Union Square Art Piece

Though it seems obvious, this art piece feels confusing after the first 7 digits (And rightfully so!). Most people figure out the first 7 digits are the current time: 18 hours, 46 mins, 24 and 3 tenths of a second (6:46pm). This is where most people stop figuring it out. There are 8 more numbers to go!
The give away is the 8th number is ALWAYS a mass blur of random digits. If you read the numbers backwards, from right to left, it is the time left before the day is done. In this image, there is 5 hours, 13 mins, 35 and 6 tenths of a second left, along with the mystical hundredth of a second 8th digit that is shared by both sides.
It seems most New Yorkers still don't know what these numbers mean, so I share it with you NYers and non-NYers alike. Enjoy.

Mystic, CT

When I travel, I tend to make pitstops while on the highway. Sometimes I see something, get curious, and have to pull off an exit just to see what is over there. I'm sure one time this will lead me into trouble. The rest of the time I pull off nice photos like this one, taken near Mystic, CT in someone's gravely side lot to their closed restaurant. It is a tiny, tiny place with this nice aged dock that makes for an interesting foreground.

Nice sandals.

I love Union Square sometimes. One of the many places I can take photos without people stopping and waiting for me to take the picture. I appreciate the polite attitude, but I prefer when people go on with their days and I can either capture it or wait for my moment to get that great photo.

The early process of "Best If Used By"

So here is the early process of "Best if Used By", a short written and directed by me and done with some very talented people, Ryan Pate, Morgan Griffiths, Dayv Frost, and newly on board, Tyler Garrison. We are currently at the modeling, rigging, and texturing stages. I'm excited to see the texture and style work that Tyler can bring our project and really make it pop into something unique.




Early on, I could see how the sketches of mine were not matching the given modeling by Ryan. This is mainly due to the creative process and seeing what we can do with our collective ideas. I drew up a few changes.



Though a good and interesting caveman style, I was still not getting the silhouette I wanted. We met up and knocked it out in the next set.

This is our most current model, without the refined connections in the neck. It had the style of my sketch and gave off the desired "easter island" head appearance I liked about the sketch.

More in the next update: Bedroom and Kitchen environments, along with rigging steps.

Krupa Jhaveri

Krupa is an extreme inspiration to me. Befriending her in NYC, we had a photoshoot for her own memories in the city before her life completely changed. She was realizing her vision and putting it into action. She moved to India, both a scary and daunting reality that she knew she had to do. She said it best:

"Spend time alone, away from distractions, and reflect on the simple essence of who you are regardless of all that surrounds you. Dream that impossible dream, and once you leap, a net will appear to help you make that dream materialize."

Please read, follow, and support not her dream, but her reality, to build a center offering art therapy and a safe space for children and women with HIV/AIDS in India.

krupajhaveri.blogspot.com

Photography 6.16.09 DC

I took a short trip to DC this past weekend to see family, explore a little bit of the usual Washington DC sights, and achieve some new photos to share. The first thing I noticed is how the DC Metro is terribly low lit but has many red lights to warn you where the platform edge is and where a tragic early demise would be.


I explored the Natural History Museum with my Aunt and immediate family and stumbled upon a nice, easy to shoot set up of fossilized shells ripe for my lens. I enjoy the tricks eyes can play on you when you see such a photo. It looks as if there are shells an inch from the lens along with shells meters away. Truth be told, the lower shells are just as close as the shells above them, only they are smaller and there are many more. Beautiful!

DC was a short visit and I plan on many visits back.

Nicklogic, Good Show! is up to big things

It's been a year since I've moved to Brooklyn and I have already experienced so much in the likes of NYC life, including the work scene, party scene, and many friends who conveniently moved down here afterwards. Within a 5 block radius, a couple Buffalo friends of mine moved here into Brooklyn and I couldn't ask for anything more.

...except to get into the freelance scene a bit more seriously.

I've been working on and completed a few project while here.

During my time at Walsh Family Media, found in Brooklyn by Patrick Walsh, I was given a great opportunity to work on and complete the Club Kid'doo project. This project was completed in a very short span of time (I believe it was a month to a month and a half) with very few people, including only 3 main animators, each given 2 minutes of animation to be done in about 3-4 weeks. It was one of the best, quickest projects I've worked on with 2 other great animators.

After my time at WFM, I moved on to a few other side projects. Tyler Garrison, Ryan Pate, and I worked for Rod Weber and he directed for Ken Del Vecchio's "O.B.A.M. Nude", a controversial film about the opinions of real people, debating the sides of hard issues as Abortion, Healthcare, Global warming (haha), and economy. It is a worthwhile watch for the real opinions, three main actors (Ken Del Vecchio, Andre Michel, Rachael Robbins), and funny animations, many produced by our team known as Good Show! Studios. We're not a business, but a very small and refined collective group of dedicated workers who have pumped out freelance work with speed and high quality. This allows us to take on a high volume of work without flinching. On our table recently is a project I cannot disclose yet, but will be a fun adventure for kids dealing with and befriending someone of Greek Mythology. It'll be alot of fun for Children and parents alike.

We've also taken on two others, also a part of Good Show, to do the audio and the modeling (Dayv Frost and Morgan Griffiths) for a funny and satirically opinionated short, "Best If Used By". You will see updates to this project on this site up until its release. Be excited because we are.

Cheers and thanks for reading.