SEMESTER 2

I just want to say hello to my new classes.  You seem very cool indeed and I am looking forwards to torturing all of you with endless creative exercises in the coming weeks.  Remember, effort is what it is all about.  Show up and try hard, that is all that I ask.  Ask me about this painting when I see you in room 210.

Analog battles Digital

So, here is a neat thing that I discovered today.  Graham Roumieu is a hilarious Canadian illustrator who is currently teaching a class called New Directions in Pictoral Design at the Ontario College of Art and Design.  He has created an 'analog' social networking site called paperbeatsinternet.com in collaboration with a company called Grand Creative.

The site is a digital home for entries that focus on exploring the use and relationship between hand-rendered type and images.  The work is a dialog between students and guest contributors with professional backgrounds in design, illustration, fine art, writing, and other disciplines. 

It is a pretty innovative idea and one that I would love to figure out how he went about doing it.  It reminds me of drawing on a friend's sketchbook and passing it back and forth, but in a much more sophisticated manner.  Something we might think about doing in the future...