My band Trouble Cuts plays a Luckey's in Eugene Or. tonight. Read all about it!
RIP Gene
"We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams."
Trouble Cuts poster for Eugene, OR.
Just whipped up a little poster for the Trouble Cuts show in Eugene. If you are in the area head on out.
Bankers Guide to Art.
Well this is interesting and depressing at the same time.....
Featured on Behance!
Whoot, just got the notice that my project, "Nike Basketball 2014 Uni Swaps" has been fetured in the Retouching section of Behance. Yay!
VRay Fun
Been testing out VRay for a bit and it has started to really grow on me. I can spend more time getting the lighting and textures right instead of hunting down the noise demons that dwell in Modo's render engine. I really just hit render and let VRay do it's thing. Here is a outdoor study I worked on last night.
"Some places are better left forgotten..."
Touble Cuts EP released
My band Trouble Cuts just released our first EP, give it a listen. Recorded by Pat Kearns at PermaPress Recording and mastered by the Talented Jeremy Wilkins , it sounds tighter then ever. Artwork and design by danklife of course!
New works to share!
Just posted a bunch of new stuff to the danklife portfolio and Behance, as Dr. Brule says, "Check it out!"
The Long Game
Little creative viewing time.
New Work in the Wild: Maui Brewing
Being big fans of Hawaii how could we say no to doing some product renders for Maui Brewing? I simply can't. The fine folks at The Butler Bros reached out and asked if I could do some renders of their brand redesign and I jumped at the chance. Check out the full project here.
More Animations on Behance
Posted some new animations of before and afters on Behance. Have some Nike Swim work and Nike Football / Soccer to check out. Enjoy!
New Work In The Wild: adidas Samoa
Did some CGI set building for the fine folks at Kamp Grizzly the other week and it looks like adidas relased them out into the wild. Some fun, clean and simple sets.
adidas Originals Refreshes the Samoa in Unexpected Material
Conoco Animations.
Jeremy spent all day yesterday making us awesome new animations for the portfolio. Look for more updates to come in the following weeks.
I made it to Reddit!
The Conoco project made it to reddit and well, I just have to post the comments. ;)
Excerpted from How to Fly a Horse
Learning to say, "No" is probably the hardest thing to do in business and art. Here is some more reading up to help us all with that.
“Time is the raw material of creation. Wipe away the magic and myth of creating and all that remains is work: the work of becoming expert through study and practice, the work of finding solutions to problems and problems with those solutions, the work of trial and error, the work of thinking and perfecting, the work of creating. Creating consumes. It is all day, every day. It knows neither weekends nor vacations. It is not when we feel like it. It is habit, compulsion, obsession, vocation. The common thread that links creators is how they spend their time. No matter what you read, no matter what they claim, nearly all creators spend nearly all their time on the work of creation. There are few overnight successes and many up-all-night successes.
Saying “no” has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined. No guards time, the thread from which we weave our creations. The math of time is simple: you have less than you think and need more than you know. We are not taught to say “no.” We are taught not to say “no.” “No” is rude. “No” is a rebuff, a rebuttal, a minor act of verbal violence. “No” is for drugs and strangers with candy.”
New Work for ConocoPhillips
The talented photographer Jamie Kripke brought me on board to help with some background rebuilds for a project documenting the new look of gas stations for Conoco Phillips. Really had to dig deep to build all these up. Lots going on here in the before and afters. Check them out on Behance or in the portfolio section here.
How to be an artist with a day job.
Great little article on managing creative output with work obligations. Good read.
“In order to get creating and avoid the instant gratification monkey, you may need to force yourself to get started. This is normal. Set a timer and make yourself begin working for 20 minutes, distraction free (no phone, no email, no social media, etc). If you’re not locked in when the timer goes off, step back, take a break for a few minutes and eat some string cheese. I find string cheese is pretty good at getting my creative juices flowing. Then go back and try again for as many sessions as you have time for. If you are truly in the zone when the timer goes off, ignore it and go as long as your feeble body will take you. Ride that wave to glory, my friend.
Most people aren’t able to do anything continuously without breaks. In fact, it’s been scientifically demonstrated that taking breaks is good for your creative energy. But even if you just get one rather unproductive but good-intentioned 20 minute block in, that’s still progress. And if you can get a couple chunks of work done every day (again, form a habit), you’ll be in better shape than most people who walk all the way to the corner coffee shop to write four sentences of their shitty screenplay about a vegetable who was raised by fruit, then goes on an epic journey to find the broccoli family that abandoned him as a child. Again, on the spot, you’re welcome for the idea.”
Damn......
RIP.
Just gonna leave this here.
Classic