Cosmic Cruising

So, apparently I can't stop playing with some of my pieces. 

I had thought about adding some simple design elements to the piece I posted previously, "Across The Fog." Well, I just decided to make a car doing some cosmic cruising. 

So, may I present to you, "Cosmic Cruising Across The Fog"

"Cosmic Cruising Across the Fog"

As always there is more to come...

~3

It Was A Dark and Foggy Night...

Now that October is over and I'm no longer doing Horror Movie October I've moved onto another project. This month I'll be writing a novel, or a story. I've decided to jump on board with NaNoWriMo along with a few local friends of mine. 

The goal is write 1,667 words a day during the month of November, and by the end of it you'll have 50,000. Just like last month's project I am a couple of days behind. However, that seems to be how I start things. 

A drag, 

A BIG BOOST,

and then steady as she goes 

to the end. 

I'll get more into this novel writing stuff later. 

Regardless of my writing goals I still can't help but work on graphics. 

It was really foggy out last night, and I couldn't sleep. So, I spent an hour or so taking pictures of the local neighborhood. Tonight I took one of those pictures through some heaving post-production and made this spooky little gem. I have a couple of more that I'll do later. I have even been contemplating adding some design elements to it. 

However, here it is, as it stands. 

"Across the Fog"

As always there is more to come...
~3

Excuse Me

Sometimes I make silly animated .gifs..... Sometimes.

For example I used my Nokia 920 phone to take these pictures and Fantasia Photo Pro to edit them. Then I created an animated .gif in photoshop, and presto!

As always there is more to come...

~3

Superexposed Superheroes

So, for my photography final last quarter I had planned on shooting a series with people in front of graffiti-laden walls. I was going to create movement in horizontal panoramas by moving my camera down the alley and capturing long exposure shots of my subjects moving, and short exposure shots of my subjects standing still as they progress through the panorama. The idea was to create an image that looked as if the person was moving really fast as they graffiti'd the wall. 

However, due to scheduling conflicts and technical difficulties, but mainly the scheduling, I wasn't able to to get the shots done. So, instead I had to improvise the night before. With the help of my lovely assistant, Sarina, I was able to recreate this process. Even though it wasn't with the best tools and certainly not under the best circumstances I did what I could do with what I had in the time that I had. 

These are my results. I'm making a conscience effort to share all of my work with everyone. All I really want to do is work creatively and share it with you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and everyone! 

So, without further ado here's my Superexposed Superheroes (even though one of them is a villian). 

 Here are the originals. There was a lot of manual stitching and melding in photoshop. All of the blurs are from the long exposure. I just had to blend them into the photos. I wish I had a picture of the setup we used. It was a janky tripod that we attempted to attach the figures to, but they kept falling and moving. Then we set up a couple of light sources, one was a flashlight on a ladder and the other was Sarina standing somewhere with a flashlight while moving the tripod because it wouldn't always stay secure. To reiterate, it was janky. Then the background was a few pieces of paper that I printed a brick background onto. Ha! 

The variants involve Photoshop'd logos into the backgrounds. 

Anyway, I digress, please enjoy my silly and laborious work. 

As always, click to embiggen.

The Originals 

Captain America

Colossus

Venom

 Logo Variants 

Captain America

Colossus

Venom

As always there is more to come...

~3

Dropping the Bass on Conn's

For my Design History final we were given a selection of artists, and asked to pick one. Then we had to distinguish their style, and pick a local business to create a poster advertising that business in the style of the artist. 

After a quick fire round of trivia I was allowed first pick, and I went with the one and only Saul Bass. His movie poster work, and simplistic design has inspired so much art. I've always been a firm believer in the cleaner the design the better, but I also love a little texture here and there. Saul Bass was my first pick, but I felt confident I could create a piece in a style of any of the other artists, but, like Alphonse Mucha, I absolutely love his work. 

I've been in and out of Springfield for quite some time, and tasted and experienced quite a bit of what it has to offer. As of right now my favorite place to be in town is Obed & Isaac's, their beer garden, and William Van's Coffeehouse. I also love the bed & breakfast in town called The Inn @ 835. They all are owned by Conn's Hospitality Group. So, I decided to do a Saul Bass inspired poster for all that Conn's Hospitality Group has to offer Springfield, Illinois (Obed & Isaac's, William Van's Coffeehouse, Inn & 835, Widow at Windsor, and the annual Springfield Oyster & Beer Festival)

I did a sketch first. All of my projects start with sketches. I play with layout, design, and then dabble a bit with color before jumping into a digital transfer. 

rough sketch

The digital product is 11" x 7". I created all the shapes in Illustrator, and laid down a font for placing. Then I used the pen tool to work over the font in order to recreate that cut-out feel. I grabbed images from online to use as resources, and, using the pen tool, I cut them into the shapes to create the images within the blocks. After I was pleased with that I exported it all into Photoshop and applied a few textures with some burning and dodging to add some depth. 

digital work in progress

I'm very pleased with how it came out. With every project I learn a little bit more, and am able to apply that knowledge into my next project. Art is very exciting like that, and so is life. 

final product

As always there is more to come...

~3