January 2012
3 posts
Building steam with a grain of salt
Working in the Quirky office is a crazy experience. The sheer amount of work pulled off in this tiny little space is mindblowing. And it happens 7 freaking days a week.
I managed (barely) to capture one products development, from idea to finished product (to finished video), all in those 7 little days
this place is like crack for people who like to make things
shells on the neck
This is an older project but I never posted it. I got to work with John Ritter on his 2010 european tour last(last?) year and while we wannted to go big and do full stage visuals, it never ended up panning out. Here are some boards and a couple concept bits and bobs
we went with a mix of 2d and 3d rendered with a flat vector look in order to do some elaborate camera moves I...
Electrify the boys and girls if you'd be so kind
Going through some stuff from the past year, I found some pretty fun work I never shared. Here are some style frames from a project with the guys at Revision Eyewear
October 2011
1 post
is this a...what day is this?
full scene breakdown inside because i found a minute!
not bad for a day. see the ninja star flakes in action monday? maybe?
Updated: here was the initial test that sparked the above look
and a reasonably final version
May 2011
1 post
No i didnt forget about you
An informative slash entertaining post is right around the corner. But in the meantime, here is some product porn. totally sfw
love you guys
February 2011
2 posts
2010 came and went waaay too fast
What a crazy year its been. Studios and screenprinting and animation and awesome. It’s been quite hectic from the starting line, but thats how it goes and I can’t imagine it any other way.
In honor of 2010 blazing past in a fit of glory, here is my new website paired with a new reel. I’ll be populating this monster with content over the next few days but I wanted to share it...
December 2010
2 posts
Even Rocky had a montage
I swear this started out as a serious video
also, here is the business socks version
you know, if you’re into that sort of thing
Concrete jungle?
Lucky me, I got a free trip to NY to do some product videos and photography for ‘little turned big company’ quirky. I remember when they were just a tiny little 6 personish team just a year ago. Now check em out
shot this little thing in between big little things to show the crazy pace all these good lookin people are used to. can you feel it??
November 2010
1 post
Newish Stuff
Got a whoooole mess of new work for the new site. Launchings are imminent
October 2010
1 post
crimeny
Is this a..what day is this? Holy crimeny are these updates late. So yeah, blah blah blah, I work a lot and drink a lot of coffee, yeah we get it. Where is the awesome??? Everywhere. Been going nonstop lately, on ALL fronts
Our print shop, Unknown Arts, teamed up with local radio station WRUV to throw a sweet little record swap the other weekend. Not only did we print the advertisements on a boat...
September 2010
1 post
Somewhere, an internet dog barks
Ok. so. (deep breath) 2010 reel …. still on pause. i know. ssshhh. Free time is at record low right now, but im still managing to sneak in some new pieces late at night for the 2010 Art Hop, even though I said I wasn’t.
In the mean time, the third and possibly final spot in the vsecu campaign is underway. this was such a cool run of projects for me, I am going to be quite sad when...
August 2010
4 posts
Shoot for the edit
yes i just quoted michael bay. no i am not sorry. crazy tight shoot this weekend workin with Nate Beaman at Urban Rhino. So many talented people involved, zero time to stop and drink it all in so I snagged some pics when I could. Click read more to check them out
mama watchin beb
Ben Machado: Potential Lunch Winner
Finally took my business to the next level and wrote its name down on paper!
Next step is to place them in my wallet and forget they ever existed because all my work is over the internet.
Yes this ACTUALLY happened
This weekend marked the first of many for the Unknown Arts Traveling Photoshoot Circus Party-Time Extravaganzafest. Shot by me and our friend Barbie, this weekend was a complete and total success. I may be posting some of the more…interesting images, but for now, here, enjoy this picture of a pirate.
Everyday they're hustlin
tested out the new rig walking up church street the other day. i am in love.
July 2010
1 post
I promise I'm not being lazy
I hate when I randomly check my website and realize I haven’t said anything in a month. If my website activity reflected my real world activity, I probly would have gone mad from boredom by now.
Our artshow was a complete and total success. People showed up and were actually interested in what we are doing. so, you know, thats awesome. there are more pictures hidden inside this one....
June 2010
3 posts
postmodernist snobbery
Our print shop is opening its doors again for the first time, this time for our first gallery show! Come see the space, buy some tees and check some art, or check some tees and buy some art, either way it will be awesome and there will be booze.
also don’t ask us what ‘atelier’ means. Paddy went to france for a week and came back with all sorts of words no one...
