Michael Tussey, Master of Monsters and good design, gives us a great little zine (in 3 colors).
Filed under: Artists , design, graphic, michael tussey, monsters, zine
June 25, 2009 • 8:59 am 0
Participant #26: Michael Tussey
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Participant #25: John Fellows
John Fellows: Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Artist / World Traveler / Dog Owner / Bike Rider / Thinker / Friend
Filed under: Artists , artist, john fellows, linocut, zine
• 8:52 am 1
Participant #24: Juliana Miloseski
Juliana shows us simple ways to meditate in this contemplative zine. Limited prints to the right are also available for trade.
Filed under: Artists , art director, artist, holistic, juliana miloseski, meditation, zine
• 8:47 am 0
Participant #23: Megan Gilbert
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Participant #22: Dave Brown
Dave Brown is a creative consultant and brand innovator. He is the founder of Holiday Matinee and Better Looking Records. Dave is an expert in creating and marketing brands. He lives in the world of creativity, new media, good design and social responsibility.
Filed under: Artists , dave brown, david, design, holiday matinee, media, new media
June 24, 2009 • 10:43 am 0
Participant #21: Sibylle Manss & Allan Dorr
Sibylle Manss:
I am a full-hearted artist, freelance graphic designer and illustrator residing in San Francisco – the city where the sun and fog play catch with each other.
Nature and the places where I have been lucky to live (Germany, Spain, France, USA) are the greatest influences in terms of my creative style. My versatile academic and professional background have also given me an opportunity to cultivate new skills. While graphic design is my primary focus, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a variety of creative projects, such as furniture, exhibit and landscape designs, photography, computer-generated designs, and media projects. I have also assisted film-makers on set and in pre- and post-production and breathed the air of the art business while working in an art gallery.
Allan Dorr:
You may remember me from some former life in some foreign country. Or you might be my neighbor. Either way, I welcome you and hope that you enjoy my fantastical musings about modern life in the eco-fastlane.
Here you have all the perks of top-notch hybrid vehicles combined with the smooth operation of a dilithium matrix.
Here you have all the perks of top-notch hybrid vehicles combined with the smooth operation of a dilithium matrix.
Together:
We are a seasoned team consisting of a writer and an illustrator. Our collaborations include various book projects that we have created and a selection of other projects that we have been tackling on a regular basis.
Beyond completing the first episode of a graphic novel, On Death’s Behalf, we’ve been working together on a weekly online comic strip, Metalepsy (metalepsy.net) which, for over two years has been read by faithful fans. We’ve also been collaborating on a monthly literary zine called Fog-eared which celebrates and explores our neighborhood in San Francisco, Cole Valley, where it’s available for free in cafés and other various local establishments.
Our most recent collaborations are an illustrated volume of poetry, Memopics–Artograms and an illustrated childrens’ book, Seamus McBuh aimed for the age of 9-12. We are in search of a publisher for both of these projects.
We’re both constantly creating every chance we get. We’d love to hear from you!
Sibylle Manss
Allan Dorr
Together:
Filed under: Artists , allan dorr, comics, graphic designer, illustrator, metalepsy, san francisco, sibylle manss, zine
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Participant #20: Louis M. Schmidt
Zine: Move Along People Nothing to Feel Here
Bio
I was born and raised in rural Illinois. I earned a BFA in Studio Art (with Summa cum Laude honors) as well as a BA in Art History from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 2004. My background as a skateboarder provided me with my first exposure to “art” and continues to inform both my daily creative practice and my outlook on life. I’ve lived in many places throughout the US and Europe. I hope to someday (soon) occupy a small studio in Paris or Madrid where I can putter about, making drawings and reading books. I’ll drink beer in parks, ogle and lurk at the Palais de Tokyo or in Malasaña; maybe I’ll learn some languages, maybe even teach a class or two, travel around a bit and be able to criticize the United States from a comfortable, sanity-promoting distance. I’m currently at work on an MFA in Visual Arts at UC San Diego.
Statement
I primarily work with fast, simple drawing, which I tend to think of as a reductive method: reducing figurative and symbolic forms to basic essences. I promote the idea that utter simplicity conjures up power and a raw, purer manifestation of grace, enabling an artwork to affect its viewer on a more primal level. This concept arises out of a long consideration of the sketchbook as a critically influential component of my creative practice. The work itself deals with a dialectical tension between epiphanic moments and existential void space. Its concerns are, simultaneously: the possibility that spiritual transcendence and upward social mobility are equally profound (and irreparably collided) cultural constructions or myths that in fact oppress (rather than liberate) those that subscribe to them; and that the notion of movement or progression through one’s existence is inseparable from metaphors of ascendance and verticality, metaphors which provide psychologically violent building blocks upon which only one thing can be built: hierarchical paradigms of power, exclusivity and ego-worship. Furthermore, the work examines the world which has resulted from the aforementioned concerns: a world in which history has failed, a world where empty dreams have delivered nothingness, a world where the myth of upward mobility and the promise of the “good life” have been realized as corrupt. This is a world in which the mythical comfort of the “light at the end of the tunnel” is shown to be no more than our burning need for intimacy.
Filed under: Artists , fine art, louis m. schmidt, masters, mfa, ucsd, zine
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Participant #19: Clarke Forrest
June 23, 2009 • 6:52 pm 0
Participant #18: Jordan A. Karnes
Beautiful, introspective, and simple zine from Jordan A. Karnes. Jordan is a writer, editor, & all-around creative enthusiast living in the neighborhood of Golden Hill in San Diego, California. She enjoys blue skies, Jacoranda trees, bicycles, and the usual camaraderie of pals, etc. She’s also a writer for Sezio here in SD.
Filed under: Writers , editor, jordan karnes, poetry, sezio, writer
• 6:47 pm 0
Participant #17: Crystal Correa & Kyle Kelley
A punkish style zine that was once stolen off my doorstep, now landed safely in my mailbox.
Filed under: Artists , crystal correa, kyle kelley, punk, zine
