ACID MAN Society

     There is a self published book/zine/mini comic I put out every now and then called the Acid Man Society. There could be anything in here from comics to written thoughts, paintings or diagrams that I create. I'm always playing around with cover ideas and lettering designs for the title. Here are a few recent items. I am at issue No.29 so far in my AM series. 

IN STEREO

All right kiddies. Free Inside! 

.....or rather Free inside your mind. Because today in the Nakfactorium we have some 3D eye boggling to do. No special glasses are required. Just simple cross-eyed concentration. It's easy!

Here's how to do it.

1. Click beside the image to get a larger view.

2. Place your finger between the images.

3. Slowly move your finger towards you while keeping a focus on your finger. A third image will slowly grow between the two images.

4. When this middle image is the same size as the other two, stop moving your finger towards you. 

5. Remember to keep your focus on that distance where you finger is and do not change your focus to the image behind it.

6. Move your hand quickly away (don't change your focus ) and that middle image will become three-dimensionally clear!

Here are three to get you going. Write me for more!

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Organic Solids

     As with an earlier post with a picture titled Table Space, this top image started off with a vision that I just had to jump on. It's a strange feeling because sometimes you don't have the whole picture just the beginning of it. You know how it is supposed to start then once you get going, once you connect spirit to action or idea to paper (or computer in this instance) the rest just spills out. Kind of like a fragment of a dream that you barely remember but once you start thinking about it......

    So in this instance this 'vision' was simply three bars... three vertical rectangles, which soon turned to six and then really the rest is a bit of a blur and before I knew it it was finished. Sure I can go into variations at this point, have different borders, redeligate the surrounding space dimensions, but the main engine is all there.

     When I had the vision at first it was like having three notes to a familiar song, "yeah I can name that tune", and then you start singing and let it go. The New Music theme was there as soon as I put those black keys in and then the title was there right at that moment because you don't have 5 black keys in a row on a piano or keyboard, so this whole idea of playing the notes between the notes and the sounds that are made in between those notes are what really then informed the process.

     

Self Promo Mojo Universo

     I'm sure one can see by now that I work in a variety of media and genres. This NakUniverse flyer I recently made reflects this as well as addresses some of my blogger activities for all to check out.  I'm a bit out of focus, I always have been, but I don't want to wear glasses. It's rather fun to have the blurryness and etherial abstractness of connecting the dots. Maybe one day when I grow up I will define my real self?....... or is this just a delusion on my part, and really, I will always be multi dimensional? 

     Below are three headers from my blogs that reflect areas of interests and my activity. You can check out the links  to these in the top left corner. 

I currently have some paintings hanging up at a restaurant here in Winnipeg and here was my e-vite image.

Similar Vision

GOD WHISTLE

I was listening to one of my favorite programs on CBC radio called Wire Tap with Jonathan Goldstein. This episode was called the God Whistle, where his friend had come across a box of poorly manufactured whistles that were missing the ball inside them, so he came op with the idea of selling them as silent God Whistles. An idea I wish I had thought of! But at any rate I was compelled to create an old style comic book novelty ad. 

Six Toes

I wanted to give my daughter a copy of the Chrysalids for her birthday. When I found one at the used book store I thought it had the most improper cover, which was Illustrated with an alien. She would never read it with that on it. So, I had an hour and a half to design, print, cut and fit it onto the book. I've been meaning to re-read this book as I remember it being one of my favorites in school, but suddenly I had to quickly pull out vague remembrances for me to illustrate. I loved the old orange spine so I used that as my start.  

 

Just a couple of fun quick 3 inch button designs I did for myself.