12/29/12
Next three pages of OUTDOOR | INDOOR
Below are the next 3 pages of an experiment that will eventually be
translated as an "infinite canvas." To keep my interest I've been
attempting to do 5 pages at a time. I hope to have some more soon. (Click
images to enlarge.) The rest can be seen here.
12/21/12
Movie/show Posters
I made this posters inspired by the aesthetics of Reza Abedini and Adam Juresko. Tried to make their screen-print looking collage approach my own. These were made for X-mas gifts. Don't worry, I don't feel confident sending the framed works to them, so they know what they are getting already. I also used two icons from Scott Lewis' iconify.it.
12/5/12
Next four bikes for my Richmond bike poster
The next completed four bikes for my 36"X48" poster on Richmond bikes. Again, since 36" X 48" posters can be expensive to print ... so I decided to offer up incentives for participants to donate money for my initial print costs (I hope to print more of the posters at a smaller scale).
Please email all photos to bizhan[at]mendedarrow.com You may email me your photo for the project without a donation. You will still be a part of the project. You just won't get anything, but my gratitude.
For an accurate representation, photos must be profile as pictured below.
If you send $10, I will email you a high res image of your bike at 4" X 6".
If you send $20, I will email you the high res image and mail a printed 4" X 6" post card.
If you send $30, you will get all of the above and you're awesome.
12/4/12
Cat Comic (catching up on projects)
Below are the next 3 pages of an experiment that will eventually be
translated as an "infinite canvas." To keep my interest I've been
attempting to do 5 pages at a time. I hope to have some more soon. (Click
images to enlarge.) The rest can be seen here.
Next three bikes for my Richmond bike poster
Please email all photos to bizhan[at]mendedarrow.com You may email me your photo for the project without a donation. You will still be a part of the project. You just won't get anything, but my gratitude.
For an accurate representation, photos must be profile as pictured below.
If you send $10, I will email you a high res image of your bike at 4" X 6".
If you send $20, I will email you the high res image and mail a printed 4" X 6" post card.
If you send $30, you will get all of the above and you're awesome.
12/1/12
Call for Photos for a Bike Poster
I am working on a minimalist-ish poster of Richmond, VA bicycles. As of now, I expect them to be displayed in a grid with the cyclists name and age under it. The final product will be 36" X 48". The poster is for an exhibition at Virginia Commonwealth University's MoB space.
MoB + Storefront operates on the principle that good design makes a healthier city where citizens participate more fully in their environment, their government and their culture.
Since 36" X 48" posters can be expensive to print ... I decided to offer up incentives for participants to donate money for my initial print costs (I hope to print more of the posters at a smaller scale).
Please email all photos to bizhan[at]mendedarrow.com You may email me your photo for the project without a donation. You will still be a part of the project. You just won't get anything, but my gratitude.
For an accurate representation, photos must be profile as pictured below.
If you send $10, I will email you a high res image of your bike at 4" X 6".
If you send $20, I will email you the high res image and mail a printed 4" X 6" post card.
If you send $30, you will get all of the above and you're awesome.
Below are example images of what your bike will look like.
MoB + Storefront operates on the principle that good design makes a healthier city where citizens participate more fully in their environment, their government and their culture.
Since 36" X 48" posters can be expensive to print ... I decided to offer up incentives for participants to donate money for my initial print costs (I hope to print more of the posters at a smaller scale).
Please email all photos to bizhan[at]mendedarrow.com You may email me your photo for the project without a donation. You will still be a part of the project. You just won't get anything, but my gratitude.
For an accurate representation, photos must be profile as pictured below.
If you send $10, I will email you a high res image of your bike at 4" X 6".
If you send $20, I will email you the high res image and mail a printed 4" X 6" post card.
If you send $30, you will get all of the above and you're awesome.
Below are example images of what your bike will look like.
My wife's bike with abstract emblems.
My own bike that is covered in stickers.
My daughter's bike with abstracted streamers and gold stars etc.
11/28/12
DIY ONSLAUGHT: A quadruple book signing.
I will be signing copies of "The Little Black Fish" Dec 7th at Velocity Comics. More info below.
DIY ONSLAUGHT
Quadruple book/comic release event. Free and open to the public.
Dec 7th, 7-10pm
Velocity Comics 819-A West Broad Street
To releases from Sink/Swim Press (www.sinkswimpress.com)
QUESTERN by Dallan Hague
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GIVE UP by James Moffitt
and two more local debuts
GODSEND by Jesse Bausch & Meg Gandy (http://godsend.shatterlands.com/)
THE LITTLE BLACK FISH by Bizhan Khodabandeh adapted from Samad Behranghi's story. (www.mendedarrow.com)
11/25/12
Ripe Time
This was for a post card design for the New York theater company, Ripe Time. It is for a multimedia piece based on Gertrude Stein's children's book "The World Is Round." The book is a rite of passage story about a nine-year-old girl who overcomes many obstacles while she climbs up a mountain. My point of departure were several artists who use both 2d and 3d elements in their work. The background is a photograph of a miniature theatrical set that I created using public domain engravings. I then incorporated old engravings of constellations and a doll that my wife happen to get in the mail the day that I started this project.
