12:43PM
Progress: Art for La Carnita pt. 2
For lunch tomorrow. Art and tacos @la_carnita!
445 King Street West, Suite 201 (King & Spadina)
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 12:43 PM
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8:52PM
Logo and Poster for Red Bull District Rider: Brandon Semenuk
Just finished this last week. Logo and poster design for Red Bull District Rider: Brandon Semenuk. If you haven't heard of him yet, he's pretty much one of the top professional mountain bikers in the world.
Check out the teaser trailer for this amazing looking movie called, 'Life Cyles'.
Life Cycles OFFICIAL Trailer from Life Cycles on Vimeo.
If you haven't seen Brandon Semenuk in action before, definitely check some more videos of him in action HERE and HERE! He really gets some serious air time. Insane!
8:35PM
Progress: Art for La Carnita pt. 1
Something I just finished for this upcoming Thursday (LUNCH TIME) @la_carnita!
It's my first 'dia de los muertos' - styled skull. Lots of fun!
It will be available as limited prints (only 150), with 3 of the most delicious tacos you've ever eaten.
Hope to see you this Thursday! Arrive early.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 9:00 AM
9:00AM
New Art @ La Carnita / One Method Inc.
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LA CARNITA
THURSDAY JULY 21, 2011 - 12PM
Guest Artist: SHINGO SHIMIZU
@ One Method Inc.
445 King St. West, Suite 201
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Last thursday I stopped by the new office of One Method Inc., for the launch of 'La Carnita'. For the price of $10, it gets you a very cool limited edition artwork and 3 gourmet tacos (the best I've had). Every session there will be a different artist offering artwork. What a steal! So for the next lunch party, I will be offering a piece of art! :D
So if you're in the King & Spadina area at noon, definitely check it out. Arrive early! Last week I got stuck in traffic, and arrived at 12:45pm where there was already a huge line up. Admission was cut off just twenty people behind us. So again, arrive early!
Check out the photos below from last week's event. Their design team created the very nice logo and graphic.
btw, if you haven''t yet, come JOIN my artist FB page here!
Anyhow, Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 12:20 AM
12:20AM
Yeti Becomes a Lovable Sasquatch: the Transformation
For Scion magazine's cover, we wanted a photo of a Sasquatch, with illustration done around it. If you ever try googling 'Sasquatch costume', all you'll get are some pretty lame costumes. We envisioned a character that was friendly, and pretty harmless. Kind of like someone you'd want to party with. In other words, we had to make it from scratch. Well almost from scratch.
I was luckily able to find a used Yeti costume through a friend. After deciding on the overall look of our Sasquatch, figuring out how to make it was another matter...
Especially transforming a scary Yeti, into a lovable Sasquatch!
What do you think of it?
Photo by Jalani Morgan, Model: Kimberly Yun
Monday, June 6, 2011 at 5:18 PM
5:18PM
Scion Canada Lifestyle Magazine Issue #2!
Another great experience, art directing on this sophomore issue of Scion magazine. Would like to send a big thank you to my chief editor (Lisa Marie Chen), and talented team of photographers, writers, and designers. Also a big shout out goes to Kimmy Yun for being a huge help with building the lovable Sasquatch costume, and Jack Ngan for advice on building it. (Will upload photos on building that soon.)
Yes we have a Sasquatch in this issue. Not only that, we feature: amazing Scion creations by Troy Sumitomo's Five Axis, an article on professional driver Kenshiro Gushi, some SEMA coverage, a Scion xB customizable paper car pull-out, and trying out some yummy poutine. Hungry?
Check out the cover and a few spreads from Issue #2 below of Scion Canada Lifestyle magazine. Scroll down for the download link from the Scion site, and a direct download link for the xB car template. Don't forget to have your go at customizing your very own Scion xB!
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DOWNLOAD full version of Scion Issue #2 (PDF) here!
DOWNLOAD template for paper Scion xB here!
SEE how the Sasquatch was made!
Friday, May 20, 2011 at 12:42 PM
12:42PM
LAST CHANCE: Last Day of Hermann & Audrey Contact Show SUN. SEPT. 22
photo by edgar wong baxter jr.
May has been such a crazy month. I participated in a Group Art Show opening for Contact 2011 with Jalani Morgan and Hermann & Audrey, Issue #2 of Scion Canada Magazine came out, working on a flurry of other projects. At the end of the month I will be DJing with the Hot Sauce crew, for a good cause. (more info>)
Regarding the Contact show with Jalani, I wanted to say thank you to the following volunteers who took time out from their busy schedules in assisting us with the build of our 2 pieces for the show. Some of them actually pulled all nighters with us. Jesse I know you've left for Alberta. Let me know when you come back I definitely owe you a few rounds!
Thank you:
Kimberly Yun
Jesse
Kiyotaka Kamata
Yohei Asano
Ally
Ash
Javier Lovera
Simon Rojas
Jacquelyn West and Jason Eano (Hermann & Audrey)
HUGE thank yous also go out to Edgar and Adam at Toronto Laser Services for cutting all the acrylics for us, as well as advice on how to build it and most importantly how to mount these GIANT pieces. Please check out their site. They do pretty amazing stuff!
Read what ThinkContra had to say!
REMINDER:
Sadly, our CONTACT group art show (Hermann & Audrey) is coming to an end this Sunday, September 22nd. If you haven't seen it yet, it is definitely worth checking out, especially if you're in the Queen west area. Other artists in the show include: Steve Carty, Che Kothari, Javier Lovera, Scott McIntyre, Jalani Morgan, Simon Rojas, Cory Vanderploeg and Skam. I will have photos of all the behind-the-scenes footage in producing the work soon, but for now you can check it at our Tumblr page!
Where:
99 Sudbury Gallery
99 Sudbury St
Toronto, M6J 3S7
Hours:
Thu – Fri 4 - 9pm
Sat 12 - 9pm
Sun 12 - 5pm
Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 12:33 AM
12:33AM
Opening Night: Hermann & Audrey contact festival
It was quite a successful night! Thank you so much to all those who made it to the opening party last night. The show will be going on until May 22.
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 8:04 PM
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 11:28 PM
11:28PM
Teaser Trailer: Jalani Morgan x Shingo Shimizu
Check out our exhibit as part of Scotiabank’s CONTACT Photography Festival at 99 Sudbury, May 6, 7-11pm.
The exhibit also features the works of Photographers/Artists – Steve Carty, Che Kothari, Javier Lovera, Scott McIntyre, Simon Rojas, Cory Vanderploeg, Elicser and Skam.