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MORE MUSIC

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:12:00 -0400

I’ve decided to let random phrases inspire me into making visuals. This week, Dead Man’s Bones music has been going through my head. With a youth choir, and monotonous melodies that have a sixties undertone, Ryan Gosling brings forth a chillingly dark yet lighthearted romantic story.

Creating something after his most popular ballad was an easy choice. MY BODY’S A ZOMBIE FOR YOU.

I was inspired by Sam Weber’s cover remake for Lord of Flies when I stumbled upon it in my research. He continues to surprise and impress me.

This one came out pretty fast for me.

It probably had to do with my admiration for someone who is so multi-talented, and easy on the eyes.

AS OF LATE

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:06:00 -0400

After graduating college, and finding myself back in the real world again, I have been struggling with mixed feelings. Though the celebrating is over, and it is supposed to be a happy time, I find myself at odds with the loss of my artistic community. The ambitions I have always had are learning how to live with the new ambitions I have developed after being free from school. Not having that close group of friends I had everyday, I have to cope on my own and hope to discover who I am artistically even more.

With my latest projects, I have found myself drawn to limbs. This might reflect my feelings of lost community.

Hands reaching out to grab something, whether it be the past, or the future.

Working again with music has made me happy again. The band Violet Isle’s sound has always been a difficult one for me to transfer over into a visual aesthetic. In considering how they create their music, and the common themes their complex lyrics hold, I decided going back to something organic was the best way to go.

The magazine Bohemia, from Texas, contacted me to create a spot for a piece of poetry in an upcoming issue. The poem is beautiful and I’m really happy I could create something visually for it:

Graying in My Life
By Michael Lee Johnson (Edmonton, Alberta)

Graying in
my life
growing old
like a stagnant
bucket of
rain water with moss
floating on the top-
Oh, it’s not such
a bad deal,
except when
loneliness
catches you
chilled in the
middle of a sentence
by yourself-
ticking away
like an old grandfather clock,
hands stretched straight in the air
striking midnight
like a final
prayer.

My goals are to keep the habit of drawing and pursue my dreams of being a creative soul for the rest of my life. If I manage to be successful at that, then I will always see myself as satisfied.

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:08:00 -0400

I recently have been able to do some comp work for the...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:07:29 -0400

I recently have been able to do some comp work for the publication Tin House.

Here is the second phase to my process. The illustration is inspired from a poem that will be published in one of their upcoming issues.

It was really nice to do some work aside from my thesis, though remnants of it have found their way into this piece.

I’m about to finish college, and I’m kind of freaking out a bit. I have had to go...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:28:30 -0400

I’m about to finish college, and I’m kind of freaking out a bit.

I have had to go through so much with school, and this new road I am about to go onto seems unreal.

Yet, even with the scariness, I am excited! I am excited to be free from school forever. I have been enrolled in school for sixteen + years!!

Excited to be finally working on a final for my thesis after...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:27:34 -0500

Excited to be finally working on a final for my thesis after weeks of planning and preparation. The studies have payed off. I am finally inspired!

St. Vincent promo

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:26:07 -0500

St. Vincent promo

My computer light is starting to make...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:28:39 -0500

My computer light is starting to make me go blind.

Midnight Type

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:55:00 -0500

TYPE MAKES YOU FEEL RIGHT.

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:15:07 -0500

TYPE MAKES YOU FEEL RIGHT.

Sunshine 10:30 AM

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:08:00 -0500

Yes, it’s true. I have become a bag lady.

Dylan 11:03 AM

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:52:00 -0500

Midnight. Totino’s cheese pizza. Capri Blue candle tin. A...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:19:00 -0500

Midnight.

Totino’s cheese pizza. Capri Blue candle tin. A thing of beauty.