Photoatomic Research Institute

dawdles.

2011-09-13T18:51:00.001-07:00

quick in progress shot of a relief print i am working on. did a test pressing today to see if it's where i want it.

also did this quick illustration tonight of a stern looking gentleman.

FORGOTZ

2011-09-01T17:30:00.000-07:00

practicing with type. put together in Illustrator.

also go watch this Blade Runner documentary. very awesome:

FACED

2011-06-12T18:53:00.000-07:00

been awhile since i have worked on a collage project...

SLOP

2011-03-15T22:14:00.001-07:00

and some random stuff from my sketchbook lately:

DANGER

2011-02-28T13:10:00.001-08:00

created for a zine show at the end of March.

2011-02-05T21:29:00.001-08:00

just messing around. it's kind of a mess. keep repeating this to myself lately to keep focused.

SEE YOU AT THE PARTY

2011-01-27T22:17:00.000-08:00

had a training today featuring lots of corporate videos about diversity and safety. one of the highlights was Charles Butt, the President of HEB stores. he was a highlight mostly for his insanely proportioned features. anyway, decided to jump on illustrator tonight and see if i could slap together a rendition of him from memory without looking at my sketchbook.

(that's ol Charles Butt on the left. he was wearing a turtleneck in the videos we watched today.)

here is the page from my sketchbook during the training:

funny that the sketch i did during the video came out very different. it was good to sketch loose in pen and just kind of doodle. feel very rusty, but with school gearing up i should have no excuse to not get back on the wagon.

work work work

2010-11-30T13:18:00.000-08:00

you might remember the bus ad i posted awhile back, well it was scrapped and this is it's replacement.

finally finished tweaking my Don Quixote titling. got rid of the dark red because it looked bad w/ a black background. the project was to design a title for the film version of whatever book we were assigned. the type was built from the ground up. spent a lot of time making it all work. hopefully if i get some free time i can build out the rest of the alphabet. had a lot of fun doing that.

FILTERED

2010-11-13T09:53:00.001-08:00

Dear Comics,

Just because you CAN use a photoshop filter does not mean you should. As an example i took 5 min to change up the dress for Spider-Man Fever.

There are a ton of problems w the one i did, but reducing the amount of fonts and drop shadows and outerglows helps it read much better. With Chip Kidd, Tom Muller, Todd Klein, and Rian Hughes available, there isn't much of an excuse.

Comics have some great design going on. The recent Batwoman Elegy trade was gorgeous and had a ton of smart JH Williams III goodness happening. The problem is that Marvel and DC and countless other publishers are pumping out tons of other work that just seems to get slapped together which makes no sense because it doesn't help the cover art shine like it should.

Thankfully it seems the tide is turning, some of us just wish it would do so faster.

PITY PITY

2010-11-08T13:14:00.000-08:00

Turns out today is Draw Mr. T Day.

Go figure.

THE WHEELS

2010-10-30T20:08:00.001-07:00

working on a project for school for a hand drawn back to school ad. the issue is that i need to have 75% typography and this isn't there. can't wait to scrap this and start over.

WHAT'S THIS?

2010-10-20T12:58:00.001-07:00

was digging through my hard drive for portfolio work and found this. having trouble remembering what it was for, but i have to say, i would totally live there. didn't realize i was capable of doing stuff like this.

THE PEN TOOL IS MIGHTIER

2010-10-05T19:55:00.001-07:00

For my typography class we needed to choose a well known public figure and design a two page magazine spread using primarily type to tell a story about our chosen public figure.

Beck is of course well known and rather divisive, so this is what I have so far.

Seems awfully on the nose, but he is I suppose.

SUPER BUDDIES

2010-09-20T09:11:00.001-07:00

just practicing a little this morning. pretty rusty.

The Lives of Others

2010-09-20T04:00:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to seeing The Lives of Others tonight. A scant 3 years after it won an Oscar for Best Foreign Picture. You can never be too late to a party I suppose.

