tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43006733603065055622024-03-05T07:55:15.953-08:00G NemecAn illustrator with too many things bouncing around in his head.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-72897538839027934122013-06-09T12:20:00.002-07:002013-06-09T12:23:20.752-07:00Men with little mustaches and the tea kettles that resemble them<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF57Ei12fJfSh6vYoM2pUKTeY0LXMZHTOY8OeqNLr9pSN_R9xQ6esxQr1NtzHAV1JqMwNMRyxOM0vhk9M5nU53cv2KUXbN-xND_TaVrow0m2t-iJS67NLdvMCmiI_mGouZVJExC0Ifm1-N/s1600/oliver+hardy+kettle.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF57Ei12fJfSh6vYoM2pUKTeY0LXMZHTOY8OeqNLr9pSN_R9xQ6esxQr1NtzHAV1JqMwNMRyxOM0vhk9M5nU53cv2KUXbN-xND_TaVrow0m2t-iJS67NLdvMCmiI_mGouZVJExC0Ifm1-N/s320/oliver+hardy+kettle.jpg" /></a><br />
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It's only a matter of time before Target starts selling the Charlie Chaplin.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-24928712499631891652013-01-01T11:57:00.000-08:002013-01-01T12:03:29.786-08:00Luke and Yoda<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another entry in "The Empire Strikes Back" Star Wars Uncut project. I always liked this first interaction with Yoda. He has an childlike, impish quality here that you never really see any other time. Richard Harris's performance as Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films captures that same quality, where a great thinker and teacher has a curious child right beneath the surface. My animation can also be viewed in higher resolution on Vimeo, <a href="https://vimeo.com/51944482">here</a>.
g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-35220894852684336082012-10-02T06:06:00.000-07:002012-10-02T06:13:43.758-07:00The Empire Strikes Back strikes backThree years ago I animated three scenes based on fifteen-second-long clips of Star Wars for a site called <a href="http://www.starwarsuncut.com/">Star Wars Uncut</a>. Hundreds of fans recreated scenes from Star Wars Episode IV and many were compiled into a new version of the movie, which can be seen here <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ezeYJUz-84">if you have two hours</a>. My clips can be seen on my <a href="https://vimeo.com/user2293525/videos">Vimeo channel</a>. <br />
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Now the same folks are creating a fan-made version of The Empire Strikes Back. I have completed a clip, using a similar brush-nd-ink, cut paper animation technique as before. It can be seen on my Vimeo channel in the required "create your own soundtrack" version as well as the one you see here, using the real audio. Click on the video to see it on Vimeo widescreen.
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/50574284">Luke, An AT-AT foot, and Wandering Han</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2293525">Gregory Nemec</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-15042933790539194022012-07-09T20:03:00.000-07:002012-07-09T20:11:13.455-07:00Harrowing Tales from Catholic SchoolI started to write about my high school Latin teacher as a grad school exercise and it led to this. Click on the first image to scroll through the whole story bigger.
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<br />g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-22576020469503766082012-06-05T14:30:00.002-07:002012-06-05T14:30:43.926-07:00Drunken octopus wants to fight!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFM2Z-1vtjsyEQVIo1ruZFiXmxqdnwCpFKAH4Qi6RIJ-izfCXbb-j37iwGbdqBegTxPxQYvlbMtFyj8qxVM_bcThyphenhyphenFBj7_dNcWRfEBbpQh-L-jSj0El0nAsi7gBdSYxqrokctL6y9AD2P/s1600/drunk+octopus+color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFM2Z-1vtjsyEQVIo1ruZFiXmxqdnwCpFKAH4Qi6RIJ-izfCXbb-j37iwGbdqBegTxPxQYvlbMtFyj8qxVM_bcThyphenhyphenFBj7_dNcWRfEBbpQh-L-jSj0El0nAsi7gBdSYxqrokctL6y9AD2P/s320/drunk+octopus+color.jpg" width="320" /></a>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;">An illustrator's dream come true: getting to create a "drunken octopus wants to fight" hook.</span></h6>g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-16645855354482886052012-04-19T07:32:00.004-07:002012-04-19T07:48:40.394-07:00Many layers of Shakespeare<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__mnwXM1kbr3l0Ksg410B-Hb0bJxtaezrnLPxPZkz5K4rAyFqD4MCSQMax3WNLGoCYYRxOw7JyeeOM4xYI7FhHXU3oB8R0rADCRiwRxxWw7oBHKoswofvao-ZexXETiuxa6mAgrQB2DIa/s1600/SHAKESPEARE+layers+and+combined.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__mnwXM1kbr3l0Ksg410B-Hb0bJxtaezrnLPxPZkz5K4rAyFqD4MCSQMax3WNLGoCYYRxOw7JyeeOM4xYI7FhHXU3oB8R0rADCRiwRxxWw7oBHKoswofvao-ZexXETiuxa6mAgrQB2DIa/s400/SHAKESPEARE+layers+and+combined.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733121017893884594" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a recent assignment that may have broken my all-time record for number of layers. I realize that there are artists out there who scoff at the idea of a mere 6o layers. But they are creating epic, textured, heavily modeled artwork and I am a guy who mostly works in flat color. Shown here are part of the 60+ layers composited into a mere 16. Shakespeare's head alone is six layers.