2011.37/52

Analog Analog World: Drawings of Photos I have Taken

I'm resurrecting my drawing project, turning it into a fun coloring book for my nieces and nephews. I decided to interpret some of my favorite film photographs (holgas, polaroids, 35mm, etc.) into drawings that children and adults can enjoy. I'll post more as I go!

2011.36/52

Vector Landscape: The Bend of the Ohio River as seen from Eden Park

This is a breathtaking view that I get to take in when I bike commute to work. A few years ago I go into illustration nature scenes as the background for cyclocross posters. It is interesting the see the similarities and differences between a photo and the style and embellishment that an illustration can provide.

2011.34/52

Summerfair Poster Concepts

Sometimes in art recycling doesn't pay. I thought I could take the illustrations I created for AEQAI and use them for a Summerfair poster. I ran out of time because I have been busy with work and life, so my recycling experiment failed.

Someone made the observation that it should be more about Coney Island and not Downtown. Also, I kind of felt it weighed a bit too heavily towards the visual arts. I should do more research into the event and tray again next year.

I was planning on hand-illustrating all the type on the bottom.






And some inspiration:

2011.35/52

Dandy Poster Series II

This is going to be kind of like an Andy Warhol project for me. I think I can keep tweaking and refining my portrait, and I ma planning on rolling it out with different quotes and colors. Since the last iteration I have added more detail to my face and I have a second (although less sophisticated) design for the typography. The one in the middle will be a fun tweed option to be unveiled in the future.

2011.33/52

CrossBot 2000 Costume

I really want to push myself out of my comfort zone and created something sculptural. My friend Josh made this really cool mask out of cardboard, and I really liked the idea of that. Halloween was coming up, and I was volunteering at a festive cyclocross race so I thought I would turn the project into a costume.

I was initially inspired by the geometric designs of African tribal masks, but whenever I started to sketch something it began to look way more like a robot, so I just went with it.

This is my response to a fun activity that some co-workers and I have been doing during lunch. Getting together to make quick, fun, experimental art pieces. The first session focused on our Halloween costumes. This next one may be sculptural as well.

Some ideas:
This is what I meant by Robot thingie:
http://art.kekli.fr/art-gallery/toy-custom/mozter-x-cubeecraft-papertoy

We could print blanks and draw our own characters on it by hand.



We could make our own paper sculptures much like the Curiosity Group:
http://curiositygroup.com/calendarofthemonth/







It would be cool to independently make objects but then they have to live together.
Or make a quick set and iPhone record a quick skit in the set.