Below is more info taken from Ripe Time's website:
The World Is Round
An alt-rock song-driven dance theatre performance, THE WORLD IS ROUND tells the story of a young girl on a mission through darkly playful music, acrobatic action and Dr. Seussian text. Preview performances will be on December 13th-16th, 2012 at The JCC in Manhattan.Featuring Heather Christian, Amber Gray, April Matthis and Phillip Taratula. Designs by Mimi Lien, Mark Barton, Ilona Somogyi, Ben Rubin, and John Sullivan.
For tickets: http://www.jccmanhattan.org/performances.
All performances at The JCC in Manhattan,
334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th Street
New York, New York 10023
Thursday December 13 at 8 pm,
Saturday December 15 at 8 pm,
Sunday December 16th at 3pm and 7 pm.
Tickets: $20 ($15 for JCC members)
Free open rehearsal on Monday November 26th at 7 pm.
Last Pig Mammoth Ilustrations
These are the last of the "Uh, Oh Here Come The Pig Mammoths" illustrations. The project is just about wrapped up. I'll post photos of the final album and shirt. I revisited the Pig Mammoth theme song illustration. For those of you who are just tuning in...
The project is for an album by Todd Matthews. I am did an illustration for each song. The three you see are of an escape on flying stand up basses, the first entrance of the Pig Mammoths and the main character waking up from a dream. The music corresponds tells a story about Todd's brother, Chad, falling asleep to awake in a reptilian world only to see Todd kidnapped by the "Pig Mammoths." The Pig Mammoths are evil creatures who hoard instruments. The rest of the story/album describes Chad's adventures in search of his brother through a new world with several interesting and horrifying creatures.
The project is for an album by Todd Matthews. I am did an illustration for each song. The three you see are of an escape on flying stand up basses, the first entrance of the Pig Mammoths and the main character waking up from a dream. The music corresponds tells a story about Todd's brother, Chad, falling asleep to awake in a reptilian world only to see Todd kidnapped by the "Pig Mammoths." The Pig Mammoths are evil creatures who hoard instruments. The rest of the story/album describes Chad's adventures in search of his brother through a new world with several interesting and horrifying creatures.
11/21/12
Call for entries to typography exhibit
Call for entries for the "US & China Typographic Poster Exchange 2013"
Download exhibition form here. OR a zipped pdf here.
Mission
In March of 2013, an exhibition of 100 typographic posters by 50 American and 50 Chinese designers will begin their tour in China. On June, 7th, 2013 this same collection will begin its tour in the United States starting at Richmond, Virginia's Gallery5.
The mission of this exhibition is to introduce both culture's respective use of typography while helping us better understand our own use of language and inspire new typographic approaches.
Curators
Bizhan Khodabandeh (United States)
Li Xu (China)
Submission deadline
January 31st
Exhibition date s
China tour starts March, 2013
US tour begins June, 2013
Exhibition venues
Gallery5, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
International Exhibition Center of DaLian City in China
Gallery of Beijing Institute Of Graphic Communication, China
Gallery of Institute of Fine Arts of ShanTou University, China
Gallery of Institute of Fine Arts of ShanXi University,China.
Works deadline Works shipped to China must arrive no later than February 28th, 2013.
Works shipped to Gallery5 must arrive no later than April 27th, 2013.
(Shipping and exhibition details will be emailed to participants following this formal submission)
Works qualifications1. Designers are requested to submit one past or present work that best represents their use of typography.
2. Submissions must include a low resolution digital version of the printed poster no larger than 1000 pixels on its longest side.
3. Submitted works must be printed posters ( digital, offset, silk-screen, etc.) with a size of 100cm×70cm OR 50 cm×70cm
4. Past works can be submitted and modified to fit the format, but must have been originally created after June 25th 2010.
5. If selected, artists are expected to provide 4 printed copies.
NOTE: Work sent to China will not be sold nor returned to artists but will remain part of the traveling exhibition and become part of a collection at a Chinese university. Of the 2 works sent to Gallery5, one will be reserved for a traveling exhibition/s in the United States with the second on display and available for sale at the June exhibition. United States artists have a choice to have the unsold work returned to them at their expense or be donated to The Virginia Commonwealth University’s Art and Design Collection.
Submitters were be notified of acceptance the first week of February.
Submissions by artists in the United States can be emailed to bizhan@mendedarrow.com
11/13/12
talk 20: 7th Edition
I will be participating in this edition of the talk20 presenter series. As always there is a great group of presenters. More info below taken from C3's website.
talk20: 7th Edition
November 27, 2012
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Visual Arts Center of Richmond
1812 West Main Street
November 27, 2012
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Visual Arts Center of Richmond
1812 West Main Street
Studio Two Three with Ashley Hawkins and Tyler Dawkins. Ashley Hawkins is
the Executive Director of Studio Two Three (S23), a nonprofit community
print shop and gallery. She graduated in 2007 from VCU with a BFA in
Painting and Printmaking, and is back at VCU pursuing a Masters of
Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management. When
not busy running S23 in all its awesome glory, Ashley enjoys designing
props for movies that will never be made, thinking about sharks, and
wishing she were Tina Fey. Tyler Dawkins, a founding
member of Studio Two Three, attended Alfred University from 2004 to 2007
were she studied for her BAFA (Bachelor of Art and Fine Art). Her mixed
media work has been in several shows in Richmond (VA), Alfred (NY) and
Prague (CZ). She loves to dance to Bruce Springsteen and Tina Turner
while continuing her freelance print work in Richmond, Virginia.