The movie takes place in East Berlin during the year 1984. The Socialist Republic of E. Berlin is controlled by the Stasi. The Stasi were a secret police who maintained order through a vast spy and informant network, often composed of the republic's citizens. It has become famous through the sheer amount of paperwork that was preserved. Every t crossed and i dotted. In this society of stifling bureaucracy and observation we follow the lives of two artists who have just been placed under surveillance.

The story is incredibly quiet and subdued, often feeling stifling in it's tension. You spend so much of the story just waiting for something to explode you begin to ache. Movies like this are fantastic in the perspective they place on our own lives. Some parts of the movie feel so close to something we can reach out and touch. This tangible evil at the edge of our periphery. You feel claustrophobic at times because you understand what this would be like. You can perceive the surveillance and pressure. This is McCarthyism or Witch Hunts. This is a story that repeats itself over and over.

Lives of Others is a fantastic exploration of the grey in a black and white society; an examination of what happens when someone who identifies so strongly with Black or White finds himself in the middle. There is a beautiful section when one of the leads wonders if someone can hear, really hear, a beautiful piece of music are they really that bad of a person? The film has every element there to be this German apologist period flick about an especially bleak time in humanity but what it ends up being is this quiet nuanced story about finding beauty and in that finding yourself.

We all come with a hole in ourselves. We spend our lives trying to fill that void with anything that'll plug it up. Some of the choices we make are good and some are bad. To fill that empty space with something lovely, something that feels good is the only way to really do it. This movie is about filling voids with beauty, about understanding the choices we make to complete ourselves.

UPDATED!!

2010-08-16T14:06:00.001-07:00

It has been awhile... but you know there are things. plus this is a blog after all and it certainly wouldn't be a blog if i didn't let it languish from time to time.

ANYWAY. below is preview art from a very tiny little zine i have slapped together to pass around at the dallas webcomics expo this weekend and the following weekend at the dallas comicon.

it'll be in black and white of course so ignore that color.

FLASHY

2010-07-06T15:13:00.001-07:00

Logos i am working on for my kickball team. Hope to do something as an iron on. Was using Euro Football Club logos as inspiration for most of these. Hopefully i can assemble together some process on this.

Also i have made the finals in a contest through Jarritos Soda. You can find my two submissions here: Jarritos Flavor City

If you happen to be in LA they will be framed and hung in a gallery which is probably detailed on that site.

WHATEVER, MAN.

2010-06-28T15:19:00.001-07:00

he used to like the National, but now he prefers Ariel Pink's lo-fi experiments.

CHOMPSY

2010-06-08T12:54:00.000-07:00

I saw a cool illustrationby Theodoros Pelecanos of the Ouroboros. Inspired me to jump into Illustrator and make this. Click on the image for the larger res file.

HE HATES THOSE CANS

2010-06-08T11:10:00.000-07:00

Preview of business cards I just put an order in for. 5 alternate fronts and the info back.

Figured they were needed to go along with the website I set up for myself. Also decided I should take myself, and my professional development a little more seriously. Currently the website is just aggregating my blog, Flickr, and Twitter accounts, but hopefully soon it can also be a portfolio display tool.

PICKTURES

2010-06-07T12:49:00.000-07:00

Two new albums up on my flickr with photos from Scarborough Renaissance Faire and some stuff i shot randomly throughout March. Click on the pictures below for the respective Sets.

ASTRO POOL

2010-06-05T22:12:00.000-07:00

found a great image in the NASA archives and sketched a drawing from it as reference. wasn't even close, but you know. slapped some color on for the hell of it. it's a mess...

ETERNAL BATTLE

2010-05-28T15:44:00.000-07:00

Apropros of nothing... a second Friday sketch!

Gorvon the Invincible locked in mortal combat with the mischevious Master of Sludge.

SWOOSHING

2010-05-28T12:46:00.001-07:00

Jay Garrick's Flash costume was always so bizarre. but you know... what can you do.

colored in Photoshop, 15 min. happy friday, oh and enjoy your long weekend.

LOREM IPSUM

2010-05-18T13:46:00.000-07:00

The Beauty Of Typography: Writing Systems And Calligraphy Of The World
This is a really fantastic article by Smashing Magazine detailing the ins and outs of the writing systems of the world. A ton of awesome information here and a some really cool examples of the differences in writing that we aren't often exposed to.

