Here's Lookin' at You...

Here's a low-rez (mobile / instagram friendly) presentation of an animation from yesterday...  

A new short animation by @blakep83 "laser eyes part two" (2015) #illustration #drawing #animation #digital #contemporary #contemporaryart #portrait #pop #laser #lasereyes #lazer #mindmeld #design #portland #eyes #teal #surreal #digitalmeld #psychedelic #art #artwork #trippy #face

A video posted by Blake (@blakep83) on Jun 28, 2015 at 8:08pm PDT

New stuff of Blake's!

In case you haven't been following Blake on instagram...

A quick little preview of a #drawing I'm working on.  #illustration #animation #digital #design #art #mindmeld #contemporary #contemporaryart #surreal #pop

A video posted by Blake (@blakep83) on Jun 7, 2015 at 2:41pm PDT

Hey check it out!  I made a rounded glass plate!  #renaissanceman #glass #plate #sculpture #portland #design #functionalart #contemporary #yellow #green #square #minimal #bullseye #bullseyeprojects

A photo posted by Blake (@blakep83) on Jun 8, 2015 at 1:00pm PDT

Zoe and Blake have also been collaborating on a series of short videos, mostly stop-motion animation...

This is a short preview of one of their videos.  The audio was simplified a bit for the purposes of the youtube video; when in a gallery / open space - each noise will be broadcast from separate speaker systems, creating a (rather disturbing) surround-sound experience*.  Also, of course - as it's youtube, the resolution of the video was lowered.

This will be a part of a much larger, longer video work...




* Basically having the smacking / digestive sounds coming from either side of the viewer as they enter the space, with the two voices in the center.

update-y

Things have been reasonably active in the last week, since the last update...


Work continues on the stop-motion animation, Blake is revising the dialogue
There wasn't a final 'script' for the project when shooting began, so it's gotten a bit tricky
but it will look GREAT when it is finished.


Zoe is starting to settle into California, while Blake continues to ssssllllloooowwwwwlllllyyyyy 
move his things into the new studio in Glasgow - and he's already started to have computer drama (again), the usb port on his external drive was damaged, 
but hopefully everything will get sorted in the days to come

"Zoe's Buffalo" aka "Buffalozoe" (2011) sculpture by Zoe, photograph by Blake

New Project!

While Blake + Zoe have been house-sitting with Maggie and Priscilla near Iowa City, they've been working on a few different stop-motion projects 


Here's a preview picture!

Little Boy with a mouth for a stomach riding a snail, while Blake's hand adjusts the frog eating a hotdog