February 9, 2010
Mixed Bag
[post by Chris]
I guess the theme of today would be “outside during autumn” or something. Today I just picked some random photos that caught my eye when flipping through photos on my computer.
Southside Apt
LRT Walkway
Downtown Apt
February 8, 2010
Process Nameless
[post by Chris]
This is a painting I started in July when I got back from Italy. I had been inspired by some of the art, architecture and ruins that I’d seen in the different cities we’d visited. I had this picture in my mind of a somewhat eroded skyline and a red sky. The idea worked in my head but when I was finished painting it I was totally unsatisfied. The canvas sat in my closet amongst my other rejected works until November when I pulled it out, took a look, then added the graffiti which was strongly influenced by my memories of the graffiti that covered nearly every wall in Rome. I’m really happy with the final result.
Click it big!
Nameless - Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
February 7, 2010
Black and Whites
[post by Chris]
Haven’t done black and whites in a while. I shot these when I took Des Cles out for a cruise on an early summer morning. Do you prefer black and white or color?
Des Cles
Plugged
Pyramid
February 6, 2010
Highway-2 pit stop
[post by Chris]
We’ve all found ourselves on road trips in need of a rest room. There is a catch-22 on drinking enough coffee to stay awake on a road trip. This results in many impromptu pit stops. This photo is from one such occasion on Highway-2, three coffees deep. It was a pretty cold morning.
Bitterly Cold
February 5, 2010
Fronty
[post by Chris]
By the beard of Zeus Sam! Good form.
Colm is up top chilling and Ben is getting low for a photo. That was a pretty sweet day. We played ultimate frisbee on a frozen lake in a snow storm and I heard thunder. Nuts.
Sam Flips
February 4, 2010
Ampersands on Vinyl
[post by Chris]
Yesterday, Jesse Crowley posted a new song to his YouTube channel called Ampersand. The reasons I was stoked are fourfold:
- I get stoked every time Jesse puts out a new song
- It has sweet lyrics, sweet guitar licks and sweet sweet harmonica
- It’s called “Ampersand” (come on!)
- All I do these days is draw letters, including ampersands.
So considering all these reasons, I became inspired to throw together a little something that incorporated music, hand-drawn serif text, and of course, an ampersand.
Check Jesse out and subscribe to his YouTube channel, then you can get as stoked as me when he posts new stuff.
Ampersand & Serifs (click it big)
February 3, 2010
The animation that never was
[post by Chris]
Last April I decided I was going to try to make a claymation kind of like Sean’s sweet animations. I built a couple characters (Purple and Yellow, appropriately) and shot a stop-motion sequence. Anyways, I have a few hundred frames and pretty much no desire to do anything with them, so instead of letting that go completely to waste, I’ll share some of my favorite images from my experiment.
Intro to Purple
Duet
Blind Spot
February 2, 2010
Typical
[post by Chris]
Even though I only spent one morning there, this is what I picture a typical morning in Verona to be like: light traffic, bikes, fruit vendors, conversation, shop owners scrubbing the sidewalk, and street-side cafes.
Thanks to my sisters who gave me a heads up whenever a cyclist was on his way by.
Typical
February 1, 2010
Oh February.
[post by Chris]
It’s that time of year again… February! What an exciting month. The days are getting slightly longer, it’s still freezing cold, there are only 28 days, and my new portfolio launches today. What more could you ask for in a month?
As far as personal updates go, I’ll be going back to school on April 5th to further my education in graphic design. I’m super excited to be in class again and am eager to learn as much as possible in the 5 months it takes me to get my diploma. I’m looking forward to narrowing my scope a little bit – my degree from U of L was pretty broad in terms of what I learned, so now that I’ve decided that I want to pursue graphic design, this program is a perfect opportunity to focus in on just that.
Like I said, my new portfolio is now online. You can check it out at ChrisPecora.com. Let me know what you think!
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