Still Here...

Well for the most part. I've been working on several projects, one a motion graphic logo and the most recent, an animated short... Don't let the term, short fool you, its a very trying process.


For example...




Yeah...

So Pixar has thousands of people working on a project, and I have two, including myself...
I still have this naive sense of confidence though, willing to see this through!!

I have some pretty corny t-shirt ideas (as if I'm able to generate anything other than corny) that I'll be posting.

In the mean time, stay awake folks!!

Everybody, Everybody!!

I've been working on the redesign of Robey Theatre Company for the past couple weeks, hence the hiatus... Anywho, go check it out. and leave comments making fun or congratulating, whatever you see fit.

And go buy some tickets to the The Emperor's Last Performance starting this Friday!!!

Notorious pt.1

This is the first part of a very silly t-shirt in the works for my brother. I'll think about posting the end result if its not too ridiculous. Click and drag away if you want a new desktop!

American History: Distressed

Although it's a small part of black history, slavery somehow seems to overshadow the greatness and achievement that has also been a part of black history. This piece illustrates that dilemma, although a little late for black history month due to some technical difficulties on my part... Anyway, enjoy!

Please note that this is not intended to diminish or ignore the existence of slavery, but to point out that there are other parts of black history. Slavery did indeed happen in America and it continues to exist worldwide.

Photoshop Facelift

Making A Difference

Well it looks like this blog is actually doing some good. I passed by the chuuch and noticed that they made some edits to their signage. It feels good to know I'm making a difference in my community although chances are the blog had nothing to do with it, I'll just run with the notion that it did. I think what actually happened is Sister Jenkins got upset and pulled her donation after finding out the youth group came up with the new "hip" slogan in an effort to pull in a younger generation of chuuch goers. Maybe the problem is that it worked and they ended up with a donation basket full of EBT cards, bus tokens and Chucky Cheese tickets... Anyway, I digress. Here are the before and after photos of the sign.

Before

After

The Wee Hours

Now Leaving Mr.Rogers' Neighborhood

On my way to partake in some T.V. making at the local public access channel, I saw this "unique" sign in front of a church, or should I say chuuch...

Vocab Boards

I got bored last night and designed these boards to put in my shop on zazzle. Well leave it up to zazzle and of course they're out of stock on the pro boards. I went ahead and uploaded them anyway so when they get them in stock, the boards will be ready to go. I did the text in Illustrator and the background in Photoshop. It didn't take me too long to do aside from me playing with the colors for a good two hours. Ok you go buy now!!

Back Up Offa Me!

I did this when I was first learning to use Illustrator. I didn't take the photo I used for reference.

I found a photo of actress Lisa Raye and I liked the detail in the water and the focus on the eyes. Its meant to be viewed from far away, that way the water looks more realistic.

Sketchin'

A couple sketches I dug up. Both done in Illustrator. Enjoy...

My Take on "Portrait of Frau Isabel Styler-Tas 1945", by Salvador Dali

I did my own rendition of a piece by one of my favorite artists, Salvador Dali. I did it in Adobe Illustrator back in 2005. I'd like to add more detail but its not absolutely necessary. I just think I made the skin look a little too shiny, like a Hype Williams video. I like it though, and yes that was me with hair. I look angry...

Barcode Internet Cafe

Barcode Internet Cafe is a cafe with an extensive (and overpriced) dessert, soup and snack menu where you can surf the web free of intrusive marketing ads (boo on you Starbucks!). There are plenty of outlets to keep your laptop juiced up or you can book a computer for a small fee if you don't have one. If you sign up for a membership, you are entitled to great savings coupons and dibs on the computer lounge, you might even get a free bagel here or there! Barcode Internet Cafe is located in Old Town Pasadena and will be open for business this summer. If this sounds too good to be true, its because it is! 

Much Better!

So I opened up the set a little and added some more props to the set. Working on the lighting still but this is a great improvement.

CCN News Set Design

So I'm working on a virtual news set for Crown City News, a local news station. These are three different angles of the first draft which I did in about 7 hours.

It didn't take too long to model despite the fact that I started over at least five times. I was working straight from my imagination without any reference at all, except the two minutes of news I could bear to watch. I get so depressed and disappointed with the state of journalism when the 10 'o clock news cites TMZ as its source. And who cares about Tiger Woods really? Anyway, aside from being fully agitated by the news, I did get the idea for the overhead lighting unit. I think it came out pretty cool if you ask me.

So all I have to do now is to dirty it up a bit with some tv's and pictures in the background and "ShamWow!" I'm locally famous.

Also if you have any questions, leave a comment or email me at feathersnbullets@yahoo.com.