<br /><br />This accompanies an article about an event where people performed every single one of Shakespeare's sonnets. It was inexplicably NOT PHOTOGRAPHED (in this day and age of everyone having cameras at all times). So they hired an illustrator. Isn't that quaint?g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-17443092789561799122012-01-29T06:24:00.000-08:002012-01-29T06:35:13.239-08:00Star Wars Uncut: Director's CutTwo hours of Sweded Star Wars Episode 4. My bits are scattered throughout: R2D2 and C3P0 climbing into the <a href="http://gnemec.blogspot.com/2009/09/final-star-wars-scene.html">escape pod</a> and getting launched, Obi Wan, the droids, Han and Chewie sneaking around the <a href="http://gnemec.blogspot.com/2009/09/starring-obi-wan-c3p0-han-and-chewie.html">Death Star</a>, and the <a href="http://gnemec.blogspot.com/2009/09/star-wars-uncut-scene-453-from-gregory.html">death of Biggs</a>. These three clips are featured in previous posts on this blog, they can be accessed by clicking the hyperlinks. There are many wonders to behold throughout the film, some funny, some ingenious, all sincerely made by fans. Delighted to see my <a href="http://gnemec.blogspot.com/2009/11/more-star-wars-by-fans.html">friend's young son</a> made the cut as well.<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7ezeYJUz-84?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" width="459"></iframe>g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-68881412035010036452011-11-30T20:35:00.000-08:002011-11-30T20:36:32.051-08:00ASFMWLHG&FH<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirir1-7gRjRt-JichioNQjPkqAaasv0sT5F9_SrSysBXznFKydvi02mCN2rY0nvfVMvM00j4gjwW9FrYEmJziFxOwEZWPyqrkJVbUtDIs4kG5YlOmsntyjOYWW-MNq6acKq9rhaZK3U48s/s1600/ASFMWLHG%2526FH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 99px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirir1-7gRjRt-JichioNQjPkqAaasv0sT5F9_SrSysBXznFKydvi02mCN2rY0nvfVMvM00j4gjwW9FrYEmJziFxOwEZWPyqrkJVbUtDIs4kG5YlOmsntyjOYWW-MNq6acKq9rhaZK3U48s/s400/ASFMWLHG%2526FH.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681013944810800418" border="0" /></a>g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-68353993604770405222011-08-26T21:31:00.000-07:002011-08-26T22:04:37.853-07:00Back to School<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59g6B-OrxaMqIpupaVU0-XgENBjpLKxxMRtNNKacNA03ua0aFS3F1GdyHwQPrpe9ZsL7hsRRu7-RwyYpNvYFTrhO1qtgrwobfi6l0igB_JOzmefr6WC4PiC9EFDjgYECzsIXWSVEiE_Lo/s1600/staff+at+hogwarts.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59g6B-OrxaMqIpupaVU0-XgENBjpLKxxMRtNNKacNA03ua0aFS3F1GdyHwQPrpe9ZsL7hsRRu7-RwyYpNvYFTrhO1qtgrwobfi6l0igB_JOzmefr6WC4PiC9EFDjgYECzsIXWSVEiE_Lo/s400/staff+at+hogwarts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645388928907374306" border="0" /></a>So last year at the summer house I did a quick drawing of my seven-year-old nephew interacting with characters from the Pokemon universe. It was done with colored pencils, took about twenty minutes, and got stuck to the fridge and I kind of forgot about it. Then last week his five-year-old brother asked for a drawing featuring him. He asked to be inserted in the Sesame Street universe. That drawing took more like an hour and was done with pencils and watercolors. Then being good cousins they asked when my own two kids would get their drawings. Never mind that they are jaded teens. So my daughter asked for a Glee-themed drawing and my son asked for Harry Potter. I did the Glee drawing (because I love my daughter) and then went a little overboard on the Harry Potter drawing (because I love Harry Potter. And my son.) Here's a detail. I am always surprised when I get a likeness right in a caricature, as I have no good system to achieve that. Here I got a good likeness of Professor Lupin. He is my favorite adult in the series, so maybe that has something to do with it, but mostly when I get a likeness right it's luck.
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<br />g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-87079715495996116872011-07-25T18:49:00.000-07:002011-07-25T19:04:02.891-07:00The Devil is in the Details<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKq10GxvZmFAJDWSzE0Mq5Uyj5GPcRRq9rBTkTqBQ8TlkFHRNlc5EoYl2D7zsZVcoJjVijnlgDDDxZ331Lx79UIwMDS274r1c6XMUs9fdHVkl8jb_SLGyLlJ7W76mjs8cG0z3n-Sg5G9L9/s1600/YAM+shake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKq10GxvZmFAJDWSzE0Mq5Uyj5GPcRRq9rBTkTqBQ8TlkFHRNlc5EoYl2D7zsZVcoJjVijnlgDDDxZ331Lx79UIwMDS274r1c6XMUs9fdHVkl8jb_SLGyLlJ7W76mjs8cG0z3n-Sg5G9L9/s400/YAM+shake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633472974702503986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTA5iRO8ymO_96dw55xv__ZJtIIXzJUgC47f1J_g8RuI68cOFcExUGrHw5OtK95W3YU8NPGVMnsCTnzuD7Y8FpAw0gPshe4aopfRRmQ2weEKgMoPZgwHp4z1YOn5xJaqB0DsKRkDPkKvK/s1600/my+milkshake+vanilla.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTA5iRO8ymO_96dw55xv__ZJtIIXzJUgC47f1J_g8RuI68cOFcExUGrHw5OtK95W3YU8NPGVMnsCTnzuD7Y8FpAw0gPshe4aopfRRmQ2weEKgMoPZgwHp4z1YOn5xJaqB0DsKRkDPkKvK/s400/my+milkshake+vanilla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633472982017525506" border="0" /></a><br />The sketch was done on a plane ride on my way to see my family in Iowa. It was photographed with my low-end camera phone and sent to a laptop where I colored it with Photoshop in a hotel room while my kids swam. Then I did the final in scratchboard, scanned and colored it once I got back home. It doesn't make me miss the good old days.