5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 157px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTSO-htTAI/AAAAAAAAADc/sGVIV1zKa3E/s400/cvela_sketches_v5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374151410104224770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTRpnfOqvI/AAAAAAAAADE/T1dDvCsMoVc/s1600-h/cvela_sketches_v2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTRpnfOqvI/AAAAAAAAADE/T1dDvCsMoVc/s400/cvela_sketches_v2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374150768264653554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTRddYE2QI/AAAAAAAAAC0/U1YPEehlCq8/s1600-h/cvela_life_is_beautiful.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTRddYE2QI/AAAAAAAAAC0/U1YPEehlCq8/s400/cvela_life_is_beautiful.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374150559391865090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTRhcLrxRI/AAAAAAAAAC8/1_kJ0wK1mH4/s1600-h/cvela_sketches_v1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTRhcLrxRI/AAAAAAAAAC8/1_kJ0wK1mH4/s400/cvela_sketches_v1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374150627790931218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTR09WsPuI/AAAAAAAAADM/Q0NnTPZDv-s/s1600-h/cvela_sketches_v3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTR09WsPuI/AAAAAAAAADM/Q0NnTPZDv-s/s400/cvela_sketches_v3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374150963112984290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My original reason for this blog was to post sketches and doodles I have in my sketchbook.  But I have yet to make a post dedicated to just pure sketches :) These are drawings I've had on schedules, change orders, scripts; whatever paper I was given at work, had some sort of doodle on it.  Most of them are of people I saw, or how I saw them, movies I was hyped about, a saying that said something to me, how I felt that day, or how someone else might have felt that day.  Hope you enjoy them just as much as I did when I was drawing them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quick note: Very first image, has a kid in the left corner standing on the name Ben; he is holding an ice cream cone, and was an idea I came across to tell the story of Ben &amp;amp; Jerry's Ice Cream :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-2498478098726033199?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/2498478098726033199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/08/random-doodles-at-work.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2498478098726033199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2498478098726033199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/08/random-doodles-at-work.html' title='Random doodles at work'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SpTSFl4k0gI/AAAAAAAAADU/oIJyBml9Iz4/s72-c/cvela_sketches_v4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-5062635366972399945</id><published>2009-07-29T11:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T12:01:28.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Echo Armonia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SnCawPPHOWI/AAAAAAAAACk/zdzjVzT8HNQ/s1600-h/cvela_echo_armonia_blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363957309712578914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 229px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SnCawPPHOWI/AAAAAAAAACk/zdzjVzT8HNQ/s400/cvela_echo_armonia_blog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just wrapped up a T-Shirt design for the band Echo &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Armonia&lt;/span&gt;. Asked if I could come up with some that fit their style of music. The "echo" is surrounded by the elevation type line work, while the word "&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;armonia&lt;/span&gt;" is on solid line to visualize rhythm. Really enjoyed illustrating and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;concepting&lt;/span&gt; this design. Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-5062635366972399945?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/5062635366972399945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/07/echo-armonia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5062635366972399945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/5062635366972399945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/07/echo-armonia.html' title='Echo Armonia'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SnCawPPHOWI/AAAAAAAAACk/zdzjVzT8HNQ/s72-c/cvela_echo_armonia_blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-7071294302848569966</id><published>2009-07-24T14:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T14:50:00.887-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kion's Birthday Illustration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/Smori8m-uYI/AAAAAAAAACc/h6HLo8kfiJM/s1600-h/cvela_kions_birthday_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362146185723165058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 309px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/Smori8m-uYI/AAAAAAAAACc/h6HLo8kfiJM/s400/cvela_kions_birthday_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I was asked to do an illustration for a soon to be one year old boy by the name of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Kion&lt;/span&gt; :) His sign is a Leo which explains the lion in the illustration symbolizing &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Kion&lt;/span&gt;. Was a lot of fun sketching and illustrating this fun and playful piece. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-7071294302848569966?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/7071294302848569966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/07/kions-birthday-illustration.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7071294302848569966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/7071294302848569966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/07/kions-birthday-illustration.html' title='Kion&apos;s Birthday Illustration'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/Smori8m-uYI/AAAAAAAAACc/h6HLo8kfiJM/s72-c/cvela_kions_birthday_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6382378174473462910</id><published>2009-07-12T18:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-17T20:44:36.025-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Conditioned Response Illustration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SwN7qb1CXrI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Qth0U3FE44I/s1600/conditioned_response.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SwN7qb1CXrI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Qth0U3FE44I/s400/conditioned_response.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405299946729660082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;illustration&lt;/span&gt; was driven by the theme "conditioned response." I'm always inspired by the Bible and the icons it can create; for instance, the Seven Deadly Sins. Combining the two together created this &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;illustration&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To show conditioned response, I thought of the little kids (monsters) hearing the well known ice cream truck song from down the street with the excitement of wondering which ice cream to get. In the bushes, the devil is playing the song drawing the seven deadly sins closer to him. Seeing that this &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;illustration&lt;/span&gt; would be about seven deadly sins, or monsters :) I thought it would be a fun twist to make it a playful one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Personalizing&lt;/span&gt; each character to their name, here's the explanation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sloth (bottom left) - too lazy to think which ice cream to get (...?)