New site: Absolute Blackout
by
Marcus Lewis
Thu Aug 5th, 2010:

*Photo by Josephine Kenney
A few months ago I received a message from Matt saying a friend of his was looking to have a website created for her upcoming clothing/accessory store. We went through a couple of layouts an kept things moving forward on the build. I got an email with the first few images for the site and knew right then it was going to be a pretty fun project to work on. It ended up being fairly tough with all the coding and tweaking needed to get it right, but fun none the less and I’m happy with the results!
Let us know what you think and go and buy some sweat stuff from Absolute Blackout!!!
Congratulations Maddy, very nice work! and to the rest of the Absolute Blackout crew, awesome stuff!
Tags: Absolute Blackout, Adventures, Awesome, Design, Fine Art, Illustration, Matt Truiano, Photography, Variety Studios, Web Design
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birds. in Pittsburgh
by
Randy Hadzor
Wed Jan 27th, 2010:

I’ll be showing my ever expanding series of birds with the newest fuzzy little guys and prints available for purchase! Check it out at Mr. Smalls Jazz Club in Pittsburgh, PA.
February 20, 2010; 7pm.
Here’s a photo from the last show, which was a blast.

See you there.
- Randy
Tags: Art Shows, Design, Fine Art, Illustration, Inspiration, Variety Studios
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24th Annual AM-JAM TATTOO EXPO: Syracuse New York
by
Marcus Lewis
Mon Jan 18th, 2010:

Featuring New & Rising Artists along side the Great & Legendary
The AM-JAM Family proudly presents the 24th Annual
Tattoo Expo
Featuring The Lizardman / Shows Daily
January 29th-31, 2010
Fri: 6pm-12M
Sat: 12noon-midnight
Sun: 12noon-6pm
continuous entertainment
live music
over 75 working international artists
piercing artists & assorted vendors
Our friends at Winky Dink Ink will be having their own booth so come join the fun and support these great artists!
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Tags: Art Shows, Design, Fine Art, Gallery, Illustration, Inspiration, Matt Truiano, New York, Syracuse, Tattoo Expo, Variety Studios, Winky Dink Ink
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10 minute blitz & other practice projects
by
Randy Hadzor
Thu Jan 7th, 2010:
These are some self initiated projects I have been doing to practice working faster with my goal to improve turn around time while still practicing good design sense. I call them 10 minute blitz projects.


Basically, I give myself 10 minutes to start with nothing and create a digital promotional flier for Variety Studios with the dimensions of 640 by 480 pixels.
Here are some other practice projects I have also been experimenting with, just to keep the skills sharp and always experimenting with ways to communicate visually.


Nothing like simulating being the world champ riding aero bicycles through the snow Syracuse nightscapes.
Gotta keep at it.
Good luck with all of you endeavors in the new year.
cheers,
randall
Tags: 10min, Adventures, Blitz, Design, New York, Photography, Practice, Projects, Quickness, Self Initiated, Syracuse, Ten Minute Project, Turn Around Time, Variety Studios
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