SXSW just posted this video of their tote bags being stuffed, and as a proud papa, I can see my design veryveryvery tiny at the head of the “Interactive” line; it’s a cool 00:39 to see behind-the-scenes work, and know that all of those people went “guuuh” when they saw my artwork:
Late last fall, I was approached by the smart kids behind the SXSW Interactive Festival to do a design for this year’s Interactive conference. I’ve had my mind blown there for the last two years (hopefully blown a few myself…, erm), so how could I say no, really?
Wanting to give them something special that connected to my own very warm feelings about my SXSWI experiences, I got my transhuman freak on in the design, which I am interviewed about below. Created shortly before leaving Brooklyn and coming to São Paulo, I can’t help but smile at those concentric circles in the design that represent “the signal”… and clearly revealing my crazy anticipation of moving to Brazil.
Additionally cool note is that the interview is conducted by my (no joke) friend-since-age-12 pal Noah Kuttler (now of IBM), where he interviews me about the design, Red Light Properties, and some other things:
And for you, my Special Receivers, here’s a larger image of the final bag design:
As gooey as them brains are, I really like the wifi-symbols over their third eyes.
So, the tote bags are going to be given out to a minimum of 100,000 festival attendees over the course of a few days; I can’t attend this year as I’m cranking out these Red Light Properties pages every week, but I’d love to see a photo of a sea of SXSWers schlepping their schwag with my design, wink wink…
This week’s chapter of Red Light Properties remains one of my favorites since I wrote it; whenever your characters take the wheel and tell you how they want to relate to each other despite your intentions, you know it rings true:
You can also start reading from the beginning here.
Tuesday brings a new installment of RED LIGHT PROPERTIES over at Tor.com; this week sees some after-hours aetheric espionage:
You can also start reading from the beginning here.
Today brings a new chapter of Red Light Properties, in which the sun slowly sets on a very rough day for our gang, now online at Tor.com:
Last week I did an illustration for New York Magazine about the more obscure sports in the Olympics; their art director asked me to reference a sport I couldn’t get a name for, something that looked like it was played on your knees with a Swiffer and a car-wax-buffer. The article speaks to the branded endorsements being more valuable than the nationalism, so I’m rather into the blank flags ringing the earth and “SPONSOR” on his jersey:
This week’s episode of Red Light Properties give the team a moment to exhale and remember how goddamn mad they are at each other. Online now at Tor.com:
Happy Tuesday, everyone… I’ve baked you some fresh comics, ready now:
If you’ve been following me via twitter, then you already know that I bounced out of Brooklyn just before Halloween and moved down to Brasil just after Thanksgiving. I’ve loved this country since I was seventeen and took a ship up the Amazon River with my family, and I’ve dreamt of living abroad for most of my dues-paying Aughts while I waited for my career to catch up with my wanderlust.
After Lil and I got married a few years ago, it dawned on me (dur!) that our entwined paths would likely take us back to this beautiful country, her native land. My next question was uttered through a big grin: how soon can we leave? The answer turned out to be a few more years of hard work, but we finally made the jump and in addition to side-stepping this freezing winter completely, it’s been one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long time.
So, here in 2010, I’m working from the megapolis that is São Paulo, the largest city in South America and source of daily inspiration for me. I’m still usually stuck home with deadlines, talking to the same friends through the same applications I did when they were blocks or subway stops away, but I try to sneak away from my drawing table much as possible. My brain’s still adjusting to the metric system, to 24-hour time, struggling to think in portuguese instead of translating into it… though all of these new skills could use more practice.
In the buildup to RLP’s launch (during which I moved twice, once to a new country), we’ve had some interesting adventures along the way. I’ll post some images/video of moments to let you experience what’s crawling into my eyes, ears, brain from this lovely, lovely chaos, as you’re already seeing it dribbling out through my work.
On that note, more new new soon soon… Right now I gots RLP to draw. Tchauuuu!
The fourth installment of Red Light Properties has just gone live on Tor.com, and this chapter has some of the freakiest/inspired work I’ve ever done. Be nice and leave a comment; I’m ahead enough now to man that microphone myself:
Or you can start the series from the beginning.
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