Darkness Descended

Thanks to everyone who came out to see Darkness Descend! I am really excited about the show and the support of everyone involved and everyone that came out. I can't tell you how thankful I am to have been a part of this and can't wait to see the future of this piece.

This was my first foray into animation, which was simultaneously heartbreaking, exhilarating, frustrating, awe-inspiring and just plain new. Here's a couple stills.

Again, thanks for coming out and seeing it!!!

COLOR

Since I've been working on my first color comic, I've been thinking a lot about color. It is a weird and strange thing that I have taken for granted for a long long time (even though I use it at work every day).

I came across this fascinating thing.

http://colorschemedesigner.com/


It has a color wheel that lets you adjust the hues and brightness and all the other nerdy design stuff that I'm sure bores you to death.

What might not bore you to death is that you can click on a thing in the top right corner and see what the world of color looks like to someone who's fully colorblind, or say has deuteranopia (like my old man and to a lesser extent yours truly)... check out the triads, tetrads and every potentially disgusting, puke-inducing color combo that can besmirch the human eye. Oh, and if you're an internet-oriented fella or gal, you can get more hexadecimal codes than you can shake an ipad at.



This is all new to me, so perhaps you don't share my enthusiasm. I never took a painting or art class. And I have been known to fancy myself a wheel enthusiast.

Can you imagine how sad a world without color would be? I think we all know the answer to that...




exhibit A:

Inner Sanctum Mysteries

How incredible is this ad? They sure don't make 'em like this any more!

Art by Frederick Siebel and art direction by Harry F. O'Brien. They were awarded the Art Directors Club Medal for this ad. I definitely agree...

Infra Iridian Logo Completed!

Hope you like it!

Big Business

I feel really weirdly adult making my first business cards. Remember that scene in American Psycho where the suits are caressing their cards and talking about them like sports cars? Remember that douchy guy that spit while he talked and gave you "his card?" Remember opening your front door only to have a flurry of cab service numbers fly to the ground?



Yeah, that's me now.

The thing that makes me feel really not adult and more like a big kid is putting a big fuckin' skull on it. Maybe that's me even more now...?

Anyway, next time I see you, I'll give you MY CARD

M Lamar Logo

Here's a logo I did today for M Lamar

Don't know if it's gonna' stick but I like it a lot. Go two posts below to see it in action!

One thing's for sure... I need to work on my horror lettering!