but does it fly

us on roofs poster

2010-10-24T20:29:00.001-07:00

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Animal Illustrations

2010-07-20T22:55:00.000-07:00

I have shamefully lost my flashdrive, which contains my work from the PC. Too bad, unless I uncover it those works will have to wait til I get back to school in the fall.

But I do have some recent artwork I made for my recent internship. The drawings are traced. I'm simply not that awesome at freehand, sorry. But the water color is completely gestural. this is probably the coolest piece of fine art I've done so enjoy it!

PC: bring protection and stickers

2010-06-05T17:22:00.000-07:00

first of all, i know, i spelled battlefield wrong. besides that here are my two most recent and last works here at the PC. A sticker for the underground coffeehouse concert series. and also the safe sex slogan winner for SAC. I'll update my other PC stuff later, a series of posters once i find my flash drive buried in my pile of recently transported belongings.

To any silent, unbeknownst viewers

2010-05-21T00:22:00.000-07:00

I am sorry for the two month silence, for i do not have a design class this quarter but more of a job right now. if i knew somebody from bellingham was viewing this, i might of put them up just for the sake of advertising, but i don't think that is the case.

i have drawing class, but my professor has held my first and only good drawing hostage til the end of class. i took a picture of the it but the camera is also imprisoning the photo in it's internal memory. and sadly, neither me or three other roommates have a common usb cord...we're n00bs.

So with that said, just before the end of the quarter i will post up my featured posters i've made at my new job at the publicity center here on campus. it will be a nice treat i think. until then, bon voyage, and here is an update on my vinyls. im too tired to put album art up right now.

[[portugal. the man \\ "american ghetto" \\ 12"]]
---> really dig "when the war ends" and "the dead dog" for you harder-cored fans. not sure how much i like it as a whole. it certainly ain't their best but i wouldn't say it's their worst either.

[[Jonsi (sigur ros) \\ "Go" \\ 12"]]
---> "Go Do" is the single, and its good. especially enjoy the flute sounds in the beginning and that simple forward driving drum beat. unfortunately i haven't listened to it enough to give suggestions

[[delorean \\ "subiza" \\ 12"]]
---> "stay close" is the single, but its one of those albums with a very consistent sound, its quite nice actually. i like their earlier ep better just for its poppy-dance floor sound, but these guys are definitely one my favorite new bands. they've got a pretty distinctive style.

[[fleet foxes \\ "fleet foxes + sun giant ep" \\ 12"]]
---> compulsive buy, it's to feed my soul. i already have both hard copies on CD but i knew i would end up buying this sooner or later. "blue ridge mountains" is by far the most influential song in my recent musical memory and for time to come, see as the la blogotheque video features instruments i would not have bought otherwise: mandolin, melodica, glockenspiel. i even bought the tom drum / tambourine combo.

***S.I.N.G.L.E.S***

[[two door cinema club \\ "undercover martyn" \\ 7"]]
---> it's one of those super catchy repetitive songs and totally danceable. includes a passion pit remix for the b-sides, which is alright. if you like this song, check out "what you know" from their debut. it's a very solid album

[[newvillager \\ "rich doors" \\ 7"]]
---> love this song, found them by the Nocturnal/Synchronicity Suite. "genghis on" is the b-side, which is decent but "rich doors" shows the exciting colors of potential this duo exemplifies

[[ariel pink's haunted house graffiti \\ "round and round" \\ 7"]]
---> such an interesting song, he's a pretty strange guy. but what an unexpectedly amazingly big chorus. so damn catchy, except i dont understand what he's calling/coming back to. pool? bowl? ball? who cares, it sounds great.