Also speaking of far off places... Check out Phillipino artist Twistedfork.

PREJUDICE

2010-05-18T13:13:00.000-07:00

well i saw a screencap and couldn't help myself.

MOTHER'S DAY

2010-05-13T11:47:00.001-07:00

Just uploaded some photos to flickr taken over Mother's Day weekend.

WET AND IN CHARGE

2010-05-06T15:14:00.001-07:00

I mean... why not.

TRIUMPH OF FOODSTUFFS

2010-05-04T18:08:00.000-07:00

latest class assignment for Illustration. hope you enjoy. can't wait to get this printed at full 11x17 size.

KEYHOLE

2010-04-28T13:16:00.000-07:00

little peek at an illustration i am working on right now...

also the govt has lost an experimental, and prob grossly expensive, glider. oops!
Air Force's Falcon Hypersonic Glider Disappears Mysteriously

check out these childrens drawings created somewhere in the 11-15th century.
Art of Onfim

2010-04-23T12:08:00.001-07:00

GNARLY

2010-04-21T15:10:00.001-07:00

quick inked sketch i ruined in Photoshop. the texture on the troll pants came out kinda cool though. good ol rust!

CLICK

2010-04-15T09:08:00.000-07:00

Ok so i just got the pictures i took in Austin over this past weekend all scanned in.

Shot everything with my trusty Nikon FT3 and used an old roll of Lomo Redscale film i had in the fridge. As a surprise, i took an entire roll of film and every picture actually came out... now if i can just work on my composition skills.

FOR FREE

2010-04-13T16:20:00.000-07:00

Fontfrabric released Solomon and for a limited time is giving away the regular version of the font. Go grab a download before it expires.

Solomon Font

SLURP

2010-04-07T12:32:00.000-07:00

You know... just chilling at the aqueduct. Did this illustration for class, would like to get a nice big print done to mount for class presentation.

TRASHBIN

2010-04-05T21:16:00.000-07:00

These illustrations are both not done, but will never get used for their orig purpose. So sad to see them go in the dustbin.

APRIL FOOLS ROUNDUP

2010-04-02T06:40:00.000-07:00

Ok so another underwhelming April Fools Day full of pretty meh jokes. There were three standouts for me this year though:

1. The Under Consideration refresh of the Dunkin Donuts logo which was done so well it was plausible.

Dunkin Donuts Refresh

2. The Secret Behind Nike Air

3. Tech Crunch's April Fools joke wasn't very interesting or funny... but it ended up becoming funny when the NY Times demanded they takedown the article!
NYTimes Request Correction/Removal Of Our Post. We Decline.

SCOOT SCOOT

2010-03-26T09:54:00.000-07:00

Comissioned by a friend to make this.

What do you think Nick?

BANG BANG BANG

2010-03-25T11:33:00.000-07:00

I don't even know where to begin with this... i mean these are the very serious repercussions of violence between cheese aliens and pepper aliens.

KNOTZ

2010-03-11T13:16:00.001-08:00

This was an unused scrap from some work this week. Thought i would color it and fancy it up some.

Also go read this article on education reform which, though very long, very very good:
Building a Better Teacher

SOMEBODYS WATCHING ME

2010-03-10T14:32:00.000-08:00

This looks like a normal building... but there is a surprise. The bosses office is an elevator that travels from top to bottom of the building so he can survey workers in all aspects of the process. Go check out the entry on this crazy building at Anarchitecture. Totally awesome scale model involved.

IT'S A

2010-03-10T14:29:00.000-08:00

GOAT!

SNUGGLE BEAR

2010-03-09T13:22:00.000-08:00

two studies of a vicuna fawn... courtesy of Zooborns.

TAPED

2010-03-05T13:28:00.000-08:00

Made this as a test this afternoon. Completed in Ill CS4 in 30 min. Click on image to see larger.

