Home Office and Studio

Finegan|Thompson design studio and art side of a 16 x 28 foot room. The carpet is FLOR tiles. They are environmentally friendly, easy to lay down yourself and can be washed or replaced easily. That's an HP 130nr, a low priced Epson scanner, early Mac Cinema display, Wacom et al. On the art side are some of my boxes, and a steel frame work table with an old bowling alley lane floor as a top. I have a large cutting mat for mounting comps. There is enough room to set up table top photo shoots for comps. Camera is a Nikon D70, no flash setting. Grainy in low, available light but good enough for comps and family photos.

The Home Office

My Pandora® just played The Cure, then Jimmy Reed followed by Question Mark and the Mysterians. This is one nice thing about home/office. My music preferences are universal, played on nice equipment in just about any room where I work. I have to admit, the office had a nice, wall wired quad system driven by anything on my computer.

The distinction between office and home is a valuable tool for limiting stress for many. I chose two stressors, working with my wife and then the studio. Since art is my other pursuit outside work, the two blend together. I don't experience the home studio as a haunting reminder of project stress. It allows me to jump back into any project, ideate and develop it on the fly, while it's hot.