<br /><br />The article itself is fascinating. It is about the power of the mind on appetite. An experiment was conducted where one group was shown a "sinfully indulgent" treat and one group was shown a "low calorie healthy alternative" treat. Both were the same exact milkshake. The "unhealthy" treat elicited greater feelings of hunger than the "healthy" one, and after consuming the shake, those who had the "unhealthy" treat reported feeling more full and satisfied than those who had the "healthy" treat.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-78709695462570162292010-12-24T13:21:00.000-08:002010-12-24T13:23:33.920-08:00Merry and Bright<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34HKT-gvuYpUHADqurgjdhu6YyaQuJjoAyi3T5p1YfsgDkhaMm0c6fe4Ps7Oqr2M9uOmTjBOvgmajB9RVi9l1lf7mgLqH0ynLVSRCTK0GBXBpTj09hxbpNnle2B2zfN86Xnf6ig8Uac8f/s1600/santa+tessalates+in+multicolor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34HKT-gvuYpUHADqurgjdhu6YyaQuJjoAyi3T5p1YfsgDkhaMm0c6fe4Ps7Oqr2M9uOmTjBOvgmajB9RVi9l1lf7mgLqH0ynLVSRCTK0GBXBpTj09hxbpNnle2B2zfN86Xnf6ig8Uac8f/s400/santa+tessalates+in+multicolor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554362321636828610" /></a><br /><br />click to enlarge, print, and turn into next year's wrapping paper.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-56075595204893474382010-12-15T19:32:00.000-08:002010-12-15T21:36:34.246-08:00InteriorsOne of the animation classes I teach is for a small group of developmentally delayed young adults. Some of these students have physical challenges, some have mental challenges, but as a group they each contribute something different to the film. So the person who has a lack of fine motor skills may not be able to move their paper characters 1/16th of an inch at a time, but will invent the story and dialogue. Another may be almost nonverbal, but has that animator's instinct for creating movement. Here is the project this group just completed.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17872236" frameborder="0" height="327" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/17872236">Space Bananas!</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2293525">Gregory Nemec</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />There was a new student this session. Among the open faces and smiles, he was quiet, withdrawn even. During our test animation with toys on a tabletop, he created convincing flickering flames from clay. Hmmm...maybe this is one of the quiet instinctive ones. I asked for story ideas from the group, and there were lots of childlike, enthusiastic responses: "Race cars!" "Monkeys!" "Pirates!" I asked the quiet one what he'd like to make a movie about. He shrugged. When I asked what kinds of movies or shows he liked, without looking up he said, "I mostly read Lovecraft." That one sentence told me he wouldn't be comfortable making the equivalent of kids' drawings come to life, and probably wouldn't be comfortable working with the other students. Thankfully I had an excellent assistant who was great with the rest of the group so I could work more directly with this one student. He was hesitant to talk about ideas for animation, even after finding out I knew who Cthulhu was, and especially hesitant to create characters or animation: "I'm a perfectionist and it wouldn't have the level of realism I would want." I showed him the animation of William Kentridge—here's someone who gets emotional depth without realism. Once he saw Kentridge's torn paper figures he was ready to get to work. His movie is made from cut and torn black paper on a white background. All the atmosphere was added by the animator using the excellent, discontinued version of iMovie.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17872272" frameborder="0" height="295" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/17872272">The Dunwich Chase</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2293525">Gregory Nemec</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />During animation he would talk about Lovecraft's universe and his own interest in online gaming. His group leader told me that he never talked this much anywhere else. He had told her that he wasn't sure he should even be in this program because he was "so high functioning." He was very particular about each aspect of his film. And he was a natural, laying down torn bits of paper until figures were formed, and he knew how to make them move. Never looking me in the eye, never betraying a single emotion in his voice or face. On the final day, he added the effects and the audio. As the members of the group were getting their coats on to leave, I said, "Christian, it was good to meet you." He said in his typical quiet way, "But you already met me." I explained I meant it was good to have worked with him, and I was glad to have met him, and I wanted to tell him since we may not see each other again. He said "Oh." He put his hand out, we shook hands, and he was gone.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-88959147437443492972010-10-28T11:46:00.000-07:002010-10-28T16:08:53.248-07:00Dem BonesA variety of images of my favorite part of Halloween.