Fanime 09

Slowly catching up to present time with these posts. But not really...These pictures are from our semi-infamous Gainax Suitcase Sale Incident where we partially cleared out a meet-and-greet with Kanti figures. The Gainax staff was all at Fanime last year and many of them wanted the figures. I guess you can't get them too easy in Japan since they were a US made product.


Anyways, they saw them at our booth and quickly bought all the ones we had. Shiz found more and brought them up with her on the plane. We took them to the party and ended up selling the last of them...out of a suitcase, on the floor, in the hall. It was all very shady looking but the staff was happy to get them.


I had my Yashica A on my that year so I snapped a few pics. This year some of the staff was back so I printed these out and gave them a copy. I wanted to give them a for-real print but never got around to it during the semester. grr.


I went to the party again this year and was actually let inside this time (Thanks everyone!). Being the dunce I am, I only showed up with my camera and no sign boards. After a few moments of debate Dee and I ran down the street to Walgreens where I picked up a cheapie sketchbook. I got this cute Yoko sketch during the party as well as a few signatures.


Afterwards Shiz took my sketchbook and got this super cool drawing of Nia. I'm contemplating taking them out of the book and mounting them to boards so I can put them out like my other signboards.

I took more pics with my Minolta this year but have been too lazy/busy to develop the film yet. Maybe later this morning?

And then it was over.

The show is over, I've graduated, Fanime is done, family has gone back to So. Cal. I guess it's time to start real life now? I've been trying to finish up my site and work more on my portfolio lately. AIGA's portfolio day is Saturday then it is full time job search! I've done a little of it so far but still don't want to put my website out there until it is more complete. Soon....

More Action^3

More pictures from the show! Last day is today so if you haven't seen it, get your butt on down there!! This is the area where we show the movie titles that we made.


Tide charts.

The amazing spinning obelisk of doom. This was to display our 3D timeline. A lot of us didn't want to re-make them and were worried about how much floor space they'd take up so S* came up with this idea. Plywood with stone texture and lazy susans to spin each section. Then the pictures are on hinges so you can lift each one up and 2 more views of the work. Quite cool. Thanks to Bob for leding us his amazing carpentry skills!

Our experimental type books. We weren't allowed to use any pictures in them which is why this says "We want more words." 150 in Wonderland and crew printed out and pasted down pages from the books then cut them out to make those letters.


Our identity books and part of the portfolio wall. That type at the top says "Show me the money" A little play on the economy of course. Also a play on how much branding firms make on each identity. It was a little shocking to hear when we took that class, but once we saw just how much time and energy it takes to make a good, comprehensive identity it all made sense. That red line continued all the way across the gallery.


The infamous whale poo wall. Really, what more needs to be said?


Finally, 150 in Wonderland's Alice typeface packaging along with Sinatra and Mariah Carey.

I think that covers all the displays now. Maybe I'll post some more individual work later? Closing party tonight, Graduation Saturday, then we take it all down Sunday and Monday. Oh my...

Action Action Action Open

The show is open and the opening receptions have come and gone. Everything went over great and I'm really happy. Lots of hard work from everybody that paid off in the end. I took a bunch of pictures of the space with my Canon but forgot it at the gallery so here are a few snaps from my little Sony.







We're keeping it open until next week so be sure to come by if you're in the area.

Progression 2

Show opens tonight. I'm so glad we got it all done in time. Come see our shit!

Progression

Show setup has begun! It's already been two rather long days with only 2.5 more to go. Progress is being made but there needs to be more! Here's a few pictures of the setup for you all. Get ready for a rather interesting time if you come. This picture is how the gallery looked when we got into the space. We were trying to eat breakfast, figure out where everyone was, what to do first. So much to do we weren't sure where to start. Stepping into a blank gallery is pretty exciting. I couldn't wait to get going.

Also...Is that Mac Vs PC?


Color coded trash ready to go.


Type on type? It's rather unanimous between us all that we love this wall.


Paintin' and tracin'.


The soon to be portfolio wall o' doom.


K* getting all artsy on us. It was a shame it had to be painted over.

More progress was made but I was so tired I forgot to take pictures of it. Day 1 I was there from 8:30AM to around 10PM and today I went after work from 3PM to about 9PM. Not enough has been done to make me feel safe yet...anyone want to re-print and assemble the rest of my projects for me? I still need to finish my website too. Uhoh..

Back to printing and binding my portfolio.

Buttons!

We have buttons! I'm totally in love with this little machine. Anyone want to buy me one?


In true fashion, we started attaching them to everything. I think the Ninja liked hers. Looks super cute on her bag! These were quick mock-ups that I made to test the machine but some of them turned out pretty nice. Look for more when we get the show running.