Posted by: kurt (67 posts)
June 28, 2007 3:10 AM
this a mock-up of an animation i'm working on.
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this a mock-up of an animation i'm working on.
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At the end of last year, I made my first attempt at the design of dissent. Unfortunately, I didn't have $20 million, and had to substitute 6000+ crystals for the real thing. Along with learning I am a glutton for labor intensive punishment, I figured out a bit about process, pattern, light and time.
When I started this sculpture, I was wrestling with my own ideas of art and protest. Now, with Damien Hirst's skull possibly fetching $98 million, I have to wonder, if it's really supposed to be about "the little guy", would I put the piece in a gallery or set it on fire and roll it down West 47th St.?
Like I said, I'm learning and I'm not sure what I'd do. But, I know I would never do this.
"Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust." – John Webster
This past spring Salomon Snowboards had an artwork contest for some of their 2008 boards. While I didn't come away with the fame and prize money it was fun working up this illustration as an entry. I had a feeling it might be a bit too messy (and perhaps spooky) for their tastes but its a color palette and style I've dug working in lately.
i'm taking an off loom fibers class at fleisher. it's a great place to take classes (here in philly).
during the first class, i was given a bag of green handmade paper and some spanish moss to "make something with." after a few failed ideas, i cut the index card sized pieces of paper in a swirl patterm to make a single long strip and i decided to knit with the pieces. (so the green you see is handmade paper.) I had been thinking of eggs (see my previous illo friday "rejection" post) and somehow ended up knitting a cozy shrug for an egg. I then decided to knit a mini scarf for the shrug using embroidery floss... i then filled it (nest-like) with the spanish moss. it fits in my hands rather nicely and i'm pleased with the result. (if i take the egg out i can also wear the knitted piece as a cuff bracelet.)
last week, we also learned how to make a basic coil basket. interesting stuff...
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The Queensboro Bridge is undergoing some rehabilitation lately and is partially wearing a Christo-like shroud. The sketch above I drew from York ave and the photo below nearby.
Another image of from our hike on the Escarpment Trail. This one is a sketchbook watercolor of the view looking south towards High Peak and Roundtop Mountain.
This is a small gouache landscape I did in my sketchbook, looking down onto the Hudson Valley from the top of North Point on the Escarpment Trail in the Catskill Mountains. A small sketch to remember a fun excursion into the woods.
Having not done any backpacking in a few years, Kerry, Paul and I were determined to do a trip early in the summer to get our mojo back. Kerry picked this amazing hike, which was a perfect way to break us back in. And we needed it.
This was such a spectacular geological area, with a whole range of mountains and lakes perched high above the Hudson River valley on steep rocky cliffs. Thomas Cole painted these very views years ago. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it, and it made for a beautiful hike, the way the trail hugs the cliff's edge, constantly rewarding you with sprawling views, each more splendid than the one before.
We camped out near a peaceful meadow, in a shaded grove of pines, and had a hearty campfire to eat our dinner by.
We also saw a huge snake on the trail, which was quickly identified by the flickr community as an Eastern Milk Snake.
Pictures from the hike can be seen here.
Of course my fellow Google Earth nerds, you may look at the placemark of our hike here.
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is there a difference between failure and rejection? i was thinking of that... and willy wonka. (good eggs and bad eggs) "rejection" was created for illustration friday. go & participate!
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Picasso's old trick of painting with light never grows tired...especially with the addition of the digital camera...These were 15 second exposures 'drawn' with a bare mini-mag light bulb at 400 ISO. One person stands very still, and behind them, another person draws the outlines really quickly, and since they are moving so fast, they don't really show up.
These were taken in the woods, where Invisiblefellows Paul, Kerry and I hiked the amazing Escarpment Trail in the Catskills (more to come on that). You can see the full images of these light-paintings here: Jon, Kerry and Paul
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This is an illo I just did for Publisher's Weekly. This installment of the Soapbox column was penned by author Harriet Rubin who sums her rallying cry for more old-fashioned editing as follows:
"Builders of ancient temples in Asia typically carved two huge statues at the temple gate. One holds a book, the other a sword. The book symbolizes knowledge. The sword is there to remind people to cut things off: to edit. Knowledge is not wisdom until you slice through the words you hear, judge them and are moved to silence."Comments (0) - Link to this post
Drawing from my sketchbook...
i have been gone from invisibleman for a few months and the reason is this...
in january, my father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. he bravely tried to fight this terrible disease, but unfortunately was only able to make it a few months... He passed away one month ago today, on May 6, 2007. He was only 74. I miss him so much, every moment... every day. He was, and still is, such a hero to me and to all who knew him.
This photo is from my 5th birthday, when we were still living in Brooklyn. I made the popsicle stick frame. Weren't the 70's fantastic? I hang this photo, among others, above my desk. I know my dad is looking down and feeling proud. (And I know he is no longer in pain.)
Here is a website to learn more about pancreatic cancer. It is such a fast moving and under researched form of cancer. One last thing... this is "the place" where my dad spent his last 5 weeks. The place was absolutely wonderful so if any one has parents or grandparent on long island, they were great and made my dads last days memorable.
As my mom said in the nursing home, "No one knows whose tomorrow it is." So, we have to live for today.
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This is an illustration done in flash for a Wall Street Journal Online infographic highlighting the big business behind superhero movie franchises. It was really fun to work up some old friends in a comic book style, though I was lobbying for Hellboy to be in there rather than the ninja turtle. Alas I was overruled. Jon Keegan and Mei Lan Ho-Walker worked on the awesome animation and design aspects of the infographic. Check out the handywork here (Safari's popup-blocker might thwart this link).
This is an illustration I did a few months ago for Publisher's Weekly "Soapbox" column. This is a regular feature where authors, editors and other publishing figures get a chance to rant, rave or tell a personal anecdote about the industry.
This installment of the column was a particularly painful (yet funny) account by the author Liam Callanan who had just published his book "The Cloud Atlas". Thinking he had coined a clever and unique title, he was more than disappointed when he found that his own publisher had just released David Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas" (one of my favorite books in the past few years by the way). Worse yet, Mitchell's "Atlas" went on to receive heaps of praise and critical acclaim (even a breathless mention on a soap opera). This all lead to confusion at the book store, and misguided letters to the author. He took it all in good spirits though, and had a good sense of humor about the whole affair, noting how this has happened to many authors in the past.
So for the illustration, I imagined Callanan engaging on a guerrilla street campaign to alter the promotional campaign for Mitchell's book, and co-opting it for his own title.
See more of my work for Publisher's Weekly here
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| 06/24 cozy (egg) |
| 06/24 Queensboro Bridge |
| 06/23 High Peak and Roundtop Mountain |
| 06/22 Playground |
| 06/22 Iceland Image |
| 06/21 Escarpment Trail Hike |
| 06/19 rejection |
| 06/19 Sylvan Apparitions |
| 06/18 Housefly Leg |
| 06/18 Opera House |
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