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Five years ago today, celebrated American writer Hunter S. Thompson, best-known as the originator of Gonzo journalism and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” took his own life by way of self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head, under the strain of numerous painful medical conditions. Five years later, his legacy continues to thrive in film like “The Rum Diary,” television like “The Venture Brothers,” journalism like “Rolling Stone,” and modern art like (among others) my own tribute piece titled “Bat Country.”
I’ve been watching ABC’s LOST since day one, and while I’m not always a step ahead of the story, I do consider myself a big fan — Especially of Terry O’Quinn’s Emmy-Award-winning character, John Locke. The last season started on the 2nd, which reminded me after the long break how influential a character he was. Not just in the context of the story, but myself personally. I’ve always identified with his uniquely conflicting outer solemnity and inner turmoil.
I just listed a new item in my Etsy store — Upcycled notepads. Constructed (almost) entirely out of materials destined for the wastebasket; I made 7 pads with approximately 75 sheets each, 3″x3″ (same size as Post-It notes), glue-bound, with a custom stamp on the back of my logo intertwined with the universal sign for recycling. All of them have similar content but are truly one-of-a-kind.
While I built the canvas for this piece at the same time as the corresponding 24″x24″ I completed early in October, I only just finished painting the 36″x36″ today. I wanted to come at the color scheme a little differently this time to solidify a conceptual double-entendre. The piece is subtitled “A Hazy Shade of Winter,” which reflects the monochromatic blue tones I used, the time in which it was worked on, and a track by the same name from the 1968 “Bookends” album, from which I derived the source photo.
Though I finished these three web design projects over the course of the last two months, current work has kept me too busy to add them to my portfolio — Until now. Florida Rip-Off Report, Little Coupon Books of America, and Connect with Scott have all been added to the Web Design section.
In the interest of learning more about how to stretch the limitations of image resolution and my camera’s capabilities, I shot three more sets of landscape photos to be stitched into panoramas in post. These were all taken with my trusty Canon SD1000, without a tripod, from the the balconies of the 5th floor rental of Flores Ocean Suites in Cape Canaveral / Cocoa Beach, Florida. All were then stitched together with Adobe Photoshop CS4′s Photomerge automation, using the “automatic” setting with Blend, Vignette Removal, and Gemotric Distortion Correction enabled.
If you work in traditional or handmade media, and you’re the tech-savvy type, then you’ve probably already heard of Etsy. If not, think eBay for artists, their art, and art appreciators. I set up a shop and listed my first item, a pop art portrait of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
In what was an otherwise-dismal day for design here, I finally got over my fear of watercolors and took a plunge into unknown territory. The result? I think I found a new favorite illustration method!
In the Melbourne, Florida area, people take their grass seriously; which explains the abundance of thriving lawn-care teams you see here every day. The owner of one such (new) lawn-care business contacted me a couple weeks ago about establishing a visual identity that would help set to him apart from the rest.
Brevard Camarilla is a classic-horror themed LARP (Live-Action Role Playing) group. Two of the groups members approached me about drafting a logo to represent their particular faction for when they attend regional sessions. The final rendition can be found in my site’s Graphic Design section.