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Migrating to Tumblr

2011-05-04T16:07:00.002-04:00

Sorry for the lack of updates recently. I upgraded myself to a Flickr pro account and I've been uploading a lot there. It seems like most people are moving over to Tumblr so I made myself one last night. I'll most likely be posting there rather than here from now on. Update your bookmarks!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/retronics/

http://danielstettner.tumblr.com/

amethyst

2011-03-21T00:32:00.000-04:00

Digital Collage
2011

http://www.flickr.com/photos/retronics/5543564430/

CRSTLS

2011-02-20T22:55:00.001-05:00

Mixed Media Collage on Paper
2011

Inner Glow

2011-02-19T17:42:00.003-05:00

Archival Ink on 150lb Paper. 24"x30". 2010

Film Final

2011-02-16T17:48:00.002-05:00

Film Final from Daniel Stettner on Vimeo.

Final project using found and appropriated footage.

2011-02-14T10:54:00.000-05:00

Tyler drops Yonkers

2011-02-11T03:22:00.003-05:00

First single off of Goblin.

First Fridays Street Performer

2011-02-06T18:32:00.002-05:00

Found this guy playing on the street at this month's First Friday in RVA.

Also this t-shirt.

Del Watercolor Sketch

2011-01-20T18:05:00.002-05:00

Watercolor and Micron archival pens on watercolor paper

New Camera Shots

2011-01-20T02:59:00.004-05:00

EOS 550D

ICF Poster Design

2011-01-10T16:23:00.004-05:00

VCU's Intercultural Festival committee asked me to submit some poster designs to be possibly used as promotion for this year's IC Festival.

Old Forum Signatures

2010-12-18T15:16:00.004-05:00

I just stumbled across two of the banner signatures I made circa 2008 for some forums I frequented. I'm hoping to find the others on my desktop sometime soon.

Business Card Draft

2010-12-15T19:05:00.004-05:00

A commission from last year to design a business card identity for the marketing and management site, Flowsion.net. Sorry for the resolution.

Enneagram

2010-11-26T02:11:00.003-05:00

Once I can take actual photos of it I'll replace this post, but I just wanted to get it online. Acrylic and Copic marker on panel

How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less

2010-11-14T15:50:00.003-05:00

My awesome cousin Sarah just released her newest graphic novel under Vertigo Comics, titled How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less. Click 'read more' below.

From Publisher's Weekly:

Glidden, a progressive American Jew who is sharply critical of Israeli policies vis-à-vis the Occupied Territories, went on an all-expense-paid "birthright" trip to Israel in an attempt to discover some grand truths at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This graphic memoir tells the touching and often funny story of her utter failure to do so. As the tour group moves from the Golan Heights to Tel Aviv, Glidden's struggles with propaganda and perspective lead only to a morass of deepening questions and self-doubt. Her neurotic need for objective truths and struggle to reconcile historical perspectives is hugely gratifying for the reader. This is especially true when the group visits Masada, the site of an epic confrontation between a sect of Jewish rebels and a Roman siege army that culminated in mass suicide. Gruesome fanaticism or a stirring clarion call for the burgeoning Zionism movement? You be the judge. As befits a travelogue, Glidden's drawings have the look of something jotted down on the fly; if it weren't for a haircut here or a pair of glasses there, many of the characters would be indistinguishable. Yet the simplicity of the drawing is offset by bright, delicate watercolors that belie our heroine's unresolved struggle with history and heritage.

Please be sure to buy or at least check out the book! Shes put a lot of time, effort, and distance into creating it and deserves the attention.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1401222331/flatwave-20

Cassette Distortion

2010-11-08T20:36:00.003-05:00

Cassette Distortion from Daniel Stettner on Vimeo.

Experimenting with the visual process of sound creation. Recorded water sounds and scratched and de-magnetized segments of the tape's magnetic strip. Done for Time Studio

LCD Gig Poster

2010-11-02T13:11:00.004-04:00

I ended up winning that LCD Soundsystem Gig poster contest that I mentioned last month. The concert was pretty cool, and I got a print of my poster signed by James Murphy and Sleigh Bells. Big thanks to Zach and the guys at Red Light.

