I wouldn’t be a very good big sister if I didn’t shamelessly promote my brother at least once. While I am sure my parents were initially concerned with our career interests, they have really supported our dreams. I’m sure it isn’t easy having one child with two college degrees who wants to be a writer and another child with a college degree who wants to be a designer. While they always wanted to make sure we had a fall-back plan (you know, in case people start to hate art or told me my writing is horrendous), it’s cool to have a family that:
Realizes we all have different interests and talents. Aren’t jealous of each other’s success. Think it’s cool when the other does something we couldn’t dream of doing.
While I am piddling around on the computer, describing kissing scenes or the Tennessee landscape, my brother is probably in front of his Mac. He's probably wearing a t-shirt and jeans, listening to music I'd hate and pondering ideas for a band's new logo. Bookshelves of CDs, DVDs, video games and books are towering over him and looking over his shoulders.He's taking graphic design by storm.
In fact, I don’t want anyone but him working on my writer’s website. The problem? He’s so good that even his sister has to wait in line to have work done. It’s kind of funny. It's kind of strange. It's good for him that his skills and talent can be used even in this economy.
He’s worked for musicians, radio stations Austin Peay State University, Tim Barnes Senate Campaign, and his friends/musicians like Chris Killian. I’m very excited about his diversity. He designs websites, MySpace pages, CD covers, posters, takes photos and even has begun to design clothing such as T-shirts and buttons.
I tell people, and this might embarrass him, that he’s a genius on the computer. I’m not talking about computer science, though every piece of electronics in his room is connected and I call him when the VCR is blinking. I mean the artsy stuff. He was making stickman cartoons, including one that spoofed the Matrix, when he was a kid. He can paint, draw, photograph, throw pots and come up with a design concept. It’s so diverse it’s jealousy provoking. When I draw a stickman and it looks like I shoved four toothpicks in an orange. When he draws a stickman, I'm surprised Green Day isn't coming over to try to buy it for their next album cover.
Recently, I got his City Lights tee and wore it around. People loved it. They said it had a 80s feel to it. I agreed, but what was really cool is that I got to say, “Yeah. Isn’t it? My brother designed it.”
For more information on his work, visit http://dismantledesign.com/. For merchandise, visit http://dismantledesign.bigcartel.com/.
After all, isn’t that what big sisters are for? Shameless advertising that you don’t even know about until after she’s done it?
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