wednesday, february 24th, 2010
The people at Carne were kind enough to include a couple of my pieces in the February issue. Thanks, guys!
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monday, february 22nd, 2010
Pavement Loop, my new 9-piece series, is done and online. This collection was probably the easiest I've ever done, but it's already one of my favorites. There's something very pure and direct about each piece; the visuals "speak to me" on a level that the rest of my work just hasn't thus far.
I'd like to apologize for the suffocating pomposity of that last sentence. It's true, though, so whatevs.
This is now the third series to preempt my ongoing time travel project, to which I think I can finally recommit myself full-time. I promise to stop being so vague and mysterious about it—intentional as it may be—as I get more of it put together in the coming weeks. I must say, however, it's an extremely cool idea, so I'm really excited to share it.
Also, I've been getting more and more requests for prints since releasing The Imprint, so I'll be working on getting a store online sooner than later.
Lastly, I want to say thanks for all the wonderful feedback and support I've been getting from people in the last couple months. I really do appreciate it all, and hope to keep hearing from you. In particular, I'd like to give some Twitter shoutouts to kmpatenaude, paulfia, funkyrobot and strajaPKSRBIJA, just a few of the people who've had particularly sweet things to say as of late. Thanks so much, guys!
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monday, february 22nd, 2010
Thanks to a comment on Abduzeedo, I've learned that my recent series, The Imprint, bears an uncanny similarity to the cover art for Jay-Z's recent album, The Blueprint 3.
Update! I actually ended up on the phone about this with Atlantic Records' creative director. He designed the Jay-Z artwork himself and happens to be a super cool guy as well. He assured me that Suge Knight isn't gonna hang me off a hotel balcony, so I guess everything's cool.
Here's Jay-Z's album:
And here's one of the pieces from The Imprint:
What the hell? The exact same concept of color stripes being "projected" over white audio gear, all the way down to the damn reel-to-reel machine? And to add insult to injury, even the names are similar: The Imprint vs. The Blueprint.
Obviously the album, being released in late 2009, came before me. But in all honesty, I'd never seen it before this morning. I'm even a fan of Jay-Z, but haven't been in much of a hip-hop mood lately and never went out of my way to track it down. I actually got the idea from this YouTube video, sent to me by a coworker like a month ago:
Cube Illusion Video
I liked the idea of projecting a pattern or shape onto a plain surface, but deliberately viewing the result from the wrong angle so that it follows the geometry in erratic ways. I chose the name because the projected stripes were like an "imprint" on the image (and also because it sounded cool). In fact, I was originally going to project lettering or something typographic, but went with the stripes at the last minute because they were easier to work with.
And of course, anyone who's seen my work going back to late 2008/early 2009 knows that I love basing pieces around retro audio gear that's been broken apart or cobbled together, and that I like to throw reddish stripes on just about everything. In fact, I've had a really awesome picture of a vintage reel-to-reel machine sitting in my "Found Art/Inspiration" folder for two years now.
So anyway, I'm pretty blown away by the whole thing. I totally understand if anyone thinks I deliberately stole the idea, since I'd probably feel the same way if it hadn't happened to me—in fact, had the timing been reversed, and the album came out after my work was online, I'm sure I'd be convinced they got it from me instead—but from my perspective, this is now proof that truly astronomical coincidences are possible. Jesus Christ.
Lastly, this blog post is dedicated to Paula, to whom I say holla.
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sunday, february 21st, 2010
Check it out! Abduzeedo was kind enough to feature one of my pieces from The Imprint as their Wallpaper of the Week:
I'll probably add the iPhone version to my own collection of iPhone wallpaper at some point, but for now it's an Abduzeedo exclusive.
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tuesday, february 16th, 2010
I'm probably gonna be tweaking the hell out of this one until the day I upload the entire series (and well beyond that, I'm sure), but here's the next finished piece in the Pavement Loop series. I was originally going in a different direction with it when I started, but the idea of layered circles partially outlined by the roads popped up and really interested me.
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monday, february 15th, 2010
As promised, here's the next piece in the Pavement Loop series. I really love the contrast between the more or less realistic depiction of the freeway elements and the utterly flat red forms. Pitting the tangible against the surreal is perhaps the most compelling part of digital art for me, and this series is all about exploring that concept.
I should still be on track to have the entire series done by this weekend, which would certainly be a new record for me.
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sunday, february 14th, 2010
Here's the first piece from Pavement Loop, a new print series I'm about halfway done with. The theme this time around is an ultra abstracted interpretation of freeway travel, with each piece contrasting grime-laden paved surfaces with intangible shapes and colors.
I plan on posting new pieces from the series as I work, as opposed to my usual habit of keeping everything under lock and key until it's all finished. Three pieces are done as I type this, so I should have enough momentum to post a new piece each day, with an estimated completion date for everything set somewhere around next weekend.
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tuesday, february 9th, 2010
Check out The Imprint, the latest in a growing series of prints I'm working on instead of the much larger time travel project I keep mysteriously talking about. I started work on this one a couple weeks ago after finding myself suddenly enamored with the idea of colored stripes or shapes being "projected" across arbitrary surfaces, expecting to spend no more than a few days on it. Of course, as is always the case, those "few days" quickly multiplied. I'm rather happy with the results, however, so I suppose I shouldn't complain.
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