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Culture Jelly - Joel Trussell at the Grassy Knoll
Posted by RobertSunday, November 30, 2008 06:23 PM
“Culture jamming” is the mocking or flat out rejection of social trends or pop culture. That’s all great, but we’re not here to judge. Joel Trussell’s first solo show, “Culture Jelly” is neither a satire nor celebration of our culture’s herd mentality. Instead, Trussell gives us a unbiased examination of his fascination and antipathy with the culture that surrounds him. “Culture Jelly”, in essence, taps into the culture of Trussell’s mind, where we get to see an array of eccentric characters. With a love of the 2-D world, Trussell is deeply influenced by masters such as Gene Deitch, Rene Gruau, Jim Flora, Ward Kimball, Erich Sokol and Takashi Murakami. His work concentrates largely on characters which sometime reflect society, and other times become an exercise in composition and aesthetics of the design alone. The show presents a full range of content from personal experience to experimental ideas with the lines often intersecting. Joel Trussell is an illustrator/director/animator who has worked in television, commercials, music videos and print since receiving his B.F.A. in Drawing from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1998. His illustrations have appeared in publications such as Print Magazine, Alternative Press Magazine, New York Press, Houston Press, San Diego’s City Beat, and The Portland Mercury. In recent years his characters were collected for Pictoplasma’s Character Encyclopedia, he was commissioned for a painting by Fox’s “Family Guy”, and he created shirt designs for the clothing company Gama-Go. Trussell has also directed several music videos for artists such as M.Ward, Morcheeba, Coldcut, and Jason Forrest for which he won a number of awards. His music videos have been featured in dozens of film festivals including the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the San Francisco International Animation Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival, Platform, and Resfest. They have also been featured on StashDVD, OneDotZero’s Select DVD and Pictoplasma’s Characters in Motion DVD, and shown on MTV2, MuchMusic, CMT, MTV Europe and other music programs. Trussell made his television directorial debut with four segments for Nickelodeon’s “Yo Gabba Gabba!”. He also directed animated commercials for Esurance and Nicorette. Joel Trussell currently lives near the mystic hills of Dollywood in Knoxville, Tennessee, with his wife and two young sons. About the Gallery |
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Pause NYC
Posted by RobertSaturday, November 08, 2008 08:48 PM
I’ll be attending the Pause: Ideas in Motion Conference at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in NYC this week. There is a lot to be excited about - I love NYC! and cant wait to catch up with many old friends and certain to make some new ones. Look me up if you are attending! Here’s the Pause: Ideas in Motion website for more info. |
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Fable of Annabell Lee
Posted by RobertMonday, October 27, 2008 03:21 PM
I posted a preview of our short film collaboration with Evan B Harris a few months back - but here’s the real thing! Just in time for halloween - a beautiful and haunting tale of love lost at sea. Let us know what you think! |
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“b-boy” series by Ward Jenkins
Posted by RobertMonday, October 06, 2008 12:26 PM The Grassy Knoll Gallery presents:
bboy - Ward Jenkins “b-boy” is a tribute to the early boogie boys of the Bronx, the original poppin’ & lockin’ dancers who kept the parties live back in the day, back when hip-hop was in its golden, embryonic stage. Using various ‘lo-fi’ materials and surfaces, such as found cardboard, wood, and linoleum, Ward harks back to the essence of the early ingenuity and innovation of hip hop. During the 70’s and early 80’s, kids used a wide variety of surfaces to dance on and perform stylized acrobatic moves. Using what was available, they proved again and again that the brightest sources of creativity often come from the most humble of places. “b-boy”is a tribute to the beginnings of that movement, before the uninformed media brought it to near-fad status. Ward is an animator and director currently living in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two kids. Originally from Atlanta, he has worked at several award-winning studios such as LAIKA/house and Primal Screen and over the past 12 years, has integrated his quirky style into many broadcast elements and commercials. Graduating with a BFA in Illustration at Georgia State University in 1995, Ward immediately sought work in the animation field. While doing research for a personal project in 2000, he caught the graffiti bug which forever changed his approach in creating his figures and characters. The experience of working larger and on different surfaces terrifically flavored his graphic work and profoundly changed his artistic identity. About the Gallery Links: |
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America the Gift Shop
Posted by RobertThursday, September 18, 2008 02:04 PM
Today we launched America the Gift Shop, a flash site showcasing Phillip Toledano’s conceptual photography about the current state of our country. From the opening statement: If American foreign policy had a gift shop, what would it sell? America the Gift Shop is an installation project that reflects the current foreign policy in the fun-house mirror of American commerce. My palette is the vernacular of retail. The more familiar it is, the better host it becomes for the idea. Once the sugar coating of the ordinary dissolves, we are left with the hard and uncomfortable truth about where we’ve been as a nation. We buy souvenirs at the end of a trip, to remind ourselves of the experience. What do we have to remind us of the events of the last eight years? |
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Dylan Coulter Photography - Adobe Site of the Day
Posted by RobertMonday, August 25, 2008 06:06 PM
Adobe has awarded Dylan Coulter Photography with Site of the Day for August 26th, 2008. “Adobe recognizes websites based on their use of strong visual designs, superior functionalities, and innovative uses of Adobe products.” Visit Dylan Coulter Photography.