Paper texture courtesy of DeviantArt user DJSOUNDWAV

NOT A MOON

2010-02-23T17:43:00.001-08:00

also not very well done. but whatever. learning the type tool today in class.

starfield courtesy of flickr user Zoeff

CHIPPING AWAY

2010-02-22T09:17:00.001-08:00

logo and process thumbs for a coffee company for class:

HULK SMUSH

2010-02-22T08:51:00.000-08:00

Icarus- Hulk- The Marvel World of Icarus
This is a song from this crazy psychedelic Marvel Comics album.

Description from Amazon:

One of the rarest major label albums to emerge from the British Progressive Rock underground, The Marvel World Of Icarus was a concept work based around the Marvel Comics stable of superheroes. It came out in 1972, but, according to legend, was immediately withdrawn due to a dispute between record label Pye and Marvel Comics. Taken from the original master tapes, this first-ever official reissue - which includes comprehensive liner notes, band quotes and previously unpublished photos - tells the fascinating story behind the album as well as documenting the wider adventures of Icarus during their 1968-72 existence.

I dare you to download and listen. Let me know if you are interested in the album.

FUTURISTIC

2010-02-18T08:17:00.000-08:00

holy crap this is a freaking Animal Shelter.

picture by Schopia

click on the above to see more. thanks to Daily Dose of Architecture for the link!

TESTING TESTING

2010-02-17T07:58:00.000-08:00

So enough people are viewing this blog now that i have blown through my free account bandwith on Photobucket. All my crap is broken, and I am thinking that I might just switch over to Flickr and upgrade that account. Testing out hotlinking from Flickr.

STUFF FOR YOU

2010-02-16T17:56:00.000-08:00

finished up this black and white illustration for class. hopefully i can do some more with it.

just kinda messing around.

SPITOON

2010-02-09T18:08:00.000-08:00

Took this work from last week in a different direction. Should be interesting.

ZIPPING ALONG

2010-02-08T13:56:00.000-08:00

Was checking out Eric Graham's website and was inspired to do a "study". Grabbed the first interesting picture i saw. This is sort of new territory for me, even though i should be doing this sort of thing more.

Anyway, pen and paper then ruined in Photoshop.

Go buy Eric's prints at 20x200.

2010-02-05T14:45:00.001-08:00

Happy Friday blogosphere...

Inspiration courtesy of ZooBorns.

TANAGRAMS

2010-02-04T09:08:00.000-08:00

Built in Illustrator and ruined in Photoshop.

On a serious note there has been a mini-explosion of stuff on BoingBoing recently about Afrikaans hiphop. It is totally weird and hard to explain but at the same time it is very awesome. Go check out some of the awesome videos at the links below:

Afrikaans rap-rave: Die Antwoord, "Zef Side [Beat Boy]"
Die Antwoord, S. African zef-rap, and Progeria survivor Leon Botha

This is my favorite song of the bunch so far (dude's hat is so good):

FACE

2010-02-02T18:17:00.000-08:00

Working on a class assignment.

Traced a commons image from Library of Congress flickr and then applied a pic of mountains over top for texture. Still working on it.

BLURRYCAM

2010-02-01T12:18:00.000-08:00

Sorry about the blurrycam shots. Taken with my iPhone in a hurry. But I had to document this...

So I was at a local used book store when I came across this gem. Unfortunately I didn't have spare cash to spend 25 bucks on it, so i snapped a few pictures. It is, as you can see, illustrated by Blake Hampton who doesn't have much information about him out on the internet... but he has an interesting paper cutout style he utilizes in this project.

Favorite pic could be the hot-bird action shot, or maybe the sleeping puppy. Click on the pic above to see the flickr set...

KICKS

2010-01-26T17:58:00.000-08:00

worked on this in class tonight...

PTHBBB

2010-01-25T17:39:00.001-08:00

It has been awhile since i have done a desktop wallpaper... worked on this while waiting for class to start:

large sizes are available if you are interested.

BITE

2010-01-25T16:05:00.000-08:00

seriously how awesome is this?

photo courtesy of Tom Sweeney at the Star Tribune

RIP iPhone B(

2010-01-19T12:51:00.001-08:00

Here are some pics from my company trip to Mexico last week. All taken with my now departed iPhone.

