First Flash site

My semester is over and I finished my first Flash site with actionscript.
There are a few things on the site that I wished I could have figured out
a little better. I have to say I’m pretty happy for my first attempt.

You can view it here

I need to update my main site but I’m not sure if I want to redo the whole
thing in Flash. There’s elements of the program that I like and there are
elements of Dreamweaver tha I like. I wish I was more advanced so I could
figure out how to combine them both. I guess thats why I’m in school and I’m
sure I’ll figure it out in due time.

Iso50 poster

My work space is pretty small at the moment so I don’t have a ton
of wall space to put up artwork and posters. I was sad to retire this
Russian movie poster and when I bought it the guy told me what
this translates too but it has slipped my mind. I just love the artwork
and the colors on this poster.

But after this poster from Iso50 arrived as a surprise present from
my g/f I couldn’t resist not putting it up. She knew I had been
checking this one out for a while so I was pretty excited when she
went into my bookmarks one day when I was at work and managed to
find the website she saw me on. What a great spy!

Sleepwalking next to you

My friend’s mother had a stand at the local flea market. As I stopped
over to say hi I noticed that she some really awesome books that she
was selling and one of them was a computer book from 1979. It was
exactly what I had been searching for. I had wanted to find a book with
old computers in it but it’s been an impossible search until now.
I couldn’t believe she only wanted .25 cents for it!

I used a couple photos from the book in this latest collage. Enjoy!

Can we give love one more chance?

I just finished this piece today. I have made a promise to myself that
I am to do one collage piece a week. It shouldn’t be that hard to
put a side a few hours of my time. It makes me feel so much better
after I am done. I sometimes wish I could just lock myself away and
work none stop for a month on random art pieces. But let’s just start
with one collage a week. So here is the latest. Enjoy!

Grain Edit

I’m am so in love with this blog. I found it while searching online
for book covers and stumbled on Grain Edit’s link. The focus on the
blog is “classic design work from the 1950s-1970s and contemporary
designers that draw inspiration from that time period. Site content
includes interviews, articles, as well as examples of rare design annuals,
type specimens, ephemera, posters and vintage kids books from our bookshelves.”

My passion is collage design but I love pulling inspiration from everywhere
especially from modern design that exist in today’s artwork and in the past.
It’s such a great site, be sure to check it out!

Dream About Me

I created this last week with an image in my head. I knew I wanted a sky that
reminded of an old vintage photo from the 70’s. I had a really hard time finding
one. I then tried a new technique using old paper that I had scanned. It was
very easy. I took a modern photo of a bright blue sky and in photoshop I created
a layer on top of the sky where I placed the scanned paper on top and dropped
the opacity down to about 50%. It gave it a nice yellow tint that I was looking for.
I found this book at Barnes & Noble in their bargain section called “Decorative
Art 50’s” for $10. All through it was the perfect photos of old ranch houses, modern
chairs, lamps, couches, etc. I have been wanting to include more modern furniture
into my collages. So here are the results.

45 RPM– the 7inch

Wow, summer is almost over and I have been horrible about updating
my little blog over here. I promise to be better.

I just got this amazing book called “A Visual History of the Seven-Inch
Record, 45 RPM”. It has great 7 inch covers all through the book.
Here are the first few I wanted to post:

Enjoy!!!!

Prints for Sale!

I have been putting off selling my prints for some time now.
Not because I don’t want to share my art or make money but
because I knew that putting together my Etsy store would be
intense and I was right. After spending the day figuring things
out I have posted 11 different prints for sale. I will be adding
more things and I’m excited to finally get the store up and running.

The Store is Here!

Schwinn

I found some old Schwinn ads and couldn’t resist using
one of them for my latest collage piece.

Be Creative – poster #2

Here is the 2nd poster to my “Be Creative” series. I think for the next
one I will do more of my collage style or give it more of a worn look.