Interrobang?!

My latest column iFanshawe College’s Interrobang, the student voice newspaper – it’s page-eight-tastic! Seriously though, staying strong on the first page of Lifestyles. A-click here: ( http://bit.ly/266ixw ).

Helvetica.

In this outtake scene from Gary Hustwit’s film Helvetica (2007), graphic designer Massimo Vignelli discusses the process to designing the tube map for the New York subway. It was probably cut cos it didn’t have a lot to do with the font in particular, but it is a cool look at a designer reflecting back on early work.

Vincent.

Whew, another week of homework, late nights, and thumbnails is over. I feel especially tired, as possibly it’s the effort and sleeplessness from the last nine weeks accumulating.

At any rate, things in the term are starting to wrap up, as I’m beginning the last handful of projects for the term. For the most part, I’m pretty excited about everything, and getting as much from classes now as before. Actually, probably more.

Totally checked this film out in Creative Concepts on Wednesday – it’s a 1982 short film that Tim Burton produced with the help of the Walt Disney machine. It’s delicious.

Interrobang?!

My latest column from Fanshawe College’s Interrobang, the student voice newspaper. I’m holding strong on page 8, the first page of the Lifestyles section. Check it out at ( http://bit.ly/Jsk4S ).

Done and done.

This is the type of thing that’s been keeping me up lately. Greg and I were up late customizing these trophies, pictured on my kitchen table, for the winners of our various Pep Squad events or contests tomorrow. Not bad for work done with only the materials at hand.

No one asked the flower what IT wanted…

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Watched this in class today. The stop-motion technique applied in such a way blows me away, and I don’t wonder at all why this short film from 1952 won an Academy Award.

Shoot.

Was downtown earlier today shooting places in London for a project I have to do in school over the next couple of weeks. The weather was overcast and gloomy for the most part, really not conducive for a shoot such as that, but at the very least I wanted some shots I could work with for now.

The sun did actually break free and the clouds parted to show a little blue… it happened for about thirty seconds this afternoon, just as I was about to shoot One London Place. I got the photo above out of it, which I think is quite nice, quite nice.

Things not to do in Vegas.

If the phrase, “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is true, then consider this list of things not to do while you’re there:

Discover any scientific breakthroughs (or any type of breakthrough, for that matter).

Inherit any type of windfall, be it property, monetary or otherwise.

Adopt (human or alien surrogate).

Invent anything revolutionary (leave notebooks at home). Menial inventions are okay.

Lose teeth.

U2ube?

Evidently, there’s this new band that’s broadcasting a concert to the Internet from a decent venue in California. They’re a rock band, and I think they’re from overseas somewhere, maybe Europe… probably Africa. They must have sprung up overnight…

Midterms.

I realize that I fell pretty quiet this past week, but in truth I can’t describe how busy I’ve been working on various projects for school. I had five different projects due this past week, with another few in the works. I’ve been going nearly non-stop, but managed to get through it.

Here’s a couple of quick photos of some things I’ve been working on of late.

This piece is both a) my quarter of a group piece, reimagining this work by artist David Merritt, and also b) the first sponge painting I’ve done in at least a decade, and probably far more.

This is a staging I did for a project I had, for which we had to create a sculpture out of tape. I created a sculpture of one of my guitars, and then suspended it from the tree in front of my building.

Add to that a few sketchbook assignments and these crazy typographic illustrations I had to do (which somehow, strangely, I didn’t take any photos of before handing in), and you might understand the all-nighters.

But Mom, if you’re reading, school is going well. I have some really good grades right now, and I’m trying to make sure to get lots of sleep. So don’t worry. Love you.