Bike Parts

These are the parts I am working with, currently primed with Gray, soon to be covered in maps!

*Keep Colchester Cycling*

We were given a brief last week to design the frame for a 20" mini wheeler as part of a new scheme in Colchester where recycled bikes will be avaliable for hire.
I haven't designed anything for an existing company/organisation before but I gave it my best shot...

These images are not very good quality (I am hoping for a camera for my birthday this week!) but they give a rough idea of my proposal. I wanted to cover the frame in maps of Colchester, using Ordinance survey maps, cheap tourist ones and road maps.
I created a 3D application dummy of the whole frame using straws and maps (top right corner) and then applying maps to cardboard tubes (bottom left) to give a sense of what it would look like on the 3D structure.

I didn't think much of my proposal but................................ I GOT SELECTED!

I now have the frame, in pieces, at my house and am awaiting the maps I have ordered to turn up so i can get started. Keep tuned for progress pictures.

I am also featured on the Keep Colchester Cycling website, take a look for more information:

http://keepcolchestercycling.co.uk/

Gorillaz - in a new light...

I came across this video whilst looking at custom trainers. It is a very strange but oddly beautiful piece of animation and brings Gorillaz into a more realistic environment, blurring the boundry between cartoon and real life and making them seem more like one of us. Take a look....

LED Lego

'Brickmodder' specialises in creating LED elements for Lego models. I've never seen this done before, I'm seriously impressed. It must take such skill to create such tiny functioning LEDs, I wish I had the knowledge and skills to do it myself!

Best promo ads...

We were talking today in class about creating something new and something that others would look at and think "wow, I wish I did that..."
It reminded me of the adverts for series four of Skins on E4, which aired 2 years ago. The animation, created by Treat Studios, is some of the best I have seen. I really like the use of hand-drawn pieces and the mixed media elements that have gone into it. It made, in my mind, a very distinctive advert and fit in well with the unique appeal of Skins itself.

Take a look. Trust me, it's worth watching all of them...

Custom Fatcaps

I just came across these on the internet...

I NEED to buy some more fatcaps and make my own! TMNT and Toy Story are first on my list!

*Caps*

I read an article quite a while back (that I foolishly didn't reference) about an artist who made installations with his used spray caps. He had hundreds in his studio and used them for photography, sculpture and mixed media canvases.
-If anyone by some miracle knows who I mean, please let me know!-

To add to my 'street art uk' blad, I took some photographs of a few of my caps. I didn't end up using them but I haven't ruled out using them in the future, particularly if I light and arrange them properly to create a more effective image.