Feel Good Inc.
For anyone who didnt get to see it at the US Open or anywhere else floatin around on them internets, here is the video we did at Urban Rhino for Burton’s non-profit organization Chill. Such a cool project to be a part of, especially getting the kids in the studio
some pictures from the shoot after the jump
Metal Storm/Face The Slayer
I recently got called in to do some post work on a short film produced through Heavy Metal Magazine. They wanted some comic book style transitions and such and I was happy to throw down with some illustration/animation for them. Once the film goes up I’ll post a link for yall but be warned, it may or may not be a bit nsfw. nothing toooo bad, but lets just say I won’t be showing Mom...
May 2010
2 posts
I haven't slept for ten days. Cause that would be...
not exactly sure when I made this, but im pretty sure it was during my 4th all nighter in a row. 4th, definitely 4th. I know i know, you “need” sleep, but sometimes you also “need” to make something for yourself at 4 in the morning just to see it started and come together without any outside influence.
is there a deeper meaning? some hidden message i want you to...
god, update your website already will ya
HEY, IVE BEEN BUSY OK?? no, you know what? i’m sorry. Lets never fight.
Actually this is kind of a cop out update, but seriously, you should totally check back next week for the exciting conclusion to some, if not all, of these select pieces of awesome being cooked up during this crazy month of May
and no you cant click to biggen. i’m sorry, i dont make the rules
also if you were...
April 2010
6 posts
Handle yo bidness pt 2
Speaking of bidness, just wrapped the second spot in the vsecu E campaign!
I caught the first one during LOST a few times, which…you know..was awesommme.. so, hopefully round two will find an equally awesome show to get wedged into after LOST ends. i know, im not thinking about it either
LOST seperation anxiety aside…What do you think?
handle yo bidness
click to bigger
round of business cards for my homeboy Nate Beaman. This dude can wield a camera like no other. keep an eye out for these colors in the near future..
megamoviefuntime
if you squint your eyes, reaally hard, it almost looks like this is work
sketchduuump
what day is it?
I’m starting to sound like a broken record..no sleep, tons of coffee, make stuff. rinse and repeat. but this record is fuckin goood. also that reminds me, awesome Burlington Records project through Unknown Arts comin up. couple days.
there are tons of projects afoot. some big, some small. all awesome.
are you shpongled? I got to create a poster for crazy trance band...
WatchUrban Rhino is now a sponsor of Burton’s non-profit organization, CHILL. We created a short 3 minute video piece for them for the US OPEN. It came out really great, will post once its on the internet. Anyone catch it on the jumbotron?
BATTLE ROYALE
cleaning out my computer, i found the as yet unposted photoshop battle between myself and a good friend of mine, David Miller of betaimages.com. Working off each other’s last layer, we tossed the file back and forth, 5 consecutive rounds. Hitting below the belt was encouraged, failing to humiliate the other was frowned upon, and a touch of class, while appreciated, was not required.
now i...
March 2010
1 post
"Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are...
Pretty sure I have eliminated all those pesky flat stretches though. After partnering up with Burlington based Urban Rhino Visual, we cooked up this especially delicious ad for VSECU, a local Vermont credit union. Best part is, there are more to come. A series, if you will
Who says local ads have to suck? NOT THIS GUY
Look for a making of/breakdown in the extremely near future, folks
February 2010
4 posts
I can levitate birds. No one cares.
A shirt in celebration of working late, working hard, and a very certain beverage. Cooked this up for all of us down at Unknown Arts today and took some pictures for the website. I thought I’d share some of the process here.
Bunch of pictures right after you click this crazy new read more button i just realized ive had since forever but never noticed before today
so much awesome
...
Oh look, prehistoric forest
I never get to do random characters anymore (just died a little inside, right there) so I was pumped when the client said they wanted some. I knew what I wanted to do for layout right off the bat, but I couldnt commit on the sketches. So.. I did two
click em to see em bigger. i know theyd appreciate it
The missing half to this golden amulet
Film studio? check
Print shop? check
Too much awesome to let sleep get in the way? check. most definitely check.
