Salvador Dali

Belation nation

Hey! sorry i didnt say this sooner... HAPPY BELATED B-DAY PID!

Motion Graphics: Week Two

I dont want these to get too long, so I'm calling this one "done":
Week two! This time I wanted to try something with Fox. Whereas the NBC one from last week was more branding-oriented, this is more an advertisement.





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Funny of the Day

Pop-Talk!

So I've been spending most of the day boning up on some of the other blogs out there, and along the way, started getting really inspired by some of the statements that people say through their artform. Debbie Millman has a lot of that going on and I really felt moved to create some message-based work for the hell of it. In thinking of what to do, I thought I'd use my love for comic books and the stylistic qualities they display as a jumping point. Together with some very 50's ideals thrown in, I wanted to really make a message that contrasted itself with the energy that it was surrounded by.

I'll let them speak for themselves for now.

Motion Graphics: Week Two

This week I decided to do a quick little Fox bumper. So, this is still a work in progress- It's REALLY short and unfinished. Because it's not done, I haven't put it on Vimeo...so here are just the QuickTime links:



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Saturday's Photos

Last night was Shalimar's graduation party...some of the PIDers were able to conduct a mini photoshoot for the on-going PID Book project. Laz has all 300 photos in his possession, but here's a small collection of some of the best for your online viewing pleasure:
http://dv-graphics.com/photos/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1622



And here's some non-pid pix:
http://dv-graphics.com/photos/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1727

Happy Birthday!!!

Hey Everyone! I just wanted to take the chance to really say how much it makes me happy that we've reached a one year mark with this blog. Like Alex mentioned, This has been a real saving grace for a couple of us and has really offered a way for us to express and share with each other. I admire every single one of you for your abilities, perserverance, and talent. I think it's fantastic that each one of us is so individualistic with our styles and abilities. It's created such a crazy cool mix of art and energy, and it really has made all the difference. I look forward all day to seeing one of you post, because it allows me to see what the people I've grown to care for are doing and doing well. It's great to see us all grow and I'm sure we'll continue to grow together with this blog.

Cheers for one Year Partners! I love ya all to death!!!

Below are my contributions for the annual birthday. I tried two really different stylistic designs, and tried to really step outside my own bounds and experiment a little bit.

Happy Birthday PID!

Can't believe it's been a year already! I'm so happy to be part of this blog.. I feel as if its been the sole factor that's gotten me out of my art slump, and for that I am truly thankful. <3

I don't have anything to post for today's special day, but hopefully by Sunday I will! Here's to another year of PID!

Barbara Krueger on Design Matters

Recently, Shalimar made a post on the blog letting us all know that we should subscribe to Debbie Millman's "Design Matters" Podcast. So that night, I subscribed to it, and it sank into the recesses of my iPod, to be forgotten for years. This morning, I was listening to some music on the bus ride and scrolled past Debbie's name. I shrugged and selected it and decided to have a different bus ride this morning, hopefully one that would teach me something about the ever growing design world.

As It started, Debbie started reading off a poem she had written. And I kid you not, I brought me to tears. It was a story about her early years in the city in the 80's. She started describing how some people in the world have an almost natural magnetism, a born sense of strength thats sets them apart and makes them almost destined for success. She was describing a man named Brian. We find out that Brian would soon meet her roomate at the time, Christopher, and the two would fall madly in love. Debbie describes her bitterness for slowly losing her roomate to Brian, and their tensions. Ultimately, Brian and Christopher would move out of the apartment and find a beautiful place together. Debbie and Christopher would remain friends for years to come.Debbie then describes how Brian contracted AIDS, and her account of an autumn evening where Brian took the initiative to teach her how to rollerblade. She agreed and the two shared their first and last moment together. Brian always had one specific thing he took to every place he'd go. It was a piece of art that depicted Jesus and had a very compelling quote (which i'd rather not botch just from memory). When Brian past away, he left Debbie the painting (a painting that she always loved, and inspired her ultimately to create art once more). The painting was by Barbara Krueger.

After crying like a baby, just from her sheer power in writing and voice, she revealed she would be having Barbara Krueger on the show. I have to say, Barbara was just an amazing and fantastic woman. She's a fine artist, Brander, Graphic Designer, Social Agitator, and Feminist. She's had her work displayed all over the world, and currently does installation work mostly. The work, exhibiting projected video work that shows multiple people on all walls around the viewer, having conversations about love, jealousy, and competition. She is most recognized, though, for her initial design work that she describes as "Working with Pictures and Words." (Some of that stuff is fantastic and posted below).

I think what was so great about listening to Barbara was that she had a real sense of self, a sense of personal strength without being too outwardly neglectful of other's thoughts. She always approached every singly question with a sense of "I have an opinion but am not the say all of everything." It was nice to also hear how much I personally related to her, which was amazingly surprising. She came from a very poor family from Newark, and as a result of taking care of her family, wasn't able to finish going to school. She just had a genuity that I took to right away and I suggest that everyone take a listen. She's primarily a fine artist, but her words and views were truly beautiful...

hello again

man, I know it's been a while, but I've been busy with married life and my own business and NOW I'm committing some time to art and music , finally (we'll see what that get's me). And congratulations to all u graduates! (I'm so proud.....*sniff).

and here's some links that I'm embarrassed about, so enjoy.

myspace/brojbblues

BroJB at Idiotarod 2007

Studio Visit 1999-(some crazy hair) 

Lovercat at Freddy's Backroom - Tom Waits Tribute

sketches from connecticut

Motion Graphics: Week One

I've decided to try and create a new, short motion graphics piece each week this summer, until I get a job, or something else comes up.

Here's my first piece:


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PID Book Update

Hello All,
I have been brain storming like mad for this book.
The photoshoot for the book will be this weekend right before my party (730ish). I was thinking of putting up some craft paper up in the hallway and taking pictures infront of that, or other interesting places around my building. Unfortunatley the roof has been put off limits since the last big storm due to collapsing ceilings. I encourage you to bring a prop, a toy gun, an eye patch, a pimp hat, whatever says "bad guy" to you. We can take it as far as you want. I have deemed Laz the photoshop master for this project and paul the photographer. Paul will be taking the pictures with his Camera of death and Laz will be photoshopping the photos and making them look super cool and make us look sexy. [Those of you who will not be at the party or who live in Arizona, if you want to be in the book, please take a high res picture of yourself, a nice clear headshot.]

I might be handing off jobs to each of you like i have with laz and paul as they become avaliable. The beginning of the book, I plan to have a masthead with all the credits to the design and photography. I want to draw my inspiration from the photos, so I will be waiting for those to begin a serious layout comp.

Another Idea i had will be an inspiration spead for each partner, if this idea fleshes out I will be asking all of you who are going to be a featured artist in the book to give me a CD or send me a zip with images, artists, quotes, (screengrabs) of websites and movies etc etc etc, of things that inspire you.

If any of you have any ideas for sections of visual cues of the book, please let me know.

Shal

PID BOOK

Hello all you art mongers. Laz and I have been brain storming and we have decided that it would be a great idea to make a book about PID, for one to celebrate the birthday of PID and second to test out this Lulu.com service. So! If you want to be in the book, please get in touch with me (that wont be hard) and send me high res versions of the work you want appearing in the book. OK. I want to have this at least 75% done before the end of the week.

OkeyDokey!
Shal

Edit*
After talking about this project with a few people, we've decided that it would be better to make this a serious project, and I want to take a month or two to get it together and design it. The theme for the book will be derived from where I got the title of the blog from. 'partners in crime'. So the theme will be "criminal."