magda boreysza: art crush of the week - sept. 6 2011

magda_boreysza - her blogsite, fox and comet

i spent YEARS avoiding my talents as an illustrator but recently i've come across many fine artists (online and in print) that continue to impress me, not so much with their skill as with the sheer force of their imagination which is the true genesis (in my opinion) for what is or isnt "art" to begin with. anyone can draw a swirly line, but when your swirly line becomes the equation between geometry and mythology, then shit, you've created a whole new aesthetic.

i may never draw as freely as i once did when i was 6, but at least these folks get me to daydreaming about it...

today, i add another inspirational talent to that list.

gone tumblr...

i've pretty much abandoned this blog for the time being, posting to my tumblr account instead. i wouldn't worry about it too much, i've left blogger before and yet we always seem to end up once again in each other's arms...

art crush of the week

the work of danilo rodrigues; great art, very vibrant...

current art / design sites that intrigue me...

the fox is black -- >

eight hour day blog

tourist magazine -- >

street art utopia --- >>

htmlgiant - - - - >

vintage photograph copyright law...

the source

the content:

Copying Old Photographs: Infringement of Copyright Laws?

According to the U.S. copyright office, "photocopying shops, photography stores and other photo-developing stores are often reluctant to make reproductions of old photographs for fear of violating the copyright law and being sued." "Copy shops have been sued for reproducing copyrighted works and havbeen required to pay substantial damages for infringing copyrighted works. The policy established by a shop is a business decision and risk assessment that the business is entitled to make, because the business may face liability if it reproduces a work even if it did not know the work was copyrighted." In the case of photographs, it is sometimes difficult to determine who owns the copyright and there may be little or no information about the owner on individual copies. Ownership of a "copy" of a photograph is distinct from the "work" itself -- the intangible intellectual property. The owner of the "work" is generally the photographer or, in certain situations, the employer of the photographer. The subject of the photograph generally has nothing to do with the ownership of the copyright in the photograph. If the photographer is no longer living, the rights in the photograph are determined by the photographer's will or passed as personal property by the applicable laws of intestate succession. However, in the U.S. virtually all photographs published before January1923 are now in the public domain. http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm There also may be situations in which the reproduction of a photograph may be a "fair use" under the U.S. copyright law. http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html But, "Access and use of unpublished materials or those created after January 1923 can be much more complex, since each of the four rights of the copyright holder can be controlled separately . . . it is possible to acquire a physical print of an image through purchase or gift, without obtaining any other rights to the image. The copyright holder may retain any or all of the four supplemental rights associated with subsequent use of the work." http://www.vintagephoto.com/reference/copyrightarticle1.htm (Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 12 April 2006, Vol. 9, No. 15. Reproduced with permission. [HCS edd note: introduction to article has been omitted by HCS, and title changed slightly from original.])

the ministry of artistic affairs

- the dopest art group name, ever! them.

well... second best name. hard to beat 'the date farmers'.

mini rocketman car ad...

i love this commercial!


Mini - Rocketman Concept from PostPanic on Vimeo.
Director: Mischa Rozema

Production: PostPanic

Agency: BSUR



Director Mischa Rozema returns with another trademark visually unique mixed media film, combining live action with 2d/3d animation, motion graphics, stock footage and visual effects.

BSUR approached PostPanic to help them create an extra special product launch film to match the distinctive new MINI Rocketman concept.

Most staggering is that the whole production took just 4 weeks from start to finish, including two studio shoots in Amsterdam and Munich.

current design sites i'm inspired by...

1. rainypixels

2. the dieline

3. we made this

4. design is kinky

bbcX365

johnny selman's website of current-affairs/politics posters... bbcx365

AYG!!!

awaken your gods!!!
new illustration / collage series... posters are available;
contact me at upfromsumdirt@gmail.com for details.

the new banner

my habit...

i cant seem to kick it. i think i've finally created just as many bookcovers as i have poems now...

i met the walrus

"i met the walrus"
- an interview of john lennon by jerry levitan.

i have so much art-geek-love for this video it's ridiculous!

written by josh raskin, illustrated by james braithwaite 


I Met The Walrus from Paraskevi Koutouba on Vimeo.

the new mythium cover...

i've done about a billion various covers since the fall... this is the one that's speaking the most directly to us...

the new blog profile

this is how i see myself when the astral projection of me is looking
down at me asleep, dreaming about what i look like in an alternate reality.

been a fan of nick anderson's editorial cartoon work since
he was at louisville's courier journal...
(go cards!)

new collage "spiritual summit"

 new, limited series poster print for sale, signed - $45.
(sans the artist's name billboarded across the middle!)

blogger, please...

the blogger 'captcha' system knows me so very well!

below is the comment-message page i was given when leaving a reply on my latest favorite new blog-site the epedestrian... 

maybe its a case of blogger-profiling... i 'ont know, but this time i embrace it; it's a beautiful thing!

i'm happy nappy!

emptying out my cache...

graphic design work is slow-goings-on with black designers... i've done some good things and enjoyed it, but freelancing in a small market is absolute murder, regardless of race. and i've ran the gamut of online resources, from buying leads to crowdsourcing (hock, spit!) - things that have taken away from the visual art side of 'upfromsumdirt'... visual art has always paid off for me, whether its been solo exhibition, group shows or online panhandling. folks have approached me as an artist to ask me to create work for them in my own style that i think represents their needs, whereas trying to convince potential clients that my style could be helpful to them just hasnt panned out. folks are wanting imitative "web 2.0" and nothing original, unique and tailor made for them.

so... i'm done. the graphic designer is dead, long live the visual artist...

here are some of the last few projects and concepts that drew to a close in 2010... nothing special.
(names have been changed to protect the innocent... plus, not tryinta give free advertising to suckers)

logo samples december 2010

motion graphics to make a baby to...

flickermood 2.0
by sebastian lange
music by forss

enjoy!!!

Flickermood 2.0 from Sebastian Lange on Vimeo.

art crush of the week: dran

twas the night before christmas... and as always, i'm surfin' the web for creative inspiration.

dran's work is mighty fulfilling...

interesting business cards

once again: interesting bizcard ideas... ...once again.

art crush of the week: samantha hahn

samantha hahn is an exceptional watercolor artist!
i love her work... very inspirational.

check her work here.

vector tips

tutorials at smashing magazine by melissa scroggins...

great stuff.