carrie hawks

Reform School

2010-10-10T07:47:00.000-07:00

Damon Locks

I went to the Reform School art event yesterday with my friend.

This promotes the importance of the arts in education. Lots of great work and some fun interactive projects, like photos.

Check it out Sunday and Monday 10/10, 10/11

Some of my Best Friends are... roundtable discussion on race at A.I.R. (Dumbo)

2010-09-02T10:00:00.000-07:00

Last Friday, I went to the second discussion on Race and white privilege in the art community organized by

	Suzanne Broughel

of tART. Discussions varied on difficult it is even to tell if there's discrimination based on race, or if it is just an individual bias towards the person at hand. Another audience member brought up needing to have allies withing the white community if you wanted to change the way the system worked.

Towards the end, the question was raised on how to reach out to an audience that may need their ideas of privilege challenged. Because if you were attending this talk in the first place, would you already be aware and working on change?

Panelists included:
Florine Demosthene
Zulema Griffin (working in fashion, film, and art)
Elizabeth Sturges Llerena
Kira Greene
Nakiesha Gumbs
Kenya Robinson

ANIMATION!

2010-08-02T10:51:00.000-07:00

Went to the 2nd Animation Block Party viewing at BAM this past weekend.
Really wide range of films from "Let's Make Out" to the emotionally heavier "Old Fangs" by Adrien Merigeau

Working on a film

2010-07-30T13:22:00.000-07:00

About race, family, and passing.
Here's a sneak peek image, related to the paper bag test and black churches.

upcoming events

2010-06-13T18:38:00.000-07:00

Barter Town on Saturday June 19th and the A.I.R. "Wish You were Here" postcard show, opening Thurs. June 24th.

I'll be trading dreadlock dolls. Come on through, no money involved.

Gaga inspired outfit

2010-06-02T21:43:00.001-07:00

I sewed this outfit for a party. Might make the dress a little tighter.

Press for video

2010-05-25T12:09:00.000-07:00

After working on a huge freelance project for the last several months, going to make time for art now.
A bit of press for the video featured in Gimme a Minute in January 2010.

Swarm

2010-01-23T16:38:00.001-08:00

This video piece was included in the "Give me a minute" show that opened at the Shirey The Shirey on Jan. 22nd. Thanks to all who came out. For those that couldn't make it, watch now.
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photo shoot

2010-01-23T16:13:00.000-08:00

I've always been fascinated with vampires and blood. I find them quite attractive and sad at the same time. Those fantasies started to take form in this photo shoot with photographer James Bently.

Video Art

2010-01-11T19:41:00.000-08:00

My animation "Swarm" will be included in an exhibition at The Shirey in Brooklyn opening on January 22nd. The works will also be featured online after the opening.

in production

2009-10-21T20:24:00.000-07:00

started working last Saturday on this one. partial thanks to the cold, damp weather for keeping me indoors.

to change my process, i started with the panting instead of the collage elements. used my fingers to paint in the beginning, i did feel closer to the work.

drawings from the summer

2009-10-21T20:21:00.000-07:00

Detail of a piece about female ejaculation

Did a piece about commodities. some ladies were comparing their purses and got me thinking about identity and consumption. it seems to be a stronger influence on me here in New York

recent art collages

2009-10-17T14:16:00.001-07:00

Working on a new series that addresses aggressive female sexuality.

The pieces utilize cut-outs from magazines, catalogs along with gouache, colored pencil, and pen.

2009-06-08T21:17:00.000-07:00

sketchy

2009-05-20T11:00:00.001-07:00

A fight might break out. Be careful

bunny time

2008-08-17T14:26:00.001-07:00

please check out my website

2008-04-15T12:03:00.001-07:00

maroonhorizon

romanian crabs

2008-03-24T20:01:00.000-07:00

so, made a new logo for romania, and still working on fixing the animation. The flag colors are red, yellow, and blue. The art and monataries, really use bright versions of those colors too.

bunraku promo

2008-03-24T14:48:00.000-07:00

finished up some suggested changes over the weekend.

kid tested, mother approved

2008-03-24T13:16:00.000-07:00

these are some boards i printed over the weekend. jeff approved the layouts in class.

more great designers/artists

2008-03-18T11:16:00.000-07:00

Dustin Arnold (website): Fabien Barral

i read over ben's post from last week and stumbled across one of Fabien's sites that featured "excellent" work of other designers. it's called graphic exchange.
i got there after looking for Dustin Arnold's work. Both designers insanely talented.

