Kismet Arts Tangent
Art Collective
Author: KC
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Today was the first day of editing the “Nap” Video. I finished shooting (or at least the planned shoots) yesterday evening and I spent most of the night imagining my warm feelings of friendship and camaraderie I shared with the shooting crew translated into a video. I went through a range of emotions as I…
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My first iteration of the Brighton School Stationery suite. Update 2-6-13: Critique and Edits Tom “Frank-bombed” the class. Frank is this discerning older man from Alaska that has been around New York and the design scene in general and Tom invites him to critique to make us cry. I think it’s the opaqueness of Frank’s glasses’ clip-ons.…
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In honor of black history month, the assignment for this week’s poster is an educational poster about a figure in black history. My subject: Toni Morrison, a Nobel Prize Laureate for literature. I was inspired by this quote I found from one of her interviews talking about race and identity. One of her books, The Bluest…
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Yesterday was another Drawing Club Meeting. We used portraits of people and tracing paper to add some needed friends, inspired by Juxtapoz Magazine – Works by Graphik(H) | Current. Other than that, we did our usual exercises, blind contour, telepictionary and collaborative drawing.
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Last night, I went to Aquent where Puget Sound SIGCHI (Special Interest Group | Computer Human Interaction) hosted the talk given by Benson Chan about “How to Plan for the Shift to Responsive Web Design.” The room was filled to the max, people standing for the whole presentation which was a an hour and some change. I heard about…
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After translating my sketches into vector, I eliminated a few that I thought had some potential. After adding type, I think the top left one is slightly too slanted and bottom heavy. I’m not sure about the type exactly, but I think it’s a promising inquiry and after tomorrow’s critique, I’ll have a better sense…
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Nobody Beats The Drum – Grindin’ on Vimeo on Vimeo Dedication: This music video was made with wooden blocks in a real space. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Ni**as In Paris (Explicit) – YouTube. LSD: Using mirrored footage, simple becomes complex. Talking Heads – “Once In A Lifetime” – YouTube. David Byrne is Brilliant. The 30 All-TIME Best…
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My progress into this project is thus: I brainstormed two weeks ago, after having a “discovery” meeting with Matt, the ambassador for the band for whom I am doing the music video for. He emphasized that he wanted a video that he could appreciate and to do that it needed to have a story. “There…
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