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BnB Mix no.3
  1. Grom Moss of Aura
  2. Quick Canal (w/Laetitia Sadier) Atlas Sound
  3. Magic Spells Crystal Castles
  4. Driverunserver Kool DJ Dust
  5. Aces High Ladytron
  6. Dark Bloom Pink Playground
  7. Disaronno Brain Feed Betamaxx
  8. Daydream Youth Lagoon
  9. Hours Tycho
  10. Puttgarden The Embassy
  11. Soft Washed Out

Anthony F Schepperd

Author Chris Category Feb 28 2011

Not the British atronomer, but, as he refers to himself, the ‘manimator.’

So long as you know something is going to be absolutely amazing in the end, buckle down and hammer it out. Anthony’s work is such a breath of fresh air. It’s awesome to see someone taking advantage of the potential of animation. Letting imagination grab the wheel and not worrying about pesky real world physics or a sense of ‘correct.’

There slowly seems to be a rising up of looping animation which I have become a HUGE fan of! I am not talking about walk cycles. I am talking about crazy faces morphing into junk and then to other junk, then back to that initial face. I’m talking about dancing vector creatures chillin’ in a city just minding their own business caught in a limbo of loop (you know what I’m talking about).

He also has a collection of paintings and drawing that are well worth a smooth look at.

I hope Anthony’s work inspires you to bend reality and to create something amazing. Wouldn’t you like to see what Anthony’s brain would come up with if he was in industrial design?

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Nook

Author Chris Category Feb 25 2011

Nook’s illustrations are breath-taking. His use of vector* mixed with 3d is seamless and inspiring. I’m a total sucker for images that have a story, but don’t give you enough to learn what that story is. Images like these leave it to your imagination to come up with what’s going on and in that sense these images are interactive. I submit that’s why they’re so strong and that’s why I haven’t been able to stop looking at them for 342 hours.

But that’s only on top of the already fine attention to detail making up these arresting images. You can’t argue with Nook’s sense of color and light. It’s like if Thomas Kinkade wasn’t a total asshole making his way into every “american dream’s” calendar, he’d be making work like this… and still probably trying to put it in a damn calendar.

Nook doesn’t limit his talent to mind blowing, jaw dropping, knee weakening illustrations. He goes on to do work in motion graphics and doing backgrounds for animations. And even though the backgrounds are less engaging, they’ll still put you in awe and make you weep just a little.

*Nook just emailed me saying that he actually doesn’t do vector; he draws in photoshop with a tablet :)

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Adam Hill

Author Selena Category Feb 24 2011

I would love to get the opportunity to do a whole series of posters like these. Though I would also just love to have this group hanging on my wall.

Adam Hill is a graphic designer and illustrator out of Cape Town, South Africa. Wow. I don’t think I hear that enough. Going through his portfolio is tons of fun. It was also cool to see that he hand stamps all of his business cards, just like me! Adam has a really good sense of composition and doesn’t waste any space, filling every area with beautiful typography and illustrations. It also looks like most of the posters (if not all) are screen printed which is pretty sweet. I’d take a look at it if I were you. There are quite a few gems that I did not include in this post.

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Yonkers

Author Chris Category Feb 23 2011

Referencing Reptar and Adventure Time in the same track is the most hardcore thing I’ve heard in a while. The video itself is awesome, but you can’t ignore that style that he’s rolling out. I know it’s not new or anything, but it doesn’t pop up frequently enough.

Although this track is muy boss, other goodies to be found from OFWGKTA don’t have the same impact that this bit does. Don’t get me wrong, you should take a look; but don’t expect to find another yonkers :P

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Brad Dunn and Dandelion Gold

Author Hamilton Category Feb 23 2011

The album “Brad Dunn and Dandelion Gold” is all about subtleties and stylistic nuances. It’s full of fresh guitar lines, sickly synthesizers, and nearly whispered vocals. The generally sparse music creates a moody textural backdrop and the vocal melodies slip right in on top of everything directing your ear in ways you didn’t know it could go. It’s a little bit magical. And I don’t even believe in magic.

We heard about this album when doing our forthcoming BossnotBoss interview with Johnny and Ola from Cock and Swan and Dandelion Gold who collaborated with Brad on the album. Knowing what they were capable of and their sense of style I figured it would definitely be worth a listen. Little did I know that a minute into the first song I would be totally hooked and pretty much loop the entire album continuously from that point on.

Be sure to listen to my personal (current) favorite track “Song of the Family,” featuring dope lyrics such as “the baby was in her arms now / Hail Marys in clenched teeth,” and “stone and plaster houses were more than he could handle.”

The great news is that you can purchase the entire album for $1 on Bandcamp. Wow that’s cheap! I actually recommend giving a bit more while you’re there making the financial transaction so you don’t regret it later on your millionth listen.

