Wednesday, January 30, 2008

A little more civil disobiedience

Came across a Bob Dylan cover while listening to Cowboy Junkies. The lyrics still speak true to our present political situation. Notice the women on the block could be many of us asking about change. We need to act. Get involved. Please.

"License To Kill" –Bob Dylan

Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth
He can do with it as he please
And if things don't change soon, he will
Oh, man has invented his doom
First step was touching the moon
Now there's a woman on my block
She just sit there as the night grow still
She say who gonna take away his license to kill

Now, they take him and they teach him
And they groom him for life
And they set him on a path where he's bound to get ill
Then they bury him with stars
Sell his body like they do used cars
Now there's a woman on my block
She just sit there facin' the hill
She say who gonna take away his license to kill

Now, he's hell bent for destruction
He's afraid and confused
And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill
All he believes are his eyes
And his eyes they just tell him lies
But there's a woman on my block
Sitting there in a cold chill

She say who gonna take away his license to kill

May be noisemaker, spirit maker
Heartbreaker, backbreaker
Leave no stone unturned
May be an actor in a plot
That might be all that you got
Till your error you clearly learn

Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool
And when he sees his reflection he's fulfilled
Oh, man is opposed to fair play
He wants it all and he wants it his way
Now, there's a woman on my block
She just sit there as the night grow still
She say who gonna take away his license to kill

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

With this ticket I thee wed…

I have wanted to post this 2006 wedding invitation piece for some time. Please check back on this post, since I will be updating its description in the next passing weeks. I consider this piece one of my best works. To give you some history on it, this invite was for a couple to whom I am related to the bride. The groom owns his own movie production company and we have become very good friends as well as business associates. The couple chose to get married in a great old movie theater. Perfect setting, perfect concept to jump off from…


the cover

This is an actual shot of the happy couple staring at lights outside my house. I cut and layered them into a photo of an old theater. I redrew the text and movie sign itself carefully in Adobe Illustrator and brought it together in Photoshop with some other modifications.


main interior page

The piece opens upwards revealing the main interior page. This page's image was achieved by photographing the couple sitting on my couch and bringing in theater chairs from stock. I added a screen texture for the background and used a light drop-shadow to blur the text a bit to create a look of old movie credits.


map insert

I originally wanted this to be in an unachieved third fold—unfortunatley this was restricted by the printer. The map carries through the look of an early movie theater.



the RSVP

Arguably the part that turned out best. This RSVP ticket was a tear-off mailable piece. Already stamped on the reverse side, this ticket postcard achieved a +90% attending rate.


Fonts used in this piece:

Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk BE
Rosewood
Snell Roundhand (modified)


Sunday, January 20, 2008

A question…

Great indie movie about segways. Don't ask.




Good snapshot of America. Click here: 10 MPH to check it out.