http://www.danielucas.com Don't Look / Art & Design Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:55:14 +0000 http://www.danielucas.com en http://www.danielucas.com/612459/Tragics http://www.danielucas.com/612459/Tragics Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:55:14 +0000 Don't Look / Art & Design 612459 a set of 18"x24" B&W prints. based on the ideas of "Tragedy" and a longing deep in the gut – Tragics works to create visuals to express these ideas. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/612459/MothersDaughter-small.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="893" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/612459/Tapeworm(s)-small.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="893" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/612459/TheBoyIsAVCR-small.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="893" align="left" /> http://www.danielucas.com/612459/Tragics http://www.danielucas.com/544603/The-Permeating-Machine http://www.danielucas.com/544603/The-Permeating-Machine Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:19:56 +0000 Don't Look / Art & Design 544603 I was recently involved in The Oratorium (presented by MATERIAL) which was part of the 2nd Annual Perform! Now!, multi-gallery performance show in Los Angeles, Ca. I performed the following piece alongside 8 other visual artists in a "simultaneous reading". My piece was constructed using news stories, headlines, commercial tag lines, facebook status updates, twitter posts and song lyrics. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/544603/PermeatingMachine_seq01_layout.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="517" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/544603/PermeatingMachine_seq01_layout2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="517" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/544603/PermeatingMachine_seq01_layout3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="517" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/544603/PermeatingMachine_seq01_layout4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="517" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/544603/PermeatingMachine_seq01_layout5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="517" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/544603/PermeatingMachine_seq01_layout6.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="517" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/544603/PermeatingMachine_seq01_layout7.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="517" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/544603/PermeatingMachine_seq01_layout8.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="517" align="left" /> http://www.danielucas.com/544603/The-Permeating-Machine http://www.danielucas.com/516459/Contact http://www.danielucas.com/516459/Contact Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:25:55 +0000 Don't Look / Art & Design 516459 http://www.danielucas.com/516459/Contact http://www.danielucas.com/509931/Cannonball http://www.danielucas.com/509931/Cannonball Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:03:52 +0000 Don't Look / Art & Design 509931 The short film Cannonball was created as part of the Graduate Film Conservatory at Chapman University through a collaborative effort of alumni Mark Powell, Rachel Skidmore, Nathan Carrington, Ben Cox, and Roxanne Mobley. The five filmmakers spent over a year crafting what would become a laugh-out-loud, polished, blockbuster style, commercial comedy. Now that the film is complete -- including the addition of a major label soundtrack, thanks to Music Supervisor Anna Sherwood -- the group plans to showcase their film at festivals around the world. Working with the Cannonball team & Humble Giants, I designed and coded the films website. The site needed to reflect the fun, exciting nature of the film, and needed to contain a high amount of copy. We focused on stylizing the site according to the Poster/Collateral we had already created. Moving from there I laid out the website in a classic format to house a large amount of text. The site features a smooth scroll to reinforce the fun, and central, "cannonball" aspect of the film (i.e the user is "plunging" into the site). Visit Cannonball here. Screenshots of the site: <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/509931/cannonball_1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="499" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/509931/cannonball_2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="499" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/509931/cannonball_3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="499" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/509931/cannonball_4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="499" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/509931/cannonball_5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="499" align="left" /> http://www.danielucas.com/509931/Cannonball http://www.danielucas.com/498850/Gnarly-Visuals http://www.danielucas.com/498850/Gnarly-Visuals Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:35:03 +0000 Don't Look / Art & Design 498850 A selection of style visuals I created for the Gnarly Clothes brand. The brand prides itself on being a mix of grimy boarders with a loose dirtbag style. Working with this, I created a few sample visuals to enhance and refine the brand into something new and exciting. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/9.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="448" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="448" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="448" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/7.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="448" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/8.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="448" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/6.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="448" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/v2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1001" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/v3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1001" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/v4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1001" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/v5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1001" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/v7.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1001" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/v8.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1001" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/498850/v9.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1001" align="left" /> http://www.danielucas.com/498850/Gnarly-Visuals http://www.danielucas.com/295830/SUPER8-mag http://www.danielucas.com/295830/SUPER8-mag Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:18:22 +0000 Don't Look / Art & Design 295830 my contribution to the amazing Super8 project. They've got a long list of amazing contributors and I'm more than stoked to be a part of this awesome project. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/295830/Super8-small.