Preview

2010-11-01T21:27:00.003-04:00

Wow. It's been a full month since I've updated. Either way, here's a thumb sketch of a painting that's in the works. It's due next Monday so hopefully it'll be done by then...
Turned out kind of looking like Yo Landi of Die Antwoord. Whatever

BRUTALISM

2010-10-01T00:19:00.003-04:00

BRUTALISM from Daniel Stettner on Vimeo.

A short stop-motion animation for Time Studio.

DEAR FRIENDS

2010-09-29T13:20:00.001-04:00

I entered a poster design contest for an upcoming LCD Soundsystem show. It would be awesome if anyone who sees this who has a Facebook could vote for me! It only takes a second. Voting ends tonight @ 10

Step 1) "Like" www.facebook.com/CharlottesvillePavilion

Step 2) "Like" my submission! www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=235071&id=23596297720#...

Stewrat- Summer Album Cover

2010-09-21T22:29:00.003-04:00

Stewrat recently released his new album titled "Summer", and I decided to help him out and make a second album cover. Be sure to check out all his music at his Bandcamp.

Richmond Pt.3

2010-09-13T00:10:00.008-04:00

Last photo update for a while. There are a few illustrations and assignments for school in the works so those will be up shortly.

Richmond Pt. 2

2010-09-09T12:11:00.001-04:00

Summer Camping

2010-08-30T11:10:00.003-04:00

Richmond

2010-08-25T23:37:00.005-04:00

Finally almost settled in at art school. Me, Nils, Gabe, Matt, and Petey checked out downtown and the canal area.

Crystal Castles / Rusko DC HARD Summer

2010-08-23T04:23:00.007-04:00

Destructo / Sinden / Rusko / Crystal Castles HARD Summer tour @ 9:30 club.
♥♥♥♥

all photos © me

Portland & the Pacific NW

2010-08-20T02:55:00.012-04:00

Short trip to Oregon.

All photos © me

Prismatism

2010-07-26T18:50:00.004-04:00

Mixed Media on Wood Panel
61cm x 61cm

And a process video

PRISMATISM from Daniel Stettner on Vimeo.

DC Mural Jam & Adventuring

2010-07-19T21:00:00.010-04:00

Me, Ramez, and Ju visited DC's annual Mural Jam on Rhode Island Ave NE. Each year, DC graffiti and street artists claim a spot on the 90k sq ft wall and do whatever. Sadly, by the time we got there all the space was already taken up. Down the street we adventured into an abandoned printing factory, now a squat most likely. Pretty cool stuff inside.

^^^ Ju made a video of our adventure here
Be sure to check out the rest of his videos over at his channel
All photos © me

New York Week

2010-07-02T01:27:00.007-04:00

Well I'm the one in the blue.

Wolves & Boy

2010-06-17T13:14:00.003-04:00

Just a quick pen and pencil sketch.
Micron pens & Prismacolor pencils on vellum paper.

1984 Sequential Illustration

2010-06-14T22:59:00.004-04:00

Practicing and experimenting with typography and straight-line design. I decided to use the atmosphere of George Orwell's dystopian classic '1984' as the basis for my illustration. India Ink on paper.

MillionYoung / Burnt Ones @ DC9 6/8

2010-06-08T22:27:00.004-04:00

Took Ally to see MillionYoung and Burnt Ones perform at the DC9. A fun, although short show. This gave us time for eggrolls afterwords.

Newspaper Illustration

2010-06-05T19:44:00.003-04:00

My highschool's newspaper asked me to do and illustration showing famous people and things between 2007 and 2010. Article by Ally Hiponia.

AOTW / #4 / Jeremy Geddes

2010-05-31T23:45:00.001-04:00

All images © Jeremy Geddes

AOTW / #3 / Erik Otto

2010-05-24T15:17:00.004-04:00

Pacman Google Identity

2010-05-21T18:27:00.004-04:00

To celebrate Pacman's 30th birthday, Google has teamed up with Namco to create a browser version of Pacman, using the Google letters as the maze. Pretty neat.
Play it on Google just for today.

