dr. sketchy's burlesque drawing class

while visiting my brother in d.c., he took me to an event called dr. sketchy's burlesque drawing class. this is one event of many held all over the country. it started in nyc and there is a group doing it in atlanta too. here are the results of my burlesque life drawing class. i was a little rusty because i haven't been in a life drawing class since my sophomore year in college, about 12 years ago. for the last one, it was requested that we add in a washington d.c. scandal somehow.

great animation: the matrix in lego

THE MATRIX IN LEGO BY TREVOR BOYD AND STEVE ILETT

December 8, 2009 - 12:17pm — Lydia Slavutin
Australian animators, Trevor Boyd and Steve Ilett, put their creative powers (and nerdyness) into recreating the famous bullet-dodging scene from The Matrix.


The design process took 440 hours! They started by taking video frames one by one of the scene, which amounted to almost 900 frames for the mere 44 seconds of footage! Of the lengthy process, Boyd and Ilett say:

"Early in the piece we decided we wanted to do everything 'in camera'. No wire-removal, no special effects, no crazy Photoshop tricks. We pretty much regret this now, but I guess it gives us bragging rights of some sort. We went to great lengths to match camera angles, lighting conditions, continuity errors, focal depths and so on, but obviously we had to work within the limitations of point and shoot cameras and the Lego medium. Not having any knees or elbows on the minifigs can make it tricky to reproduce the actor's movements, but we tried our best."

Boyd and Ilett even created a website about the project, including all things legoMatrix related. Check it out here.

I think they succeeded in every aspect of this lego-designed recreation!! Watch it now!

a new painting...

from Georgia State University's Faculty Exhibition 2010

erik nitsche

The mid century design movements have always inspired me. Here is a few examples of one designer I only just recently discovered. Here is a link to a Flickr photo stream of more of his work: www.flickr.com/photos/eriknitsche/

Swiss-born American graphic designer, Erik Nitsche (1908-1998) working in his studio at his home in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Taken from an issue of American Artist. Photograph by Stephan Hajn

New Work Magazine

I love love love this magazine's design and art direction. It's edgy, fashion-y, and experimental. It leaves me wanting more.

I found out about it from my friend Eric Goldstein's blog:

The burning question for those embarking on a design project,whether educated in the fine art of type, and the craft of typography, or just those on a PC with a lot of preset/populated fonts. The difference though is – how when and when NOT to manipulate the font, and just like music, letting space exist (or not) to allow for a visual rhyme or reason.

I found a great website which highlights a lot of beautiful work through publication design. The success of these pieces is the level of sensitivity, composition, style, concept and passion.

www.newworkmag.com

SIGG bottle love

Sky magazine featured my SIGG water bottle design in their July 2009 edition.

They have excellent taste, if I do say so myself.

(It's on p.32 if you have a copy.)

soon to be

I was asked to help out local Atlantan, Kate Atwood, with a new design for her web site and blog. With this new web site, she is interested in helping people find out about volunteer opportunities in many different areas of need. The idea is to inspire people to give in any way they can, whether through just their time, their money or through ideas. Kate also has a non-profit organization called Kate's Club (www.katesclub.org). This organization gives help and support to children who have lost a parent. I'll update when the web site goes live.