OH OOPS

2010-01-19T12:38:00.001-08:00

I have a blog! Seriously will work on being less of a slacker. Please comment all you want, it'll make me feel guilty ignorning it.

tuttuttut

2009-12-17T15:24:00.000-08:00

messing around with logos... nothing new here, just practicing. is it readable?

also this was my revised version of the poster... if anyone was interested.

btw i did reduce the sponsor logos in the final version (they are large here). thanks for all the input guys!

ZAPPING

2009-12-04T09:42:00.001-08:00

Did this drawing at the bar the other night... brought it into photoshop to see what color looked like on it, and if i didn't like it anymore, but it is still fun and i might have to make it into some vector art in Illustrator.

SCHOOLIN

2009-11-30T17:36:00.000-08:00

Working on a poster for my Intro Graphic Design class and received no critique from my professor on this. Have a fake company with a fake event i needed a fancy poster for...

Any critique would be greatly appreciated!!

HONK HONK

2009-11-30T15:42:00.000-08:00

Just got all the photos i took with my phone on our recent NY trip uploaded to flickr.

Click the picture to check out the set!

THE BEST AT DOING STUFF

2009-11-18T13:25:00.000-08:00

Two favorite Wolverine 100 Project covers previewed so far:

Pretty much never liked much Bachalo stuff but that first one is his and it is really nice. Click on the pics for larger versions in case you didn't try.

SPLOOOOOSH

2009-11-18T11:12:00.001-08:00

Tom Waits and Kool Keith together on a song? AMAZING.

The video is also ridiculously awesome. Done by Fluorescent Hill.

via BoingBoing

HAPPY TUESDAY PARTY

2009-11-17T14:00:00.001-08:00

Thanks to Drawn for the link to this awesome video by South African group Goldfish. The video is awesome... but the song is pretty solid too.

WHALE PENIS

2009-11-11T07:30:00.000-08:00

This press release is mindblowing:

ARMORED CAR WITHOUT PENIS. LET'S SAVE THE WHALES.
One month ago DARTZ presented uberluxury armored car with whale penis interior - PROMBRON' (ex.RussoBaltique), lot of people name this car as DARTZ.KOMBAT. As the world's resonance was very huge and DARTZ got lot of angry e-mails from Greenpeace, WWF and also Pamela Anderson, DARTZ make strong decision to stop their plans regarding such interior.

"We have no any ideas to kill the whale or something like that. All we want - to make just luxury car. Real luxury car which will be world number one car. Our brand was started at 1869 when in Riga was opened Coach Factory or Russo Baltiysky Vagonnij Zavod - PBVZ, and first products was luxury train coaches. At 1907 was made a decision to open Car Department, and at 1909 first car left factory - the name of this car was RussoBalt. This was luxury and sport cars. At 1911 specially for Monaco Rally car got french style name - RussoBaltique. At 1912 factory made world first 4 x 4 wheel drive car, and at 1914 - armored car. All we want to unite luxury and armoring traditions of RussoBalt factory in one car, which brand celebrated 100 years now. At 1922 RussoBalt was renamed to PROMBRON' (ex.RussoBalt).

We just looking for most expensive products for this car - and that's why we choosed whale penis leathure when we checked it is most of most. After wave of protest we realised our mistake and make a decision not to use natural leathure at all. We will focus on world most advanced nanotechnologies to achieve interior highest quality using artificial materials which also was never used for cars. We want to tell our hello to all whales: "Our Sea Brothers! We all know that earth are stand on three whales - we will keep You live! We don't Earth fall down to Ocean!"

Also we make a decision to pay more attention to glass and on our new car model we will use glass which will be made by special technology - from artificial grown chrystals, which will be gold sputerred to cut IR and UV rays, which make driving inconvinient when sun shine.

Best regards,
Leonard F. Yankelovich
DARTZ.EU

Jalopnik has a rundown of the insane options that come on this vehicle:
Pam Anderson Forces Russian SUV-maker To Circumcise Whale Penis Leather Interior

UHHHH

2009-11-10T17:08:00.001-08:00

Do kiwis make a noise?