Dustin's work is

gallery logos

2008-03-17T06:34:00.000-07:00

most of them look similar. eventhough i wasn't a big fan of the Tate Modern logo, but it does stand out.

another style frames

2008-03-16T23:28:00.001-07:00

secretary: title sequence pick

2008-03-11T20:06:00.001-07:00

after hearing kris's choice of film, i got jealous. so i decided to do "secretary"

here's a link to the trailer.
and the first couple minutes

much different direction than Black Orpheus, but I've got several ideas in mind.

some reworks

2008-03-10T22:55:00.001-07:00

playtime!

2008-02-28T12:40:00.001-08:00

my tricky animation as well as another piece that didn't get used.

simplest website

2008-02-09T12:07:00.000-08:00

beautiful work, extremely simple website of illustrations

jaredpurrington.com

CSS guide online

2008-02-06T07:56:00.000-08:00

this site shows you the css code for positioning, links (rollover displays, etc) and many other terms. you can see how they are used.

css tutorials

title sequence: the number 23

2008-02-05T08:36:00.000-08:00

very interesting sequence using stains and type by Imaginary Forces.
check it out

tricky ad

2008-02-04T08:57:00.000-08:00

style frames for tricky short music video

blk pages redo

2008-02-01T20:23:00.000-08:00

Project I: Doll trance

2008-01-29T20:47:00.000-08:00

two dolls. one falls asleep. sees the other in a dream sequence. they meet.

doll trance

2008-01-15T20:14:00.001-08:00

Proposal visuals

2008-01-14T14:36:00.001-08:00

Option #1: Create 30 second commerical for Romanian Tourism, especially Bran Castle (promoted as Dracula's castle). As well as 1-2 Flash animations. This will feature crabs and castles.

Option #2

Create a 30 second tv commercial for Heifer International using 2-D animation.

portfolio websites

2008-01-09T17:42:00.001-08:00

some pretty well designed portfolio sites for graphic designer

and other artists.

very clean and highlights the work

mosk
sophietoulouse

anovadesign

neat navigation guy (watch "booger" in multimedia)

Sun-han Kwon

i really like the handdrawn subtexts that pop up.
derek lea
the site for this one is really involved, but really fun too.
teddies in space

bunraku storyboard

2007-12-22T09:06:00.000-08:00

idea for bunraku logo storyboard

annual report--comments wanted

2007-12-09T16:46:00.000-08:00

so i adjusted the type and logo on the cover.

increased the size of the graph on the first spread.

any feedback would be great. i'll be posting more stuff later.

wallpapers

2007-12-05T10:41:00.000-08:00

i designed some mobile wallpapers at my internship. for this one they wanted a background for the PowderPuff Girls. i did about 8 total and now i'm designing ads for them too.

And one for Bloo.

at least one ad

2007-12-02T22:40:00.000-08:00

i think this one's close to done. now just fixing the other two.
change the copy to be more fun.

romantic

2007-12-02T21:01:00.000-08:00

sketchbook collage

bustin out

2007-11-28T14:55:00.001-08:00

second haggar ad so far.

bunraku work

2007-11-25T22:19:00.000-08:00

new direction for Haggar.

2007-11-25T14:35:00.000-08:00

so my greek soldiers didn't work out so well.
found another angle for the Haggar ads.

this one is the furthest along.

motion graphics blog

2007-11-18T21:47:00.000-08:00

met a designer today who told me about motionographer.
it's all motion graphics and they talk about different studios and their projects

sweet card

2007-11-18T20:46:00.001-08:00

holiday cards

2007-11-17T20:14:00.000-08:00

thought i'd post them here too.

haggar initial concept

2007-11-13T22:39:00.001-08:00

just a rough sketch of my idea.
explain more in class.

Melinda Beck--illustrator

2007-11-13T11:14:00.000-08:00

stumbled across her work in Communication Arts.
It reminded me of when Stan asked us for different approaches for a clothing/brand name.

this is for Target.

imaginative imagery in ads

2007-11-11T14:26:00.000-08:00

the minute maid ads were done by Marcel, a firm in Paris

the other three by McCain Erickson which has some really great work.

advertising to the unborn

2007-11-07T10:01:00.000-08:00

crazy idea and article that a friend forwarded online.
companies may want to advertise to the unborn.
if the research is true, unborn peeps exposed to tunes and jingles may develop brand affinity once born.

what?

nu. luxe ads

2007-11-06T19:12:00.000-08:00

there's a small series of these ads for nu. luxe, a lingerie company.
the translation for this one says:

"Renato and Isabela married since 1987"

vote for print magazine student cover

2007-10-23T12:11:00.000-07:00

you can choose one of three to be the winner.
click here

Stephane Tartelin

2007-10-21T20:32:00.000-07:00

found this illustrator/designer's work on myspace.
some pretty neat stuff.

look for more on his website.