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="938" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/295830/Super8-small1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="501" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/295830/Super8-small2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="501" align="left" /> http://www.danielucas.com/295830/SUPER8-mag http://www.danielucas.com/455343/We-The-Tempest http://www.danielucas.com/455343/We-The-Tempest Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:34:32 +0000 Don't Look / Art & Design 455343 fu·ror  [fyoor-awr, -er] –noun 1. a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like. 2. a prevailing fad, mania, or craze. 3. fury; rage; madness. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/455343/FUROR.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="949" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/455343/FUROR_2small.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="565" align="left" /> bed·lam  [bed-luhm] –noun 1. a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion. 2. Archaic . an insane asylum or madhouse. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/455343/BEDLAM.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="949" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/455343/BEDLAM_2small.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="565" align="left" /> http://www.danielucas.com/455343/We-The-Tempest http://www.danielucas.com/455306/MATERIAL-press http://www.danielucas.com/455306/MATERIAL-press Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:25:57 +0000 Don't Look / Art & Design 455306 MATERIAL is a journal started by artists interested in the writings of other artists. We are a home for divergent opinions, uses, and appropriations of language, encouraging "speculations and appreciations, rantings if need be, phantasies, lectures, nocturnes...and inventions."(*). We solicit friction and conviviality both, from a wide community of artists. Working with MATERIAL I helped re-create their website to better suite their needs. They needed a website to hold all their online content, which changes monthly, as well as general information about events, people etc... I was able to take their website, streamline everything, and re-structure the site to be easy to understand, navigate and enjoy. The typefaces, hierarchy and structure were designed to reflect the minimal, bare-bones, structure that the physical journal has. I was responsible for the design, coding & testing. Logo and all other text were provided. Visit MATERIAL here. Screenshots of the website: <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/455306/Material_1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="499" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/455306/Material_2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="499" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/455306/Material_3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="499" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/455306/Material_4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="499" align="left" /> http://www.danielucas.com/455306/MATERIAL-press http://www.danielucas.com/444692/Hampton-Apples http://www.danielucas.com/444692/Hampton-Apples Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:54:29 +0000 Don't Look / Art & Design 444692 Hampton Apples started out as a photography project and transformed itself into a short book. I originally wanted to use my cell phone camera to document my trip to NYC. At the time i had a Sidekick 2, and loved it, so it made sense. Once the photos were taken, and I was back home. I realized the photos presented a great metaphor for how I see New York City: A blurry mess of oddities and over-exposure. I decided to take this idea and incorporate text that related to the history, future, and folklore of New York, the state. I melded the images and text in a way that creates a sense of impossible to understand journalism. Text gets lost, images are incomprehensible, and yet there are moments of quiet beauty where everything is clear. This was the essence of my experience, and I convey that with this short book. Samples from the book: <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/hamptonapples3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/hamptonapples4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/hamptonapples6.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/hamptonapples9.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/hamptonapples13.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/hamptonapples14.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/hamptonapples17.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" align="left" /> Photos of the book: <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/Full_Scans_web_1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="500" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/Full_Scans_web_2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="500" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/Full_Scans_web_4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="500" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/Full_Scans_web_5.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="500" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/Full_Scans_web_6.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="500" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/Full_Scans_web_7.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="500" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/444692/Full_Scans_web_9.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="500" align="left" /> http://www.danielucas.com/444692/Hampton-Apples http://www.danielucas.com/418661/This-home http://www.danielucas.com/418661/This-home Tue, 18 May 2010 23:47:51 +0000 Don't Look / Art & Design 418661 This Home is a personal collage series created based on my idea of "home". I pull from collective history, as well as my own feelings about & relation towards the idea of "home". I'm working with the idea of movement as well as stagnate placement, as a way to illustrate my thoughts on the subject. Each piece measures 10" x 8". Panel 3 & detail <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/418661/home3-web.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="456" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/418661/home3-web2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="456" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/418661/home3-web3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="456" align="left" /> Panel 2 & detail <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/418661/home1-web.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="456" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/418661/home1-web2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="456" align="left" /> Panel 1 & detail <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/418661/home2-web.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="456" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/6129/418661/home2-web2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="456" align="left" /> http://www.danielucas.com/418661/This-home