alternative representations

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this is an interesting story.

it all started on a cool friday morn, when i was laying masking tape on a sidewalk in front of my home. nothing extremely out of the ordinary. but the day was full of surprises.

1. the tape.

originally the intent of the masking tape on the sidewalk was to be a stencil for later images. after looking at the contrast between the tape and sidewalk created an interesting form. the fractured line adds a lot to the image as well, although the line is physically continuous, the edges and curves are not smooth. the unintended became welcomed.

2. water

this was interesting just due to the subject matter. anchors are normally found in water, but in this case the water was in the anchor. this became a little messy, the water ended up running under the tape a little bit. sometimes imperfections add to the piece rather than take away.

3. chalk

sidewalk chalk...nuf said.
i miss the stuff

4. rope, rocks, and two shovels

this revolved around the rope (the backbone) of the anchor. i saw the rope sitting in my garage and got to thinking. the rocks came from my mom's garden (it doesnt look the same now...) and the shovels and the rope are my dad's.

there's probably some deep meaning to that i overlooked.

5. matches

we spent forever trying to get those dang matches to light in somewhat the form of a fire.
didnt work. we had a guy waiting to light it. another with the camera. myself covered in gas. still didnt work. but the matches did. it was fun experimenting with the gasoline.
now our street is stained. gas does a lot of things. and it smells bad.

6. water bottles

another appropriate one. water. anchors.

yep

7. leaves

leaves do not always cooperate. it took a while for me to get the form down. just to even see it, it took a while. so i asked someone to look at it from a new perspective. he figured it out. quick. ugh

8. towels.

i dont know what to say.

9. newspaper headlines!

perused the internet for a long time. it does make anysense. at all. but it may create a small story in your head.

10. the t-shirt

mixed experience. i used istock for the first time! i added the hair on the shirt, and the lack of hair in the form of an anchor.

originally i had it planned to get a picture of some hairy-chested old guy and then take out the anchor.
but thats gross.

i couldnt bring myself to it.

on a lighter note, we spoke in class about different directors and the artists that they use.
there was guillermo del toro. "something" mazayaki.
i think wes anderson is good at what he does. and the artwork for his movies are incredible.

there are some new movies coming out that look dope.
a few of em are "where the wild things are" spike jonze looks like he did another masterpiece.
and "the men who stare at goats" looks freaking funny.

inspiration, i would say, is worthy of a blog post.
liquisoft.com-theres a dude named ryan ford that is extremely good at what he does. the type face he created is very well done.
invisiblecreature.com

myspace.com/alexander- the song "i am barabas" is brutal. and necessary.

nalubuff.com that's my friend Spencer's stuff. His paintings blow me away. He was doing work for a auto parts supplier, laying out all their catalogs and designing all of their posters, but now He is working for the Metropolitan Community Colleges, this guy is the real deal.

oh yeah...and he does stuff for technine's label.

and then brandan deason and adam brown are huge at what they do.


this is a design for a youth ministry back home. what would you suggest? i wanted the "live" part to be yellow, but the colors just were not working. i like the deeper red for the "love". its heavy and i think that helps with the weight of the word. ("weight" meaning emphasis and importance. not a bad thing by any means). thanks a bunch

the font could use some work. but overall im stoked on it.

what do you think?

this is how it went down.

Things to remember:
1.these were in order.
2. these are all pre-finished sketches, and the post post is comin' soon.




































i get inspired.