Site Update

I found a few spare minutes and updated my new old site. I know I really need more photos on there, but if you have any feedback on the layout, navigation, etc. that'd be great too!

http://www.brecksargent.com

Illustration Friday: "Snap Shot"

A co-worker recently introduced me to this blog called "Illustration Friday" that gives insentive for productivity.

"Illustration Friday is a weekly illustration challenge. A topic is posted every Friday and then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation."

Then you're supposed to link your illustration for that week and let viewers check it out and comment, and people network, and get jobs through it. I saw it as a fun excuse to be productive in my illustration. The theme this week was "Snap" so heres my first attempt intitled "Snap Shot", deciding on colors was by far the most difficult part.

ERIC CARL: designed illustration

Pretty versatile, and colorful stuff
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PS> So I picked up an issue of Juxtapoz yesturday and saw that they have featured like 4-5 of the artists we've put on the Blog recently, and they even used the same sample peices from each artist that we used. Maybe they've been checking The Abominable Art blog for artists and stories. We should be getting some money from them. In anycase, good job gang, we're professional level bloggers. (as far as noting and posting new top talent)

Chema Madoz

One of my professors just introduced me to the super creative work of Chema Madoz. I love his use of extremely ordinary objects to create something new.

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maintaining your attention: Jeff Wall

Not only is the FLASH site alone a beautiful work of art, but his photos are super inthralling. To navigate, click the small side arrow on the right of each photo. I don't often post up Photo sites, but I should more often, there is some amazing stuff going on with photography these days.

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George Lange

George Lange shoots some of the greatest portraits I've ever seen.

Check out his photo flipbook.

http://www.langephoto.com/video/video_flipbook_12_26_06.html

Sewing with the Wife

Me and Abbey made these bibs together with her new sewing machine. Sewing is actually super fun and has lots of possibilities. Sewing a steady solid stitch is alot harder than you'd think. I admire my sewing friends.

Artist/Programer: Joshua Davis

I should have posted this guy up a long time ago. I was exposed to him through a teacher, who actually managed to get Mr Davis himself to come give a two day workshop up here at Utah State University. He's super FLASH actionscript code savey and he creates a bunch of images and writes the code in the program to go in and randomly grab various images/patterns and shapes hes drawn and color, rotate and resize them. He then slightly tweeks and adjust the final products as needed. His stuff it amazing, and its even neater to watch the program create them on the spot. Everytime he hits enter it produces another 100% original compostion ad you don't know what it'll throw together next. He's a creative genius.

His website has stuff from way back when and you can see how he was a total trend setter. His 2004 stuff is what people are finally getting to now in design.

He's the originator of most navagation styles. The magnification effect on the dock in most Mac systems for example. That was him.

Here's his sight link

Here's a series of those randomly generated artworks he does. Check these out for sure

BLU is BACK

I know you're probably sick of my post about BLU, but the guy is just so rad. Heres a recent video post showing him in action. I wondered how he actually did those gigantic murals. His technique is pretty basic. He just tapes a wide brush to a super long stick to draw the dark outlines and details. I thought the video really captured the quiet, tense-ness of what he does. I'm excited for his documentary of thier Latin America trip to come out.
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Dane Hansen of Pizza Manor

Made this little music video that is worth artfully watching.