OMO has Arrived!

Ah.. OMO is up and ready to go at last! Click on the image or HERE to head over to the sparkling fresh Sing Along Pictures Store!

Which brings me to my next point - creating an online store is... difficult. Not for all you normies out there, just for me. HTML is like algebra to me and if you ask my high school math teacher, he'll tell you that means I suck at it. Well, I sucked at it. Now, I can do it and all it cost me was time. Time to learn and the time it took to collect all the hair I lost. You all collect hair, right?

Anyway, so glad Omo is out there now - it was worth the hair loss. To me, it's not just a project but a bit of a symbol that if you're determined enough you can do the stuff you like.

~D

Making Omo

Happy Monday, folks! Hope all you Americans had a great holiday!

Well I'm getting excited, Folks. The release of our first project is tomorrow (or today if you're in Japan)! I still have some last minute details to finish up but, if you're interested, I wrote an article about of making Omo HERE. You can even find out the nature of my bathroom mirror conversations, I'm sad/proud to say.

Also if you haven't seen it already, check out this little film we made covering the process of creating an Omo painting!


Hopefully we'll see you tomorrow! ~D

IW: Chuck Close

“Phil”, 2011-2012, oil on canvas, 108-1/2″x 84″ © Chuck Close, courtesy Pace GalleryPhoto by Kerry Ryan McFate / Courtesy Pace Gallery, Private Collection

 Chuck Close is a painter with a shocking ability to gage colour and tone. Just beautiful stuff. He currently has an exhibition that started on Oct 19 and goes until December 22, 2012 at The Pace Gallery in New York.

Detail of "Phil"

 “Lucas”, 2011,  jacquard tapestry,  87″ x 74″ © Chuck Close, courtesy

Pace Gallery, Photo by Donald Farnsworth, courtesy Pace Gallery

 Detail of “Lucas”

You can check out more of his work over at Design Milk and at Chuck's personal website HERE

Monday Night!

Happy Monday night, folks! Running a little late on the ol' personal blogosphere! I've been pretty busy lately - working on a couple projects while going through the final stages of OMO before the release! So things are a bit hectic but going good!

So updates! We announced on Saturday Sing Along Pictures' first project will be being released on Nov. 27th 2012 and today we put up a new teaser for OMO. If you want to check it out and some other little details, head over to Sing Along HERE

I'll have more to say soon but I'm pretty focused on the release so bare with me. We want this thing to be as good as we can get it so we're pouring in the extra hours. Hopefully you guys dig it!

~D

OMO Release Date Announced!

Announcement day! Today we announced the release date of Sing Along Pictures' first project, OMO!

There's still a lot to finish but we're pretty excited to be able share exactly what we've been working on for so long. OMO will be available for purchase on Nov. 27th 2012. Click on the image above or HERE for more information and details about what's going to be available.

Can't wait for you to see it!

~D

IW: Art.sy

Art.sy is a free website that works with hundreds of galleries from around the world to display and help you discover artwork and artists. If you're in close proximity to someone from Art.sy right now, please firmly hug them.

The collection is extensive and allows you to search through by artist name, style or movement, medium, even colour and size. They also recommend similair artists based on what you're looking at helping you to discover new work. Mediums include Sculpture, Painting, Work on Paper/Print, Photography, Performance, Film/Video, Installation, and Drawing. I appreciate very much the variety of work - everything from the Renaissance to pop art, traditional mediums to computer art. Viewers can also examine the art from a gallery view (as if standing in a room) or up close with the ability to zoom in to examine paint strokes.

Anyway, incredible site and absolutely worth a look. Who knows what you'll find...

Art.sy

Just about there!

Good morning folks! Hope everyone had a good long weekend! Unless it wasn't long then I apologize for rubbing it in. It's the start of the week and as always we have some news to share over at Sing Along Pictures and another sneak peek at our first project, "Omo".

Lots to do still so I got to get back to it but hopefully you guys are digging the teasers so far. They'll be wrapping up shortly and Omo will be available soon. It's been a dream making this thing with such amazing artists. Getting exciting and hope you guys enjoy.

~D

IW: Universal Everything for Hyundai

The creative folks over at Universal Everything have been experimenting with and creating artwork in the digital world and have had some striking results. Their latest project "Made by Humans" (video above) was commissioned by Hyundai for the Hyundai Vision Hall. Pretty beautiful stuff!

Universal Everything has been busy for years and have a lot of intriguing stuff all of which you can find HERE

Getting Closer!

Good morning! First things first, we have another update (one of my favs, actually) over at Sing Along. Our release date is going to be announced soon which I'm pumped about so we wanted to share a look at some of the final project. To get updated on what's happening, head over to Sing Along Pictures!

Mondays folks... they day coffee tastes the best on. Hope you all enjoyed the weekend. Apart from working on Omo and another project I can't talk about yet (can't wait though!) I spent an embarrassing amount of time combing through ebay looking for all the old toys I had when I was a kid. Man, I remember as a kid just staring at them. I mean, content with just staring at them. I'd think I'm nuts but I know I'm not alone on this. (Right guys? Right???) I remember thinking that they were the peak of toy making - "they look just like the guys!" Just staring and then audibly sighing with satisfaction.

They were perfect.

Now at 31, cruising ebay and seeing the toys again, I realized part of me didn't feel that way. Evil Dave was sitting over my shoulder heckling me, "You liked these?" I looked around my desk at my current tastes in toys or "collectibles" now and noticed a direct difference between these and my old ebay toys. I realized I now judge the quality of the toy on character likeness and the ability to capture it. I justify it by saying I'm now old enough to appreciate the talent and effort it takes to achieve this level of quality.

I remember using the stairs in my house as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sewer base. The next step up was the city street. The step above was Shredder's Technodrome - and I didn't even have Shredder! A solitary Foot Soldier sat on that carpeted step - but in my mind, he was awaiting Shredder and Krang's orders. He was alone because he was the best. After the orders were received, he moved to the city streets, running through the throngs of startled city people not even stopping for pizza (only good guys ate that). But what's this? The foot soldier noticed a certain manhole cover didn't look right to him. Because he's the best, he knew he found the place. Cars swerved to avoid him as he lifted the cover and jumped through the sewer access, dropping right into the Turtle's base! Of course an epic battle ensued, the Turtles did well for awhile but eventually Splinter had to finish that foot soldier off - but not to death, folks. Splinter tied him up and offered him a chance to turn into a good guy. Which he accepted.

Time warp from those 3 stairs to present day and I'm looking at the actual Turtles Sewer Playset and taking issue with the level of finish and the inaccurate placement of set elements. Did I gain knowledge and experience or lose something more important? (the last one).

Whoops got a little sad there! The point is that as incredible as the new toys are today - they aren't "better", they just make up for the spaces my current lazy imagination used to take care of. Time to whip it into shape.

And for another coffee.