This is music only in the most limited sense, but it is also horrifying/entertaining so as far as I’m concerned it makes the cut.
Archive for August, 2009
Friday Night Music Video
Posted in Toni Tiller, video with tags friday night music video, music, video, youtube on August 14, 2009 by Toni TillerOLD
Posted in Drawing, Jason Gray with tags Jason Gray, MySpace friends on August 14, 2009 by Jason Gray
This is an old drawing that I intended to “creatively” use as my avatar back in the glory days of MySpace. It consists of people on my friends list, and includes both Daniel and J.D. from DarteBoard. I had planned on putting Toni, Tom and Steph in there also, but I lost my Sharpie and never bought a new one, alas….
On the other hand, I am beginning a new photography series based on “Identity”, and I have seven models already signed up for the project, so expect some new work in the future. And, I have a piece that requires permission from the Museum, where I work, that I plan to begin, as soon as I get clearance (if I get clearance).
Story Bored
Posted in Art, comic, Drawing, Illustration, Tom Bennett with tags advertising, Art, commercials, Illustration, storyboards, Tom Bennett on August 13, 2009 by Tom BennettI’ve been too preoccupied and tired to finish anything over the past week. A painter, much like a poet or a homeless psychotic, has to pay the rent and sometimes that requires a day job. I freelance as a storyboard artist for advertising agencies. It requires a very fast hand and being able to draw out of your head. It also helps if you aren’t too proud to allow yourself to “hack”. Here are some samples of the brilliance that is the art of selling soap. Brain surgery it is not. Existentialist angst, it may promote. I know I’m saving capitalism for the greater good of humanity and eternity.
TB
Another Untitled One
Posted in Art, Photography, Toni Tiller with tags abstract, Art, found, Photography, subway, Toni Tiller on August 12, 2009 by Toni TillerI am not really making any art at the moment, and I’d say the reasons for that are long and complicated, but they aren’t, I’m just not all that interested. Fortunately before I lost interest I squirreled away a few things so I can dole them out slowly and hopefully I will regain my enthusiasm before I run out, but if I don’t it won’t be the end of the world.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A Stately Pleasure-Dome Decree
Posted in Art, art on paper, Collage, craft, Drawing, Illustration, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, Collage, creativity, Drawing, kubla khan, lava, Painting, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vocano on August 11, 2009 by jdhastingsLately I’ve had issues making progress on several art pieces. For each piece I’d give myself a range of options, trying to make the work come out well, but I wasn’t really convinced by any of the options. Thinking through what I should do for each dragged the joy out of it, with the result being I haven’t gotten much done the last couple weeks.
So finally, learning a lesson I’ve had to learn 1000 times before, I said “Screw it,” and decided to amuse myself and do whatever I knew I shouldn’t do. This is the result.
The quote in the title of this post is a reference to a Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem that isn’t about volcanoes. And I think that’s perfectly apt.
The other pieces, the source drawing and more rambling after the jump.
I Know It’s Not Friday
Posted in Art, Toni Tiller, video with tags Toni Tiller, video, youtube on August 10, 2009 by Toni Tillerbut really, I cannot be expected to keep this to myself.
mixed monster
Posted in Art, Collage, Daniel Allyn Lee, Drawing, Illustration, Painting with tags Collage, Illustration, monster, Painting on August 10, 2009 by Daniel Allyn Lee
Teal Monster, mixed media on paper, 9″ x 12″, 2009
I’m doing some experimenting on how to mix painting, illustration, and collage into one big ball of goodness. This is my first effort. I’m rather pleased with it. I will definitely make more of these. I think they could go a little more sophisticated and dynamic; I want to use drawings with more action and/or narrative. I kind of want to go really big with these, but I’m going to hold of on that impulse for now.
Written Letter Project: Conclusions
Posted in Art with tags Jason Gray, written letter project on August 10, 2009 by Jason GrayIt has been five months exactly since I decided to embark on my experiment to delete my personality online (read the past entries 1, 2, 3, 4). In that time, I have read a lot of accounts of people struggling to try and reclaim their lives, in some degree, from the bait and switch of internet technology; some of these accounts have been articles published in national and international dailies and periodicals, which underlines those formats’ own special breed of hatred for digital media. For instance, I work with a retired editor from the St. Louis Post Dispatch whose disdain burgeoned from the premonition he has of needing to go click away on a computer to read the news, instead of merely unfolding a newspaper to casually enjoy with breakfast and coffee. A plausible fear? Sure. Another example, that I read about, featured a man who was depressed about the fact that the future promised a reality that we could never find ourselves lost in. To clarify, his favorite childhood memories comprised he and a buddy tromping off into the woods in the morning, getting lost at some point during the day, feeling the thrill of adrenaline brought about by thinking, “will we ever make it out?”, and the eventual satisfaction and excitement of emerging from the wilderness in familiar surroundings, just as dusk settled. For him, his memory represented an old-school reliance in self (and the experience of victory provided by that self-reliance) that was to be taken away from all new generations of children tromping off into the woods with GPS devices. Ultimately though, his worry was less about losing the satisfaction of overcoming a problem then it was about losing the experience of being involved physically in all aspects of the journey; a trade off that comes from watching the tiny symbol of you, on the navigation system installed in your car, navigate its way out of the part of the city that you are unfamiliar with, instead of seeing, and actually experiencing, the new people, places and things that finding your own way out provides. It’s an interesting angle, and there’s certainly some truth to it. More—>
Sunday Sidewalk Doodles 8/9/09
Posted in Art, Miscellaneous, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Art, chalk, doodle, Drawing, sidewalk, stephg on August 9, 2009 by ssstephg
Maya Lin’s Wave Field
Posted in Art, Toni Tiller, video on August 8, 2009 by Toni TillerThanks to our friend Andy Kottenstette for this!