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7hoTWcLKjB5RREYOoMFfBGMtawDr8pneerDF4OpygyQo_GRDiIne4cy5qY8OpwwtmYj6jmdJT35ADYjDyzN62EULgDjV9QxTSib7M3oeHPKMPZikXg_39Apy5OoVFy8NaUKQkxDXILpg/s1600/strange-sculptures-skeletons-love.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7hoTWcLKjB5RREYOoMFfBGMtawDr8pneerDF4OpygyQo_GRDiIne4cy5qY8OpwwtmYj6jmdJT35ADYjDyzN62EULgDjV9QxTSib7M3oeHPKMPZikXg_39Apy5OoVFy8NaUKQkxDXILpg/s400/strange-sculptures-skeletons-love.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533172005949563922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkvj8Y5XiRU1XbQChsrhfLd-letEOw9mZYCzI7Ev0BUeOAHL-FfKnqsj53QkqquKMqT_i1unhXjJe652LXkPpm-PoydzsMl_kOsio_WPT2dgc8bwb7Y_6eN9XoK8hYiVunys3jZZMe7gF/s1600/squelettes-se-disputant-un-hareng-saur-skeletons-fighting-over-a-picked-herring.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7k-SHccjOIvG10JQs3yUPLuVYu7vPZUnAbWyyBn2WSzcDZ9uW_bcnpml0oVCxLnSyDpqtJtOFPV4a_7gvusHOIvsn_0qFkDs8xYU0gEqQ8u70A0lc-vY48r9OOGjmxw2MfPGxqw3-yIAI/s400/73856_1549575673742_1665613819_1267254_1422046_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533170676659312370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXBS3JcqjWcoAPTw3Xb0NIDuLlLlBmgWR2yrp6sKgoIN49uxSapNH-7nJgfgDa-iTb6IV6K3IzcrXyV71mcgoTYG4tna8tIKdRrCRzjppkjQZDTZs0aUM9jP5w2xEdHadZJc0zJeYaA6c/s1600/37126_1549575953749_1665613819_1267257_769622_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXBS3JcqjWcoAPTw3Xb0NIDuLlLlBmgWR2yrp6sKgoIN49uxSapNH-7nJgfgDa-iTb6IV6K3IzcrXyV71mcgoTYG4tna8tIKdRrCRzjppkjQZDTZs0aUM9jP5w2xEdHadZJc0zJeYaA6c/s400/37126_1549575953749_1665613819_1267257_769622_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533170661656562338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmS3NRkmtI-h3CDnsaGpgKCYG74E3yM10-nEszuUOJ2DtVnP7tm9jR7NDgg6T-h6nkVhE8viAA22mSEN15nV9X3O2yZRwrL5YRReGswLGioOhLEwEVgqjbUvUAyTzdt6tJmob08oFkT5D/s1600/1.1266349919.wall-of-skulls-chichen-itza.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmS3NRkmtI-h3CDnsaGpgKCYG74E3yM10-nEszuUOJ2DtVnP7tm9jR7NDgg6T-h6nkVhE8viAA22mSEN15nV9X3O2yZRwrL5YRReGswLGioOhLEwEVgqjbUvUAyTzdt6tJmob08oFkT5D/s400/1.1266349919.wall-of-skulls-chichen-itza.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533170655352229986" border="0" /></a><br />From the top down:<br /><br />Unknown sculpture.<br />James Ensor painting.<br />Still from Ray Harryhausen's "Jason and the Argonauts."<br />Skeletons unearthed in Verona. Could they be a Montague and a Capulet?<br />A small section of the Mutter Museum's collection of skulls.<br />Odilon Redon painting.<br />Part of a Google image search page. Sometimes they look like someone designed them.<br />Posada print.<br />Another Mutter Museum specimen.<br />Michael Paulus drawing. He has <a href="http://michaelpaulus.com/section/59023_CHARACTER_STUDY.html">a lot more of these.</a><br />Three unknown photos.<br />A wall in Chitzen Itza, Mexico.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-5009218902876430802010-09-17T06:17:00.000-07:002010-09-17T06:34:12.202-07:00Genies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JK2f1mtvHLiH_slDHazwE0Dtzj0ugKgdyP8CdjaUaDUyFkZIzK_IpaRwutF2HE8t7NPccJii_u1D1IxWRuXoQvhqf8rbHdvqWWuCwoeaL320Gb55yAcuysJaU7_uAMcbSgiEQ4WT72PP/s1600/Genie+treasure+for+web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JK2f1mtvHLiH_slDHazwE0Dtzj0ugKgdyP8CdjaUaDUyFkZIzK_IpaRwutF2HE8t7NPccJii_u1D1IxWRuXoQvhqf8rbHdvqWWuCwoeaL320Gb55yAcuysJaU7_uAMcbSgiEQ4WT72PP/s400/Genie+treasure+for+web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517871384846548402" border="0" /></a><br />Here are the <a href="http://gnemec.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-escher.html">repeating genies</a> in place. (It helps to click on the image to enlarge it) This illustrates a story in a math magazine, and I warn you, even a story-problem lover like me gets lost trying to solve this one.<br /><br />What these explorers are viewing is an octagonal treasure chest, with a drum at each corner. Inside each drum is a genie, each standing either heads up or feet up. Each time you strike a drum, the genie within flips over AND the entire octagon spins so that you don't know which drum you have just struck. Once all genies are either heads up or feet up, the treasure chest opens. The logic starts out simply (If there were only two genies, you would hit one drum and the chest opens) but I am left behind as the numbers increase and the thinking gets complicated. <br /><br />But it's not the illustrator's job to understand the math. What is important: solving the editors' dilemma. Namely, how can you illustrate genies that nobody can see? That was the inspiration for creating a repeating surface pattern to begin with.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-43014206248926522182010-07-20T07:09:00.000-07:002010-07-20T07:25:14.041-07:00I ESCHER<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9sn6LvcOcnPYsx4AE3j_O_2nI1-t5n-wy7765n-Ba7-WordB0BNNqgqrmP2AY5A9FeODwkI5dmivZIoz8xty9deyiFluTrf5ROLqSKioSb0oHgUUjJxPHUsWD5-ud8uDmqPiKHOdbdbt/s1600/genie+final+pattern+template+color+no+black.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9sn6LvcOcnPYsx4AE3j_O_2nI1-t5n-wy7765n-Ba7-WordB0BNNqgqrmP2AY5A9FeODwkI5dmivZIoz8xty9deyiFluTrf5ROLqSKioSb0oHgUUjJxPHUsWD5-ud8uDmqPiKHOdbdbt/s400/genie+final+pattern+template+color+no+black.