CHROMATECH

hey friends and fellows,
we [derek and I] are planning on going to the chromatech place tomorrow or possibly friday to get some chromatech transfers for our books. does everyone want that? if you don't let one of us know and we won't do as many and save us [those who do want it] money. if we all want it, it will be an additional $10 / person. not bad. let us know, otherwise we will plan on everyone wanting it and buy 10 transfers.

which one?

how we move from a to b

you. yeah you, put your game face on it's week 7

s

i propose the name of the book be "s" for sunset or other things. here is a scritpy s i drew on watercolor paper with oil pastels. it is a possibility for the cover.

anybody want to ride with me?

magazine article

after a few weeks of forgetting, i have spent 2+ hours looking through magazines looking for that article about blurb and others like it with, but to no avail i still haven't found it. i will look here and there, but it is not looking good.

idea for cover

since tracy came out of the gates strong last week [nice work tracy]i was thinking of some possibilities for the cover. i saw this little ditty on the web and thought maybe tracy could make some pattern out of her little illustrations [probably come up with a few more] and we've got ourselves a cover. this gal's name is julia rothman i think. i don't know much about her, but that doesn't really matter. any thoughts?

reward for information

i couldn't make a living as a writer so i stopped making a living

rough group schedule [(needs work) see previous post for more details]

email from clane

hey everyone, i just checked my artcenter email and i got an email from clane. i'm sure we all did, but for those of you like me who only check that account occasionally, this is what it said:

GD2 Students

Production Schedule(s) follow-up for all design teams and individuals:

1. Create a detailed production plan projected for each of the remaining weeks in the term. Who is doing what and when. Take particular note of those design areas that require group approval, i.e. covers, divider pages, formatting, etc.

2. The contents of the plan should include a comprehensive list of all assigned individual responsibilities and objectives week by week plus scheduled team meetings through the term. This includes photo shoots, art/design creation, writing, design production, proofing, assembly, bindery and other issues/tasks that are particular to your project. For the Sunset Blvd. team this may require an overall coordinating schedule and a series of individual schedules.

3. As for photography; You should prepare a "Shot List" which should identify specific photographic objectives, number of shot s, location, time of day, nature of the light, scope (focus) of each photo.

4. You should also be preparing preliminary sketches of your future page layouts.

5. Provide answers the following: How will you handle credits, page numbers, location identification maps, and other issues that will help the reader navigate your work?

6. Please have copies of these materials ready for review in class next week. You do not need to send me a pdf as previously noted.

so i'm thinking we might need to dig a little deeper into our schedule and make it more intensive. i will post the list we made and if anyone has any ideas post them.

thesis

so i've been working on wording my thesis correctly and have yet to pin-point it exactly. i really like the idea of shooting people who make sunset sunset. i've been thinking about the line of "new everytime" as a theme for all my pieces. i have photographed people who i imagine are always there, but are seeing things new everytime. they may or may not be, but i like to think that they are.

thesis

The documentation of the inhabitants of sunset experiencing sunset.

typetypetypetypetype

i was just looking around the web and saw some nice pics of type. sal here is an idea of somewhere you could go possibly. i don't know... check it out see where you could go with this?

sunset scramble

so here is something i was working on yesterday. really i was just toying with the word sunset to see what i could come up with. i like the idea of fragmenting the word, making the shapes of the letters be abstract.

watch your step on sunset

all aboard whistle whistle

1. i am going to take 50 amazing photos of people on sunset this week
2. i am going to get permission from most of them
3. i am going to apologize to the ones who don't give their permission just after i take their picture
4. i am going to work on my intro page and flow of my layouts
5. i am going to work on one spread this week and print it out for next wednesday
6. i am going to try to hunt down the story selling hobo and befriend him and buy his story rights and make him and us famous
7. i am going to experiment with typefaces
8. i am going to research ivan chermayeff
9. i am going look for other book binderies in the l.a. area not that i don't like blurb, but just to see our options
10. i am going to upload content daily and make comments on everyones business

mission statement
my section will show my interpretation of the people who inhabit and contribute to sunset blvd through photography, typography, graphic elements and through prose.

here is a little youtube clip on some books by irma boom

things due

don't be dumb

if you haven't gone to sunset blvd. (the street that we are doing our book on) this week and done some serious research and shot photos, you will be booted from the group. i think we all agree to this. if you are slaking considers yourselves warned and don't be dumb and make us kick you out of the group and all feel awkward.

the kids are alright

some weather we are having

a few items of business

1 i have been searching all week for historical info and photos of sunset, and i haven't been able to find much good information and pretty much no photos, so unless i find anything soon i think i am abandoning the historical section and just focusing on people and possibly something else.
2 it seems that there are a few members of our group who have not made themselves known to our blog community. for those of you, make a blog and contact us. in the event that everyone has, why don't i have all the blogs addresses. is there something wrong with me?
3 remember everyone to be keeping your eyes out for book formats and whatnot.

it looks like the sun is shining