Almost complete!

This is the enclosure for the final project in my New Media class. I still have to add a few holes for the microphone and tighten the lines in a few places. I might still paint some glyphs in a few spots, but I don't want to detract from the simplicity it has right now.

This is the first time I've really messed with acrylics. I really like the texture and how easy it is to mix. The buttery quality makes it very smooth to apply. I've used acrylics to paint on boards, but never on a gesso'd surface. It's pretty nice.

Overall I like how this project has come about, but I'm at a loss for what to do with it once it's all done. I can't really put it anywhere in my house, so that makes me a little disappointed. I don't want it to just sit in the corner of the basement or in the garage, but I fear that's all that's going to happen to it. My friend Kevin might want to use it an installation he's working on, so we'll see about that.

Had we used a circuit board called the "basic stamp", I'd be able to continue showing the completed work, but as it is I have to have a dedicated computer running the software to present it. Oh well, it's definitely a learning experience.

So proud!

Carter is so proud of his guitar! Maggie seems very excited about it, too! Great Job!

I have funs.

I saw a picture of some of my friends on Facebook. One of them said it looked like they had been photoshopped into another photo, even though they were actually there. Sooo... I decided to make it look like they actually were photoshopped in.

Zap!

Artifacts

I've moved!

So I moved into a new place down the street. I live on Pacemont now, just down from Wholly Craft. It's a nice apartment with plenty of room for a little art desk or painting studio in the basement.

Within a few weeks school will be starting again and I'll be building a new desk with the help of my father. I'll be working mainly on videos this upcoming season, but with a little work here and there I might get a painting or two done or perhaps even a bound art book.

Old experiment

Here is a visual documentation of a "taste test" for a drink called "Crunk" that my buddy Carter bought for me. I think the pictures speak for themselves.

The stars are bright tonight

Another mash-up putting a classic 1980s progressive electronic song (Rockit by Herbie Hancock) against a crappy Star Wars ripoff called Star Crash. Before you ask: yes, that is David Hasselhoff near the end.

I thought I lost my soul...

I thought I lost my soul, turns out that this dude took it.

Take a look-see

I just discovered this fella by the name of Anatoly Fomenko. He's a a Russian mathematician who works on topology and is pretty well known in his field. In recent years he's started debating history and has even written a series of pseudoscience books about how our currently accepted version of modern history is all a sham...

Well, I discovered his video about the books on Youtube, then was directed to his page on wikipedia via the comments about his crackpot books, read the wiki entry and found out he's an artist, and then went to his art page. His drawings and paintings are very stark, minimalist, and bleak... but damn they are fascinating.

Loce Redux

Renew

I've begun work on reconstructing a hand-made book that was done for a class last quarter. The binding on it had become severely damaged due to a few small errors in constructing it previously, so I had to completely rebind it. The work is tedious and slow, but in the end it'll be a very solid work.

The summer is drawing to a close and I'm not anywhere close to my goal for submitting my graduate package. I'm a little angry at myself for not working more on my art, but I've been strapped for time and space to work. This quarter will have to be very intense in the artwork department, something I'm not totally confident can be accomplished. Still, I can always apply in 2009...

Manipulated Memory

I have mentioned before that my memory of China seems to be dormant. I don't really think about it that much anymore, but it certainly played a major part in my current life. Something happened there that really influenced my outlook on the way I live.

To celebrate (albeit tongue-in-cheek) the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Olympics in China, I submit these photos that really show how I felt about those places at those times.

Very Hot

White Hot Whiter Fury

You've probably seen this before

Here it is on my blog. I'm proud of this little trailer.

Jeebus!

I haven't updated in a while.

What's been crappenin'? I've started making a series of drawings in cooperation with my girlie. She gives me words, I illustrate. It's turning out good so far. The end product is a secret for now, but I'll let y'all know when it's ready.

In other news: I'm still rockin. I just got two of my favorite David Prior movies digitized, so I'll be splicin' with the best of 'em soon. I'm not sure how long my great mash-up project will take, but I estimate 10-12 days of work along because I don't know the software that well.

get crunk

This one, too

In case you missed it the first time