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495992720028217506" border="0" /></a><br />I was looking for a heart icon, but could only find the Apple logo. Then I realized it's more accurate in this case: if you focus on the bite, it reads "I chomp Escher." Because I often do. In this case, I really did take a big bite. I have always marveled at his interlocking repeating figures. I designed the genies as part of another image that isn't complete yet. Eventually they will wrap around an object, including the top of a round chest:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsy6IhJF8ZhRSDO6TMdU8NQlKI7i4dlr-bH5Oms2FbhzgT3DCjxHx_MQfKXMi0h4D1lDv-Jw5jXfAAk2VI25ebFNOmY2clGSwnjaNKy-Bnm9PHi3HQhq4N4P8lvLUZsUiaCLIgysMyT0oN/s1600/genie+final+patternsmall+ellipse+9.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsy6IhJF8ZhRSDO6TMdU8NQlKI7i4dlr-bH5Oms2FbhzgT3DCjxHx_MQfKXMi0h4D1lDv-Jw5jXfAAk2VI25ebFNOmY2clGSwnjaNKy-Bnm9PHi3HQhq4N4P8lvLUZsUiaCLIgysMyT0oN/s400/genie+final+patternsmall+ellipse+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495992730570471250" border="0" /></a><br />Thanks to our friend Photoshop, I can repeat it endlessly, and in a variety of distorted shapes. What would M.C. have done with a Mac?g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-69350250321915207842010-05-07T12:24:00.000-07:002010-05-07T12:46:25.229-07:00They're Gonna Put Me in the Movies<object width="395" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hlbeIcICkXQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hlbeIcICkXQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="395" height="325"></embed></object><br /><br />Here's the book trailer for "Diamond Ruby" written by Joe Wallace. At the 1:30 mark is a cameo appearance of the poster I made to promote the book. This trailer was all shot in and around Pleasantville, and combines new footage and historic footage.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-56871613455084179522010-05-05T17:36:00.001-07:002010-05-05T17:53:38.899-07:00Caricature of a Caricature<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1T70Dd2jZhGqw_noyheVsyTgnX8EaT8LbUE-ZujngCT29EE7yl_6XRA-ZCSuM4q3JrQWuNVsJ_L9o_HyQMGKqJ5kANZk9ReBMBdgwZTFyXup5ZWcSK2J5vP58tDlfcBZwJ9DDcpSHZMS/s1600/glenn+beck+final.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1T70Dd2jZhGqw_noyheVsyTgnX8EaT8LbUE-ZujngCT29EE7yl_6XRA-ZCSuM4q3JrQWuNVsJ_L9o_HyQMGKqJ5kANZk9ReBMBdgwZTFyXup5ZWcSK2J5vP58tDlfcBZwJ9DDcpSHZMS/s400/glenn+beck+final.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467950539015564018" border="0" /></a>Here's an illustration I just did for an article about the demonization of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Fox_Piven">Frances Fox Piven</a> by Glenn Beck and those of his ilk. It was a good opportunity to draw someone who really doesn't need much tweaking to become a caricature. He has always reminded me of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Beale">Howard Beale</a>, who was fictional and seen as an extreme satirical character back when "Network" was released in 1976. Watching the movie now, there is nothing extreme or satirical about it. It just seems prescient. A possibly mentally unstable individual, who is encouraged to act in outrageous ways for television ratings? Today we can't even count the Howard Beales.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-16441310165227561872010-04-11T18:47:00.000-07:002010-04-11T19:04:28.652-07:00"There is No Dog" round 5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08I_TINJdC3G4gSk1XTsPzBjRZr22jLRsnB5IHK4kLWOdcm2I7VMxLy5EUky0Ucz14oXHWyWrHIt1z2bt4h0Vsw8iHq3FkU2XzKRHck-mEtJx5UpoJwFSGr-Cq2Xcs5cS5PPcTFiLc-Hq/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08I_TINJdC3G4gSk1XTsPzBjRZr22jLRsnB5IHK4kLWOdcm2I7VMxLy5EUky0Ucz14oXHWyWrHIt1z2bt4h0Vsw8iHq3FkU2XzKRHck-mEtJx5UpoJwFSGr-Cq2Xcs5cS5PPcTFiLc-Hq/s400/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459062584513674050" border="0" /></a><br />The last of three "There is no dog" projects done with my friend John Bergin was the most satisfying. It really felt like an artistic process that evolved into something better and better, and like all good collaborations it would have never been born without both artists' input. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-0n64rkuwlrLDFTMsA0fHcS9sH5QddBo6LQxs88hRK4X1ugKvowyWawUN6H5tG3ajt8eLGc3V61sGSpoLSo8UtrEsE5sh9bexhvJ_UayoHwm4E580i_qiONWV6voLXgnAdkNzt-hUfMY/s1600-h/TIN_LunaC2-final.jpg">It can be seen in its entirety here</a>. The rest of John's <a href="http://neindog.blogspot.com/">collaborations are here</a>.