[[kisses \\ "bermuda" \\ 7"]]
---> i play this song every night, its just summery liquid goodness. it's pretty catchy too, "man it hurts me to do it." stuck in my head the past week. can't wait for their LP.

i almost bought the band of horses new album but im glad i didn't, seeing it wasn't as good as i had hoped it to be. arcade fire keeps teasing us and i know for sure i will be buying Expo 86 by wolf parade. i downloaded both free songs on subpop and i am sold, its going to be a damn good album.

enjoy the arts

2010-03-20T00:40:00.000-07:00

Final project for my dsgn 251 class. we had to pick an article, or part of an article like i chose, from the UN charter of universal rights. my concept was simply to literally enjoy the arts, which are geometric shapes, as i hang, climb, play and well "enjoying" the shapes. the very last one is my final print, which i am quite satisfied with. its just interesting to see how my previous roughs inspired the later montage and then how i seem to alter each composition. it's just fun to see my process. as usual, and more appropriate than ever, enjoy!

danger postcards

2010-03-20T00:30:00.000-07:00

we were given a random word, mine was danger, and was asked to make two postcards with the same figures we created but emphasizing our word and an its opposite, i chose safety. it was a bit of a challenge, since my i had somewhat of a difficult subject but i think i did the best i could. the top two are the ones i chose to print. enjoy!

Wayne Bergeron

2010-03-04T01:11:00.001-08:00

Wasteland! the single

2010-02-27T02:06:00.000-08:00

my first ever recording. my friends said hey, write us a song about a nuke while we're gone, so i did. you can download it below. you even get an instrumental track where you can listen to my terribly flawed hand claps. it's all a learning experience, but it was a real fun and exciting one. the ukulele and cajon were both one take though, those were pretty good recordings. god damn do i need to work on my vocals though. i constantly re-recorded my vocals and im still not quite satisfied. but its still makes me and other people happy, so, what the heck. enjoy!

LISTEN TO WASTELAND!!!

ill work on getting an mp3 up, when and if the song gains more popularity.

VINYL UPDATE 1

2010-01-31T19:35:00.000-08:00

So, my first vinyl purchase is Yeasayer's Odd Blood, which was a couple weeks ago. I pre-ordered Hot Chip's One Life Stand, which I have been quite anxious for because it also comes with a sweet silkscreen poster! Insound is awesome, they did the same thing when i preordered Passion Pit. Right now I am still waiting on my Beach House LP+DVD (Teen Dream), which better be in the mail tomorrow. i have also just recently purchased Beirut's March Of The Zapotec / Realpeople Holland at Avalon and I just ordered Washed Out's Life is Leisure is also on the way.

Here's what they look like and what songs I currently recommend. I will update the list once I receive them either physically or digitally. I think I purchased more than I had bargained to, so I will save my money and update a second time probably next month or so.

1. Yeasayer ODD BLOOD (2010)

***favorites
O.N.E.
Ambling Alp
***still interested?
Madder Red
I Remember

2. Hot Chip ONE LIFE STAND (2010)

***favorites
Thieves In The Night
One Life Stand
***still interested?
Hand Me Down Your Love
Take It In

3. Beach House TEEN DREAM (2010)

***favorites
Norway
Zebra
10 Miles Stereo
***still interested?
You know, if you like those you'll probably like the majority of the album like i do. it's really good.

4. Beirut/RealPeople MARCH OF ZAPOTEC (2009)

***favorites
No Dice
The Concubine
***still interested?
My Wife, Lost In The Wild
My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille
The Akara

5. Washed Out LIFE IS LEISURE EP (2009)

***favorites
New Theory
Feel It All Around
***still interested?
like beach house, this guy has a nice consistent sound so if you like my faves the others are a lot alike, in a good way of course. its hard to describe, like a lo-fi, summery, chilled-out Neon Indian-esk stuff.

Helvetica Red/Black

2010-01-31T18:47:00.000-08:00

those are my strongest three of eight rough drafts. the red represents the swiss nature of the font. helvetica is amazing.

tote it around

2010-01-04T01:43:00.000-08:00

Wonderful reactions from the Daily family. Great improvement from the old business card and other designs we initial started with. Terrific tote bags by the way check them our here --> tote it around

battle of the bands (final)

2010-01-04T01:40:00.000-08:00

Final version now of the battle of the bands poster. hopefully lots of people come.

veer pumpkin contest

2009-10-28T20:03:00.000-07:00

the shy guy says boo. believe it or not, this was my first ever pumpkin carving.

posters for pbbc

2009-09-15T19:13:00.000-07:00

whablamo

2009-07-07T10:47:00.000-07:00

this is a little facebook group i joined. i hope it becomes an on going thing with new pictures in circulation. this is my submission for their poptart thing featuring gibson.

my version

original
http://img190.yfrog.com/i/hangingwithjamesgibsonb.jpg/

facebook group link
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=99474760845

mckeown's drawings

2009-07-06T21:03:00.000-07:00

the best restaurant in seaside. we went there three times. they have these books that you can write memories and stuff about the restaurant. it's a pretty neat concept. so i decided to do some quick portraits of my family.

