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Animated Gif's the future of illustration?

Is the future of illustration in Animated Gif's in the markets of Advertising and Editorial's new mediums of E-Paper/E-Ink, and The Kindle?

I think it's a matter of time before illustrators will start to discus the pricing and ethical use of Animated Gif's made by illustrators. In 2 years time I will have a portfolio of 10 to 15 images that will be animated as a precaution to this new frightening yet exciting time we live in. Who knows when illustrators will start getting jobs to animate things. I will start in basic gif's in photoshop, and then possibly work my way back into flash and after effects though I am not that good in either of those just yet.

If I were to.....

...illustrate and design a postcard for the American Museum of Natural History, this is what it would look like. To bad it's just a mock up and not the real thing.

My website has been updated, with sweet image swap technology(aka Java Script).

Also I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but all my screen prints in my store are marked down to $10-$15.

So go buy some of my screen prints for your walls. Postage is included!!!

Using Yesterdays Tools for Todays Job

Quote from "The Medium is the Massage" by Marshall McLuhan.

Beauty in what we see

Just a crop in of something to come.

Success and Failure: Summer of Book binding

This summer, I took an independent study class at Harrisburg Area Community College with Professor Shawn Williams to further explore an area of interest I have. Book making/Binding.

I have learned a thing or two this summer about making books and printing for books like, its hard to hold detail in a screen printed image when its originally made for 8x11 and up and you print it in a 4"x4" area. None the less, even though the printing is not all that to be wowed by, the fact that I made my first printed book is an exciting experience. This is something that I plan on continuing and exploring so that I can then become a book maker.

Below is a close up to one of my favorite pages.

You have to put some miles on top of that book learnin

You Don't Know Until You Go

The website is updated with six new images. Later tonight or tomorrow I will be updating the PDF and later on as well upload some of my sketchbook pages. I have reached 24 images on the main page so it looks like I am going to have to re-design the layout alittle soon so you art directors, art buyers, ect.... dont have to scroll up and down the page to get to my thumbnails.

The image above is also the mailer image I sent out this month. If your on my mailing list, you'll get it sometime this week, if not, email me I'll send ya one. I have plenty left over.

The image above was inspired by the movie "Henry Rollins: Uncut from South Africa". I am really inspired by Rollins, not only because he played in one of my favorite 80's hardcore punk bands, Black Flag, but because of the way he lives his life. Clear minded, Self-reliant and a thrust for knowledge beyond what a book can give. In the movie he talked about reading about townships in South Africa and made a ton of arrangements to go down there to go beyond the book to really see what is going on down there. I hope that I will be able to travel more internationally in the coming years to do just the same, but until then I will tackle New York City.

SVA MFA classes start in almost a month from now!

Escape

WIP - Letting Go

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So I am working on 3 personal pieces before hitting the rest of the 15 pages of my comic I wrote and am illustrating. This is an in progress shot of one aspect of the final image.

I will post one image later, and a few thumbnails as teasers. I will post those pieces at the end of the month, and possibly more personal pieces if I find time.

Ben Folds

Portrait Study 1 of 10

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Detail Spots

Store Section Added!

Buy Limited Edition Screen Prints Now!

Buy Limited Edition Screen Prints Now!

Buy Limited Edition Screen Prints Now!

Buy Limited Edition Screen Prints Now!

Buy Limited Edition Screen Prints Now!

Buy Limited Edition Screen Prints Now!

Also, added the Into It. Over It. poster to my portfolio images, with a photo of the screen printed version side by side.

New Kids on the Block show

My peers in the senior class in the illustration department at UARTS are putting together a group show here in Philadelphia, called The New Kids on the block show. Each artist is showing a minimum of four pieces.

Below is a preview of two of the four works I will be having in the show.

Relieving Stress: Female and Male. 4 Color Silk Screen on wood.

Turn Pike Gates, 3 page teaser

Here are the first three pages of my comic I am writing and illustrating, called Turn Pike Gates, due out this June.

I want to thank Rachel Lesser for giving me some of her hand lettering for more of the feminized type treatments, due to me having a heavy hand at hand lettering.

American Illustration 28

If the beginning of this year couldn't get any better, it just did. I just got an email saying that the two pieces above got into AI28 web gallery. I am very excited and flattered to be among the other artist to be represented in the 28th annual American Illustration show.

The piece on the left is about a story I read in the Atlantic monthly. A seasoned Book Tour salesmen, is stuck between a rock and a hard place, because he sick of his job selling books (that he has been doing for 15 years!) but at the same time he can not see himself doing anything else.

The piece on the right is a portrait of one of my best friends Andrew Stiles. I tried to capture Andrew as he naturally is. Spontaneous, and full of energy that catch's you off guard.

Again, this is very flattering news and it is such an honor to be part of this annual.

Added a sketchbook section

CHECK IT OUT!

It is a small section of select sketchs that I like that I have posted on the blog already and a few new ones. Be Patient because there will be more sketch updates in the weeks to come.

Website Updated

3 New Images! One is of a show poster previously shown on my blog and 2 other images.

The image above is one of the pieces I am going to be silk screening this week and next week so I can create a store section. One print of which is the show poster I added to my portfolio.

I hope you like the new work.

3x3

Communication/Ely Thesis #3: Lifetime Record Cover

I am pleased to announce that I got a piece into the 3x3 illustration magazine student show. A merit to be exact. When I found out, I jumped out of my chair. I was even more surprised when I found out that it was the piece above.

It's actually kind of funny. I added this piece last minute, because it was one of my thesis project pieces that I kinda liked. The file I sent though was revised later on. The hand on the girl pointing is now drawn better, the tattoo was removed for the ely but I put it back for the post, and the same guys pattern is different from what I submitted. I hope they don't mind me sending them the revised version for hanging later this year and if they ask for a new file for me to give them, I hope to send them the revised.

We'll see! Back to drawing...

Turn Pike Gates issue 1 preview

So in my spare time I will be taking on a self-generated comic I want to put out. It should be a lot of fun since I never work sequentially, and with the way I work, it runs pretty close to how I draw.

This is one of the panels I inked quick so I could post it because I thought it was so good! I should be done with it by monday.

Keep on a watch too for a ELY post saturday evening on this blog and the Autumn Society blog.

Stress and Relieving Stress

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