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-57049541381193756752010-01-20T12:22:00.000-08:002010-01-20T12:42:31.428-08:00"There Is No Dog" rounds 3 and 4<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ji8D8pH6aqbwVKk1pPWxRJGMeyw1rtcD4_7-nVqVm8HyTAFBTCPCQlla9LEGhVI_aqux2dZ97yfJ_makmWMt4tQj2RHtB7FARxOEXNJO2iLPCrYlJkK_yHYyZ4auv4CWUoE8X4oWzCm3/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 352px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ji8D8pH6aqbwVKk1pPWxRJGMeyw1rtcD4_7-nVqVm8HyTAFBTCPCQlla9LEGhVI_aqux2dZ97yfJ_makmWMt4tQj2RHtB7FARxOEXNJO2iLPCrYlJkK_yHYyZ4auv4CWUoE8X4oWzCm3/s400/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428922446794755154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTI24Olb7wtPkdLzEDQUYg5B0oNa0y3Afzq0WTX_y45ZdWWEY0HcL0BVPhO87gP_-tXslwUqFAfFiPLyUIasmO6VxGGZgwyvnbko_Q7nj8w04RBIoSsSauN0Z43brO3fS0jZEExzvTuzQ/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTI24Olb7wtPkdLzEDQUYg5B0oNa0y3Afzq0WTX_y45ZdWWEY0HcL0BVPhO87gP_-tXslwUqFAfFiPLyUIasmO6VxGGZgwyvnbko_Q7nj8w04RBIoSsSauN0Z43brO3fS0jZEExzvTuzQ/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428922438856472370" /></a><br />See my previous post to get caught up. The two details at the top of the page are from the two completed pieces as they appear on John Bergin's new blog. As the Luna Park image (in progress below) and those by other artists collaborating with John are finished, <a href="http://neindog.blogspot.com/">they can be seen there.</a><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://neindog.blogspot.com/"></a>Luna Park, in progress. Here's what John sent back to me (click to enlarge):<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VzyUEI_YkcHAk10rOXQ-pE89dBU1D9cStCsGJhFNLOunOHy2aoh_ti6lJIYz_ts2Po2i7K2AJ-0XWfDbZeDwNX_EDfklpkO6dpeNj2wWcazAHmUuivWWI5v4r7-kIWA-dnr7lBTSlVhe/s1600-h/TIN_LunaA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VzyUEI_YkcHAk10rOXQ-pE89dBU1D9cStCsGJhFNLOunOHy2aoh_ti6lJIYz_ts2Po2i7K2AJ-0XWfDbZeDwNX_EDfklpkO6dpeNj2wWcazAHmUuivWWI5v4r7-kIWA-dnr7lBTSlVhe/s400/TIN_LunaA.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428920584763895826" /></a><br />This references the true story of the bizarre spectacle of an elephant being electrocuted to death right in Luna Park. Here's what I sent back to him.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfHPsoAFIX5ng753oTRNpOi55UpK7tSliNb4awLqJwY7-YuB47z6vuWAwDOa94rThx53Pl-1Sxn6KOWff4xcq3KqSeaJPRrZ-EB6mhC2xV2mTsYO4AkMDM5xGIADFR1MVQWlqxDAm9uE0/s1600-h/TIN_LunaB.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfHPsoAFIX5ng753oTRNpOi55UpK7tSliNb4awLqJwY7-YuB47z6vuWAwDOa94rThx53Pl-1Sxn6KOWff4xcq3KqSeaJPRrZ-EB6mhC2xV2mTsYO4AkMDM5xGIADFR1MVQWlqxDAm9uE0/s400/TIN_LunaB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428920985146340338" /></a></div>g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-40745824781511349072010-01-06T21:01:00.000-08:002010-01-06T21:59:02.966-08:00"There Is No Dog" rounds 1 and 2<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>My friend <a href="http://www.grindertool.com/">John Bergin</a> (who is <a href="http://gnemec.blogspot.com/2008/02/guy-making-cool-things.html">always making cool things</a>) invited me to do an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_corpse">Exquisite Corpse-style</a> project he is calling "There is no dog." He also sent this to other artist friends. The idea is that I add something and send it back to him, he does the same, until it is done. Here are the three options he sent (click on image to see them bigger): <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhDDa7SYoK9RZ22Ef3lgo4PTqXGOwsRa1wJm2dvmlQfMt9cvcSmVLbsLSMBEt7Vnm901IUEk4wv_-eac1b6Puc21nkYGreItVwwfa4PfApUqwD_9JfPvQj2ypgRbPS_CuRrEDiO-gNhhF/s1600-h/TIN+DOG+round+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhDDa7SYoK9RZ22Ef3lgo4PTqXGOwsRa1wJm2dvmlQfMt9cvcSmVLbsLSMBEt7Vnm901IUEk4wv_-eac1b6Puc21nkYGreItVwwfa4PfApUqwD_9JfPvQj2ypgRbPS_CuRrEDiO-gNhhF/s400/TIN+DOG+round+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423867994293710946" /></a>I thought I might as well add to all three, and see what he does next. From left to right, I added a detail of an illustration I am working on, a Gericault painting, and a photo of Luna Park at Coney island that I am using as reference for another illustration. Here's Round 2:<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJa6ScyYLiPIitnL7ywJ8G9frLAJSnTCIpRBK7fXXSMRe7g51JVmS5nSnnvDtuw7BLd0OzVshBNB0eh5_cd6zg7ZbuY38gX0X_JJoOEtHWS5gl8wj_6QASOlBqrQBpaBzKU8a0WNzcxG4/s1600-h/TIN+DOG+round+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJa6ScyYLiPIitnL7ywJ8G9frLAJSnTCIpRBK7fXXSMRe7g51JVmS5nSnnvDtuw7BLd0OzVshBNB0eh5_cd6zg7ZbuY38gX0X_JJoOEtHWS5gl8wj_6QASOlBqrQBpaBzKU8a0WNzcxG4/s400/TIN+DOG+round+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423870290167953890" /></a></div><br />Stay tuned.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-32535954516736438732009-12-22T11:39:00.001-08:002009-12-22T11:48:31.142-08:00Someone's learning Illustrator...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacbKeOwBKmGKrXPDAyJkBMnrMmEsaV-EQSoEiqVPd3LoCBLbBFoJEwSqni-D3XWMOleU0pzxFmZqPtaaHkMtndeV1JR9j0F0MqH2AJtCl7JDWLrihVlLB4AnN098NxvcSfChyHgpkzcO4/s1600-h/Hahnet+final+art.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacbKeOwBKmGKrXPDAyJkBMnrMmEsaV-EQSoEiqVPd3LoCBLbBFoJEwSqni-D3XWMOleU0pzxFmZqPtaaHkMtndeV1JR9j0F0MqH2AJtCl7JDWLrihVlLB4AnN098NxvcSfChyHgpkzcO4/s400/Hahnet+final+art.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418147707971547762" /></a>I try, I really do. Here's a logo (the lettering part already existed) incorporating a new mascot I designed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRm5wG9h6IpTDlyYQn7UZeowBQ4kKLXcMgPO_Z_0t6damurxCXPDOgOzHApDX5bvTOFrMJT6df6awY0YYLkhbcTPv-OWEB7upOrzXY7zX4J2olpkr1on5c2OalGj7PgRSH8p_0LmQAffbt/s1600-h/Diamond+Ruby+logotype.