see it

I saw this commercial on tv a while back.
thought it would be interesting for those of you interested in stop motion.
a lot of work.
seems fun!

commercial
making of commerical

TED

Thanks to my friend Brian for showing me this.

TED

"TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes)."

i am watching them non-stop.
so much knowledge and creativity.
and so many ideas.
it blows my mind.
but i love it.

Words

Some more words from Frank Stockton

f. stockton on how to get better

it was quite the interesting read.
i've been thinking about the same things.
not only on how to improve, move forward, and conduct myself when it comes to my work,
but also on how to improve, move forward, and conduct myself when it comes to everything else.

general i know...maybe we can go into depth over hot chocolate and cake sometime.

Joao Paulo

I've been following this guy for a while now.
i just checked up on him a few days ago and discovered he is the new Fables cover artist. There was a lot of speculation on who would replace James Jean, and i think they made a great choice.

the editors and creators said they basically just discovered him through the internet. Just shows you how the internet can help you out.
so start to put your work out there.
who knows what will happen.

congrats to him.

Joao Paulo
site
flickr

Goodness

I really like this guy's work.
he has a variety of stuff.
but my favorites definitely are his design pieces.
his movie posters are so awesome.
i like it Olly Moss!

see it

A few photo related things.
been looking at Gerald Slota.
i've seen his photos in different magazines and websites.
opened my eyes to a different world of photography.
but what i'm really drawn to is his editorial photo illustration work.
not just the aesthetics, but his concepts are just so perfect.
like...perfect.



also

reynard li,
has inspired me to take more photos. check his journal.
i'll have my camera with me all the time now.
yay!

The Shepard Fairey

Another show to go to.
thanks to my brother for bringing this to my attention!
Shepard Fairey is the subject of an upcoming exhibition at ICA.
even if you don't know who he is, i guarantee you know his work.
his famous andre the giant is everywhere. i mean everywhere.
and i'm sure you have all seen his Obama posters everywhere as well.

he went to risd too!
(although supposedly he almost got expelled, funny story for another time)

AHH!

For those of you that don't know already, James Jean finally had his ridiculously anticipated opening at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery (Chelsea) last night. MAN, what I would have done to have been able to be there...you don't even want to know.

anyways the show is up through Feb 7.
(so if anyone wants to go down to NY with me to see it later tell me!!!)

if possible, go.

the gallery has the works on the site.




ALSO! don't forget!
Kenichi Hoshine also has work up at Jonathan LeVine along with Jean.




also, as a side note.
last time i was at Jonathan LeVine they had a Blek Le Rat show up.
most people when they see his work say he knocks off banksy.
what they don't know is, he came way before banksy.

banksy: "Every time I think I've painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well. Only twenty years earlier..."

Shout

A friend recently showed me a bunch of illustrators. (thanks jess!)
i think my favorite out of the bunch was someone who goes by Shout.
love the simplicity, shapes, colors and concepts.

Shout!

Paper What?

I first saw this graffiti artist featured in GR.
he is known for his toys...made completely of paper.
he takes origami to the next level.
he is japanese.

SHIN TANAKA!

Foto?

I've been looking at more and more photography lately.
i'll share that later.
anyways, i frequently come across polaroids.

dear polaroid,
bring instant film back.
NOW I SAY!


photo from mr. coso

also
for ginormous amounts of polaroids.
and for those polaroid addicts.
support polanoid!

Sidebar

Sidebar has some rad interviews with some great peoples.
such as jon foster, frank stockton, james jean, jason manley,
and a bunch of others.

DIG IT!
barchives

Uniqlo!

uniqlo jump ad campaign.
they had employees from their stores across the world...
jump.



also

uniqlo tees loop!
i had way to much fun with this.
create a loop.

Words

some words from Frank Stockton.
good stuff to read for us students.

f. stockton on Getting Work
f. stockton on Inspiration



also, some more words from Jillian Tamaki.
yup, the same Jillian Tamaki i mentioned in the last post.

j. tamaki on Idea Generation

Skim

with some of my holiday money, i finally bought Skim.
illustrated by Jillian Tamaki and written by Mariko Tamaki.
not only good art, but a pretty good read as well.

i love Jillian Tamaki.
her site - you can get more info on the book here. just go to "BOOKS"
her blog



she is also married to Sam Weber. who i also love.
his work is ridiculous.
ridiculously awesome.