GIF me that!

playin around in photoshop working on my gif making skills!

Paintstyle

Just got bored, decided to go crazy with the paintbrush and see what happens, this was the result.
I'm not sure what happened in the bottom right corner really!

Panographia

so this is one result from my little walk the other day, making a piece from photographs like this is called a panograph, sounds pretty fancy but it's fairly basic. one of my favourite things about this is the different exposure levels of each photograph, if i thought about it i could have metered each one so they'd all be of the same exposure values but i quite like how it turned out.

actions speak louder than a thousand words

A few images from a little walk i went on today, the visual style was achieved in camera. The main theme ended up centralizing on reflections and nature/buildings.

Olympic attitude

ok so long time no posts! i know, i know but i keep forgetting! anyways here's a rant from me! sorry about all the text but it's worth a read!


first i would ask you to look at these posters.


 Now i'm all for supporting our very own heroes, artists, astronauts, whatever they may be as they represent our country and everything that the UK stands for etc..

but in my opinion (and that is what this is, not some jealousy or attack on the people mentioned in the link) i don't think these posters are any good at all, they may show some sort of semblance to qualities of athletes or visual references to the olympic games but they are just not visually exciting enough for the global multi-sports tournament that is shown in damn near every country in the world!

Why some of the leading, even most creative design agencies or designers and marketing firms for that matter couldn't have been given the opportunity to design some posters for the games is beyond me! it is after all their profession and in reality you see designers works everyday, everywhere and you don't even notice it, but if someone puts a frame around a crudely drawn picture people flock to it, to berate it or to bask in some kind of awe it exudes!

I think that given the fact that it would be a poster to celebrate the global tournament and would in effect show the world what england/uk was made of in terms of showing off it's creativity and sense of occasion that you would give the chance to people who know how to make these sorts of things..i mean you wouldn't ask 'dave from down the pub who did your neighbors front wall' to build the olympic stadium from scratch would you??

In the end are the posters going to be met with as much criticism as the london 2012 logo was from the public? Or will it be a different story considering these are artists and not designers?

As always comments are welcomed, i'd love to hear your opinions on this subject as well!

Playin' Around

influenced by the Nero song 'doomsday' i created this type based gif animation. it's my first real foray into making any sort of moving image and i think it worked fairly well! i may try to do this sort of thing more often!

Alice in yo-yo land

A sudden burst of Tim Burton's Alice in wonderland just hit me earlier and I coloured in my yo-yo (yes I genuinely own a yo-yo just casually) well the results are below!

Busy, Busy....

so i've been busy....now i've got 2 jobs and work pretty much 12 hours a day!
got myself a little graphic design opportunity with a local company ran by a friend called Cell Drinks.

i am producing some graphics for them which can consist of all retail POS, banners, posters, shelf labels and more, below are two examples of the stuff i've done so far but keep a look out for more when i get some good quality photos of all the stuff i've done!

and another....

Another LCD soundsystem inspired piece/poster. got a few more ideas for these before i move onto the next song or what have you!

comment/questions welcomed as always!

long time no see......

after being absent from the world of blogging and to be honest creativity for the easter period and all that jazz i have finally got around to doing some thing other than not finishing off my website....




working off of lyrics in songs much like i did before..hope to make some more simple designs like this very soon!

comments/questions welcomed!

good bye old friend

these are the remains of my zenit EM which after years of service to the industry (only one year with me though) sadly broke down completely, despite me trying to take it apart and fix it to no avail. So I had to face the facts and throw the old remains shown here out... sad times

typefaces

a new typeface I've been working on just at the early stages of sketching now!

My new (old) friend.

Ever since my old zenit broke i wanted a new russian cam, i just love the style of the things built out of a massive slab of metal they feel like the AK-47'S of the camera world, they work fine until they break spectacularly.

so after some time i finally got a new (old) zenit 3M, however it takes a strange 38mm screw mount lens which i have heard are not that common, or not as common as 42mm anyways.
i was going to set about it with a saw and splice it with my old broken zenit so that it could take 42mm lenses but then i got some pics back from the shop and i'm gonna keep it with this beaut of a lens!

get yer peepers round 'em yourselves....

Haytch Dee Arrr

so i've been trying out some HDR (high dynamic range) photos, using long exposures at night i came up with the following shots.

i think they work fairly well but it is certainly something which i like and will be trying out some more and experimenting with!

as always comments are welcomed and encouraged!

lowlight delights

so another rare blog post from me with some nice looking photo's (or at least i think they are) for you to look at
a bit of low light photography this time around, which is my favourite and kind of my 'thing'

in the last few shots i'm using my off camera flash to give it an eerie spotlight effect, also something that i love in these pics!
[legs and bike are courtesy of mr toby colcombe!]















comments and feedback are as always welcomed and encouraged!

Studio

so recently i got myself a nice little studio set up, backdrops, lights...the lot

here are some shot that i've taken just having a little play around with it, using gels and whatnot, as you can see i prefer the low key/minimal lighting techniques....just a personal preference, takes a while to get it right(ish)!

the first two are of my housemate with his stunning double bass, the rest are of me, those of you who know me in real life and are observant will notice that i've had my barnet set upon by scissors as well!

comments are as always welcomed

Photography shenanigans

some pictures from the magic picture box for you to wrap your peepers around, me and TC went for a walk and found some buildings and whatnot to look at, like most photographers i love abandoned buildings and places so this was just a chance to indulge myself in that and generally walk around, oh and to use my new 50mm f1.8 lens! anyways enjoy... comments welcome etc.. you know the deal..

Scrufftastic things

the above mentioned world famous trouser jazz musician made an appearance in Leicester last night at the new O2 academy at Leicester university, i was privy enough to secure myself a ticket and attend! and it was a damn good night, certainly up there with the 'best of my life' collection i can tell you that!
the only downside was that i went to work at 6am this morning after only having around 2 hours sleep after getting in!

however i did purchase myself a rather splendid mr scruff mug! results shown below

makin' books

used some scrap paper to make a fancy new sketchbook A5 sized, it may not be perfectly straight or have fancy edging but it's mine and made by me!


plus it's a good way to get rid of some scrap paper!