Jay-Z Rhapsody Commercial

Hype sh*t.

Pen and Paper

Have been drawing a bit more lately. I'm on a quest to develop my skills as rapidly as possible. Going to try to use this blog as a tool for design practicum again. Possibly revive the 15 minute sketches? Or maybe change it up to 5 minute exercises with a timer. We'll see.

Here's a duck that I was going to use for screen printing purposes, but after some thought, a) I think I'm gonna go a different direction and b) I don't think it'll work with a home set up. Ah wells. On to the next drawing.

Performance

Lets make some shirts.

Vince, Derrick and I have been planning to get our at home garage screenprint shop going for years now. Summer after summer has passed, but we've finally set a date where we can all get together and get some shirts done. I'm gonna cross my fingers and hope everything works out.

For now, check out these videos to see how its done:

On The Patio

This is just a peek at Danny's annual summertime patio BBQ extravaganza. The party was epic as usual.

Tricycle on a MEGA ramp - Travis Pastrana

Anthony Bourdain in Vancouver

Haven't seen this episode of No Reservations til now. Great look at VanCity.

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Johnny Lee: Wii Remote hacks

Superflat First Love by Takashi Murakami for Louis Vuitton

FixedGear by MASHF

Fixed.

Vince sent me a bunch of pics and some vids to try to convince me to buy a fixed gear bike since Derrick and himself each own one now. He keeps on telling me "just buy one! come on... summertime man!" Don't get me wrong, I DO want to buy one.. I just can't right now. maybe next year. I have to admit.. his repetitive egging on type tactics are slowly breaking the shield of my wallet... albeit that shield is as thin as tracing paper.

Pecha Kucha Vancouver: Jeff Hamada

Pecha Kucha Vancouver: Jeff Hamada

Check out Jeff's presentation from the most recent Pecha Kucha.

Pecha Kucha Vancouver: Matthew Miyagawa and Vince Chan

Pecha Kucha Vancouver: Matthew Miyagawa and Vince Chan

A couple months ago my friends Vince and Matt had the opportunity to present some of their work and thoughts at this Pecha Kucha event. This event included other artists, photographers, interior decorators, architects, designers, etc.. you get the point. Each presenter had 20 slides with 20 seconds each to speak of them. Check out this vid that Bruce Sharpe of 25 Hour Day produced. Its really well done.

Ye, then and now.

First up, we've got Spaceships a Kanye CLASSIC. He directed this video 4 years ago, but elected not to release it because he wasn't satisfied with it. Man, its true what he says.. he forgets things better than we can think of.

Spaceship from kwest on Vimeo.

Next up, we've got the much anticipated Paranoid. This is the real deal, not the leaked version that everyone has peeped already.

KANYE WEST "PARANOID" feat: RIHANNA Dir: NABIL from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.