Cowabunga!
Posted by Greg Mably at 2:25 pm on June 30th |
I spent hours with the bezier curves searching for the perfect wave. |
There's something about the mythic & mystic nature of surfing that's always appealed to me, but as a Canadian living hundreds of miles from any ocean my passion was limited to the rich visual & musical side of the sport. In fact, my first concert was The Beach Boys - in 1974, long past their days as a genuine surf group.
It being summer, I've been listening to some great music:
http://www.sundazed.com/artists.php?genreID=16&cPath=38
perusing some great books:
http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/popculture/all/03902/facts.surfing.htm
and I humbly submit my own visual & musical (in Mono!) offering to the Gods of surf.
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Red Light
Posted by Greg Mably at 9:54 am on June 20th |
I was aiming for the look/feel of a 50s public service cartoon with but just a hint of ed 'big daddy' roth. |
A little something for Newsweek about a new device that allows drivers to detect the presence of red light cameras.
Great! No need to let those pesky red lights slow you down.
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The sketch. Approved.
Just need to soup-up that car up a little. |
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First draft. Looks like he's hitting the brakes. Not good. |
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Hemispheres (part 2)
Posted by Greg Mably at 12:54 pm on June 13th |
From top to bottom:
Early United magazines: Airlanes (1936) & Mainliner Traveler (1947)
Milton Glaser
Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
Shonagh Rae
John Pirman
John Craig
Ron Chan
Joan Brown
Gina Triplett & Matt Curtius
Laura Smith
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A few more choice cuts. Don't worry, I'm not planning on posting all 180.
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Hemispheres
Posted by Greg Mably at 10:43 am on June 13th |
CREDITS from top to bottom:
Ward Schumaker (cover)
Brian Cronin
Paul Rand
Vivienne Flesher
Ivan Chermayeff
Jšelle Jolivet
Steven Guarnaccia
Ikko Tanaka
Michael Schwab
Tatsuro Kiuchi
Paul Wearing
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Jaimey from Pace Communications sent me this promo booklet celebrating the 15th anniversary of Hemispheres, the United Airlines magazine. The booklet briefly delves into the history of United's airline magazines and then presents every cover, 180 in all, each illustrated by artists from every corner of the world. Below is a very small sampling. My apologies for the many great ones I left out. Enjoy.
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ABC
Posted by Greg Mably at 6:06 pm on June 11th |
This is an assignment for FAO Schwarz. The directive was to create a set of simple, spot color graphics for alphabet blocks. Two variations were to be manufactured: an abacus and a wagon. The dough was less than the vast sums I usually command so I negotiated to receive plenty of sets of each toy (xmas & birthday shopping will be a little bit easier from now on) as well as prominent credit/recognition on the packaging.
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Fuzz Bomb
Posted by Greg Mably at 8:56 pm on May 5th |
Here's a graphic experiment I did a while ago. Mostly making use of the AI symbol sprayer. I've also attached a fuzzed out guitar improv that I think fits with it.
fuzzbomb
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A picture & a song...
Posted by Greg Mably at 7:25 pm on April 6th |
The image is part of a series of abstract images I'm working on. I've also included another musical number. This time a country rock thing with some Duane Eddy style guitar licks up front and central. That combination always make me think of wide vistas, open roads, etc.
Open Road
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1st Sign Of Spring
Posted by Greg Mably at 1:50 pm on March 26th |
A few weeks ago I participated in a group show here in Toronto called '1st Sign of Spring'. Each artist's work was printed on laminated plywood using a technique reserved for road signs and such. Hence the show's title. My contribution is titled 'April'. Photos of the opening are here: 1st Sign Of Spring
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Another one...
Posted by Greg Mably at 1:19 am on March 20th |
This time I've moved up 10 years. It's now 1967.
Playing with GB effects, loops and midi instruments....
BrownAcid
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Garageband rockabilly
Posted by Greg Mably at 12:10 pm on March 19th |
I've been messing around with Apple Garageband. Here's a little rockabilly groove. Yeah, it's really rough, listen while I lose it at :45. LOL.
The guitars & bass were recorded direct and the GB amp sim leave a lot to be desired. The drums are obviously a built in loop...
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