Watercolor Elephant

Elephant (by Dave Makes)

Pencil and watercolor on paper, done in class today. Used the artograph for proportions. Worked from this picture my dad took in the 70's.

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HELLO - Interview with Eric Michaud, President of Pumping Station: One


Also available on Blip.tv

The time has finally come to unveil my secret project. HELLO is a new series of videos about interesting people. This first episode features Eric Michaud, President of Pumping Station: One, a hackerspace opening up in Chicago. I asked him all about what a hackerspace is, and why you should join one.

UPDATE: Special thanks to Eli Skipp for letting us shoot in her totally bodacious room.

If you don't have 15 minutes to spare, here is a 90 second preview:


Also available on YouTube | Flickr

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SRC Icons

cafeteria (by Dave Makes) cashier (by Dave Makes)library (by Dave Makes) bookstore (by Dave Makes)

These were done for Digital Illustration class. The project was to create a series of icons representing different parts of the Student Resource Center at the College of DuPage.

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Welcome to Monsters by I Need Sleep

I Need Sleep (that band I used to play with) just came out with a new EP called "Welcome to Monsters." You can download the whole thing for free here. Or, I've embedded it here if you wanna listen:

<a href="http://ineedsleep.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-monsters">Super Strong by I Need Sleep</a>

Gotta love that album art.

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Things Eamon Daly's Beard Can Lift

Eamon Daly and his Beard
At a Chicago Metafilter meetup about a month ago, I had the pleasure of meeting a man named Eamon Daly and his incredible super-powered beard. Now he is harnessing the power of his beard for charity. Ladies and gentlemen, Things My Beard Can Lift. Go make a tax-deductible donation now so we can all see Eamon's magnificent mane tested to its limits.

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A quick time-lapse video of Image Creation class yesterday



Just a little snippet of my day. I am off-camera for most of the video scanning in fabric samples.

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Helvetica VS Arial (Superbowl 3D glasses version)

Helvetica VS Arial (blue and yellow) (by Dave Makes)

Here is a version of my Helvetica VS Arial poster that you can use with those blue and yellow 3D glasses from the superbowl. Click here for a bigger version. You can put them on your face and close an eye to see each font, or you can hold the lenses up to your screen. One eye will see Helvetica, and the other will see Arial. Neat, huh?

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Helvetica VS Arial (and other typographic experiments)

Helvetica VS Arial (by Dave Makes)
S River (by Dave Makes)
M jungle (by Dave Makes)
Red 4 (by Dave Makes)

Some typographic experiments done for school, including a little tribute to everyone's favorite typeface. And I'll throw in this shirt, just for kicks:

shirt (by Dave Makes)

I've got a really cool project in the works right now, but I don't wanna give away too much about it yet. Stay tuned.

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