Vain.

Self portrait for photography class... don't want to be vain so I'll shut up about myself now... haha?

Full of himself

-Greg

Who would have guessed?

So I suppose it all depends on the teacher! Todays typography class was actually FUN... I know, I was pleasantly surprised with today's class and assignments, also I'm actually pleased with the outcome.

So the first is a font I created called "3-BIT" below are the letters "A,B,C,P,Q,R" and "TYPE" rendered in the font. The octagon in the corner shows the base shape and the lines used to remove areas.

This second group were some in class assignments where we had to look at the font's shape and form rather then a typical letter and create the compositions.

Typo Happy,

-Greg

Spinning Sprint

So I'm beginning to learn that procrastination actually takes up more time then the actual work would if I had just done it originally. Anyway, here's the spinning phone I made:

I replaced the blank screens with functioning ones, and did a general clean-up of the phones which included removing any dust, smudges, cardboard used to hold up the phones, etc....

Cell phone loathing,
-Greg

Gotta Love it!

So as you may have noticed (or not...) There have been a few error's on my blog recently. HotLinkFiles.com has graciously deleted my account, I'm in the middle of getting it reactivated so these annoying little pictures (below) will go away. Soon enough I'll have my own domain, but for the time being... I've got to deal with the terrific people from this website :)

SUPER annoyed,
Greg

Sprint Screen Replacement.

Two shots of a phone with the screen replaced, added shadows and highlights to try and sell the illusion, hope it works!

Till text time,
-Greg

Mourning Coffee

So here is my final video project:

Mourning Coffee from Gregory VanDenBerg on Vimeo.

Here are the source sites if the above has trouble loading:
youtube
vimeo

Until next semester:
-Greg

Final bug book

So here is the finished little book we put together for the bugs:

-Greg

Soy Sauce FTW!

So before now the only weird and wacky medium I could claim to have used to make art was light bulbs and a drill press... But as Thursdays class proved once again, 'you can make anything out of anything'

And on that note, here are my paintings. With the paint really being soy sauce and the brushes really being Q-tips.... strange.

-Greg

SKATE DECK

So here is what I've got so far with my skate deck. The bug is raster and the hair follicles are vector.

I have a few more things I want to add to it,
so soon I should have this updated.

-Greg

I - DO - NOT - PAINT

... the title says it all. Anyway, here is the finished bug with his back story and a little bit about the little guy :)

Foliculus is a small prey type organism who travels alone, or in small groups of several million, they survive by disguising themselves against hair follicles. If it is caught by a predator (namely Pulgas) its exoskeleton secretes an oil which makes the attacking insect vomit, this action usually doesn’t deter Pulgas, but at least they try. Apart from hiding and oil secretion, they only have one main drive in life, food. The single source of food for these organisms is in fact the one thing they use to protect themselves from there enemies, hair.

A single Foliculus can eat approximately one inch strand of hair every 4-6 hours. During feeding time it burrows under the hair root and devours it, the insect then takes the place of the root and slowly begins eating the strand of hair above the scalp. If a dog, or cat is infested with these tiny bugs you can be sure that within 3-5 days the animal will be completely and irreversibly bald as the hair root is eaten during feeding. As for human infestation, although the Foliculus do not like the taste of human hair they have been known to eat it when another animal cannot be found, in this case balding will happen more slowly as it takes them longer to eat (due to length and taste) and baldness will occur within 7-10 days.

This is before the HORRIBLE paint job:

And this is after the HORRIBLE paint job

Note: If water color paint comes in a paste, it is meant to be added to WATER and not used in place of acrylic paint.... my poor little bug still isn't dry, and its been a week! And since it was so sticky all the fine details started ripping off the poor little guy.... Ooops :)

Paint chip eating-
Greg.