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Paint for Print show
Posted by Matt Curtius at 3:28 pm on November 28th |
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Gina's in an interesting show for the next few weeks. It's called paint for print and is themed around contemporary illustrators using traditional media.
She's joined by a great group of illustrators: Ofra Amit, Shino Arihara, Gérard DuBois, Penelope Dullaghan, John Hendrix, Sterling Hundley, Aaron Jasinski, Robert MacKenzie, and Joe Morse.
The show's up until December 19, and is at The Glass Curtain Gallery in downtown Chicago. If anyone's in the area, let us know how it looks.
Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College
1104 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60605, 312-344-6650
a nice blog the curator set up
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New Employee
Posted by Matt Curtius at 5:42 pm on November 24th |
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Gina and I are pretty happy to finally have some help around here.
Juniper came along last week. It's been a free ride for her so far, but I'm hoping she'll earn her keep soon-ish. Anyone have any experience training an infant to upload finals to an ftp?
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Housewares for Urban
Posted by Matt Curtius at 4:18 pm on July 28th |
Gina licensed some images to Urban Outfitters for their housewares division. Once again, they were great to work with, and we love the results.
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ICON 2008
Posted by Matt Curtius at 6:25 pm on July 7th |
I had fun. Edel had more fun. |
Another ICON, another good time. I stuck to my usual defensive social strategy of sticking with folks I'm comfortable around. I did occasionally venture out to meet a few new folks, and caught up with some old friends I haven't seen in a while.
Those that weren't there were missed.
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Lettering Sketches
Posted by Matt Curtius at 4:26 pm on March 7th |
This one was my favorite. If memory serves, they liked it too, hence the second round of detail & shading they had me add. |
I thought I'd share the sketches from the poster I put up earlier. I edited a few out, and this was just for the lettering. Sketches for the rest of the composition followed.
The initial art direction suggested maybe something with sticks or leaves forming the letters. The piece had to be lush and engaging in keeping with the nature of the flower show. I felt like some references to ornate architectural details would fit the bill, so I threw in some ideas along those lines as well.
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...the sticks they asked for, with some vine/flower flourishes to keep them lively. |
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...leaves, also as per request. |
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...threw in the 'ol ribbons with bouquet. Seemed appropriate. |
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After a bit, they asked me to reprise an ornate frame theme from a piece in my portfolio. |
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Then they asked us to look at the type of dimensional lettering you see on old vacation postcards. |
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After a few rounds of those, we got direction to combine some of these themes with a more organic version of the frame image. |
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...and we eventually arrived here. |
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Macy's Flower Show
Posted by Matt Curtius at 11:28 pm on March 6th |
We did this in the Fall as a part of a campaign for Macy's. The show's opening soon, so I finally get to go public with it!
If you're in New York, maybe drop by Herald Square and let me know how it looks. |
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Art Schools in Europe?
Posted by Matt Curtius at 9:35 pm on February 14th |
Does anyone know of colleges in Europe that have illustration-specific programs? A little looking has lead me to believe that maybe they are folded into the Graphic Design departments. Their illustration community certainly does churn out some consistently great art, but I'm wondering if it is from folks that perhaps studied drawing or design in school.
Anyway, this is on my mind because I was hoping some of my illustration students might someday look into study abroad opportunities. I'd really appreciate if anyone has any insight. Thanks in advance!
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fun installation
Posted by Matt Curtius at 9:44 pm on November 28th |
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I'm pretty sure I'm posting a little too much for my own good, but I just got back some photos of a show we did back in October. Fall seems to be gallery time for us, and this time around we had a few shows that really challenged us in a fun way. We decided to keep things fairly open, explore some imagery that had been on our minds, and to take advantage of a scale at which we don't often get to work.
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The show was at 222 Gallery, which is run by the wonderful folks at Otto Design Group. |
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G sat out the install. I think drawing all those patterns left her tired! Here are some pics of me and my two great assistants, Mike and Eamon. |
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A Scanner (Darkly)
Posted by Matt Curtius at 2:29 pm on November 26th |
G and I are going to break down and get a new scanner. We've been piecing spreads, posters, and full wrap jackets for years and are tired of it. To tell the truth, we've been using the Epson GT 15000 (epson's old model)and Expression 10000XL (epson's new model) over at UArts and their 18" x 24"-ish scan beds have spoiled us. These scanners are a little pricey, so before plunging into one of them, I figured I'd see what you all are using for larger format input.
Also, a while back I remember hearing about a scanner that uses two scan heads in order to catch less glare. If anyone has any thoughts or experience with this, I'd love to hear that as well.
Thanks in advance!
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