AOTW / #2 / Michael MacGarry

2010-05-16T20:52:00.003-04:00

The Design of Red Dead Redemption

2010-05-16T15:22:00.008-04:00

Rockstar's newest game, Red Dead Redemption, has taken a classic setting and reworked it into something fresh and new. Drawing obvious inspiration from spaghetti western films such as The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars, and The Great Silence, Rockstar has crafted an interactive portrait of the American West.

All images © Rockstar Games

Sketchbook Pages

2010-05-14T13:54:00.007-04:00

Had a lot of testing this past week which gave me some time to do some sketching and doodling.

I picked up an old 1940's how-to-draw book from a tag sale over the summer, and used the 'girl and doe' drawing as reference for mine. Also, I recently finally got around to watching 'Bronson', which inspired the last sketch. Good movie btw

Caribou / Toro Y Moi @ R&R Hotel 5/10

2010-05-12T10:11:00.005-04:00

I also have these hosted over on my Flickr.
Photos © me

RHS Art Show 2010

2010-05-10T17:08:00.005-04:00

This year's art show has come and gone. I was hoping to get more new work in since my show last year, but the schedule got cramped and I had to recycle a few pieces. Fun time regardless. Pics of my booth.

AOTW / #1 / Tsutomu Nihei

2010-05-09T18:09:00.007-04:00

I will be starting a textless update every Sunday showcasing a visual artist who's work I greatly enjoy. I will try to vary the genre and medium from week to week to keep things interesting. Week 1.

Gardyn- New Pogo Track/Video

2010-05-09T13:20:00.007-04:00

Australian electronica artist Pogo released a new track today titled 'Gardyn', which uses real world sounds and samples collected from plants and items found in his mother's garden. Be sure to give it a listen here or embedded below.

Infinity

2010-05-07T12:32:00.006-04:00

Here are some screengrabs from the upcoming Space Sim "Infinity: The Quest for Earth". Boasting over 200 billion star systems to explore, Infinity will without a doubt be a huge game.

All images taken from the HD Pre-Alpha Video. View it here.
All images © Flavien Brebion

New Prints

2010-04-28T23:56:00.006-04:00

Recently printed some new work to display/give away at my show tomorrow. Did a run of 10 b/w 11"x17" screen prints along with 15 digital prints of my recent illustration for the Boy Friend poster.

The Art and Design of Brink

2010-04-27T22:29:00.013-04:00

Brink, a new FPS developed by the independent UK company, Splash Damage, will be a very unique experience. Set in the near future, Brink focuses on the idea of utopia lost. A floating city known as "The Ark" was constructed as a sustainable environment for scientists and thinkers to work for a greener future. As the resources began to dwindle, the city fell into anarchy. This premise allows for some very interesting and unique design elements within the environment. The duality of the pristine, energy efficient green structures against the decrepit shanty towns of The Ark create a visually interesting landscape.

The over-saturated colors and painterly look is reminiscent of the work of artists Edward Hopper and David Hockney, giving Brink a unique, colorful style. The clean lines of The Ark remind me of scenes in Mass Effect or Star Wars, and the rusty shacks of Container City pull inspiration from Studio 4°C's breathtaking TekkonKinkreet.
From the colorful and immersing environments to the extensive and exaggerated character design, Brink is shaping up to be a game to watch in 2010.

All images © Bethesda Softworks / Splash Damage

Hot Chip / The XX @ 9:30 Club 4/24

2010-04-27T11:41:00.006-04:00

Got to the show a bit late and had to settle a little off to the side. Oh well.

Crystal Castles 2nd Album Revealed/Leaked

2010-04-13T15:07:00.015-04:00

UPDATE:
After listening to this album, I have given it my seal of approval.

Following their announcement of a new 12", Crystal Castles have officially revealed the cover, title, and tracklisting of their 2nd full-length LP, also self-titled "Crystal Castles". The album will release June 7th (UK) and June 8th (US). Click below for tracklist and my recommendations.

