Last semester I went to Sydney, Australia and interned at Griffen Creative, an advertising agency. It was a lot of fun, and I actually got to do a lot of creative work for them.
Along with that, I made this pencil:
I put a lot of thought into it, and at one point I thought it was too much thought. So this version is actually the simplified one (I know).
I made a sketch on paper and traced it using Illustrator. And then I just played with the brush tool, which I think is addicting. So addicting, that I ended up with all of these…
Ok so the story:
As cheesy as it may sound, this is a living pencil. The designs inside are organs.
At the top is the brain, a little below are lungs with the heart, then some squigglies and the stomach and after that the intestines and some more squigglies. Very precise.
Why did I do this?
Well, at my internship I needed to come up with something that would describe me, for my portfolio project. I know… I’m not a pencil, but I like to think that when I create something, I put my everything into it. The designs are “squiggly” but intricate, kind of how I’m laid back but also hard working. The pencil has a personality, and I try to put mine into the work I do.
But I didn’t include an eraser, not because I don’t make mistakes (oh so many….) but because I hope that my ideas can be memorable.
My plan is to do something with these pencils… maybe create my website around them or use Flash to animate them. Just to get the pencil rolling :)
