http://www.loveablan.com/blog Where I speak of the pompitous of Love... Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:17:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now that the exhibit is over, here's my second piece for the These Are Their Stories art show featuring works inspired by episode summaries of LAW & ORDER. This was a really fun (not to mention delicious) piece to work on. The lineup chart is actual size by the way, ... http://www.loveablan.com/blog/?p=960 I love police procedurals like LAW & ORDER: SVU. So when artist Brandon Bird invited me to participate in a LAW & ORDER themed group art show, I said "hellllll YES" faster than Detective Stabler would rescue Detective Benson from the grips of some pasty wild-eyed madman at an abandoned ... http://www.loveablan.com/blog/?p=925 I recently shot and designed this movie poster for HOOTERS the docu-comedy by Anna Margarita Albelo. Anna asked me if I could shoot "Noir! Intrigue! Lesbians! Smoke! Murder!!!" How could I say no to any of the above?? Especially when I love the ol' Hollywood style of lighting and it ... http://www.loveablan.com/blog/?p=904 I took some photos at the Original Plumbing Magazine Party on Saturday. Lots of excellent pieces and performances, including an amazing show by art band Hi Fashion $9.99. If you missed it, you missed a really fun night. You also missed, "two Jens, one sandwich." Which is something that should ... http://www.loveablan.com/blog/?p=881 Things are comically busy right now, especially as my studio manager and intern are both out of town. I'm still working on the Cooler film and simultaneously juggling a bunch of clients, projects and jumbo bottles of SmartWater. (I need them electrolytes!) I would like to know where people get ... http://www.loveablan.com/blog/?p=854 I shot and designed this preliminary movie poster for COOLER, a feature film directed by Silas Howard and Ernesto Foronda, which is actually in production right now. One fine sunny day on Mount Washington, Ernesto handed me a plastic cooler and requested that I take pictures of it, and to give ... http://www.loveablan.com/blog/?p=822 In his latest L.A. Ink Stains comic, Jim Mahfood illustrated some of our recent wacky adventures where we met Shepard Fairey and his posse, had an awesome photo shoot with a pregnant rockstar/pornstar and sniffed the heck out of some fresh muffins. (The blueberry kind.) Check out the whole epic ... http://www.loveablan.com/blog/?p=771 I'm very excited to announce that I'm teaching three workshops at Blue Rooster Art's Atwater Studio in L.A. this summer! One is a Pinhole Camera making class, and two are Camera Basics Boot Camps. I run through a little bit about them below, but you can find the full details ... http://www.loveablan.com/blog/?p=774 It's Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, yay! In celebration, I made a pinhole camera out of a tarot deck box that perfectly fits 120 film. I really love that The Magician is on the front as there's always an element of magic and illusion in photography, making pictures appear out of ... http://www.loveablan.com/blog/?p=722 Is your spidey sense tingling yet? (Or are you just happy to see me?) Because the amazing artist and magnificent son of a gun JIM MAHFOOD @#$%ing drew me into a SPIDER-MAN comic!!! Say WHAAAT?! "Web of Spider-Man" #7 hits the stands today, check it out: There I am in the ... http://www.loveablan.com/blog/?p=684