Tracklist:

01 Fainting Spells
02 Celestica
03 Doe Deer
04 Baptism ♥
05 Year of Silence ♥
06 Empathy ♥
07 Suffocation
08 Violent Dreams
09 Vietnam
10 Birds
11 Pap Smear
12 Not in Love
13 Intimate ♥
14 I Am Made of Chalk ♥

NYC/Brooklyn Weekend

2010-04-13T11:55:00.010-04:00

Weekend exploring Manhattan/Chinatown/Brooklyn.

Photos © me

The Art and Design of Team Fortress 2

2010-04-11T22:41:00.027-04:00

Valve's multiplayer best-seller, Team Fortress 2, has been a game I have held close to my heart ever since it's release in 2007. Despite it's frantic action and balanced gameplay, my attraction to Team Fortress 2 lies in it's brilliant design and art direction. From it's character concepts to it's architectural design, TF2 has a visual cohesiveness that is rarely achieved within the medium.

The lead artists and designers at Valve pulled much of Team Fortress 2's style and look from the art of American illustrators such as J.C Leyendecker and James Montgomery Flagg, two popular commercial artists during the "Golden Age of Illustration". This is evident in the use of polygonal shadowing and shading, a style established by J.C. Leyendecker.

This style not only looks fantastic within the game, but it actually serves as an essential element of gameplay. Valve artists designed each character with a distinctive silhouette to easily identify characters and opponents . Each silhouette gives information about each character to the player, depending on the physical stature of each character. From their appearance, it is easy to infer the character's maximum health, along with its mobility, speed, and other advantages in gameplay.

The environment and architecture of Team Fortress 2 stays constant with the style established by the characters. Cold War-era architecture and hints of classic Americana is a refreshing sight compared to the cliches of many modern video game environments. Each team's base is easily identifiable due to the 'Red vs. Blue' color scheme of each map. The contrasting architecture of each base stays constant from map to map, with BLU team buildings constructed of brick, steel, and concrete, while RED team's buildings are made with wood and other, more rustic materials. Exaggerated angles and geometry are constant within the construction of the environment, and nicely parallel the the overstated proportions of the character designs.

The interior environments are also consistently fluid and well-designed. The un-assuming exterior of each building evolves into the spy-fiction underground bases as depicted in classic cinema and television such as 'James Bond' or 'The Prisoner'.

Another way the world is tied together is through it's consistent color scheme. Under-saturated colors give the Team Fortress 2 universe the retro appeal of the 1960's.

To unify the environment, texture artists and level designers extensively used illustrative matte painting techniques. The art-direction team admits to be inspired by the work of artists such as Hayao Miyazaki and Kazuo Oga, two famed Japanese animators. The development team cited Miyazaki's work on the background art of Spirited Away as inspiration, along with the expressive brushstrokes used to create a tight and convincing environment.

For more information on the art direction at Valve, be sure to check out some of their posted publications.
Also, for a really awesome time-lapse video of TF2 level design in action, check out this post on the TF2 official blog.
All images © Valve Software.

Toys

2010-04-10T02:46:00.007-04:00

Trying out macro mode; DSLR's are still a bit confusing. Here is where the noise is made.

New Crystal Castles 12", Tour Dates, and Remixes

2010-04-08T16:58:00.009-04:00

Crystal Castles will be releasing a new 12" titled "Doe Deer" on April 17th, and have also recently announced some dates as they headline the HARD tour. Got my ticket for their August 20th show at the 9:30 Club, so that will be fucking rad. Click for some new CC remixes.

Three new remixes have released in the past few days
-Black Panther (Story of Isaac Remix)
-Untrust Us (Zelenka Remix)
-Crimewave (Midnight Conspiracy Remix)

-------> Click here to download this shit <---------

Update:

Alex Zelenka, who was responsible for the remix of 'Untrust Us' posted earlier, has released two new remixes of Crystal Castle's b-side, 'Trash Hologram'.