Links Du Lapin #29
Posted in Links, Toni Tiller with tags games, Links, Toni Tiller on August 8, 2009 by Toni TillerSaturday Morning Cartoon: Sex & Violence
Posted in Miscellaneous, Stephanie Gerolimatos, video with tags aniboom, animation, sex, shrew, Tomer Eshed, violence on August 8, 2009 by ssstephgShrew sex–not quite as beautiful as slug sex.
Animation by Tomer Eshed.
1st place animation: Jury category aniboom awards 2008
4,377 Days: Art and Cycles
Posted in Art, Painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags abstract, Archives, Art, Canvas, oil, Painting, stephg on August 8, 2009 by ssstephg
After August
oil on torn canvas with plexiglass
73 x 34 inches
I made this a long time ago (not 4,377 days ago, probably closer to 3,283 days) but it’s pefect for today. I’m going to spend the day biking with a bunch of people I love, and reminiscing about others I love and miss… this people in particular.
that’s my dad looking all young and handsome. 
Three detail pics of the painting included after the jump!
This painting is a big one, too so the overall pic is a bit hard to decipher. If you want to get an idea of what it’s actually like, taking a look at the details and employing some imagination will help. Read more »
Happycloud Thunderhead Monsters at Cranky Yellow
Posted in Jason Gray, Photography, St. Louis with tags Cranky Yellow, Daniel Allyn Lee, Meth and Hotdogs, Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship on August 8, 2009 by Jason Gray
The “Meth and Hot Dogs: A Collection of Unscrupulous Characters” show at Cranky Yellow was one part thrift/craft superstore, one part art gallery, and two parts fun! Daniel’s paintings were hung in a great location with a lot of traffic, and even though we’re biased, they were the show favorites of my wife and I. Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship was there to perform, which was pretty hilarious and great. In any case, it looked like a good turnout, and people were having a good time, so I wouldn’t be surprised at all if a lot of the work sold before the exhibition comes to a close. Daniel, we’re planning on going back when there’s less of a crowd, so if there are any other shots that you’d like, just let me know (I figured that you had these each documented, so I didn’t concentrate on getting the paintings individually). More after the jump.
R.I.P. John Hughes
Posted in Art with tags John Hughes on August 7, 2009 by Jason GrayWho didn’t love these movies?
From Jason’s Archives, Volume Six: Reduction Drawings
Posted in Art, figurative with tags Jason Gray, Reduction Drawings on August 7, 2009 by Jason Gray
This series evolved out of experimentations with figuration. All of these works began as “academic” studies of the human form, which I then erased, redrew, erased, et al. They are arrivals without a destination, if that makes any sense.
Labor
Posted in Art, art on paper, monotype, nude, printmaking, Tom Bennett with tags Art, figure, monotype, nude, pregnant, Tom Bennett on August 6, 2009 by Tom BennettThis week I’m tired and this is what I have to offer. Take it or whatever. Making art when you have to pay the bills is a freaking pain in the arse.
Tom Bennett
monotype, 18 x 12
I Made This 7 Years Ago
Posted in Art, Photography, Toni Tiller with tags Art, Photography, self-portrait, Toni Tiller on August 5, 2009 by Toni TillerThe sentiment still stands.
Reuleauxs
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Abstract Art, Art, reuleaux traingles, RX8 on August 4, 2009 by jdhastingsThis will probably be my last posting for today. I have to save my secret cache of sketches in case I’m as useless this week as I was last week… Hopefully this is better than the last one. Seriously, sorry about that.
This piece is named after a Reuleaux Triangle, which is roughly formed in the centers of the 2 circles. This shape is important because it is a “curve of constant width,” meaning it shares certain properties with a circle. Below the jump I’ll try to link to the animation wikipedia uses to show why that’s handy.
Um, so this is a REALLY rough sketch…
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, Collage, Painting, sketch, tesselation on August 4, 2009 by jdhastingsI made this the first weekend after I’d owned my Pazzles machine. It was my first attempt at tesselating tiles together, which explains why I used a lot of truly disposable materials. I suppose I didn’t have to subject you to it, but some people like seeing early stages of development and experimentation, and this is that. It really is a sketch by the strict definition. Laying out ideas roughly to get an idea of how they work.
I promise my next post will be more… refined.
-jd
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