Friday, November 2, 2012

Applied

In this section I will display the projects that were created to function as applied art for media (publication, film, etc.)

Mouth

This is an illustration to a story by my fellow SVA graduate Kelsey Donald. An aspiring writer and horror genre enthusiast, who's put together a book of short stories following a young couple as they find themselves inextricably linked to a series of paranormal events. To support her project and get a poster of the drawing visit the Kickstarter page.







Red Dust

I partook in a production of a short film that was shot for broadcast on selected music cable channels in Asian countries, and to be edited into a music video. Since the plot involved a young artist some of my early and more recent art was used for the visuals. I worked with the director, to enhance the narrative with a few things. Painted a wheelchair that belongs to the protagonist.



Made a couple of quick paintings to supplement the storyline.










Dark Ages

Was hired by a musician to visualize his concepts, for a book that is coming out in conjunction with the new album. Reworked an existing logo design.




Cover.


Background image to go behind the text.


A couple of illustrations.






In No Place

Worked on a short documentary by Gabriel Long, offering a unique look at elements of the constitution and the law that are often obscured or forgotten despite their fundamental importance to our society. The illustrations that I made captured specific moments of the story, told to the viewer through the interview with Stephen Oleskey. After being pulled over by police, and forced to stand trial during a civil rights campaign in 66, he started a career that would include advocacy work, eventually taking on a case representing six men being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison.
These drawings were adjusted in aftereffects, to imply movement and atmosphere.  Here are a few examples of the quick/stylized illustrations.







Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Black Cube Collective



The Launch of the Black Cube Collective I was invited to is starting !

The first show took place in The Old Ambulance Depot.
Check out the photos and press

I will have 3 new pieces in the upcoming show.
The series is about an innate human desire to attempt to influence/control/own elements from the surrounding environment. Formally the work focuses on showing some form of natural progression by means of composition and surface treatment. Once again I'm adapting the idea of "fleshmaps" (derived from recent experimental flow): using the skin texture to implement the relationship of forms on various scales. It also serves as the connective element in this case.

Come check out the work, and help support all of these great artists !

Friday, September 21st @ 6:30
Art's Complex, Gallery 1
St. Margaret's House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh, EH7 6AE

All the info is on my website as well.

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Visiting Russia


I've been in Russia for the last few weeks. Finished a new series of 3 drawings titled Possession, for an upcoming show in Scotland I was invited to by Svetlana Kondakova, who is a founding member of the Black Cube Collective (more info coming soon). Delivered a few commissions, and met clients for future commercial work.


Spending my free time catching up with old friends, and mostly bonding with my grandma. Started some introspective drawings/paintings here as well. Revisiting familiar themes, connecting them with more recent ideas and methodology, keeping it pretty open, and focusing primarily on flow and progression of the images. Feels like its shaping into a series...


Sunday, September 2, 2012

Cherub

Here is the full painting from the recent show:
 (and the detail)
Thanks for coming out !