-Trash Hologram (Zelenka Remix)
-Trash Hologram (Zelenka Dark Dub)

-------->Trash Hologram (Alex Zelenka)<---------

Poster Commission

2010-04-07T23:09:00.007-04:00

I was asked to make a poster for my high school's upcoming production of "The Boy Friend", a comedy written in the 50's as a satire of the ludicrousness of the 1920's flapper lifestyle. With this I was hoping to emulate the rustic appeal of classic french fashion illustration and design. I used this great photo as reference for the face and body.

I'll edit this with photos of the poster once printed.

Partyline/Love of Diagrams/Beaches @ Black Cat 3/30

2010-04-07T22:50:00.008-04:00

I was really really hoping to see Gang Gang Dance at R&R this night, but that ended up falling through. Instead, I went for some DIY fem-punk. I've never seen so many Australians and feminists all in one place.

Full set at Flickr.
Photos © me

Japandroids/Tennis System/Love is All @ R&R Hotel 3/29

2010-04-06T23:10:00.006-04:00

Went to see Japandroids play with Tennis System and Love is All. Managed to get in the very front and snap some shots. All of the bands were really energetic, and everyone seemed to have a jolly time. Loud and awesome as expected.

Feel free to head over to my Flickr for the full set.

Photos © me

AIR / AM @ 9:30 Club

2010-03-23T10:04:00.009-04:00

Went to see AIR and AM play at the 9:30 Club last Wednesday. Apparently you need a "camera pass" to bring in a DSLR, so my phone had to suffice. Whatever.

R.I.P Nujabes (1974-2010)

2010-03-18T17:40:00.008-04:00

It was announced today that Seba Jun, also known as Nujabes, died late last month in a car accident. Nujabes is one of my favorite artists of all time, and a huge artistic inspiration to me. May his music and passion continue to reach people all over the world.

8-Bit Alliance Tour @ The Black Cat

2010-03-09T20:39:00.017-05:00

The 8-Bit Alliance tour came through DC on Monday, so naturally I was pretty excited to see some of my favorite chiptune/electronica artists perform live. The show opened with the NYC-based duo Starscream, followed by the UK's Sabrepulse, the famous Anamanaguchi, and Henry Homesweet. The show was fantastic, and since it was hosted at the Black Cat's backstage I was able to be in the very front. Photos © me

Valve Viral Marketing - HL: EP3/P2 Speculation (Updated 3/4)

2010-03-02T20:52:00.047-05:00

There has been a lot of speculation going around regarding Valve's new project/ARG, "Babel". Many people, including myself, believe this to be Half-Life 2: Episode 3, which will hopefully bridge the gap between Aperture Labs and the HL universe, (moreso than it already is, at least). About a year back I published this post, which was the first viral video released by the company. I will constantly update this post or make new posts as information regarding Project Babel surfaces.

More info: There was recently a mysterious and un-announced Portal update on Steam. The description was "* Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations". This added in one new achievement titled "Transmission Received". From what I've noticed, this update added 28 .wav files to the game, in addition to new radio transceivers in some of the rooms. All of the sound files, prefixed with "dino", were simply beeps and static. A Steam community member decoded the files to reveal some eerie Aperture related stills. There was also this sound file.

Newest Babel Video:

Here are some links.
- Official Babel Research site, (note Black Mesa & Aperture Logos. Also watch for a cat.)
- Updated "Whats in the Box?" website.
-Decoded images/Colored ASCII from the BBS
-Cleaned-up noise files from the Portal update
-Portal radio locations
-Original text/ASCII from the BBS transmission
-Netshroud's info on the Portal update, along with info on the BBS and ASCII images.
- Newest Babel/WitB Video
-Original WitB Video (old)
-THE BABEL/WitB TIMELINE. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Here is the text from the left side of the decoded images:
(I did not create/write the annotations for the text)

Hoboes and Tramps
Child Orphans and Foundlings
Psychiatric Patients
and Seniors.