&lt;br /&gt;Greed (top left) - already has an ice cream in mind, reaching over to pick another&lt;br /&gt;Gluttony (orange) - has more than one favorite ice cream&lt;br /&gt;Envy (bottom green) - jealous that the character in front of him is going first&lt;br /&gt;Wrath (red) - has an edgy feel to him; more spikes and crooked teeth&lt;br /&gt;Pride (purple) - standing tall, fist down, big chin&lt;br /&gt;Lust (blue) - tongue sticking out with a big stare, his ice cream of choice: banana split symbolizing the thoughts on his mind (cherry/woman, banana/man)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And to add the final touch, the bottom right hand corner is the song title : "Ice Cream Truck them song" &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;conducted by the Temptations&lt;/span&gt; :) Hope you enjoy it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6382378174473462910?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6382378174473462910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/07/conditioned-response.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6382378174473462910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6382378174473462910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/07/conditioned-response.html' title='Conditioned Response Illustration'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SwN7qb1CXrI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Qth0U3FE44I/s72-c/conditioned_response.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-423577583832635374</id><published>2009-05-08T16:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T12:00:51.998-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Donnie, Farewell.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SgTEPsbaJ_I/AAAAAAAAACE/GLXLzIOJCiY/s1600-h/donnie_farewell_cvela.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333603632616712178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SgTEPsbaJ_I/AAAAAAAAACE/GLXLzIOJCiY/s400/donnie_farewell_cvela.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well, after working at &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Adcetera&lt;/span&gt; for a couple years one of the graphic designers is moving to Philadelphia with his fiance. He'll still be working for &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Adcetera&lt;/span&gt; remotely and coming back on occasion. So in his goodbye/farewell I was asked to make an illustration that we would pass around and sign. One of the fastest guys I know in Illustrator and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Photoshop&lt;/span&gt;. Was fun illustration to work on; he'll be missed by all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-423577583832635374?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/423577583832635374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/05/donnie-farewell.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/423577583832635374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/423577583832635374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/05/donnie-farewell.html' title='Donnie, Farewell.'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SgTEPsbaJ_I/AAAAAAAAACE/GLXLzIOJCiY/s72-c/donnie_farewell_cvela.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6287541489033114587</id><published>2009-04-29T12:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T12:01:20.022-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Keep the Faith</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SgEmFSswnfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/buohmOE9ew0/s1600-h/red_is_white_submission.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332585306144153074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 295px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SgEmFSswnfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/buohmOE9ew0/s400/red_is_white_submission.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here is a T-Shirt design I recently did for a church. Had a lot of fun with it and was the first time I have ever manipulated text inside of Illustrator. Usually I just play with type in the space and not so much incorporating it with other graphic elements; so this was a first :) Updated the website as well with some of my previous animations! &lt;a href="http://www.christophervela.com/"&gt;http://www.christophervela.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6287541489033114587?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6287541489033114587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/04/keep-faith.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6287541489033114587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6287541489033114587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/04/keep-faith.html' title='Keep the Faith'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SgEmFSswnfI/AAAAAAAAAB8/buohmOE9ew0/s72-c/red_is_white_submission.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-8445125355559769986</id><published>2009-03-23T00:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T12:02:06.722-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Colour Revolt Design</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SnCb4uRpqEI/AAAAAAAAACs/XaN8hIhprqU/s1600-h/cvela_colour_revolt_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363958554995304514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SnCb4uRpqEI/AAAAAAAAACs/XaN8hIhprqU/s400/cvela_colour_revolt_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After watching the documentary on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Helvetica&lt;/span&gt;, I wanted to use it for a personal project, and it fit perfect for this T-shirt design. Colour Revolt is a band I have been listening to for the past year or two and have been amazed by their sound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Explanation of visuals : The small text is the lyrics to the song "Circus." The &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;illustration&lt;/span&gt; as a whole is an abstract circus tent. The balloon's are a symbol of a person slowly getting beat down by whatever is hitting their walk in life. And at the end of the trail, the black balloon grabs (u)because he or she has been rescued from their &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;circ&lt;/span&gt;(u)s. Whether it be a friend, colleague, co-worker or a family member, we all need to be there and help &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;each other&lt;/span&gt; when in these moments of chaos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-8445125355559769986?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/8445125355559769986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/03/colour-revolt-design.