My Life as a Servant to Humanity
my therapist said this would help...just kidding I do not have a therapist...yet. collection of my drawings of my time in retail.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
High Quality Prints for sale!
I have placed a few of my prints up for sale. All printed on High Quality Archival Paper.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Episode 2
Episode 2 storyboarding begins this week. Production starts this weekend. The next installment will focus on an event that happened to me while working in Valet at a Beverly Hills Hotel.
Stay tuned! You will not want to miss this one!
Cheers!
Jordan
Stay tuned! You will not want to miss this one!
Cheers!
Jordan
Saturday, August 6, 2011
IT'S FINISHED!!!! EPISODE ONE IS RELEASED BELOW!
2 months of animating (mostly on weekends). I used Flash CS5.5, Sony Vegas, my animation degree, and Vocalive app for the iphone.
Enjoy!
More to come!
Jordan
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Progress!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Almost finished...
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Half way point
Well... it is getting closer I suppose. My audio maxed out at 3 minutes 55 seconds. I have currently animated 1 minute and 56 seconds. So yeah....its getting there. Half way point for the first episode.
As with any project you have up's and down's, doubts and excitement but its been fun so far.
I hope it turns out good and can convey everything that I want to express with it.
Cheers!
As with any project you have up's and down's, doubts and excitement but its been fun so far.
I hope it turns out good and can convey everything that I want to express with it.
Cheers!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Episode One:
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Intro FINISHED! :)
Intro Sequence complete soon
Saturday, June 25, 2011
update
Sunday, June 19, 2011
scene 2
Saturday, June 18, 2011
some characters
Sunday, June 12, 2011
designs for web series
I have begun development on my new web series "It Came from Ret-hell!" based on the cartoons I created from "My Life as a Servant to Humanity". Using my animation degree background (which was mainly 3D based) I shall dive into the 2D world of Flash. My 4 years of Retail experiences full the inspiration for this project and will keep it going. I shall start with the series intro sequence first, which I have already storyboarded out.
Already designed the background for the exterior of one of the stores. "Tech Palace", "Paper Clips", "Beverly Hills Hotel", and "Theme Park World" shall represent the different Retail environments that I have worked in.
Already designed the background for the exterior of one of the stores. "Tech Palace", "Paper Clips", "Beverly Hills Hotel", and "Theme Park World" shall represent the different Retail environments that I have worked in.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Updates
Yup...it's been a while. A lot has changed since I last posted. I got a new job outside of Retail in the Visual field a few months ago! Even though this means I will not be coming into contact with angry, rude customers anymore does not mean I am stopping this blog.
I am actually turning these little short cartoons into an animated web series using Flash. So stay tuned!
Jordan
I am actually turning these little short cartoons into an animated web series using Flash. So stay tuned!
Jordan
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
My angel can't use an ipod!
Work for IBM.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Returning an item....
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
What are maps?
Sunday, January 30, 2011
That's ok...I'll carry your heavy printer...
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Don't ask twice if you do not want to hear answer twice
Customer came in a while back and asked me what was the difference between two GPS units. The only difference in this case was the screen size. The customer then asked me again the same question so I responded innocently with the same exact answer. The customer then lectured me about how it was wrong to insult my customers by repeating stuff twice... after he was the one who asked the question twice?!?!?!?!?!!
Jordan
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Rip you a new....
Customer incident that happened to my co-worker Matt tonight. Guy who bought a $69 TV a month ago is angry because its a cheap piece of crap. Fun times. bahahahaha! Rip you a new asshole...how creative this customer was with his threats.
This brings up the finer point of how exactly does one rip a new asshole? lol.
Jordan
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
"The Creepy Kiss" (animated)
Ah Flash its been too long. Quickly animated "The Creepy Kiss" using Flash. Its pretty rough. Took me about 30 minutes or so. More refined stuff to come in the future. Based off of previous cartoon about the creepy customer who blew me a kiss.... (throw up in mouth).
Jordan
Jordan
Oldie but goodie...
Found this on my old hard drive... I did this sketch in 2008 when I worked at Staples in Burbank, CA during back to school time!! That's a real image I took of our store in the background. The line for check out went all the way to the back of the store. Ah... the early days of retail.... I was sooo innocent...lol
I got so tired of pointing to where stuff was by the end of the night.
Jordan
Monday, January 24, 2011
Give me my keys!
I reached back into my memories of customer horror stories and found an incident that happened to me 2 years ago when I worked at a Beverly Hills Hotel in valet.
It was 2am and I was about to head out for the night when a drunk customer came up to my stand and demanded his car keys and for his car to be brought up for him. I informed him that we could not do that because he was drunk and we would even give him a hotel room at a pro-rated rate for the night. He was angry and called the LAPD. Silly customer.
Jordan
Do you work in the electronics department???
Saturday, January 22, 2011
You there! Read this for me!
Customer incident that happened to my co-worker Stephanie today. Customer made her read the back of a coffee bag because they left their glasses in the car. lol. I had two different drawings for this incident. Strangeness!!
I thought the fact that a customer would almost expect an associate to gauge out their own eyes to let them use because their glasses were in the car was appropriately realistic. lol.
Jordan
Creepy customer blows kiss.....yuck
Friday, January 21, 2011
welcome to my home
Monday, January 17, 2011
hunting prey...I mean...greeting customers
This is what it feels like to be a sales associate greeting customers. Customers are like antelope, if they see you approach they will run. There is a technique in greeting customers and it involves being as creative and stealthy as possible.
Remember they are on your turf and you know the shortcuts.
"Customers are skittish creatures!"
Jordan
Remember they are on your turf and you know the shortcuts.
"Customers are skittish creatures!"
Jordan
I do not talk politics
I find it interesting when customers find the need to speak to me for 30 minutes about politics. I am neutral in the whole subject of politics. I think politics is nothing but arguing back and forth and honestly I'm an easy going person and like to avoid that sort of thing. lol. I have my views but I like to keep them to myself. This guy was in the market for a new printer but felt the need to release his views on politics to me, who just wanted to do my job and sell him a printer. Is that too much to ask?
Jordan
Jordan
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Talk to my lawyer
Here is my co-worker Sandra's customer episode that happened the other day. Guy comes in trying to return a portable DVD player. Sandra informs him that we have to test it first to make sure it still works. The customer gets angry claiming that "you can't do that without my lawyer present" and saying stuff like "I can't talk to you without my lawyer." hahahahaha epic!
silly customers! :)
Jordan
You people? You people?
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Strange conversation while applying for Credit
In my journies as a Retail Servant I get a lot of talkers. I do not mind talking with most of them, but it is the rare few that provide too much information and go off on tangents that makes it hard to endure.
This happened to me as I was going through the credit application process with a couple. I have to ask all these questions regarding their personal information and some go off on tangents....
Jordan.
this is not a register.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
3D Glasses fail....
"Where are all the plugs?!?!?!"
I witnessed/was asked the greatest thing I have ever heard in my 4 years of Retail yesterday. This lady with her kid comes up to me and is trying to locate an extension cord or "plugs" that her son could play with. Meanwhile, her demon son is going freaking crazy... I end up showing her the surge protectors which she is pleased that we have. She gives it to her son who starts playing with it. Later... he runs around the store shouting, "Where are the plugs?!?!?" while the mother tries to lie to him that "we do not have plugs." hahahaha.... an electronic store without plugs, this kid is not stupid!
It was definitely a "you had to be there" type happening to really truly appreciate it. lol.
Jordan.
It was definitely a "you had to be there" type happening to really truly appreciate it. lol.
Jordan.
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