UPDATE (Mar 12 2011): Brad let me know about his Reverbnation page which has over seventy demos and four-track recordings to aurally peruse. Also there is a CD in existence but you have to get in touch with Johnny and Ola from Dandelion Gold to request one because, though it should be, it ain’t in any stores yet.

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Engrained

Author Selena Category Feb 21 2011

So I was looking for a pinhole camera to get Chris and I stumbled miraculously on Erin Paysse’s Etsy shop. Thank goodness for that, because I probably would have ended up purchasing some way inferior, less clever version of one of hers. I was lucky to live pretty close to Erin’s studio and got to meet her and pick out Chris’ camera in person. It’s so beautiful and takes stunning pics, even though he’s only just starting to use it.

At first, it is just a book with funny knobs. Then you look closer and it has some kind of shutter thing on the front and no pages on the sides. Well that’s because it’s not a book, but a handmade pinhole camera. And it’s awesome! Erin starts out with old antique books that she finds and guts them to build the inside of the camera. This is where the film sits, held by the two knobs which you can wind to get to the next clean piece of film. The knobs she uses are from old instruments and amplifiers. Every camera is completely unique not only in its looks, but also in the way the photos turn out. She is now selling them to Anthropologie and was just featured in Oprah Magazine.

Seriously, you need one of these. They will make you more interesting. Buy one here!

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Dogtooth

Author Chris Category Feb 20 2011

This movie was recommended to us by Ana and now I’m recommending it to you!

Dogtooth explores the idea of the human psyche isolated from the outside world and how our desire to explore and satiating natural curiosity are among our most basic instincts and needs.

You’re somewhat left on your own to put the pieces together and figure out what’s going on which is no easy feat, but this movie does it very well by providing everything you need with subtle clues found in the visuals as well as within the vollies of dialog. It’s amazing how you can initially be in the dark about what’s going on, but still keep your interest through the whole film. I feel that too few people appreciate cinema talent like this.

If you’re only allowed one Greek film a life, make your’s this one. Rent it, download it, or stream it on Netflix. Do anything you have to to ensure Dogtooth makes its way into your life.

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Dana Tanamachi

Author Selena Category Feb 17 2011

As a chalk artist myself, I can say that these pieces are created with talent, dedication, and pure skill. Drawing with chalk is, in my opinion, one of the hardest common mediums an artist can work with. Now, drawing with chalk on a sidewalk as opposed to a piece of smooth, clean slate is a little different, but no less difficult!

Dana is what I think every designer should be like. I’m afraid there are a lot of us out there that are stuck on the computer and never get back to our roots. Sketching and creating logos and lettering by hand is so important in good design. Even if you aren’t as skilled as Dana, hand-drawing is incredibly useful, especially in the beginning stages of design. It lets you step back from the static and stuffiness that happens often when you create something from start to finish on the computer. Besides, hand drawn type is boss.

There’s a couple short vids of Dana working on some chalk art that are worth looking at. Her process is nice and neat despite the medium she uses, which is usually pretty messy. She starts out with a sketch and then goes over that with a darker, cleaner version, wiping away with a damp cloth as she goes. Here’s also a link to a short interview with the artist via The By & By. Oh, and I forgot to mention, Dana works for a sweet little design firm called Louise Fili Ltd that you should definitely check out if you like that cutsie hand-drawn look.

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Typography

Author Chris Category Feb 17 2011

These were the first things I saw this morning and had to share them with you guys!

These are the title pages and heading to some of the maps put out by Sanborn and they are absolutly stunning. Published around 1880 – 1920, it makes me wish to be around in an era where beautiful type popped up in unexpected places. You’re not going to see this in your next Thomas Guide.

I wonder if a fresh batch of city maps came out now, with type like this, would sway me to move to a particular city? I wonder what Seattle’s would look like. Right, probably bad :(

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Boris Pelcer

Author Chris Category Feb 15 2011

Boris was born in Bosnia and moved to America in ’98. Then went on to get his BFA in illustration and is currently working on his MFA in Graphic Design.

What really caught me was this kid’s typography. It’s beautiful! If only every missive that lay on this globe bared such style and elegance; perhaps we would overlook it’s initial ephemeral purpose and frame it, hang it, and invite others to take it in through deep breaths of awe and wonder.

Boris doesn’t stop with typography. In his portfolio he goes on to show exercises in poster design, drawing, and painting. Upon finding that someone explores different disciplines, I find that I expect one to be a primary talent and the others to be secondary, which is why I was surprised to find that the few paintings he shares with us are actually very good. They’re not jaw dropping, but there’s a lot more going on then “I felt like painting I guess.” Instead of the typical conclusion of ‘this painting sucks,’ my first thoughts are spent on trying to construct what’s going on in the moment the painting captures. A sense of story seems to be what a lot of artists are missing and Boris throws on an incredibly thin film of it.

It should be great to see what he produces as he travels further in his study of design

P.S.  he talks about his process on a few of his pieces on his blog :)

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