tuesday, december 14th, 2010
South Africa's excellent Migrate magazine has released its latest issue, a massive collection of illustration and design from a ton of different artists, all loosely tied together by the theme of obsession. A few of my pieces are proudly among the entries included:
Sadly, my hilariously written bio blurb contains an unforgivable redundancy; the word "world" is repeated twice in embarrassingly short succession and makes my otherwise commendable comedic instinct look hackneyed and amateurish. I suppose that's what I get for writing copy directly in the Gmail window and proofreading while watching cat videos on YouTube at the same time. Oh well. Other than that it's awesome. Thanks, guys!
tuesday, december 7th, 2010
The SmartPress Blog was nice enough to interview me with some thoughtful questions that were a lot of fun to discuss. Thanks, Sean!
wednesday, november 24th, 2010
I've got an interview and gallery of work in the latest issue of Big Up Magazine (although, honor-bound by my love of language, I should point out that my responses to the questions are actually rewritten versions of my original musings; just sayin', in case you were wondering about the exclamation points). Big Up is a fantastically well-produced magazine with a lot of great content and design to take in:
The best part has to be the way they printed this Laptron 64 piece, which totally looks like a real ad in the middle of the article. Awesome.
Big Up is produced by some very cool people so pick up a copy the next time you get a chance. On newsstands now!
saturday, november 13th, 2010
Advanced Photoshop recently released their "Premium Collection", a rather massive compendium of articles, tutorials and image galleries that feels more like a book than a magazine and features three separate appearances from yours falsely:
On newsstands now. Pick one up today! Or tomorrow. Or never.
wednesday, october 6th, 2010
I promise I won't bring this up again until the next time I bring it up:
wednesday, september 29th, 2010
Last night I combed through the season 2 premiere of The Good Wife on CBS with an electron microscope and one of those cameras they use for colonoscopies, fascinated by the idea of seeing some of my prints in the blurry distance behind sassy legal drama that may or may not be ripped from the headlines. Sure enough, most sightings were a few good nautical miles from the camera lens and only slightly sharper than the Zapruder film, but there was one very clear shot I had to share.
(I realize, by the way, how much of a geek I am for posting this, but I stand by that geekiness—bold, defiant and unafraid—like how Mrs. Huxtable stands by Theo even when she knows he's wrong.)
Hot actresses with exotic last names and barely-concealed RP accents should always be nimbly ascending a stairwell in front of art prints. Always.
This shot would have made a lot more sense in terms of cinematography if it didn't have some dude's head blocking everything, but whatever.
The only problem with watching a show with such a focus on the background is that you tend to miss other details, like the characters, plot, inciting incident, climax, denouement and dialogue. As far as I could tell, though, the gist is that Josh Charles has to convince his landlord he's gay in order to share an apartment with Julianna Margulies and Christine Baranski. I have to admit I'm still unsure how the law firm ties into all that, though. Maybe they'll explain it in a future episode.
Anyway, it's very cool that CBS is so willing to support independent art, and I'd like to specifically thank Set Decorator Beth Kushnick and Jennifer Gurevich from the show's art department for making this happen. Thanks, guys!
wednesday, august 25th, 2010
See anything familiar? Notice the two framed pictures in the upper-left. They are, indeed, two images from my Pavement Loop series:
A few months ago I was contacted by the set decorator on CBS's The Good Wife, who asked if I could send them a few of my prints for inclusion in the show. As you can see here, they've ended up on what I believe is the main set, where the art director says they're "prominently featured". I got the screenshot above from a promotional video on the CBS website, but we'll find out for sure how much of an impact they make when season 2 of the show begins September 28th.
I believe I sent them a total of seven prints, so it's possible that more than the two seen here are being used. I'll post more details as things develop.
wednesday, august 18th, 2010
Finally, after months of waiting, I can announce one of the coolest projects I've ever been a part of. Earlier this year I was commissioned by SapientNitroto design and animate a collection of 3D scenes based on my Urban Cartography series. The client was Drambuie, who was in the middle of a rebranding project and launching a rather ambitious promotional contest in Australia—entrants submit designs for their dream bar, and the winner gets to run it, for real, for nine nights.
Even someone like me, who's rather jaded and hostile towards most marketing gimmicks, has to admit how cool that is.
The sense of freeform architectural brainstorming is what got Sapient interested in my Urban Cartography series, so the style and concept was clear from the start. Check out the results here.
The coolest part is that Drambuie made me a part of the judging panel as well. Here's my stupid face as proof:
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