Miles Aldridge

Miles Aldridge is the son of art director Alan Aldridge. He is in my opinion, one of the top fashion photographers out there. His images are like snapshots from film noir, albeit slightly more glamourous. His use of saturated color and dramatic lighting is amazing and very inspirational.

Black on Black Jack

Next Poker Night you have why not impress your friends with how cool your taste is. These slick cards from Japan use a matte and gloss varnish in a minimal and stylish way. The illustrations on the face cards are very edgy and hip with silhouettes of nude women and revolvers. I think I am going to pick them up myself just because I love black on black shit. Check them out here for 1,575 yen or a less scary sounding $14 USD.

Negroni

This Italian concoction was invented in the early 1900s. Mixed with gin, Campari and sweet vermouth, it was named after Camillo Negroni in Florance who always ordered the same cocktail. Today Negroni is often consumed as a pre-dinner cocktail to stimulate the appetite for dinner. Aperitif is a European invention and it came to America in the early 1900s. Campari is also an Italian product, invented by Gaspare Campari in the early 1800s. If you like grapefruit juice then you’d probably love the Negroni. I am hooked. Next time you are out at a bar order one.

Serena HP Spot by Star Dust

My boy Richie Sandow just informed me the Serena HP spot he worked on at Star Dust is online and will be airing very soon. He said there was a team of at least 15 to tackle the behemoth of a piece. I think it turned out excellent and it stays in the language that Motion Theory set up but feels more designy now with a Star Dust twist to it. Great job, I can't wait to see what’s next for HP.

Herman Kim

So my postings have become incestual. George Katz designed and flashed our friend Herman Kim’s new portfolio site. Herman is a maya generalist and is a good one at that. We all worked at Logan together earlier this year. Go have a look at the reels. And when your done, as a little bonus. Watch Herman in the movie Blood Sport. That's him in the black.

George Katz

So I feel I didn't give George the respect he deserves. I linked him on my welcome back posting at the very bottom and thought the 3 and a half people who visit this site (I have the stats to prove it) may have missed his awesome work. I worked with George over at Logan a while back and now we are hanging out at Blind together. He contributed to the iPod party spot I mentioned earlier in the blog as a designer/animator. He has some great work to show on his site which is a mix of his Minneapolis and his LA work. I put up some boards from a Honda spot we both pitched on at Logan. Go check it out NOW!!!

Grow Design Work 2007 Reel

My buddy Bran has a spankin' new reel up with work that he did all on his lonesome. I love the variety of styles and illustrations. He has a really nice old school approach to animation which I am totally loving!

Back and More Married than EVER!!!

Hey there everybody. By everybody I mean the 2 or 3 who may visit this blog every week. I am back from Europe with my wifey Ash who recently resigned from Exopolis. We are happily married now and we have the pictures to prove it. Check it out at our amazing photographer Jake Holt's blog for now. Scroll down a bit btw. I promise there are more photos and I promise to actually blog now. Expect a few new things in the near future.

(1) Update on the old flickr with our European Vacation pics
(2) More bloggin, I slacked off only doing like 4 posts a month and we all know that's lame.
(3) An update on my portfolio site that is in the mix and should be rearing to go in the next couple a weeks. I'll post it up here first. So those who are actually in this little bubble of me and my 2 visitors a week will enjoy all my hollywood design and animations. JOY!

One last thing I have to add, I got CS3 and boy am I loving it. Just thought I'd share that. Thanks to my good buddy George Katz who recently updated his portfolio so go check it out. Here!!!

Shapeshifter | Brian Jungen

So what do you do if you have a huge collection of sneakers like me yet you grow tired of the over-saturated market and trend that has become too popular. Do what Brian Jungen does and make beautiful art out of them. He takes what was already a very fashionable icon, the Air Jordans, and puts his own unique twist to them. The results are very reminiscent of aboriginal art. Check out the story on them here.

Summer Mixes

So I am sort of a dork when it comes to my music collection. I make a bunch of mixes/playlists all the time. Lately I have been favoring really chilled out music and put a bunch of mixes together. Over the next few weeks I will upload these mixes for you to download. I call these chill out mixes "Bohemian Modern" which I ripped off this cool book that I bought about Silver Lake and its surrounding areas. The secondary name is Ocean Park, the street I live on, because this breezy mix I listen to while at Santa Monica beach. Whatever the case may be these songs are perfect for the summer. Sit back, sip on some Heffe Weisen and enjoy!

