It Took Two

In april i was hit up by the brotherly duo directors TWiN to be a part of their Qdept Director Series.

Twas a cool idea: pic a couple of artists, send us their favorite songs, give us 30mins in front of a camera to illustrate a piece influenced by the music...then throw a party to display the film and the art.

fantastic.

check out my lil banger. i figured irreverence called for custom type, duh:

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'The Good Lawd Saith Dance'

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> > > now back to Jonathan & Josh.

these two are pretty amazing talents. how the fuck'd that happen to TWINS?! I especially love their humor, it definitely seeps into the work also. check 'em out H E R E.

story tellers, these two.

...some stills:

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Ive been having a ton-o-fun with my trusted sharpie.

the event was also a good time....i promised them i'd start a dance-off. it happened.

soon, steady hands

- jelsen

In Other Words

Architecture from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.

- jelsen

Tuts My Barreh

watch full video H E R E.

ha

- jelsen

Just Like This

power steering,

- jelsen

Fantastic Folks

A couple days ago i shadowed Dhundee over to see his buddies at Liberty Studios.

Ms Gina Bevilacqua is a dope producer who's also a sucker for mid-seventies folk music 'my parents used to always listen to...and now all of a sudden i cant get enough of it.' She threw a couple tracks on and i summed up her parents as cool-ass west coast hippies. 

We had a geeked convo on typography....particularly title treatments.

yay.

check out some of her work HERE.

.....and definitely peep Rope A Dope. 

The other half of the Hosting Dream Team was Mr Rudolf Bekker. This kind Dutchman offered me bier before introducing himself - proper!

His photography is.....milky. Yes - milky. I want to either drink it or bath in it....havent decided yet. I pulled some selects but be sure to take a gander at his portfolio site H E R E.

...and here's a collabo of their's i dug up [ she produced / he stars in ]:

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bye bye from here,

- jelsen

Only Time Will Tell

- jelsen

Everybody hates Comic Sans

-bahareh

New Yankees stadium

Billy invited me out to a ball game at the new and fancy Yankees Stadium and it was a gorgeous day in the sun. Although our team lost (Indians), I think I learned a thing or two about the game. The people on the field are called players, not men. A pitcher throws the ball and a catcher, well duh, catches it. There are 9 innings, not 8. And they serve sushi at the stadium. 

-bahareh

Lisa vs Diddy

The oh so wonderful Lisa decided to bring a few of her friends to NY to celebrate the big 3-0. The night started at our favorite neighborhood spot, Abistro, for a yummy yummy dinner and after that we took the party over to the annual Prince vs Michael Jackson dance party at BLVD. 

Can't wait to see what you do for your 40th, Lisa! Fly us all out to Phi Phi, perhaps perhaps?

(Jels kept it classy with his pinky))

(I am the worst celebrity whore when drunk)

-bahareh

This little light of mine

Meet Ms. Betty Baldwin

She is a cute little Schwinn New World from back in the day when things were cool...

Took me two wonderful hours in the sun, but I sure made her shine.

-bahareh

T H A N K // Y O U

Hello Hello pwitty interweb people. I figured i'd momentarily step out of my cacoon to post about this fantastical happening.

So as you read above in my Craigslist post i lost one of my sketchbooks. About a week later i get this in the mail:

Yep, some good folks found my book AND mailed it to me! > Craigslist had nothing to do with it ]

Now i know that goofy 'If Found' stickers on stuff look ridiculous but as helmets do - they save lives.

So, here are some scans of the inside; ive attacked this one for about a year.
...and since i didnt expect to see this book again i quickly moved on to the next.

So far:
Thanks ___________ for being kind enough to return it to me. Im shooting karma pellets your way.

commence,

- jelsen