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Interview With Magnificent Sculptor Kendra Haste

The ‘Royal Beasts’ commission at the Tower of London was an open competition. I made initial concept drawings with examples of my work , was shortlisted and then pitched for the project. The Tower of London, as you say, is an extraordinarily special place and I was thrilled to be selected.

Oh This This is Nothing Just a Castle For Sale

So, if you are about to try and beat me to the punch, here are a few key details about the dive. The castle resides near Paris. (Total drag that.) The run down shack sits on 44 acres of land. (Hardly enough for even a dog, let alone a dragon.) It was built in 1504, which basically means all the warranties have long since turned to dust.

Eva Jospin and Her Cardboard Forests

Eva Jospin is a sculptor. But she isn't like an sculptor you have ever encountered before. Eva creates dense, life like forests, trees, forest floors, all out of cardboard. That's right, cardboard. It is such an interesting contrapuntal choice, that one wonders what her larger point is? Is it just an aesthetic choice?

Adam Savage Shining Maze Model Build

I built my own design schematic, one that fits into the space allotted in front of the Stanley. Then I went above and beyond and created a CAD drawing of the map I'd built. But Adam has taken his build to a whole new level. This guy is crazy. But I love it.

New Alien 3 and Blade Runner Sequel News

The only other news I have on the movie front? Oh just a little thing. Apparently Harrison Ford has just signed on for the sequel of Blade Runner. Yeah, that's right. Decker is coming back.

Let me wax eloquent a moment about Magic and Trunkclub

Sure I applaud Magic for their finding a niche and filling it. Kudos to them. I love the idea. I may even use it. And kudos to Trunkclub for their innovation and their delivering quality clothes to guys that can afford them. I love it. And I get it. I get why it works for guys. But maybe this ennui is the root of a deeper problem, a deeper issue we should point our gaze at for a bit. Maybe we need to concentrate on the why of these things as opposed to the cleverness of the solutions. Maybe we need to reconsider our life choices as a society. Maybe we need to reevaluate what is really and truly important in this life.

A Few Photoshop Memories Over the Past 25 Years

Regardless... thanks Adobe, for picking up Photoshop back when it was still Imagepro. Thanks for enabling super powerful image editing for the masses and literally bringing it out of the Pixar. (Long story - feel free to read it here.) I know that my own life would be radically different without Photoshop not being in it. Here's to Photoshop's next 25!

New Game Called Parallax Interview With Zi Ye and Jesse Burstyn

Start small. If you have an idea that you think is small, make it smaller. Also, your game will never be good enough if you are constantly raising the bar. Have a clear and complete plan for your project at all times, even if it changes. One good, finished game is better than ten amazing, abandoned games. Parallax was rewritten and redesigned 8 times, and we went on two hiatuses spanning years, and every time we tried to pick up the project again, it just wasn't "good enough", because we had no plan. We wasted a lot of time, but we are finally here now!

Nick Smith Pantone Classics

I found these so fascinating I went looking for a way to develop a similar look inside photoshop with actions and rules automatically (minus the custom pantone colors). And as I was playing around with the concepts I made a square pixelated version of the Mona Lisa.

Heather Dewey-Hagborg Conversation

This is speaking generally. From my perspective on my work specifically, I think the public *should* know what scientists are working on behind closed doors (phenotyping) and I think we all need to know if DNA is not the gold standard we trust it to be. So yeah, knowledge over fear.