8.12.2010

Series: "Venetian Visions" - Mixed media

Series: "Venetian Visions"
"Streets of Venice in Synesthesia No. 1"

medium: mixed media. 2010.
"The best things come from relentless experimentation, free from thought and limit. It begins with inspiration, which drives us to create something new; and the resulting effects of those countless experiments are what can lead us to innovation."
\t(i)-mo-thy\

5.10.2010

Studies - Edie Promo


"Sienna Miller as Edie."
This is a promotional concept for a documentary based on the life of Edie Sedgwick, and the portrayal of her character in media, particularly film. I referenced a screen shot of Sienna Miller playing Edie Sedgwick in the movie "Factory Girl".
"Edie: The Finale."
I printed each layer separately on charcoal paper,
which gave the image a silk-screen effect, echoing
a Pop Art/Warhol aesthetic.

Studies: "Edie.", "Edie No. 2 (Y).", "Edie No. 3 (M).", "Edie No. 4 (C).", "Edie No. 5.", "Edie No. 6 (CYMK)."
medium: graphite and ink on vellum, Adobe PhotoShop. 2009.

5.09.2010

Blast from the past: "Ophelia"

"Ophelia" with detail
medium: oil on canvas. 1998.
This is an old painting I did around 1998. I was around the age of 12, so I was recreating works of other artists from history while finding, developing, and employing my own painting style.
I referenced "Ophelia" (Paul Steck, 1895).

"Ophelia." 1998.

"Strike a Pose in Blue" - Photograph

"Strike a Pose in Blue"
Photograph.
"I got really drawn to the richness of the car's blue paint; So I started experimenting with posing in silly dynamic gestures and capturing a composition within a composition through the reflection in the car.


4.30.2010

Studies of the Morning Light Effects: "Capturing the Morning"

Study in Photograph: "Capturing the Morning"
"Sunrise Red-Rover"
"Mourning Glory"
"Mourning Souls in Morning Light"

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4.29.2010

Study Series: "A Golden Kind of Somber"

Series of Studies in Photograph: "A Golden Kind of Somber"
Compositions No. 2, No. 3, No.7 and No. 14


"I love trees in the fall, especially when they turn bright yellow, glimmering gold under the sun. I fell in love with the rivers of monstrous streaming shadows cutting through the leaves; and found a certain kind of pleasant somber finding beauty in dying nature placed next to the hardness of human tombs. I captured a sense of loneliness in the figures, as the studium opposing the punctum of the bold, overpowering tones of the leaves."
-TRM \t(i)-mo-thy\

1.14.2010

"Janis Joplin: Greatest Hits" 12'' Vinyl Album Cover

"Janis Joplin: Greatest Hits" Album Cover
medium: Graphite, photography, collage, Adobe InDesign. 12x12.

Book Cover - Book Series: "Raymond Chandler" Cover w/ Spine


Book Series: "Raymond Chandler"
medium: Pen and ink/watercolor on watercolor paper, cover layout: Adobe InDesign. 5x7

"Go Ask Alice" Book Jacket

"Go Ask Alice" Book Jacketmedium: Gouache on bristol 5x7, Photoshop, InDesign.
Typeface: Futura. 2009.

Poster - "American Repertory Theater: Hamlet"

"American Repertory Theater: Hamlet" Poster
medium: Pen on bristol board, Adobe Illustrator. 11x17.

2.28.2009

Parson's Challenge

The object I chose to focus my designs on was a Japanese maple tree in my front yard, which I overlooked in my daily travels.

I wanted to first interpret the tree in a photograph. The idea I wanted to convey through my first perspective was something soft, light, and friendly. I took several photos at different times of day and at different angles to play with composition and lighting. During my interpretation, I found that the strongest composition was the one in which the lamp was in the foreground. The shape of the tree stands out against lightest areas in the snow and sky. Both the tree and the lamp create an asymmetrical balance in the image. I captured the sunlight shining right at the top of the lamp to draw your eye away from the center of the composition. This photograph captures the interesting shape of the tree, while creating a dynamic relationship between the lamp in the foreground and the tree in the middle ground.

2.27.2009

Watercolor - "Absente" Absinthe Bottle

"Absinthe Bottle".
watercolor and graphite on watercolor paper. 2008.

Drawing: Self-Portrait Bust



Drawing - Self-Portrait Bust.
20x36. 2008.

medium: vine and compressed charcoal, conte, tan charcoal paper.

2.22.2009

Drawing of Skull




Charcoal Drawing of Skull.
18 x 24. 2008.
medium: vine/compressed charcoal, drawing paper.

1.31.2009

Illustration - Globe Article Illustration

"...even geese need crossing guards."
medium: pen on bristol, Adobe Illustrator

Graphic Design - Press Kit - "The Model Pilots"

Objectives:
*Design a flexible identity, then apply the identity to design a coherent press kit.

Logo/Identity "The Model Pilots"

Promotion Flyer *(4.25x5.5, CMYK).
Album Cover *(Screen-based [context: iTunues]).
Tare-sheet *(8''x10'', CMYK).
Business card (standard dimensions).


Promotional Flyer: The Model Pilots debut album "Fly"

Type and Image Poster: "And Then There Was One..."

Type/Image Poster: Genocide/Nuclear holocaust.
medium: Adobe PhotoShop. 11x17. 2007.
This is an image and type poster on the theme of nuclear genocide. I used Adobe Photoshop to combine a photo of myself walking through a cemetery with the found image of a mushroom cloud, and the words: "And then there was one..."

Here, I merged images to create a visual metaphor. The poster is meant to convey, through image, the idea of the last human on earth following the nuclear holocaust. I used bold colors along with an edgy typeface to visually communicate a powerful, socio-political statement in poster form.

Typeface Poster - Hobo

This piece is a poster advertising/displaying the typeface "Hobo." I focused on the use of transparency and color in the design. I wanted to convey the essence of the use of Hobo in posters/art popular in the psychedelic movement of the San FrancisTypeface Poster - Hobo
medium: Adobe Illustrator. 11 x 17. 2007
co area in the 1960's.