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRm5wG9h6IpTDlyYQn7UZeowBQ4kKLXcMgPO_Z_0t6damurxCXPDOgOzHApDX5bvTOFrMJT6df6awY0YYLkhbcTPv-OWEB7upOrzXY7zX4J2olpkr1on5c2OalGj7PgRSH8p_0LmQAffbt/s400/Diamond+Ruby+logotype.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418147703982770802" /></a>Here's a logotype for Diamond Ruby who is the main character in my friend's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439160058/simonsayscom">soon-to-be-published novel</a>. Picture her initials on the front of a baseball cap in 1923. Stay tuned as this may be featured on other materials, like a poster and actual caps.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-59300308520895392252009-11-24T08:05:00.000-08:002009-11-24T08:17:47.895-08:00More Star Wars by fans<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGj6o1hAI2kkRFgUSPBZd9kz1h2KwUya8X3_b3YFQLUTzWTLr9fvGS20cD1VchSed1hJaKbQ_ClgVfl-3rPtH3bU4DmPfVpSG2LzLgltULFuO-Y5DpC8ys9nLtIG7vCx9O-by4AyjBbbP/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGj6o1hAI2kkRFgUSPBZd9kz1h2KwUya8X3_b3YFQLUTzWTLr9fvGS20cD1VchSed1hJaKbQ_ClgVfl-3rPtH3bU4DmPfVpSG2LzLgltULFuO-Y5DpC8ys9nLtIG7vCx9O-by4AyjBbbP/s400/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407704792190726482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnME_n_H-0AZ9QSzVKp9DwCEOPW9bxiGVCnCWB3IBxKjsezsH-ZTfadfJ0em_fA-mI02hJKjqKmx946FDJ0wMjOwTIvnhBQKddMQr1JfjnqButOLt5TcMqQ7ZF3ykxu1ObMWyjqa3g0l1e/s1600/Picture+1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnME_n_H-0AZ9QSzVKp9DwCEOPW9bxiGVCnCWB3IBxKjsezsH-ZTfadfJ0em_fA-mI02hJKjqKmx946FDJ0wMjOwTIvnhBQKddMQr1JfjnqButOLt5TcMqQ7ZF3ykxu1ObMWyjqa3g0l1e/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407704783167096338" /></a><br />I got interviewed for this <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/fans-create-star-wars-online/story?id=9136962&page=1">ABC Online article about the Star Wars Uncut</a> project, which is a good opportunity to <a href="http://starwarsuncut.com/">link to it again</a>, and to point you to <a href="http://vimeo.com/7139704">a clip by my friends' son Gio</a>, a gradeschooler whose clip is awesome and whose drawings (above) of Stormtroopers, C3P0, and Leia put mine to shame.g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-37782899520533083912009-11-10T08:02:00.000-08:002009-11-10T08:58:52.024-08:00She Wore Blue Velvet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAyvRK3tenSGh9mDGdasROSfXzTIJw5_yh2OrKdAy7dziF-HgcRU8zbQkyqNK6mH8ZGjZrzcu-GGLNl5gTOevjhBvb1NCQnfU4zzzzU7hMqkq5WWqSHnxdyg4r1GhBE9TCyzKnLTrvmlB/s1600-h/Blue+Velvet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAyvRK3tenSGh9mDGdasROSfXzTIJw5_yh2OrKdAy7dziF-HgcRU8zbQkyqNK6mH8ZGjZrzcu-GGLNl5gTOevjhBvb1NCQnfU4zzzzU7hMqkq5WWqSHnxdyg4r1GhBE9TCyzKnLTrvmlB/s400/Blue+Velvet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402507469046103794" /></a>I have written before about <a href="http://gnemec.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html">how much this movie affected me when I first saw it</a>. I should probably mention that I haven't seen it in over twenty years and don't necessarily want to view it again. The snippet they used in "The Squid and the Whale" was enough for me. But "Blue Velvet" has stayed with me. It's a good entry point anyway to look at poster design in different places.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReV4n6wihfDafRE0eqtG3ZBZmYp4AcrlJovlR3ah6jo2mAYHtMH3SNWkx-r9-FYqSXIHwg5DbtM4-hEqQHNEHXfi1tdxwksI-29_rAoFk81JR2kMVPxVL5EEr8JEHQPZBaPupqtnmBfvp/s1600-h/BLUE+VELVET+TUR.JPG.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReV4n6wihfDafRE0eqtG3ZBZmYp4AcrlJovlR3ah6jo2mAYHtMH3SNWkx-r9-FYqSXIHwg5DbtM4-hEqQHNEHXfi1tdxwksI-29_rAoFk81JR2kMVPxVL5EEr8JEHQPZBaPupqtnmBfvp/s400/BLUE+VELVET+TUR.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402507471009137186" /></a>Here is a Turkish version. Helpless damsel and macho violence.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeefOmrm8weJ1FGkhn_AvoSpZxvTI_mRFQpUe5KQzsmDi1T1T8zAHArR00MWwYnj3r1gNJzBNEBRHQQBr9cNkDjgF4IzzjybJFGlbv9W9f2UUW5mbY5myP_W3gEFrBOjOtsMvZncQNk-x0/s1600-h/BLUE_VELVET(2).JPG.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeefOmrm8weJ1FGkhn_AvoSpZxvTI_mRFQpUe5KQzsmDi1T1T8zAHArR00MWwYnj3r1gNJzBNEBRHQQBr9cNkDjgF4IzzjybJFGlbv9W9f2UUW5mbY5myP_W3gEFrBOjOtsMvZncQNk-x0/s400/BLUE_VELVET(2).JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402507481046224162" /></a>This German version focuses on montage and heavy symbolism.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4rGsYw52ly3E2_WWHruZGOb5vlm0tg-XDWe9P9eDpGqOGZ23qsu8QyeFrPzHO1_97xmAn6NZURmKApg7x-5UzUSMhMPazCYVezkvvC-ahQp_SIVfSr-ST9MHmqHM0DzrVVpCqwfSIbzX/s1600-h/BLUE+VELVET+LFR.JPG.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4rGsYw52ly3E2_WWHruZGOb5vlm0tg-XDWe9P9eDpGqOGZ23qsu8QyeFrPzHO1_97xmAn6NZURmKApg7x-5UzUSMhMPazCYVezkvvC-ahQp_SIVfSr-ST9MHmqHM0DzrVVpCqwfSIbzX/s400/BLUE+VELVET+LFR.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402511731530757202" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"></span></a>These two evocative French posters show characters looking out, helplessly. The one on the left decorated the front window of a video store near my college, so I would be greeted by that haunted look whenever I walked to class. <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4rGsYw52ly3E2_WWHruZGOb5vlm0tg-XDWe9P9eDpGqOGZ23qsu8QyeFrPzHO1_97xmAn6NZURmKApg7x-5UzUSMhMPazCYVezkvvC-ahQp_SIVfSr-ST9MHmqHM0DzrVVpCqwfSIbzX/s1600-h/BLUE+VELVET+LFR.JPG.