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8445125355559769986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/8445125355559769986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/03/colour-revolt-design.html' title='Colour Revolt Design'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SnCb4uRpqEI/AAAAAAAAACs/XaN8hIhprqU/s72-c/cvela_colour_revolt_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-3271420193702141802</id><published>2009-03-08T19:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T12:02:20.178-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Panton Chair</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SbSAU-EOSmI/AAAAAAAAAA0/T9-JcufuSM8/s1600-h/panton_abstract_cvela_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311010958323108450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SbSAU-EOSmI/AAAAAAAAAA0/T9-JcufuSM8/s400/panton_abstract_cvela_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This past week, I went to a lecture where Rolf &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Fehlbaum spoke and gave some insight on Vitra and the history of their work. I have modeled one of their chairs in 3dsmax and had no idea how much thought went into the design. After the lecture I was inspired to design a piece in honor of such an achievement, the Panton chair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, another great person that has inspired me to do this black and white design is Maxim Zhestkov. His portfolio consists of black and white illustrations/renderings. I'm excited to see where his career and talent take him.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-3271420193702141802?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/3271420193702141802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/03/panton-chair.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3271420193702141802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/3271420193702141802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/03/panton-chair.html' title='The Panton Chair'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SbSAU-EOSmI/AAAAAAAAAA0/T9-JcufuSM8/s72-c/panton_abstract_cvela_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-2848895475706988712</id><published>2009-03-08T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T19:16:28.428-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Recycle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SbR76eW3e0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/b8ZAAQvq35A/s1600-h/recycle_cvela_blog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SbR76eW3e0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/b8ZAAQvq35A/s400/recycle_cvela_blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311006105088260930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently I've been wanting to experiment with type in some way or fashion, and was just looking through Stefan Sagmeister's most recent book, Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far.  One of the coolest collections of typography that I have ever seen.  So this latest posting is inspired by his work and reminding that I myself need to get back into recycling :) Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-2848895475706988712?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/2848895475706988712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/03/recycle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2848895475706988712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/2848895475706988712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/03/recycle.html' title='Recycle'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SbR76eW3e0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/b8ZAAQvq35A/s72-c/recycle_cvela_blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-6352386885036923646</id><published>2009-02-14T13:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T13:48:00.115-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Valentine's Day Illustration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SZc7LnL2hqI/AAAAAAAAAAU/oosamjgpFcs/s1600-h/valentines_day_card_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302772156935341730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SZc7LnL2hqI/AAAAAAAAAAU/oosamjgpFcs/s400/valentines_day_card_web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well as it's a semi-cold and chilly day in Houston, maybe this illustration with brighten it up. Handed these out at my work as my valentine's day card to everyone. Didn't know what to draw or illustrate, so I just took the most popular idol of Valentine's Day, Cupid, and did a little research on the internet. Ended up finding a Greek story/legend of Cupid and decided to draw an illustration based on him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope you enjoy the illustration and have a Happy Valentine's Day!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-6352386885036923646?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/6352386885036923646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/02/valentines-day-illustration.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6352386885036923646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/6352386885036923646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/02/valentines-day-illustration.html' title='Valentine&apos;s Day Illustration'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OrZvhyt8Jgw/SZc7LnL2hqI/AAAAAAAAAAU/oosamjgpFcs/s72-c/valentines_day_card_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123350507037229810.post-694287968836939066</id><published>2009-01-01T15:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T18:15:41.279-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inpsiration'/><title type='text'>day one</title><content type='html'>As the first day in the new year, it calls for a new chapter... starting a blog.  I'll be posting new work, updates on the website, sketches and everything in between.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top 3 Artists that have inspired me this past year:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nate Wragg&lt;br /&gt;I've been really inspired by an artist over at Pixar by the name of Nate Wragg.  Has a good eye for composition, vibrant choice of colors, and always has a great theme/concept to all of his illustrations.  If you're looking for an awesome and fun-loving piece of art, check out his work and order yourself a print at Gallery Nucleus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christopher Hewitt&lt;br /&gt;AKA, Dstrukt.  Killer motion graphics artist.  Has a cool style to his look, great timing on all of his reels, and understands typography.  What I love about all of his pieces is that he does a good job in having diversity in his work.  This motion director is self taught and has been breaking boundaries since he's stepped into the world of motion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tyson Ibele&lt;br /&gt;This 21 year old can animate anything that comes his way.  He has experimented with different styles and nailed every one of them.  Great sense of humor, can be dark at times, but none the less can tell a story in a matter of seconds.  I am eager to see when he posts new work and have been inspired by him because of his skill/talent in animation.  Once again, hands down to this young self taught animator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll keep a look out for these three and they will for sure keep me inspired over the years.  Until next time, check out my online portfolio:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;www.christophervela.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3123350507037229810-694287968836939066?l=christophervela.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/feeds/694287968836939066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/01/greetings-to-all.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/694287968836939066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3123350507037229810/posts/default/694287968836939066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christophervela.blogspot.com/2009/01/greetings-to-all.html' title='day one'/><author><name>Christopher Vela</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15281641224506205315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfJ5ANqSNo8/Td1A5ckl1bI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eh-rRAXVZwI/s220/174375_1668311979_6434364_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