I know, I know. Two shops? What? Nothing. Today is the official launch (internetly speaking) of Unknown Arts, Burlington’s only artist owned and operated print shop. Here’s our official Unknown Writeup
Unknown Arts was created by a group of friends in the fall of...
These times they are a changin'
if you know what this is, you realize the awesome in which I am now surrounded by.
if you dont know what that is, ask and I will show you.
New studio, new projects, new connections, new opportunities, new awesome. i also found an old hoodie last night i forgot i had. new hoodie
got a plethora of new work to show you… in the next week. not now. i know. im sorry.
but heres this awesome...
January 2010
3 posts
Sometimes I fall asleep at night with my clothes...
Late nights and lots of coffee. Some awesome in between the refills. I finally got to work with Mr Haulenbeek and the guys down at case-mate again, this time a couple pieces for their newest phone case creation tool, IMakeMyCase.com this site is so sick i cant even explain it to you. although im pretty sure thats what they hired me for. I finally got to do some more legit green screen work. i call...
Outside of motion work we gots some more poster design, which is rapidly becoming one of my more favoritest pastimes
click it to biggen
I want more of these jobs. big time
December 2009
2 posts
There's my chippy
The newest addition to our household
autographed. with a pen. and love.
Capiche?
Pew Pew
quick poster for a show. in nebraska.
Client wanted scribbly lines. always happy to oblige
November 2009
3 posts
wish you were her
the bright side of excruciatingly long render times? it gives your mind a chance to wander
click to biggen
procrastination is opportunity's natural assassin
I know. my website is hurt. It’s disjointed, boring, and the only purpose it serves is to give my resume a home. Well, me and your mother(hiyoo!) talked about it, and decided its time for something new. We’re gonna give you the keys to the car. Now wait, your curfew is still the same so don’t get too excited. And it’s going to be atleast a couple weeks before it gets those...
"It's only work if somebody makes you do it"
Oh the joys of being self-employed, how little I knew of ye. Ye? yee? I dont care. Since going freelance, I think I actually work more hours then I did when I was working for someone else. Granted, those hours are sometimes sprinkled throughout the day and night, but they are there. Oh yes, they are there. I have so many cool things to post! but most are not completed yet so maybe rushing to the...
September 2009
4 posts
I have a feeling that fufilling my potential would...
Thank god for redbull. and comfortable chairs. and late night delivery. and do you know why? because its here. its done. finally.
check it below
Watch
Here's a thought for sweat shop owners: Air...
Problem solved.
ditched Burlington for a few days, weeks, who knows, to do some work in NY. hopefully ill have a few spare moments here and there to wrap up my new reel for 09. you know, for the children.
in the mean time, im having an art overload walking around this city. its exactly what i was hoping for. Hopefully i’ll get a flickr set poppin with all the street art ive been seeing...
2009 Ar Thop
As my time at Select Design came to a tumultuous end (1270 SATs indeed), I ‘technically’ finished on a good note. This year’s art hop revolved around my obsession with custom designed little dudes and everybody got down and rocked it. I also got to meet tons of other artists and hopefully made some connections that will result in collaborative work in the near future.
I had...
August 2009
2 posts
sketchdump isn't sketchdump without sketchdumps
I have absolutely fallen off from posting sketches. i know. im sorry. i blame the weather.
absent mind bar doodle
girlage
random stuffs
anyone wanna buy me a scanner so i can retire my camera phone?
Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand...
Ahhh, sweet vacation. why do you hurt so good? besides waking up at the crack of noon after wild, absinthe soaked, wake up miles away from your home in a field with galoshes 6 sizes too big for you nights, its been pretty low key. Seriously. I mean, I don’t even think any of that stuff even happened. all ive been doing is art, art and some boring rendering in between. yeah i know, that...
July 2009
4 posts
The weekend ends here
Nothing like a weekend chock full of personal art projects to make you wish you could turn your phone off and disappear for a week. This weekend, and also spilling in to this week, another designer and I had a photoshop battle of epic proportions over the web. 5 rounds of back and forth over one file. its not quite over but the results so far are pretty much made of awesome. ill post them all on...
Jeff Soto is the man
I normally don’t post other peoples work on here, which is odd because i spend every waking second im not working on something looking at other artists work. But I’m willing to make an exception for this video. Jeff Soto is a huge inspiration of mine. From the moment i saw his characters and color choices i was hooked. Today I came across an extremely cool interview with him that hit...
