a dandified hedonism

color memory - the beets, originally uploaded by mhipley.

Sarah and I went to Fette Sau tonight, and I am having a hard time feeling guilty for the indulgence of a relatively expensive night out. We ate an immense amount of food and drank enough to feel fuzzy and loud, but not so much of either that I feel more than a warmishness at the moment. Even the clarity of the solo bike ride home only made me feel even better about spending more money than I ought on one meal.

I was thinking again about Alex Kapranos's series about eating on tour and how it accumulates in his book into an ode to indulgences of quality. Everyone should have some stories about things getting out of hand, but it can also be lovely to take a night to push to that brink of climax and retreat with enough consciousness to remember the taste of the trip.

For my light and color class we had to make several sets of color swatches to try and capture a particular scene. After coloring a hundred variations on the grey and white classroom, I decided to base the "color memory" set on seeing the Beets with Carlos and Ari in June. The sway of the body heat and colored lights was something wonderful. I didn't capture it as well as I would have liked, but I enjoyed trying to get the exactly sickly shades of green and orange.

Sarah is preparing for grad school applications, take two, and we agreed it really comes down to committing to something wholeheartedly even if you are not sure that it's right. It's easier to change your mind later than it is to jump start your life with lukewarm intentions.

jump start yeah!

me on the train, originally uploaded by mhipley.

Tomorrow I am going to a panel after work about blogging and such so I figured I should get this thing going again. When I get my site up in the next few weeks, I'll either end up attaching this or something new to it, so I need to get in the habit.

I was kind of surprise given how anti-internet he is, but Carlos wants a blog for the site I am going to build for him as well.

Mostly I have been doing boring school exercises, but here is an unfinished drawing I started while riding on NJ Transit a few weekends ago. It was late and I was tired and about another hour and a half from my apartment.

sketch-a-day #3: me vs. fruit

me vs. fruit, originally uploaded by mhipley.

Vegetables are not as much of a problem.

CONYEEZY INDUSTRIES

I finally finished the pokémon-inspired design I promised to my favorite nerdcore couple over at Conyeezy Industries. Here is a version where I played with the color a little to make it pop a bit more:

They are a rad couple making nerdtastic music (and with a little nerd baby on the way!) so check them out.

sketch-a-day #2

Okay, it's still the same month, so that counts right? I did this last night and already have today's planned, so hopefully I can have a 2-day record at least.

I am kind of frustrated with the layout of this blog, but I want to commit to posting in it more before I start messing with the settings.

sketch-a-day #1

I've had this nice little moleskin for months and have barely used it, so I decided that I have to do at least one page a day every day from now on. Right now I am pretty motivated and tempted to draw more, but I want to save some of that commitment for tomorrow.

thanks to modern medicine

Here are some new and oldish things:




I kinda of want to add some color to the second, but I am not sure how. I drew it with marker on Bristol paper, so I could always go back and add a little watercolor, but I was also thinking of adding some color in Illustrator and giving it a screen printed effect kind of like Carlos' poster for Wavves:


I might be doing a new poster project soon. Need to make some calls and work out the details though.