In the pictures below, you may recognize something familiar. Ringing any bells? What I believe it is, its one of those prisoner cells, that include those slave things from the Citadel. You can recognize the headset theyre using in the white area. In the lower picture I believe its a sort of Andoid. Two of them. The left one is a bit smaller, and is shaped a little like DOG, but walking on two legs. Not saying its DOG. The right one is a little bigger, and resembles one of the alien lifeforms in HL, the Vortigaunts.
Conclusion, the GLaDOS is possibly making new kind of androids, from humans.

Moving on to the far left.
There, you can see GLaDOS itself logging on to a Aperture Laboratories account.
It says:

GLaDOS login: backup
Password: backup
Aperture Laboratories GLaDOS v3.11
Copyright (c) 1973-1997 Aperture - All rights reserved
Reconnecting to backup stream
Connection established

Then a blob, possibly a picture, wild guess, its a dinosaur.

Moving on to the white picture below it. It seems to be a picture of a hand, which has a science bottle (Blackout) in it. On its left, theres a bigger bottle, and on its right, theres a medical needle. Above them, there another hand, reaching out for the first hand. Below those, there is a safety goggle. Above the first hand seems to be a pair of eyes. Possibly, how the Androids will be done? How GLaDOS was done? Something else?

Update: What was the August 6th incident? What happens on November 9th?

Update: By typing in "help" on the What's in the Box site, you are prompted to "increase contrast". After doing so, the code "+HS PQY-4FLI" is revealed. After putting this into photoshop and vertically mirroring it, (as instructed in the hidden html clue), it says "THE BOX=HELL".

Update: Portal has yet again been updated, this time with a new ending. After you kill GLaDOS and get to the surface, you hear robot-like movement along with the voice, "Thank you for assuming the party escort submission position", the forwards playback of a sound file found earlier. Here is the video.

In other news, Valve has basically announced Steam for Mac. At this time, it's not known whether this will be a Wine wrapper or a native port. Regardless, Valve is going to have a lot to talk about at this year's GDC.

New Camera

2010-03-01T17:52:00.011-05:00

Finally bought myself a proper camera. It's a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT. So far I have a Canon EFS 18-55mm lens and a Quantaray 28-105mm lens. Hopefully I'll be able to purchase myself an EF 50mm f/1.8 lens soon.
Over the course of finding and purchasing a camera, I became good friends with Milly and Lana Isa. Be sure to check out Milly's blog here and her music here.

Portraiture

2010-02-15T00:15:00.004-05:00

A Valentines day gift for Ally. Watercolor and ink on watercolor paper.

Vancouver 2010 Google Logo

2010-02-12T14:16:00.006-05:00

The newest Google logo, celebrating the beginning of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. This is a really good example of smart and aesthetically pleasing typographic illustration.

Some Design Work

2010-02-08T02:05:00.009-05:00

Trying to experiment and improve on my typography.

A re-imagined poster for Darren Aronofsky's, 'The Fountain'. Great movie, btw.

Z

2010-01-17T20:57:00.003-05:00

Another digital piece inspired by Mark Weaver. His style is just too catchy.

Amazing CG Animation

2010-01-06T20:12:00.004-05:00

Check out this incredible computer animated short by Alex Roman

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

The Top 10 Albums of 2009

2010-01-03T11:26:00.005-05:00

Well, in my opinion.

1. Fever Ray- Fever Ray
2. The Horrors- Primary Colors
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- It's Blitz!
4. Bondage Fairies- Cheap Italian Wine
5. Neon Indian- Psychic Chasms
6. Doom- Born Like This
7. The XX- The XX
8. Health- Get Color
9. Bat For Lashes- Two Suns
10. Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport

2009 Film Retrospective

2010-01-02T23:32:00.022-05:00

Here I will list some films that I saw this year for the first time. I may or may not write a review and synopsis of each one. Maybe some. Anyways, here it goes.

