Coil Cones

One of my all time favorite music groups is Coil. This Flash animation I was working on was inspired by the cover art on the live disc series Coil Live Four: Vienna and Prague. I recreated them in Illustrator and then brought them into Flash. I hope to keep expanding it piece by piece and then put it to some of their music. I heartworm COIL!

Blue lights..delights!

After years of being adverse to color in some ways, I found myself drawn to blue. Blue lights, variations of blue, blue flame, blue clothing, etc. I like the way blues can be warming and cooling. In some ways the color even became totemic for me. There is a strength and replenishing feeling that comes from blue light. This picture is a manipulation of a shot taken on an iphone, of a cheap,kids fiber optic flash light with sparkly dolphin. I also got some video footage of it that has since become source material for VJ visual effects background projections with quite wonderful results. The last stage of manipulation of this image was done on an ipad using Filterstorm.

Gulp!

Thrown off course as they entered our atmosphere, these extra-terrestrials find themselves plunged into the middle of a fierce electrical storm far from any land. A hapless pilot is trapped while the others can only look on in dismay. This oil painting was done a few weeks ago and emerged from a blue splattered masonite panel I have had sitting around for at least a year now. I had originally envisioned in a sketch a crazy rat fink style alien in descent, but came up with with this anxiety ridden cute alien splash down. The color scheme was somewhat dicated by the tubes I had lying around. I have deliberately tried to start working and pushing myself to work with and respond to color in less predictable ways.

Luna

Pencil drawing inspired by an old pin-up postcard, that I can't find anymore. I improvised on the clouds, hair, moon. Just a little sketch to post for your viewing pleasure. I like trying to draw from photos and pictures once in awhile. It's a very different approach than actually working from the figure in life. I want to take this into Photoshop and practice coloring and painting. If it goes well I will post it. I have a few more drawings like this that I will try and add to this post later.

Adger Bacid Video/After Effects Project

Here's a short video piece I'm working on with my good friend DJ Badger. This is a rough version of the initial edit, with more layering and tweaking to come. Just wanted to post it so he could see how it's going. I will update with newer versions as I progress.

I truly wish I had seen and understood the beauty and elegance of Graphic Design when I was younger. For the last ten years or so I have worked to teach myself as much as I can about Graphic Design, I can never give it as much time as I would like (like many of my endeavors), but I did get a chance to explore my developing sense of minimalism. I have been trying to work on projects and exercises that could stand as portfolio pieces. Here are my imaginings for a minimal techno singles series. It was fun working on this project for the cohesion aspect. I like how the text holds it together and that the play or variation is in the line work. I wish I had a bit more time to work on the size for display. I knew it was going to be small, but wanted to put it out there. I may revisit soon and try a different format. The piece on top started as a tiny grid sketch on a small Rhodia sketch pad. I scanned and then built the components for the piece in Illustrator. This is actually the second variation on the idea, where I selected and removed certain pieces. I am wanting to spend some time practicing layouts using grids.

How I learned to love fashion..

Over the last few years I have developed a fondness and appreciation for men's and women's fashion and fashion design. After spending years walking down the street and passing by the clothing places on 24th St. I began to enjoy the various window displays and arrangements. I took more time to notice the cuts, the shapes, the forms, the patterns. My favorite place is Ambiance. The window displays are almost always beautifully integrated arrangements of color, pattern, and form. This photograph was taken from a dress in one of their displays. I rather enjoy the scalloped shapes and the amazing contrast of the warms and cools. I took this into Photoshop and messed around with the color and saturation levels a bit. I always look forward to their new displays. Oh, yeah the Phoenix bookstore also has fun arrangements of books based on color schemes. This is always fun from a color and text perspective.

My only lament is that there are very few clothing places for men in this neighborhood. I do enjoy dressing up myself, especially for work or work related things. I still love my Carharts, black t-shirt, and baseball cap, but I have developed a fondness for nice button down shirts, ties, pants, and shoes. I was already headed this direction, and then after watching Don Draper and Co. on Mad Men for the last year or so, I really developed a stronger appreciation for dressing up. When I dress up I feel accomplished.
On the flip side of dressing up, I have also taken an interest in finding t-shirt designs. I found a couple that I really liked at the recent Threads fashion event in SF, and ordered another from BrassTack Apparel.

Now, after years and years of drawing the nude figure, I find myself interested in spending more time drawing clothed figures and clothing. I like looking through fashion magazines for interesting figures, portraits, styles, and trying to draw them, but would prefer to work from life. I am looking for any interested models, who may have some interesting outfits, or arrangements.