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Artist of the Month - Katherine Sandoz

December 29th, 2009

-Do you ever deal with clients that restrict your creative process?
The short answer is, “Probably so.”  I do like to think of creativity as a disease.  If you’re infected, you can spread the germ.  My best relationships with art directors rely on an understanding that they have uber-brains and I have an uber-hand (at least for that project).
-How do you deal with criticism from your piers?
Peers?  I respond well to all types of formal criticism.  If one doesn’t know what that is, I might be less apt to take the review seriously.
-What inspires your style of illustrations/color pallet?
Palette?  I draw a lot.  People who do this naturally arrive at a style.  It’s inevitable with frequent and concentrated effort….even for those who don’t call themselves artists.  This is the magic of art.  As for color, I pour over a lot of reference materials  - take mental notes.  Nature always inspires – seems to have a knack for those complementary and close complementary color relationships to which people tend to respond.  I also pay lots of attention to the mixing of paint, it’s translucency, transparency and opacity.  I think this helps with the way in which color is transmitted and how powerful its impact.
-What visual references do you call upon for inspiration and influence?
Peer work (every kind), advertising, magazines, movies, gardens, landscapes – I’m always in observation mode.  Reading also informs my work visually.  I learn a lot from writers given that they make pictures, at least for me, with words.
-What personal projects are you pursuing at the moment?
I just finished 15 paintings of deer (to coincide with the rut this year).  I’m also working on a series of women decorated with jellyfish.  And I’ve been painting a new series of abstract landscapes.
-Beverage of choice?
Coffee.  La Croix chaser.
-Favorite object?(please provide picture if possible)
I’m madly in love with my computer (MacBook)  - or addicted – either one.  But I do love my three year old son’s drawings.

bgkatherinesandoz Artist of the Month - Katherine Sandoz

This Month WHACK is featuring the artist Katherine Sandoz. We sat down with Katherine to find out about her inspiration, creative process, and let her correct some of our spelling mistakes (wink).

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Artist of the Month – Courtney Reagor

October 12th, 2009

bg2 Artist of the Month Courtney Reagor

This Month WHACK is featuring the artist Courtney Reagor. We sat down with Courtney to find out about her inspiration, creative process, and influences.

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Flash CS5 - Turn your Flash games into iPhone Apps

October 5th, 2009

flash for iphone Flash CS5 - Turn your Flash games into iPhone AppsSo there’s still no Flash in Safari, but once Adobe hatches Flash Professional CS5 you’ll be able to port your wacky Flash games or animations out to real, live iPhone/iPod touch apps. Yep, ActionScript 3 nerds rejoice: that tasty App Store pie will soon be yours, never minding the whole plug-in debate.

This is truly quite awesome in one regard, as it lowers the barrier to entry for some app developers, and will ease the port of some cool online games that we’ve seen floating around the interwebs. Then again, if you’ve spent a little time at places like Newgrounds.com, you will quickly see the dark side to this announcement from Adobe. All those crummy Flash toys online just got one step closer to coming to life on the App Store (we’re guessing most will sell for the low, low price of $.99). At this rate there will be more apps than iPhones! (more…)

Brochure Design Awarded for WHACKS Design

September 16th, 2009

bennyaward091 Brochure Design Awarded for WHACKS DesignAwards just keep on coming for WHACK Media Design and its clients.  This time it was Noble Marketing Inc that won a “Benny”, the highest possible honor given at the Premier Print Awards, an international design competition.  Noble Marketing won in the category of best small brochure, conceived and designed by WHACK Media Design.

“Benny winners represent the best of our industry.  With entries from 14 different countries, Noble Marketing Group distinguished itself by producing a creative piece worthy of a Benny”, said Michael Makin, president and CEO of Printing Industries of America.  The awards are one of the biggest honors in print media and have now been celebrated for 60 years. (more…)

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