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Fyyh4QzU-0XEm3hfuHXj7Y8e-beoiVZy54cw22ES4lThp898ScUGivNgILAtvo9IeR4P5FgrxDhOG5Hc4APCFqW3gnE0AMhucArP3D0cSEMoDe36aoz_LWrtPUMpCQVMb2JpvD_zMjAs/s1600-h/04BlueVelvetItalian2-1.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Fyyh4QzU-0XEm3hfuHXj7Y8e-beoiVZy54cw22ES4lThp898ScUGivNgILAtvo9IeR4P5FgrxDhOG5Hc4APCFqW3gnE0AMhucArP3D0cSEMoDe36aoz_LWrtPUMpCQVMb2JpvD_zMjAs/s400/04BlueVelvetItalian2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402511734857299666" /></a>I saw a copy of this hanging in an office at <a href="http://www.burnsfilmcenter.org/">the JBFC</a>, signed by Isabella Rossellini herself. What does this disturbing and violent image have to do with the disturbing and violent film? The story is that it is based on a scene excised from the final cut of the film. <div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vj62qvJsUQ3tCY3x844lr5XJ9eXKu5J916Jroofuoaw8GKHDL18cDKAZt53WDJnjVwUdipqKr_V3mD1Lz4WuqOU2405hDG345GZBF93rQNHNNRfoEEhYhZkyiCcgTEb1z7BGoY4Z7fHS/s1600-h/blue-velvet-poster-Jan-Mlodozeniec.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vj62qvJsUQ3tCY3x844lr5XJ9eXKu5J916Jroofuoaw8GKHDL18cDKAZt53WDJnjVwUdipqKr_V3mD1Lz4WuqOU2405hDG345GZBF93rQNHNNRfoEEhYhZkyiCcgTEb1z7BGoY4Z7fHS/s1600-h/blue-velvet-poster-Jan-Mlodozeniec.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vj62qvJsUQ3tCY3x844lr5XJ9eXKu5J916Jroofuoaw8GKHDL18cDKAZt53WDJnjVwUdipqKr_V3mD1Lz4WuqOU2405hDG345GZBF93rQNHNNRfoEEhYhZkyiCcgTEb1z7BGoY4Z7fHS/s400/blue-velvet-poster-Jan-Mlodozeniec.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402511732983631218" /></a>This is a Polish poster by Jan Mlodozeniec, who created <a href="http://www.poster.com.pl/mlodozeniec.htm">many film posters</a> and applied his light and clever touch to even the darkest subjects.</div></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzQoLf-HKi2Ia2PsXuuJl7gvspeuNskN7fHzzCGDkh5adfxFdgKpRoe_TqHAe9vSmA9xqiTrz3pw4I65bPSfHCP0ixgdj83M0R8DGHbEOTrOC46WSG1ljWlI_9B1M2lnh10kdaXHjwRZe/s1600-h/blue-velvet-college+film-poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzQoLf-HKi2Ia2PsXuuJl7gvspeuNskN7fHzzCGDkh5adfxFdgKpRoe_TqHAe9vSmA9xqiTrz3pw4I65bPSfHCP0ixgdj83M0R8DGHbEOTrOC46WSG1ljWlI_9B1M2lnh10kdaXHjwRZe/s400/blue-velvet-college+film-poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402517330769099714" /></a><br />This is a DIY poster for a 2008 Valentine's Day college campus screening. Looks like it's 5 in a run of 25 screen prints. I bet they all were taken soon after being posted. I know I would have wanted one.</div>g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-85082220023353964962009-10-13T06:26:00.001-07:002009-10-13T06:32:59.670-07:00Like, whoa!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYJtXb_sxRmNekeUAHT_N6_djuk92QUtAFD9psnTRtvzWi_ZKWF4fHdR9ZzmTs2SO9VU_9l-iaUnFvxcjSLrN9PWx_d-fH20iIEi7_rK4bBd3ngltGuIVMGGvOcOE5_sL7GTL2J06OcAe/s1600-h/3escher-hand-with-reflecting-sphere-medium.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYJtXb_sxRmNekeUAHT_N6_djuk92QUtAFD9psnTRtvzWi_ZKWF4fHdR9ZzmTs2SO9VU_9l-iaUnFvxcjSLrN9PWx_d-fH20iIEi7_rK4bBd3ngltGuIVMGGvOcOE5_sL7GTL2J06OcAe/s400/3escher-hand-with-reflecting-sphere-medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392075594034927346" /></a>What if, like, you could be inside the sphere that M.C. Escher is holding, and be, like, peering out, and looking all around the room? Dude,<a href="http://www.ciudadesferica.com/varios/experimentos/escher/"> now you can.</a><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.ciudadesferica.com/varios/experimentos/escher/">http://www.ciudadesferica.com/varios/experimentos/escher/</a></div>g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300673360306505562.post-57376642190310396792009-09-25T05:13:00.001-07:002009-09-25T05:20:36.280-07:00Final Star Wars scene<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg172ShUTifZPym6smhs5cvVdFbIk3STfNQxWp5yWKV5AcY1_8vxL7FuZtnJt2WHE0lEaGYO9Syd1lI70bz8nR1TAU8-2_3VXgh6eecNYNSZqBGHcTrYwDwBoMwuVSvXts2iWEGjEGW06q5/s1600-h/RD+3PO+in+pod.JPEG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg172ShUTifZPym6smhs5cvVdFbIk3STfNQxWp5yWKV5AcY1_8vxL7FuZtnJt2WHE0lEaGYO9Syd1lI70bz8nR1TAU8-2_3VXgh6eecNYNSZqBGHcTrYwDwBoMwuVSvXts2iWEGjEGW06q5/s400/RD+3PO+in+pod.JPEG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385377346326985074" /></a><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6748732&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6748732&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6748732">Star Wars Uncut - Scene 021</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2293525">Gregory Nemec</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>My last one (only three are allowed, which is probably a good thing for my sanity) which includes my first attempt at hand-painted frames. The rapidly changing lighting is so much a part of the shot of the pod launching that I didn't see another way to do it. I already had a healthy respect for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1EbNvHDxbA">Alexander Petrov</a>, but my respect for him has grown.</p>g nemechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083567407358167587noreply@blogger.com0