Photomontages

2009-06-13T23:21:00.001-07:00

Here's the rest of them. I think the fruit looks good on its own. but so does the one adding the african soldier. He changes it up completely from this graceful, triangular balance of a beautiful, giant-fruit-filled landscape to a solider guarding his valley expressing "aye. my giant fruit. to feed my country." i hope that wasnt racist or anything.

the berries in the sky is my personal favorite. plays with your eye.

pretty fun and easy project. hard to go wrong with these.

WCR Benefit Show

2009-06-13T23:18:00.000-07:00

Flier I made to help promote this event. clean and simple, like most gig works.

Self Portraits (2/3)

2009-06-13T21:35:00.000-07:00

my drawing finals. i like working on midtone paper. making shadows and highlights with two different values really brings out a whole new sense of depth for me.

Taj Mahal Eye PM

2009-06-05T23:22:00.000-07:00

Photomontage in my 2D design class. i will have more once i get them back next week, which wont be for a bit but they are worth the wait. for now here's this one.

Joan Rivers

2009-05-28T22:08:00.001-07:00

I had no choice, I was more than half way through. it totally would have done somebody more attractive.

its interesting how demonic the communist colors look compared to my creme/shades of brown style. they both show different feelings.

11001101 BINARY 000111001

2009-05-26T10:26:00.000-07:00

Word project for my 2D design class. Not generally my style, but it's neat anyways.

blocks

2009-05-20T23:52:00.000-07:00

this really screws with your eye if you stare at different sections. sort of an art piece. to me you start to perceive all kinds of different shapes all over the place. sometimes it looks like its floating, sometimes pressed in or bulging out. sometimes stairs, buildings, tubes, boxes. try the little challenge of finding these shapes selective shapes.

it's pretty fun. i think word search puzzles are harder than this.

square cube

2009-05-18T00:23:00.000-07:00

Circle Thing

2009-05-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

I don't know what it is, but I think it's alive. And it can probably fly too.

Zeit-Bike Submission

2009-05-09T02:32:00.000-07:00

Pretty cool vintage colors, pretty cute concept.

Proctor Arts Fest Submission

2009-05-06T23:39:00.000-07:00

$500 to winner. Hope I get it.

I still have to work on getting the perfect printing colors but the hues will basically be the same.

MIA illustrator doodle

2009-05-06T23:26:00.001-07:00

This is what I did my first day of graphic design class to show off to my class mates.

Hockey Poster for Sasquatch! 2009

2009-05-06T23:17:00.000-07:00

It's up on their site. Pretty goddamn legit if you ask me. 18 by 24 inches.

I will be selling them for $20 instead of $30 because the date is wrong. Not my fault but it's too late they are printed. I will probably autograph them too. Who knows, I could be famous someday.

Links are for the sasquatch page and also my submission to threadless. I also attached a super high res version of the poster.

http://www.threadless.com/submission/208463/That_Wonderful_Blue_Pin

http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/#/gallery/10

Evolution of a Logo: Think eResults

2009-04-21T20:36:00.000-07:00

I will be an active graphics designer for a new web solutions company, "Think eResults."

The first image shows my rigorous process of designing a logo for a couple of very picky clients =p. The second is the finished and more polished logo.

Think eResults Website

GROWLR - FUNFUNFUN posters

2009-04-10T12:56:00.000-07:00

Here is two different versions. On with yellow sun rays, one without the yellow.

I'm not sure if the script font is appropriate, but it matches the clouds. Just not the sun letters.