Sherlock Holmes- Guy Ritchie (2009)

Alice- Jan Švankmajer (1988)

Rip: A Remix Manifesto- Brett Gaylor (2008)

Moon- Duncan Jones (2009)

The Toxic Avenger- Lloyd Kaufman (1984)

Helvetica- Gary Hustwit (2007)

Inland Empire- David Lynch (2006)

Tokyo Godfathers- Satoshi Kon (2003)

500 Days of Summer- Marc Webb (2009)

G.I Joe- Stephen Sommers (2009)

Star Trek- J.J Abrams (2009)

Coraline- Henry Selick (2009)

Dead Man- Jim Jarmusch (1996)

Gomorrah- Matteo Garrone (2008)

2 Days in Paris- Julie Delpy (2007)

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea- Hayao Miyazaki (2008)

Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage)- Rene Laloux (1973)

Fargo- The Coen Brothers (1996)

The Machine Girl- Noboru Iguchi (2008)

Paprika (パプリカ)- Satoshi Kon (2006)

Suicide Club (Jisatsu Sâkuru) - Shion Sono (2001)

"A-one... and a-two... and a-three!"

Hopefully I will update this list later, but it's 3 am and I'm tired. Goodnight

Birthday

2009-12-17T07:28:00.001-05:00

18 years old.
does this mean I can do porn now

Ladytron album art design

2009-12-03T11:59:00.003-05:00

Experimenting with typography and cover design.

M

2009-11-24T22:31:00.008-05:00

Inspired by the work of Mark Weaver. Be sure to check out his awesome work here; he has some really great pieces and screen prints up on his site. I'm hoping to be able to order a print from him as soon as I get some money (somehow). Anyways, keep up the great work Mark.

K

2009-11-17T12:15:00.004-05:00

Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Services @ 9:30 Club

2009-10-21T19:27:00.012-04:00

Went to see the YYYs perform w/ Services at the 9:30 club in DC a few weeks ago. Things have been really busy so I haven't been able to upload/post anything until now. College applications are the most confusing things. But anyways, definitely the best show I've been to thus far. The YYY's are known for having great sets and Karen O had the stage presence I expected her to have. Plus, my friend Alex and I were about 4 or 5 rows of people away from the stage, which is pretty close considering the amount of people they packed into the venue. So yeah, it was awesome.

Here are a bunch of pretty lq pictures. click for larger

She Wants Revenge / Paper Route

2009-09-24T19:05:00.010-04:00

Went to the She Wants Revenge show @ the Black Cat on Tuesday. SWR and Paper Route both played really great sets, and, well, we can just forget that Kill Hannah played. Dont really see why they were touring with She Wants. Doesnt make sense. And it sucks. Whatever. Anyway here are some pictures from the show and the rest of the night. some are good quality, others are phone quality.

To Impress the Empress

2009-08-30T18:46:00.001-04:00

Finally started working with CS3 again. Expect some more digital stuff in the near future, I guess.

Bat For Lashes / Other Lives

2009-08-16T15:45:00.002-04:00

Bat For Lashes and Other Lives concert @ 9:30 club last night.

4 months almost

2009-08-12T19:00:00.003-04:00

So I recently realized that I havnt updated this page since a few months ago, so despite the fact that no one really reads or follows this blog, I might as well post something new anyways. Some moleskine sketches, one of which being a sketch from memory of a 'child with fawn' study originally drawn by artist Dan Smith. Also some pictures from my recent trip to Paris, Bruges, and Belgium. I also got a super nintendo.

Cloud Cult/ Margot / Ice Palace

2009-04-22T21:28:00.001-04:00

Concert two weekends ago at the Black Cat. I'll update when I can w/ some pics and a run-down of sorts.

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freeman?

2009-03-19T18:15:00.001-04:00

http://kotaku.com/5175355/is-there-half+life-in-the-box?autoplay=true

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White Flags

2009-02-24T15:41:00.002-05:00

visual aid to my history presentation on militarism.

other one done while watching a clockwork orange for the nth time

Some Images

2009-02-24T15:28:00.001-05:00

reference credits go to the internet

New Piece

2009-02-22T17:55:00.001-05:00

been scrambling to get ready for the art show.
zelda cartridge for size reference.
markers on paper.

Black Panther

2009-02-14T00:06:00.001-05:00

some sketches i did within the last few days. alice glass of cc, that one guy from klaxons, and someone special.

(top two referenced from some pictures on google. thanks internet.)