COOCOO

2009-11-10T14:21:00.001-08:00

birds!

GUTTERBALL

2009-11-09T17:33:00.000-08:00

made an invitation for my bday party...

click on the pic for a larger size.

FIDDLING

2009-11-09T09:18:00.000-08:00

Playing with blocks and gradients. But really i am just ripping off Charley Harper, only very poorly. Want that new retrospective book:

Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life

ROCKING

2009-11-02T12:24:00.000-08:00

New favorite band... Gypsy Blood (such a crazy name).

They are an old Japanese Psych-Rock band. Totally awesome.

Check out the album here: Gypsy Blood - Rokko Oroshi (1972)

Go buy the album at Rough Trade. Because we all know now that those of you who illegally download music are also compulsive music shoppers.

BOOOM

2009-11-02T06:46:00.000-08:00

So two weeks ago we were headed for breakfast and saw this "car" parked at a bank and we immediately had to pull over to check it out. As we approach the guy is sitting in it on a call on his phone, and when he was done he was nice enough to talk to us about the masterpiece.

The thing has a V-8 packed into it's innards and has surpassed the 200mph mark. He has been driving it as a daily driver for over 20 years. All in all it was totally rad to find this thing just parked there. I can't believe i have never seen it before around town.

pics courtesy of Janice!

RUSTLING LEAVES

2009-10-22T13:22:00.000-07:00

click the picture for the full size version.

FWOOOSH

2009-10-21T15:08:00.001-07:00

Living in one of the epicenters of gas drilling i was pretty blown away by this video of a guy setting his tap water on fire. You should also be.

CAN YOU DO THIS WITH YOUR TAP WATER? from JOSHFOX on Vimeo.

This video was up on the Consumerist last week. Well oddly enough today in the latest edition of our local alternative newsmag they had an article about the ills of gas drilling. Then i see the video again on my feed reader today when Apartment Therapy blogs about it.

The story in the FW Weekly was shocking. There is a lot of stuff not being mentioned with all this drilling. Stuff about catastrophic accidents every 6 months, corroding pipes, awful infrastructure and horrific eminent domain stuff. I suggest you go read that article here.

2009-10-21T11:51:00.000-07:00

"What do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?" says the 86 year old Republican at a meeting about Maine's Marriage Equality Bill.

If you watch this and still don't believe in equal rights for marriage you are a jerk.

via BoingBoing

GOLD LIGHTAN!

2009-10-21T08:50:00.000-07:00

theme song:

BLACK DYNAMITE!

2009-10-19T14:00:00.000-07:00

Holy crap how did i not hear about this until now??

"He drives a 5000 dollar car, wears 100 dollar suits..."

Seriously go watch this trailer. Click on the pic above for the movie site. Best thing I have seen since Black Belt Jones.

GHOSTS OF COMICS PASTS

2009-10-15T14:32:00.000-07:00

I keep forgetting to post about this... but Rags Morales (artist on the mostly meh Identity Crisis) is working on some kinda Noir style book for DC. The released preview art is enough to sell me on whatever it is...

more at Newsarama.

DOOM HOTEL

2009-10-15T12:55:00.000-07:00

image via Yeowatzup on Flickr

So this "hotel" which has been in process for 20 years in the N. Korean capital has finally resumed work. It is a colossal failure and makes pretty much every worst building ever list. Now, much like the rest of the city, they are cleaning up the facade but aren't keen to give firm details about it being useful. They do say the rotating restaurant will function come 2010. Go read the BBC article for more info.

Why didn't i ever work somewhere like the Hotel of Doom?? Think of how little customer service must be involved in that job. Don't like the beds? Too bad. The Great Leader chose them. It is that or forced labor camps.

God bless you North Korea and your "antics". Speaking of... read Guy Delisle's fantastic graphic novel about living there for a bit.
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

YELLOW CAKE

2009-10-15T12:51:00.000-07:00

Fantastic animation in this video about the curse of Yellow Cake. This has everything a good liberal wants... geopolitics, socialism, bullying, pretty cartoons! Just watch and see.

