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January 18th, 2010 / mhettler
Kahn’s Exeter Short Film from Alex Roman on Vimeo.
Check out this CG shortfilm by Alex Roman depicting Louis Kahn’s Phillips Exeter Academy Library. It’s one in a series of videos he’s put together and they are all absolutely fantastic. Seriously epic. Be sure to browse the “making of” video as well for a sneak peak behind the scenes.
December 21st, 2009 / mhettler
theBackmix, Edition 7: The last mix of the decade.
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December 16th, 2009 / mhettler
I apologize for the lack of posts over the past month — portfolio work has taken much longer than originally anticipated. Fortunately, I now have several how-to posts about portfolios, binding, etc. lined up, so look out for the start of those in the next few days.
Until then, check out the many winning submissions from this year’s Krob Illustration Competition (select images above). Congratulations to all of the winners!
October 29th, 2009 / mhettler
Just a few interesting images I’ve accrued on my desktop over the last couple of months. While I’d love to give credit where credit is deserved for these, I unfortunately tend to drag cool images from the net without even thinking about writing down where they’re from. Actually, I do know that the first one was an image submitted with one of the proposals for the National Museum of Oslo (more info on the other finalists here). If anyone can place the other images, let me know in the comments.
October 14th, 2009 / mhettler
theBackmix, Edition 6: October music. Enjoy!
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“It takes a lot to make me crazy… and a lot is always going on…” — Made-Up Dreams by Built To Spill
October 8th, 2009 / mhettler
Images from Brett Beyer’s New Amsterdam project. Each image is shot in lower Manhattan with a Holga or a Zeiss Nettar camera, which are used specifically for their flaws, light leaks, and all-around non-digital awesomeness. Beyer overlaps the exposures within each camera by manually advancing the film. No Photoshop used here:
“These errors,” he says, “allow chance into the process and give me results I never would have intentionally gotten.”
I really need to get my hands on an Holga — you just can’t recreate something like this digitally. Anyone own one? Do you recommend? Feel free to share your images in the comments. More quotes and info at Wired.