Ray Fenwick

2007-10-14T20:06:00.000-07:00

i was looking around and found mention of this guy.
Check out is site.
he's an artist and does a lot of hand-lettering.

another web design

2007-10-10T22:59:00.001-07:00

Kasumasa Nagai--japanese designer

2007-10-10T08:45:00.000-07:00

looking at more design to help my corporate identity project develop.
Kasumasa Nagai has been designing for over 40 years, haven't found much info in English, but did find these examples of his work.

bunraku website

2007-10-09T14:17:00.000-07:00

home and typography page ideas.

revised reconstruction postcards

2007-10-02T20:41:00.000-07:00

bmw commercial

2007-10-02T14:45:00.000-07:00

i've seen this a few times, i respect it more since taking an animation course.

re\constructing atlanta

2007-10-01T11:24:00.001-07:00

ceramics show cards

2007-10-01T11:21:00.001-07:00

saving money on ink, help environment

2007-09-24T17:27:00.000-07:00

A Cartridge World just opened up across the street from my apartment complex. i refilled my Epson black ink for $10.70 including the 20% student discount. this way the cartridge does not end up in a landfill and this process uses less energy to refill.

they have several locations.

Psyop

2007-09-24T06:54:00.001-07:00

Don't remember if Stan showed this in class or I just looked over Andrew's shoulder one day. Super awesome stuff at their site:
psyop.tv.

like this:

advertising makes news

2007-09-18T10:52:00.000-07:00

so Louis Viutton, the maker of those expensive brown and gold bags, really caught my eye yesterday.
their new campaign featurs Mikel Gorbachov. not who comes to mind when i think of fashion really.

cnn is covering the story too.

JibJab

2007-09-18T10:17:00.000-07:00

apparently, everyone's heard of this.
they have different spoofs on their site including a musical medley:
what we call the news.

campaign to care

2007-09-05T10:54:00.001-07:00

not voting, but the (red) campaign tries to get people involved in fighting the spread of AIDS and raising money, awareness.
they definitely made a brand, but i don't know how successful it was.

their commercial doesn't give you any information.

voting

2007-08-29T07:08:00.000-07:00

do you like WWE? honestly, who doesn't, better watch out cuz they're asking you to
smackdown your vote
it has links to several other campaigns including rock the vote, voto latino
Mobilize.org has a refreshing article about how much young people do know about politics

Also, Adobe paired up with AIGA in 2000 for a voting campaign. Look at a a few posters

2007-08-21T19:23:00.000-07:00

a neat one from jcpenney's

ellen animal express

:
geico announcer ad

axe grocery store

ipod swing ad

angel

2007-05-20T21:15:00.001-07:00

tricky logo

2007-04-25T23:23:00.000-07:00

i'm liking this one

snake eggs--finished

2007-04-25T19:38:00.000-07:00

can't wait to see everyone's films tomorrow and our posters.

one more

2007-04-19T08:51:00.001-07:00

more logos

2007-04-18T19:07:00.000-07:00

i may have to keep working on these till the end, but i've got some more options since tuesday.

awesome book cover

2007-04-18T08:09:00.000-07:00

this one uses type very well in the title and in the actual design.
hopefully my best logo will get more expressive as well.

hbo's got great design

2007-04-18T08:07:00.000-07:00

a few examples of series advertisements from HBO

tricky video

2007-04-16T22:43:00.001-07:00

from youtube

tricky

2007-04-16T06:54:00.000-07:00

well i started on the booklet for Tricky, but not sure about the direction of it.
i may use some illustrations instead of so much photography.
we'll see.

best years final options

2007-04-09T22:19:00.000-07:00

think i've decided on two of them.

we'll see tomorrow.

