Grad Progress

:S:L:P: Here are a few pages of sketches for my grad project. It's the biggest project I've ever undertaken and if I can pull it off in the next 6 weeks I will be a very happy camper.

The project itself deals in the imagery of youth and the many transitions one goes through on their way to adulthood, or where ever we end up. These days it feels like youth and growing up is a 33 year long process.

I'll be posting occasional updates over the next 6 weeks documenting the progress of this piece. Any feedback on what you see is always welcome and muchly appreciated.

Enjoy.

Lost Basterds

:S:L:P: Well this post is a bit late, but its still cool none the less. Last month Upper Playground hosted a benefit for The American Red Cross to help the victims of the Haiti Earthquake. It featured many Juxtapos regulars interpreting the visuals of Tarantino's Nazi bashing opus Inglourious Basterds You can check out some of the work here. Some really amazing stuff (though a bit violent for this kind heart...what a sissy).

Listen to the new Gorillaz album at NPR!

:S:L:P: NPR has a North Americian Preview of the new Gorillaz album "Plastic Beach!" Check it out!

SKYLERPUNNETT.COM up and running!

:S:L:P: My new website is up at www.skylerpunnett.com. Lots of new work. Let me know what you think!

Carded! Pics

The Carded! show at the Jacana Gallery was a big success. Tons of happy folk trading their hearts out to collect their faves. What a great way to get to shake off the usual pretence that swarms about most gallery openings. Thanks to Chris Bentzen and Jim Hoehnle for putting on the show!

My Carded! Top 5 (l to r, t to b):

1} The Parnell Collective's "Bear Dreamer"

2} Soizick Meister's "Where Is the Bird"

3} Joseph Swan's (Matt Bowen's) "Rodeo Clown"

4} Matt Watson's "Untitled"

5} Shwa Keirstead's "Gentlemanly Anguilla"

A warm frenzy of trading.

John and Matt hone their collections.

Jenny's stash.

It's the little things that count...

Switly by Ceci Velasco

Here's my good friend Ceci's amazing animation from the Shane Koyczan We Were Here live show. It's nice to see it getting all the attention it deserves. Way to go, Ceci!!

You can check out more of her work at her blog.

The Beast With Two Backs

:S:L:P: Here's the piece that's been on my drawing board for the last week. It came from a thought I had about the following phrase:

This modern-sounding phrase is in fact at least as early as Shakespeare. He used it in Othello, 1604:

Iago:
"I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs."

Shakespeare may have been the first to use it in English, although a version of it appears in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel, circa 1532. This was translated into English by Thomas Urquhart and published posthumously around 1693:

"In the vigour of his age he married Gargamelle, daughter to the King of the Parpaillons, a jolly pug, and well-mouthed wench. These two did oftentimes do the two-backed beast together, joyfully rubbing and frotting their bacon 'gainst one another."

Check back in the coming weeks to see the finished work.