Layout designing

Just working on a type III assignment, putting together a catalog for a made up show. Also, my beardie is helping me out.

New Projects

Got some fun projects this year,

going to be doing some event identity work, posters and ads etc.
also have a 2d animation I'm working on, simple flash one.

I am also going to be putting together parts for a small magazine, theme of which is creative / alternative culture. It's gonna have interviews with artists, coverage of local galleries, still working on what else (open to suggestions).

I have a few other big works coming up, but those are more of a surprise and I am still working on the details for them...

Warehaus Test Poster

Got bored and made a thing.

Warehaus is my studio idea, corrupting existing art ideas and genres, mashing them together and committing overall blasphemy.

Glitch: Vector Experiment 1

Test of a concept for my Glitch series.

Since when was is June?

Damn, summer hit quick.....


So, I haven't got much to update right now. My camera with files on it is at a different apartment >.<


But I have mostly been working on a massive research project anyways.

I am going to be researching activism and activist art. I will end up looking at various movements of art and activism, how they used different media for political means. The influences on the movements and what came after them will also be important. Another thing I plan to look into is just how powerful the movement was, as a lot of movements today are far reaching I want to come up with some reasons why from an art standpoint.

This project will also be producing some original works too so I can't wait for that part.



Only other work coming up is some graffiti on girls stuff for a contest. I should have some rough work up this or next week though.

Final Poster for GD II

Glitch: Visual Design Unit

Final work for a design project this semester,
making a poster for a fake show.

   

GD Mock Show Posters

Couple works from my design class this year. They are for a fake show at Umass.

Surrealist Experiment

Quick experiment in surrealism. I did some meditating and relaxing, then picked up a pen and blank printer paper with my mind blanked, and just drew. This is called "automatic drawing". I did not think of anything while drawing for about 10-20 minutes. Then I took the picture, uploaded it to the computer and created a piece based around it incorporating the drawing. I want to rework it at some point, but this is a little preview.

Random Design Update

Getting moving on end-of-semester projects for Design. Some little digital bits:

 

All of the above were made with

only open source software.

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I use Ubuntu- and for these works,

Gimp, and Inkskape

 

Wet On Wet

Work on Phyred Magazine

So, I've been working on this for a while and it's finally starting to take shape.

As part of a graphic design class, I am finally putting together a copy of Phyred as a magazine.
It's going to be a creative culture magazine, although the first issue is going to be about the creation of the magazine itself...

So far I have a lot of notes, thumbnails, and headaches. But it's starting to produce some actual results in the form of templates and roughs of pages. Here's a couple quickies.

Article on David Carson

Template for Ads

Spray Can sculpture

Been working on this thing in sculpture. Making a scaled up spray paint can from steel n stuff. Getting to play with mig welding and an acetalene torch. Can't wait to finish this piece.

Some digital works

Just a quickie post of some recent works. Will be more to come, just loading these for now.

New Semester....New schemes.....

Got another fun-filled semester ahead. Classes include Digital Media, Graphics Design, a Typography class and Sculpture/Fabrication.


Digital Media: Rehash of a lot of my GDesign work from high school and generic screwing around...still..... it'll be good to learn some new techniques and practice more. I need to get back into cranking out work in all media regularly.

Graphic Design: Intro course. I managed to up my credits for it (hopefully) but ill have to do more work. Its ok, more stuff to put in a portfolio. First project? Pretty much a repeat of my first high school GD assignment. Prolly gonna experiment in free class-time.

Typography: FUUUUUUUUU-/ Seriously. I just have a lot of bad experiences with "typographers". Not all of them are stuck-up elitist pricks, but unfortunately many i have met are. Which sucks because this class has potential to carry over to my graffiti and I also think I could teach some of the kids the free-styling aspect and that some of them could help me tighten up my standard letters. I'll just have to hope for the best. First project? Hand drawing and tracing letters of the "Clarendon" typeface. Pics to come.

Sculpture: Schedules right after type for a reason. Its an awesome stress reliever and it feels great to be working with my hands again. First piece I am making? A Pyro-worthy Ax, hand-carved from various woods using really old tools and techniques.


PLACES: its not one of my classes, but it is the club I am VP of. Itll be a fun year with this. Got plenty of workshops and lessons lined up and several rituals, basically once a week. Also hoping to get some photo-ops with that.



Got a shitton of other things going on to, but I think this is enough of my headspace for now//

Graffiti fun 01July2012

love doing this,

grabbing a few friends, crate of spray cans

some paper and a drop cloth.

we actually had a cop troll by us and leave, i think

he was confused what to do

since we aren't actually damaging anything...

^_^

all caught red-handed!

she isn't a firebreathing dragon, i swear

zombiez!

my friend PJs sweet piece

possible tattoo?

made from paint splatters on plastic

end results + dirty hands

Fourth of July

i had a little fun at my college and up in rockport messing with long exposure shots n stuff

found someone tossing up the "X" for Excission :P

i really love getting shots of fireworks that actually hint at 

the explosive aspects rather than just the pretty lights, 

i mean, explosions are so much better than

pretty lights

^_^

all those blue lights? People.

with a few of my friends chilling in the middle of the exodus 

after the fireworks stopped

house up in rockport- i want it

i know theyre overdone, but i love macro shots

of flowers and stuff

i love this shot. her just standing apart from the crowd

during a parade- right as a giant

pink elephant goes by

actually managed to get some shots of lightning next

to the bonfire across the bay, thanks

to my girlfriend.

first time i actually caught lightning on camera

glamour shots done up next to the bonfire,

once it wasnt 30 feet tall

i love hitting up rockport for the fourth,

theres some fireworks around the bay

and a bunch of awesome shops and

some cool artists.

and a huge fracking bonfire with an outhouse and

sometimes an effigy on top of it.