(01) Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy
(02) Kings of Convenience - The Weight of My Words (Four Tet Remix)
(03) Broken Social Scene - Looks Just Like The Sun
(04) A Band of Bees - Punchbag
(05) AIR - Les Professionals
(06) AIR - All I Need
(07) Caural - Our Solstice Walk
(08) Nobody - You Can Know Her
(09) Caural - Red Sunshine
(10) Lily Allen - Smile
(11) The Pastels - Windy Hill (Cornelius Remix)
(12) Savath & Savalas - Why She'd Come
(13) Hope Sandoval - Cherry Blossom Girl
(14) Gustavo Cerati - Paracaidas
(15) Ray Barbee - Let's Preserve
(16) Sean Lennon - Breeze
(17) Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line
(18) Four Tet - I'm On Fire (Part 1)

Here Comes the Sun

So my boys Matt and Aaron have just unleashed the hurtin' at I-Manifest. This line is ill and I am not just saying that because I contributed a tee for them. Portals is the design I did. I am also feeling Urban Decay which changes colors in sun light and interior light. Please do my friends and me a favor and go buy some. It's summertime, you need new tees anyways.

Hand Job by Mike Perry

Mike is a friend I met online. He is a designer/illustrator who pretty much does everything by hand. Mike has recently released a cleverly titled book called Hand Job. Hand Job documents all of Mike's hand lettered type as well as found type. It's on sale at Amazon for pre-order and will be shipping in November. I can't wait to have it in my hands. Kudos Mike!

Since78 + I-Manifest Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak of the t-shirt I designed for I-Manifest that should be on sale soon at their online boutique as well as a new crop of other dope tees. I can't wait to get everyone a copy of it. Email me your size and I will do my best to get you one.

Dave White iPod GelaSkins

So I am sort of phasing out of the whole sneaker craze. I feel it is too saturated and everyone in LA has Jordan's with a matching tee some dark denim and a stupid bandana around their neck (it's the new popped polo apparently). If I see one more douche with a bandana I am going to give him a red bull special to the kidneys and make him piss blood for a week. Anywho, Dave White still did an outstanding job on these ipod gel skins. Drop by the GelaSkin site to see these dope Jordan IIIs and others.

Leo Kempf

Leo Kempf creates some really simple and cheap furniture solutions from card-board. Created for the masses for inexpensive solutions using recycled material that are innovative and inexpensive.

Genevieve Gaukler & Beck Sketchel Bag

In the market for a new bag? One of my favorite designer/illustrators Genevieve Gaukler and one of my favorite musicians Beck have teamed up to release this rad messenger bag. Sketchel, an ongoing art-bag project, has brought these two heavy hitters together and released a bag for $92. Not too bad considering it's functional art. You can buy it here on Beck's online store.

Air Force 25

My homie Justin Blythe led this web only animation over at Star Dust. What a blasty blast he must have had getting to work on this project. I love the transitions and trapper keeper looks of it. Keep truckin holmes! Just go watch it already!

Jen Stark

Jen Stark creates beautiful 3D paper based sculptures with vibrant colors and incredible depth. Her work is very simple and elegant with a charming that feels universal. With so much esoteric art out there it is refreshing to see something that easily pleases the eye while still maintaing a very current and fresh perspective. I am a big fan.

Stash 30

Psst! Pass it On 2 is in the new Stash 30 DVD magazine. It’s a great deal of exposure for all of us who worked hard on our contributions to the series.

Psst! Pass it On Trailer

The Psst! Pass it On Trailer is up, you can catch a very quick glimpse of what is to come March 10th.

I-Manifest

I-Manifest is a small designer tee boutique that specializes in creating limited edition silk-screened tees. I have been invited by the founders, Matt and Aaron, to design a tee for their upcoming line and I am super stoked. Keep an eye out for that in the near future. Until then check out their online store or their studio which is located in Brooklyn, NYC. Good guys, good work!

SOFT GOLD

Soft Gold, a studio in NYC has done some really great work. As I was sifting through their work I came across a piece they did for Complex magazine that features Louis' sister Barbara as one of the "Bond Girls". Pretty rad huh, there are a couple other photos of her in this set among some other really great work.

Monthly Mix

My buddy Bran and his buddies put this fun little project together for everyone's listening pleasure. It’s called Monthly Mix, do your ears a favor and CHECK IT OUT NOW!

Ray Caesar

Ray Caesar makes unbelievably beautiful and haunting images with precise detail and charm. What’s crazy is that these are not paintings, they are 3D renders that are texture to the finest of details. His site isn’t designed very well but nevermind that, his artwork is some of the most inspiring I have seen in some time. AMAZING!

Inspired Hip-Hop Album Covers

Hip-hop has been and always will be about sampling. What I find interesting is the visual sampling artists have done by taking an image and twisting it just enough to give it new meaning. Read more about it at Format Mag.