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TED Talk Tuesdays, Jan 17
Something I’ve always enjoyed & wanted to do, is share some favourite TED talks. Since discovering them 5-6 years ago (?), they’ve become a regular staple in my surfing, reading, inspirational digging habit. With a deep love of science, tech, cognition & ‘big picture’ thought, TED immediately had me hooked & slack-jawed.
Scholastically Inclined
Aside from feeling like I’m staring down a shotgun barrel with a train of molten lead ripping forward with all the prep & presentations, methinks this semester’s going to be interesting. Even in my short time teaching, it’s been both energizing & impressive watching a student get excited &/or grasp a concept for the first time & seeing that ‘click’…
Nice Face!
It’s been a good while since I’ve had a pile of portraits to do, but there are 2 projects that are now on the go that will fill that space in spades! All in all, over the next 2-3 months, there should be a trickling of 30+ portraits flying off the page… 9 of which will be of influential Canadians & the remaining 20+ will all be rock’n'roll!
Recent Illustrations
Recent Designs
NEXT Magazine
NEXT Magazine was one of the most fun projects I’ve had the pleasure to be involved with. It was produced as a special release for Bell Canada in an effort to create an experimental, playful design. For a solid month we were allowed to play in the best sense of the word, where no option was too extreme, strange, silly or trendy. In the end, we landed on a super fun tech-inspired future-reto with 80s hints magazine that really kept the reader interested & engaged.
Daytime Drinking
Part of a large series of DVD packaging for Evokative films, Daytime Drinking followed the format that was developed at the onset of Evokative’s launch. The main challenge across the line is the inclusion of both English & French on all communications. Proving successful, only minor tweaks & adjustments were necessary for each film.
Parking
Parking is a super-cool movie that had plenty of great lighting & events that were vying for use. The cover image features the two main characters standing & looking unimpressed & exhausted, which, for a variety of humorous (& not so funny) reasons, is quite fitting. The real fun starts on the back though & the disc-image, which feature a great scene that isn’t quite what it seems.
Crying Fist
Touch & extremely intense, ‘Crying Fist’ is a hard one to pin down. With two concurrent story lines that converge in a touching & violent way, we opted to split the cover in two, revealing both desperate characters, hinting at much more to follow.
Black
‘Black’ is a pulpy & strange B-movie that we decided to ‘throw-back’ to a 2 colour black & red cover. The cover & poster for the film garnered quite a bit of attention & drummed up a fan base. Mach as the other DVD packaging for Evokative films, ‘Black’ followed a format that was developed at the onset of Evokative’s launch. The main challenge across the line is the inclusion of both English & French on all communications.