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Communication Arts Webpick
Posted by RobertFriday, August 22, 2008 10:07 AM
We are excited to announce that our flash site for Oregon College of Art and Craft has been awarded Communication Arts Magazine webpick of the week. Update: We just learned that the OCAC site will be featured in the november issue of Communication Arts Magazine as well! |
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Skull Petals
Posted by RobertThursday, August 07, 2008 02:01 PM
Jimmy and I have been working on an interesting idea where a flower blooms into a skull. Although the design has already changed I really like the idea and can hopefully take it further in the near future. |
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Upcoming Flash Game
Posted by RobertThursday, July 31, 2008 03:44 PM
We are working on our second flash game for tarot.com. We always jump at the chance to work with artists we admire and this is no exception. Please check out the fantastic backgrounds Erwin has been working on for us. You can see more of his artwork here. |
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Browser Stats, Updated
Posted by RobertWednesday, July 30, 2008 04:07 PM
With a sample of over 100,000 visitors, we were extremely surprised to discover that Firefox has soundly overtaken Internet Explorer in for July. No browser is perfect, but Firefox is a step in the right direction. Great news for web developers everywhere.
Thought I would check back to see if the trend held. With a sample of 200,000 visitors firefox remains the dominant browser. |
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Niche Applications
Hello! My name is Steve Schieberl. I've been with Fashionbuddha for almost two years now, though I'm just now discovering that we have a blog. Well, I've known of its existence for awhile, but I've just kept too busy to really dive into it. I make and play music on the side which put me overseas for almost three months earlier this year, and I'm just now starting to feel like I have a normal life again. Which means BLOG TIME!Posted by SteveThursday, July 17, 2008 05:23 PM A lot has happened since I got back, but it would take forever to explain it all. Rather than jump right showcasing cool experiments, code snippets, theories, ideas, or anything that you may actually find useful, I thought I might introduce myself by giving you some insight into one of my roles here at Fashionbuddha. Officially, I'm the Senior Programmer here, so I take on most of the tasks that require any sort of coding. This generally ranges anywhere from Flash sites and their respective content management systems to creating custom video players which sync content across multiple monitors/machines. I often times find myself needing some very specific purpose-built utilities to handle repetitive tasks that are usually handled physically. For example, I've developed an application that resides on a server which copies assets created by the studio onto machines in an offline local network, so we don't have to do it by hand everytime there's an update. One task I've had to perform repeatedly for years is the adding of unique identifiers to all nodes in a XML file. Unique idenitifiers are a must for quickly running precise queries against XML, and become an absolute requirement in larger files. Almost everytime I start work on a CMS, if I didn't create the XML, the nodes won't have unique identifiers. I used to add them by writing a routine into the CMS that checked for the "id" attribute in all nodes and assigned them if they weren't there, but that means I need at least a partially working CMS to run the routine. By creating a standalone interface, I can get my XML in order before I start develpment on the CMS, and in a matter of seconds. Being a programmer in an animation studio, I need to find my creative outlet where I can. The great thing about niche applications like these is that no one will ever use them except me. This means I can create them to my specifications. I have complete freedom to do, and get away with, whatever I want. For example, let's take a look at the aforementioned XML unique identifier insertion utility, IDentinator, and point out some key features that make development time fun time:  Click to enlarge
 Click to enlarge It's just one of the many creative things that go on behind the scenes here at Fashionbuddha. |
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Attila the Hun
Posted by RobertThursday, July 17, 2008 11:35 AM
Here’s some still frames from an animation we are working on with Duro Compagnie. We have had a great time developing the style and characters for this animation. In doing research for the project, we’ve found that Attila is often confused with Genghis Khan and his Mongol Army. Hopefully we can help clear things up! Links |
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Days with My Father
Posted by RobertThursday, July 17, 2008 11:15 AM
Fashionbuddha collaborated with the talented photographer Phillip Toledano on a deeply touching and personal project - a record of his time with his 98 year old father. A hidden feature - you can use the arrow keys to navigate through the site. Links |
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Grassy Knoll is Adobe Site of the Day
Posted by RobertThursday, July 17, 2008 10:47 AM
Recently we added an all-flash storefront to the The Grassy Knoll Gallery website and already seeing some great results. Adobe has awarded The Grassy Knoll Gallery Site of the Day for July 17th, 2008. “Adobe recognizes websites based on their use of strong visual designs, superior functionalities, and innovative uses of Adobe products.” It has also been added to Adobe’s page for showcase sites. Thanks Adobe! |
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OCAC - Adobe Site of the Day
Posted by RobertFriday, June 13, 2008 09:57 AM
Adobe has awarded our site for The Oregon College of Art and Craft with Site of the Day for June 13th, 2008. “Adobe recognizes websites based on their use of strong visual designs, superior functionalities, and innovative uses of Adobe products.“ It has also been added to Adobe’s page for showcase sites. Thanks Adobe! Links:
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