I really like the style and creativity gushing from this cool animated film. The site offers a great gallery of artwork with a behind-the-scenes, sketchbook view of the visual development. You’ll definitely want to check out the brief video clip from the film, although I’ll warn you in advance, it leaves you wanting to see more.
More Lebensader here: http://www.lebensader-film.com/
Or, I pulled over a couple teaser sketches below:
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Here are a few quick sketches I did at Rug & Relic a while back. There are so many cool and random paintings, carvings, pottery, rugs, and relics there! I wandered around like a kid in a candy store for some time before deciding on a few things to actually draw. I skipped the rugs this time around…
There was a big philosophical discussion over lunch at Blend the other day. The topic was centered around how people measure success. The obvious and default answer in this culture is social status and a massive bank account. The less glorified, but more significant angle would involve more relationship focused riches. For example, a loving family, good friends, and a life well spent making the world a better place.
If you apply the same sort of introspection to business, it will similarly shift the kind to clients you want to attract. If your goals aren’t focused purely on money and power, what does a perfect client look like? Perhaps it is easiest to start by defining a few things that a perfect client does not have to be.
The perfect client does NOT necessarily offer:
I scored some new Prismacolor markers in various vibrant shades of gray. This sketch of a seat from the Orpheum theater was their first trial run. I think I need a few more darker shades so I can build up some deeper shadows. Kind of fun though…
BTW – This is the first drawing I’ve ever done while on stage. No word yet on when the performance will be going on tour.
Apparently I am an edge case. Greeting card manufacturers know what sells. A quick look down the card aisle reveals that women make the bulk of the buying decisions here (glitter seems to be a strong deciding factor). Any attempt to expand the appeal quickly devolves to “beer and bodily functions” style humor. Not really what I had in mind.
But I did want to send my brother something tangible to supplement his birthday gift…
When in doubt, break out the sketch pad, right? I seem to be on some kind of hand-drawn typography kick lately. I came up with this seal, surrounded it with the names of a few cold weather explorers, and tucked it behind the formidable silhouette of Mt. McKinley. The perfect fit for a guy getting ready for a month of fun in the Alaskan back-country. I can’t imagine why Walgreen’s doesn’t carry something like this… Maybe right next to the section with the sparkly pony cards.
Here is a closer look:
Its the little things that make all the difference…
Anyway, rough as it is, I think the connections between the letters is fun.
When in doubt, draw what’s right in front of you. I got a Droid Eris recently. This thing can do all kinds of cool stuff… most of it isn’t really all that necessary, but cool none-the-less.
Many times drawing is an exploratory process. I start with the seed of an idea and see where it goes. Not the case here. This graphical “O” burst into my head, fully formed, animated, and way cooler than it turned out in this first attempt to get in out on paper. Hopefully I can carve out some time to develop it some more. I kinda like it.
I recently got the chance to play a little banner badminton, and get featured on the ever-famous Graphic Content blog. This is the craziness that I submitted:
Although it really makes perfect sense as is, you could always delve further into the colorful back-story, and see how it came to this.
I was looking back through my portfolio recently and got thinking about the temporary nature of design. I have stacks of programs, postcards, and posters for events long past. Their message is spent. Who wants to look at them now?
Case-in-point: A while ago I was invited to speak to several graphic design classes at Morningside College. Between classes I drifted down the hall, talking to the professors. When we made it back to the classroom, my portfolio of work was missing. I had left it spread out on a table not five minutes ago and now it was gone! After a quick search of the area, I spotted a large trash can down the hall. You know, the gray ones on wheels that Greg-the-janitor pushes around while cleaning. There on top of the rest of the rubbish was my stack of brochures, posters, and postcards. The culmination of several years of full time design work, flipped in the trash without so much as a look. Finally, an honest critique!
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