May 2008 Archives

Lost My Bearings

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"Lost My Bearings" was created for a deviantArt contest around the themes of speechless, physical disorientation, and death. All of which are featured prominently in the upcoming new movie, "The Happening." Unfortunately the contest ended prematurely without warning or explanation so I wasn't able to submit it.

The image is the result of combining a shot of myself and one other image, a dirty bathroom mirror. Finished in Photoshop.

To view a larger version please visit my deviantArt page.

Bombs Away!

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Mmmmmm...do you smell that? This image was made from a shot of dog poop and my dog's eyeball. A few Photoshop brushes were used to paint in the background. With the exception of the eyeballs everything else was lovingly made with poop.


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Destonio.net Launches

The finishing touches have been put on political humor Web site Destonio and the site is now officially launched. I created a simple logo, which captures the essence of the humor, and I tweaked the CSS design. The client manages the content using Gallery, a photo album organizer (read earlier post). For the home page I used a great little image rotation script from Dynamic Web Coding.

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For political humor site Destonio I installed Gallery, a photo album organizer developed by the open source community. Gallery has been around for some time, is built well and has been audited by external security experts. Setup was a breeze after unpacking, setting permissions and creating a MYSQL database. It comes with a few design themes which can easily be tweaked through CSS and template files. It comes with many other features like commenting and a rating system. There's an abundance of plugins to add additional features. Cost: free or you can make a donation to the developers after you've determined Gallery is the right application for you.

FOR BIGOTS ONLY

Common Ties is a Web site which asks 20 questions, pairs the answers with art, and will publish their favorites. If someone submits an answer without a graphic and it is posted to the site, it becomes an orphan in search of an illustrator. Submissions can earn you money if they're accepted.

Funsucker

Ever had one of those clingy, claustrophobic relationships? The kind where she's so into you that if you're not careful you'll disappear into her black hole forever.

That's me, and she's going to destroy me before she ever let's go.

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Funsucker

It doesn't matter what you do, or where you go, the funsucker, a hideous beasty which can suck the life and fun out of just about anything, will be waiting.

That's me getting sucked on. The photo was captured by myself around the time I created "The Thing I've Become."

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