Construction Project for math class

Beer and music videos...

This here is my first label for Partygyle Brewing. It's a limited edition barleywine to commemorate a wedding. Photos to come...

Just today I stumbled upon this brilliant music video on Motionographer . It's by an artist named Christopher Mills.
The Acorn - Flood Pt.1 Dir: Christopher Mills


It's the music video for the song Flood Pt.1 by the Acorns. It has a homespun quality to it, presenting emotionally visceral visuals. If I can any where near approach this level of authenticity into my thesis I will be happy. Inspiring stuff.

Thesis Update....

My thesis is coming along as quickly as I can humanly muster. The deadline looms on the horizon like an ominous beast waiting to devour me whole. The task at hand is monumental but I have my metaphorical roadmap in the form of a solidified storyboard. Now it's just a matter of making it happen.

The images below are studies of my two main characters, the Binary Brothers. They are couriers in the internet world, ferrying data across to-and-fro. The story is going to show the process they go through to deliver an email, and the roadblocks the run into along the way. It's gonna be fun.

halfway through...

Mid thesis review went great, so now I have time to upload a sketch....

Back By Popular Demand...

I've had a few people ask why I haven't updated in over a month. The short answer is school. Thesis term has been draining my will to do anything that isn't totally required.

Today I had the blessing of several hours free of any commitment, without a deadline looming in the immediate horizon. Down at the coffee shop I finished up a sketch I had started yesterday, just a bit of nonsense drawing in my book.
While drawing, I imagined the piece as vector art. I do this thing sometimes, where I have Adobe Illustrator running in the back of my mind while I'm drawing. Sometimes I like to keep the shapes simple, with minimal crosshatching, so I can pull it into the computer later and blow it out with a good color palette. After finishing my coffee I walked home and scanned my book. I took a while to trace the thing, but I can say that I'm pleased with the results. I really love vector art, it has a different feel than hand done stuff, more precise and anonymous, which can be good sometimes. Take a look and let me know what you think. T-shirt perhaps?

Concepting...

The first week of school has come and gone, the shock of it taking my immune system down. The stress of comprehending the upcoming term coupled with shooting photos in freezing cold weather has given me a cold. I'm trying my best to power through but it's not coming easy. I hear a bowl of Pho calling my name in the immediate future, which is a half hour from now.

I've got a grip of projects on my plate, the one I'm working on at the moment is a gig poster for the upcoming Newspapers show at the Tube on the 25th of February. Below you'll see a page from my sketchbook where I'm figuring out the concept for the poster. I'm going to be illustrating a reel of paper winding it's way throughout a isometric neighborhood, with the paper either ending up shredded or distributed via trucks at the end, I'm not quite sure where I'm going to take it at this point. In a related note, the Newspapers have an upcoming show this wednesday at Holocene opening up for the stellar MGMT. I've been checking them out on Hypemachine. I suggest you do the same, they made the BBC's top sounds of 2008 forecast, and deservedly so. I'll be at the show shooting photos, so stop by, grab a drink and say hello.

Fog Machines and Lazers

If 2006 was the year of clouds and magic and 2007 was year of the dynamic flourish device, then my prediction for the great 2008 is that it'll be the year of fog machines and lazers. Now I don't know what this means at the moment, but it sounds fitting.

In a possibly related note. I invested in a Canon D-SLR Camera. I want to take my photography to the next level. I feel that it's an important step in the evolution of my design practice. I'll be uploading a lot more photos onto flickr from now on. So now, if you happen to need a portrait, event, pet or whatever shot, I can produce. I'm really stoked about the possibilities.