Pov-Ray

2007-04-02T15:02:00.000-07:00

For my CGI class, I made a little house using the POV-Ray application.

teen dramas

2007-04-02T14:56:00.000-07:00

some logos and advertisements of current and past shows.

granted, i haven't seen most of the newer ones, but i'm a huge Buffy fan and loved every second of My So-Called Life.
Teen shows seem a little more pervasive in mainstream culture, or maybe it's just I'm paying attention more now.

Also, the girls on some push the sex-appeal angle quite far.

Ryan McGinness

2007-03-30T09:26:00.000-07:00

I was just reading the latest issue of ArtNews and there's an article on Ryan McGinness. He's a designer/artist interested in the space in between. He uses a lot of invented logos in his work.

In the article he says that he just stopped worrying if he was making art and decided to make what he wanted. good advice i think.

some images from his website:

bit of rendering

2007-03-29T22:33:00.000-07:00

some very low quality seconds of my CGI film.

i love the library

2007-03-23T09:29:00.000-07:00

this job has fantastic perks. i went to the music and media library and looked at the Six Feet Under boxset as well as many others.

The Wicker Man was a small box made out of balsa wood, little nails, and had the graphic either burned on or some kind of varnish/paint.

Albert Ayler Holy Ghost has this detailed plastic box outside, a bound book inside, with a pressed flower, old photo, and other memorabilia. Designed by

World of An Archie, a company here in Atlanta

skulls underwater

2007-03-18T20:19:00.001-07:00

One poster idea with whimsical and lighter tone.

Peyton Place

2007-03-18T17:51:00.000-07:00

some work for my DVD box set.

Crocheted coral reef

2007-03-16T10:19:00.000-07:00

I ran across this amazing project and images on the MSN series Open for Design.

The Institute for Figuring is doing this project.

poster designers

2007-03-15T08:45:00.000-07:00

thanks to ben's post, i came across some other graphic design firms that do posters.
including
the heads of state

pirate images

2007-03-14T19:00:00.000-07:00

i started searching for some pirate stuff on the web. i like the illustration of Captain Hook the most, and the kitty.

Yee-Haw Industries Letterpress

2007-03-13T07:15:00.000-07:00

i like the look of letterpress objects. you can see the indent of the metal which gives it an authenticity.

There is a local letterpress company in Atlanta and several elsewhere. most of them do wedding invitations and such, but this one, YeeHaw Industries, does a lot of design work for companies like Cartoon Network, and posters for rock bands. Plus I love their name.

check out thier site:
yeehawindustries.com

awesome illustrators

2007-03-13T06:47:00.000-07:00

i got this great book of illustrators called "Illustration Now" that features excellent work.
some of my favorites so far are:

Francois Supiot

and Kerry Roper (his is the snickers ad)

as well as Briand Cronin

and Paula Sanz Caballero she uses embroidery!!!

textures

2007-02-26T18:55:00.000-08:00

i took some photos of textures for another brokeback poster.

some neat posters

2007-02-26T14:29:00.000-08:00

many of these are from the Creative Group.
all posters found on the imp website

my 3-d car

2007-02-26T14:27:00.000-08:00

this is the homework for my CGI class

dvd designs

2007-02-14T12:12:00.000-08:00

these may not be actual movie posters, but they are used on the dvd sets.

different use of ordinary food

2007-02-14T10:30:00.000-08:00

vik muniz does art work using: thread, chocolate, dust, air particles, nails, etc.
here's jackson pollack in chocoloate.

his website is: vikmuniz.com

you could do a brokeback poster out of beans!

sculptural everyday

2007-02-14T10:26:00.000-08:00

Tara Donovan is an amazing artist doing incredible things with regular objects.
here's a piece she did using styrofoam cups. this could influcence design work too in many ways.
her gallery site

new resource

2007-02-11T21:04:00.000-08:00

i was looking around to find late 1960s design and other stuff, when i came across
designaddict.com

you can search by year or keyword. i dont think there's much graphic design, but lots of table, chairs, and functional objects.

drawings in trailer

2007-02-09T12:49:00.000-08:00

there's a film called "Four Eyed Monsters" screening on valentine's day at Cinefest. anyway, the poster's kinda neat with drawing and they use a lot of drawing and writing in the trailer as well. check out the trailer

different direction

2007-02-08T08:29:00.000-08:00

after tuesday's class and stan's comments, i'm going to try a different approach to the poster. less western themed and more like the work of Robert Rauchenberg.

here' an example . Sling Shots (1985)

western imagery

2007-02-04T16:58:00.000-08:00

i went to colorado in october of last year and some of these pictures may help me design for our next project.