AIB Illustration & Animation Blog

AIB Web Promotion Student Picks

We asked the AIB Web Promotion class to find illustrators and artists who are know how to promote their work and get the creative jobs done! Below are AIB student picks of some of the leading contemporary minds that they are following, check them out!

               

Ryan Andrews , Loish Van Baarle: Loish , Joey Bates 

Mark Powell Biro , Olaf Breuning, Diem Chau 

 Andrew Chesworth , Richard Colman , Cyanparade / Kidchan 

Zadok Ben David , Peter Diamond , Julie Dillion 

Rob Dunlavey , Gregory Euclide

Mike Freiheit , James Gurney , David Hale 

Trevor Henderson , Don Hertzfield , Faith Erin Hicks 

Paul Hoppe or Paul Hoppe Design , Seonna Hong 

Rueben Ireland , Thomas James , Jean Jullien 

Peter Konig , Jana Liptak: The Cultured Cuttlefish

               

Laurie Lipton  , Travis Louie , Tim Mcdonagh 

Elizabeth McGrath , Mike Nash , Tony Ong 

Noah Patric Pfarr, Stepehen Powers , Ashen Ray

Emi Sfard , David Shrigley , Chris Sickles 

Lim Swee , Taxali , Wendy Cogan Toyoda 

Teagan White , Matthew Woodson

 If you would like to add some of your own artists to this list please contact:

Tegan, AIB Blog Intern - tharmonay[at]hotmail.com

Year of the Dragon Group Show @ FOE Gallery

Year of the Dragon Group Show
March 9-April 8. Opening reception Friday, March 9th 6-9pm. 

FOE celebrates the first of their second year of art openings with the “Year of the Dragon” group show.  Dragons and dragon mythology have inspired artists for over 2000 years.  Come out to see works by local and international artists, including AIB's Illustration faculty Ryan Maguire (shown below), as they interpret the legendary, mythical creature.  Eastern dragons are characterized as a benevolent force bringing good fortune and prosperity.  They adorn temples and are depicted in artwork, literature and film.  In the 2012 year of the dragon we should all try to channel our positive power to radiate goodwill and blessings, or at least, look at some cool dragon art.  The show will remain up through Sunday, April 8th.

Shown Above: AIB Illustration Faculty Ryan Maguire,
New York Knicks Jeremy Lin 'Year of the Dragon', digital collage, 2012

FOE Store & Gallery
28 Pleasant St 
Northampton MA 01060
www.shopfoe.com

 
ARTISTS: William Schaff, Toby Barnes, Spencer van der Zee, Sloan Tomlinson, Ryan H. Maguire of DYCO, Rin Ascher, Rick Beaupre, Ramiro Davaro-Comas, Nate Duval, Mister Ruesch, MCA of DYCO, Mat Matera, Martin Ontiveros, Maeg Yosef/Edison Rex, Luke Cavagnac,  Koji Harmon, John Hung Ha, ThEm DoLLz, Erik Wayne Patterson, Erik Johannessen, Eric Talbot, Eben Kling, Dana Ellyn, Coby Ellison, Christopher Gendron, Chris Piascik, Bob Eggleton,  Alex Zirrit, Adam Connor 

WoW: the creative internet (106 things)

Check it out the Google slideshow.
It is a collection of interesting work, curated by Google Creative Labs. 

The Adobe Museum of Digital Media

Open 365 days a year
24 hours a day
Be able to access everywhere 

The mission of the Adobe Museum of Digital Media (AMDM) is to showcase and preserve groundbreaking digital work and expert commentary to illustrate how digital media shapes and impacts today's society.The museum will be a large online interactive experience. 

It is an idea gallery and entirely digital.

The museum is first exhibit, scheduled to open October 2010, will feature work by Tony Ourster, a New York artist whose explorations in moving images and digital communications have been featured in museum on both U.S coasts as well as in Spain and New Zealand.

 

Operation Santa Drop!

 

Help Santa deliver presents this year!

Created by AIB Alumni Mark Mullaney and Lajos Kamocsay, who released iCarve earlier this October, are proud to release their Christmas Holiday collaboration! Operation Santa Drop ready for download from iTunes!

Use the buttons on the bottom of the screen to drop presents. Make sure you match the color of the present to the color of the house! Be precise: the presents have to slide right thru the chimney. If you miss by a bit, the present will punch a hole through the roof.

You can get closer to the chimneys by tilting your phone, but make sure you don’t crash into houses! The game is over when you miss 5 presents or hit a house. Santa has a tough job!

 Please feel free to send us comments and suggestions!

Concept and artwork by Mark Mullaney
Code by Lajos Kamocsay
Music by William Gibbons

Introducing iCarve

AIB Alumni Mark Mullaney and AIB Maya and Game Design teacher Lajos Kamocsay would like to announce ICarve! The scariest app around for your iPhone or iPod!

iCarve is the perfect Halloween iPhone/iPod App that will be sure to get messy! iCarve lets you use your finger to carve pumpkins on your IPhone. How scary is your pumpkin! Download iCarve here

 

Hello: Max Abeles '06

1. Your current location?
Brooklyn, NY

2. The last thing you have eaten?
Day old Thai Noodles.

3. How would you describe your work and/or style?
I make work that is an abstraction of what happens when our bodies have to depend solely on modern day technology to survive.

4. What do you like to do when not working?
Seeing friends, helping other artists, eating.

5. Favorite color?
None.

6. Who and/or what are some of your influences?
Nam Jun Paik, Chris Cunningham, Aphex Twin, Merzbow, Tim Hawkinson, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Ryoji Ikeda, Gary Hill, Bochum Welt, Kiki Smith, Stan Brakhage, Jean Ipoustéguy - to name a few, somewhat arbitrarily.

7. If you could work with another artist on a "dream project", with who and on what would it be?
Too many to mention!!!

8. Last book you read?
The Singularity is Near, by Ray Kurzweil.

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SoundSculptures

Stasis

Artist website: http://maxabeles.com/

Check out: Anoonie World

If you get a chance, check out Anoonie World, the new website launched by illustrator Pitchanee Sumrittisut [AIB '08]

 

Boston Comic Con

Boston Comic Con: Saturday and Sunday April 4-5 from 10am-5pm at the Back Bay Events Center located at 180 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA (map). Admission is $10.

SASDVF8

The Short Attention Span Digital Video Festival (SASDVF) is now seeking entries from students. The SASDVF is an international film festival that features the work of both undergraduate and graduate students from around the world. The festival accepts films in all genre; Animation, Fiction, Documentary, Performance, etc. For more information: sasdvf.org.

• Submission Rules
  
• Online Entry Form

The SASDVF is sponsored by AIB's Animation, Illustration, and Foundation Departments. The festival culminates in screenings in both Boston and California. Please feel free to contact Stuart Steck if you have any questions.