Yellow Cake from Nick Cross on Vimeo.

Nick Cross Blog
via Meathaus

#^)

2009-10-14T09:55:00.000-07:00

Just uploaded some photos I took at the U2 concert on Monday. Waiting on the 120 film i shot to be developed. The concert was good, and no complaints with the luxury box my work procured.

Click on the pic above to see the flickr set.

JESUS WALKIN ON THE WATER

2009-10-08T12:22:00.000-07:00

one picture... two versions of captions.

version 1: original
version 2: revised for reality

Because remember... it isn't good art if you don't have to explain it in detail and hand hold your audience.

Further explanation at Wonkette.

DOMO

2009-10-06T08:29:00.000-07:00

A Japanese TV station mascot has further infiltrated another corporate marketing effort. I have to admit I almost stopped at 7-11 this morning for a cup of Domo coffee...'

via Eat Me Daily

ON Y VA.

2009-10-06T08:25:00.001-07:00

You can say what you want about the French... but in the end they'll be remembered for stuff like this:

Look at that steering wheel design... amazing. The whole aesthetic of this thing is so unbelievably French. Fantastic.

go buy it here: Citroen Ami 6

via Jalopnik

A REMINDER

2009-10-05T13:10:00.000-07:00

click on the pic to check out the studio tour on Beautiful Decay that inspired this quicky.

WASHOUT

2009-10-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

It is still really surreal seeing a felled tree just chilling in your backyard. The tree looked especially cool this morning lit up by my headlights in the pre-dawn. I should try to get long exposure photo of it. Have to admit I kind of like it though, part of me wishes we could work it into the landscaping.

Anway it is Monday... and it is really grey outside. Here is some practice this morning followed by a link-dump.

(click picture for larger version as usual)

"Anger at Montblanc's Gandhi pen"[BBC NEWS] via Consumerist.

"Indian farmer's daughter is most bad-ass woman in the world" via Boing Boing.
Preview Art for Grant Morrison's new Joe the Barbarian leaves me wondering how in the world this has escaped my knowledge until now. It looks like a fantastic trip. via the Vertigo Blog

RED FLAG

2009-09-29T09:21:00.000-07:00

This is almost just like ol Chad Johnson. Excuse me... Chad Ocho Cinco.

Asashoryu gets in trouble for putting arms in air after victory.

story via Tokyomango.

PREDATOR!

2009-09-28T18:31:00.001-07:00

click for larger 1920x1200 version.

PUNCHYU!

2009-09-28T11:52:00.000-07:00

Another collage for a class assignment. All included images are from the fantastic Library of Congress Flickr account. Sorry this one involves no cats, bacon, or rainbows.

TOO MANY TEARDROPS

2009-09-25T15:45:00.001-07:00

WEEKEND!

(2001 INTRO MUSIC)

2009-09-25T10:36:00.000-07:00

Made this for a contest at Kitsune Noir.

Click on the pic for the large size.

CATCH

2009-09-22T16:05:00.001-07:00

Ok so this video was linked by Lisa Katayama at Tokyomango...

It is awesome, and uses the same techniques as the ever infamous "catching netbooks with your ass" commerical for MSI.

CLASS TIME

2009-09-21T18:01:00.000-07:00

working along with the instruction in class...

WORKING TITLE

2009-09-21T12:40:00.000-07:00

For my intro Photoshop class... first assignment was design a movie poster.

Created the title and cast shadow stuff with dry brush technique... the rest is pretty basic. I am feeling like the cast shadows of the letters is making a mess of the design, but at the same time i like it. Can't wait to print this sucker poster size.

WENT PAINT

2009-09-18T11:58:00.000-07:00

SLIMEY

2009-09-16T12:48:00.000-07:00

Did this for fun... also practice i suppose.

ZAPOW

2009-09-16T12:41:00.000-07:00

Made a new desktop wallpaper thanks to these ridiculously awesome arrow and pointer graphics by Corey Thompson.

go download the pointers and arrows here.

Thanks for the heads up BD!