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- Fear Not These Murals: Brian Rea's Art Is What Keeps Him Up at Night | Fast Company
– I’d love to make another mural.
Gravity’s Pull from Northwest Digital on Vimeo.
Team Me vs Googleplex’s super V48 hours entry. Our pic was nominated for Best Actor, Sexiest looking short, Best Art Direction and took out the award for Best Costume – go Nich and Kirstin!
You’ll spot my whispy, anti-gravity titles at the beginning; I gave myself a crash course in using After Effects. I quite like this Production Designer business. I’m going to see if I can put together a music video for my next project.
- "The notion that you’re trying to control the process and prevent error screws things up. We all know…"
- Pick Me Up opens
- Pick Me Up opens
- More Funny Chat Roulette Chats
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– Making mistakes is OK in Pixar’s book. Let’s all swear to make more this year.
– I wish I could head along to the exhibition and just ‘pick up a few things’
– I can't say I'm keen on Chatroulette and being a C*&# on it isn't particularly clever or funny.
– This is how I would like to spend a weekend
Again, I helped team Me vs Googleplex whip up another fantastic 7 minute short for the V48 hours Film competition. Our genre this year was BioPic, and our talented writers wove a slightly magical tale of Sir Isaac Newton and the discovery of gravity. The weekend was amazing fun and we have an amazing bunch of people on our team.
In the photo above, our fantastic camera team Gareth and Sophie plot out the shots needed on our first day of shooting with Director Hans.
The gravity wranglers Sarah W, yours truly and Sarah FW, wearing out our poor limbs holding up particles for the title sequence.
Director Louis talks physics with Ike.
Come and see our entry on the big screen at the Civic Theatre, Auckland, Saturday 8 May. Tickets are available online at The Edge. The team consensus is that this is our greatest entry yet.
Gain a little insight into the method behind Wes Anderson’s visual style, check this video of Production Designer Mark Friedberg walking us through his Train set on The Darjeeling Limited.
- The Impossible Backlash
- The Impossible Backlash
- New Polaroid Film On Sale Today
- ISO50 – The Blog of Scott Hansen » Matthew Lyons Process | ISO50 Exclusive
- “Mein” No More
- Photo
– Trouble in Paradise for the new Polaroid?
– We have been SAVED!
– See how awesome illustrator Matthew Lyons works!
The latest in Aimee’s line up of imaginary suitors is Frank Chimero. He’s real, but his marriage proposal to me isn’t. Frank is a Portland-based illustrator, graphic designer, writer and general spunk in glasses and a plaid shirt. Typically working in editorial design and illustration for the likes of The New Yorker and Wired, Frank is also an active writer on design, creativity and in his own words “… thinking about what this world needs, what’s going on and how we can actively work to make it better… It’s a good life.”
I love Frank’s work because its freshness and humour stems from its simplicity and honesty. He is a pool of inspiration and someone who helps me remember that while graphic design should be a thoughtful profession, it doesn’t have to be a serious one.
From his Inspirational Design Poster series.
From the book 16 Ideas for Creatives.
In his blog, Frank posts questions people often ask him about his design process. How do get your lines uneven? Where do you get your inspiration? Your ideas? Each question he will answer with a tremendous amount of patience, but the bulk of them can be answered with this: “There are no recipes. Stop looking for a recipe for success. You want it? So far as I can tell, it is to relentlessly do what you’re best at, keep at it, and to keep moving and take advantage of opportunities.”
You will, never the less, be inundated with great advice and insight if you visit his blog or his other online writing project Thinking for a Living, a repository for thought-provoking design content co-curated by Duane King, Shane Bzdok and Ian Coyle.
Some shavings from his pencil of wit:
In personal work, optimism trumps experience.
To make pearls, you’ve got to eat dirt.
The process is the reward.
Clarity + Surprise = Delight
There are no secrets or shortcuts. Work hard.
“Wait, are you telling me they really released all of these bouncy balls down this big hill?” Yes I am. And if you have the choice, I think you should do it that way too.
My favourite type foundry has posted a gorgeous and handy guide to combining fonts. It helps when you have all of their typographic beauties at your disposal.
- Staples, a blank wall, and lots of patience
- Up in the Air- Opening sequence
– Holy moly – clever art with staples!
– Great looking title sequence for Up in the Air.