final propaganda/ad posters

Tweaked these today... well, all day actually. I think I just need to say they're done so I stop fiddling. Design work is so nitpicky that I forget sometimes to take a break and clear my head.

propaganda poster

Soooo for one of my finals I had to come up with an project that was revolving around societies mass consumption, corporate take-over, blah blah blah. The original idea was to "invent" a solution/liquid (thick as dish soap) that could be drank, used to wash with, clean the house... basically the best thing ever. A girl in my class asked "what are the side-effects of the product though?" That stumped me for a while because there had to be a catch. How could it be so good? Then I thought about a certain 1973 Heston film...

one... more... time!

I did one more for my series today. It's coming along alright. I processed some film today to make the black white prints tomorrow. Pretty excited! I would love to do all of these again with my friends from rhode island, cause having Dan pose was awesome.

part of 'heart break' series...

I took this earlier with my buddy Daniel Pendola who's visiting from RI.. Again, these color ones are the light test shots for the series of film stuff I'm doing about heart break. I don't know what the official title is yet or anything, but I'm going to have 7 in the series.. just cause I like that number.

taint.

okay, so tomorrow I'm reeeeally headed to the darkroom to print all of my film stuff but I have this light test I wanted to share. It'll be interesting to compare all of these to my finished ones cause they're all black and whites. might I add, I don't like always being the subject- its just easier sometimes, and no one's around queens that would not think I'm crazy for asking them to model for a shoot in my own apartment that's depicting loneliness from desertion. maybe one day haha.

Test for film

I like to test out shot with my digital camera before I commit to the film stuff. it's probably frowned upon but it totally helps me get a correct exposure because I don't have a handheld light meter. I took this today and did a bit of editing for fun. part of that series i was tellin you's alls abouts.

Zombie Allegiance DVD package

My friend Tony Nunes directed a movie entitled "Zombie Allegiance" and he was kind enough to think of me for the design for it, so we collaborated and this is what we got. I'm super stoked about it. check out the facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/zombieallegiance and contact solipsistmedia@yahoo.com to preorder a copy!

the past few weeks are a blur

this big city really gets you lost sometimes, but you should always have a goal even if it's just for the day. I'm currently working on a series that i can't wait to share with everyone entitled, "I'm not in love with you." I'm exploring the emotion of individuals' disconnection with reality and the silent depression they suffer when their hearts get broken. Kinda emo but that's the very reason I decided to be an artist. so suck it. oh my bad. anyways, 

                                              

--that's for a light test. I process the film tomorrow so I'm stoked to see how they come out. My sister was the model! I'll scan them and post as soon as the series is a whole. which won't be for a few weeks. sawwy chawee. But here's some other light test pieces I have done these past few weeks with the help of my friend Kat Bayard, whom currently is believed to be a badass photographer.

 annnnd this is a photo i took some liberties with and made another faux poster with her nickname, 

EL GATO BUENOOOO!

Some more b/w's

A few more of my scanned prints. Oh, i realize that on that last post that font should be "futura", not "future" bad spellcheck, that's a no!

Promo Ad

Here's some of the black and white photos I used for a design ad for one of my classes. I wanted a retro film look to the layout because I have been watching too many noir films. Hence, the rounded edges. Plus 'future' is one of my favorite fonts to make designs have a vintage movie poster look.

Black and White Photos

Dear World,
 So here goes the world of blogging... again. I wanted to make a new and improved blog site for all of my new work I've been doing in school. For those of you who don't know, I'm a freshmen at the School of Visual Arts. I also have a passion for graphic design as well, so you'll see a bunch of my photos incorporated into that as well. Enjoy!