Bizhan Khodabandeh is
a visual communicator who moves freely across the professional
boundaries as designer, comic artist, illustrator, fine artist and
activist. Khodabandeh is particularly fascinated by how art and design
can be a catalyst for social change. Bizhan has received numerous
international and national awards for his design work and been featured
in publications such as Print, Creativity International, Adbusters, etc.
Bizhan is the Design Director of Gallery5, teaches at Appomattox
Regional Governor's School, is adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth
University, freelances under the name Mended Arrow, and produces the Richmond Momuments comic strip.
Lisa Taranto is an architect, artist and activist. In 2002, she founded Tricycle Gardens,
and has since gone on to consulting & teaching on various aspects
of urban ecology, permaculture, and systems thinking. Lisa has
experience living in different environments including 25 years ago
spending 18 months living in central Arizona at Arcosanti, living in the
middle of the jungle, and last summer spending 6 weeks living in a tent
on the edge of West Virginia.
Richmond Comedy Coalition is
RVA's premier source for awesome live comedy shows and improv comedy
classes. Their favorite thing to do is use a member of the crowd as the
inspiration for their playful formats, whether it's nosing through their
Facebook page, grabbing their iPod and putting it on shuffle, or
getting them to tell a candid and true story. The RCC hold the title of
Best Comedy Group for two years running as voted by the people, via
Style Weekly's annual reader's poll.
Stanley Rayfield is
portrait artist, who has exhibited at Art 6 Gallery, ISHQ Gallery, 312
Gallery, the Anderson Gallery, Glave Kocen Gallery and Sage Moon
Gallery (Charlottesville, VA). He is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth
University, with a BFA in Communication Arts. In 2009, his painting
titled “Dad” was awarded 2nd place in the Outwin Boochever Portrait
Competition at the National Portrait Gallery.
Patrick Gregory has
worked professionally as a cinematographer, filmmaker and film and
video artist for the past 18 years. His work has taken him to over 18
countries around the world and it has manifested itself in conventional
documentaries, music videos as well as art installations, group shows,
including showings at 1708 gallery as well as InLight 2010. His current
project is a documentary film about the history of Richmond’s electric
streetcar.
Michelle Anthony is
the owner of Slice of Grace Bakery Boutique and Cap City Cupcakes
(opening in November). Michelle started her company 7 years ago
determined to make her mark in the “baking business” by creating
desserts that look good and taste even better. Her determination has
landed her on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars and her creations have been
seen on Bravo Network’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta.”
Bartholomew Broadbent is one of America’s leading wine importers with Broadbent Selections, Inc. representing such famous brands as Spy Valley, Quinta do Crasto and Chateau Musar. In 2012, IntoWine.com ranked him 50th in
“Top 100 Most Influential People in the U.S. Wine Industry". He’s been
profiled in Wine Spectator [1986], Market Watch “The Pioneer of Port”
[2008], American Fine Wine Magazine [2008] and Forbes.com [2009]. He had
a 50% partnership in Dragon's Hollow, a pioneering winery in China, and
launched the first nationally available Chinese wine in the US. He
conceived the re-birth of Madeira in 1987 and marketed Barboursville,
making it the first Virginia wine to become available in all 50 States.
11/12/12
Pea Green Coffee Cup is on Kickstarter!
A good friend of mine, Jared Cullum, has a kickstarter campaign for the print production costs of a compiled book for his web comic, Pea Green Coffee Cup. The incentives are super generous.
Below is some info. You can visit the Kickstarter page here.
Below is some info. You can visit the Kickstarter page here.
11/2/12
Screens & Suds and The Quadtastic Four
Screens and suds are having the annual fundraising event at Gallery5 this year. Pictured above is my contribution to the project. The theme this year is "Quad."
MORE INFO BELOW:
On Friday, November 2nd and Saturday, November 3rd Gallery5 is proud to host:
The Screens n’ Suds 4th Annual Art & Beer Festival to Benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Screens ‘n’ Suds’ mission is to enhance appreciation for craft beer and art while raising money for charity. “Screens” as in screen printing—posters, t-shirts and the like ‘n’ “Suds” as in beer—malt, hops, yeast and water. Since 2009, Screens ‘n’ Suds activities have generated over $50,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and other charities through sales of beer-inspired art donated by artists from around the country, MS Walks, beer dinners, and events.
FREE 6PM - 10:30PM Friday, November 2nd
First Fridays Art Walk Public Opening
at Gallery5
200 W. Marshall Street
Richmond, VA 23222
Featuring:
Screens n Suds Fall 2012 Print Series preview
Original Print and Mixed Media Exhibition by Screens ‘n’ Suds artists
Beer from featured Virginia Breweries
Screen print artists will in house displaying and selling their art and merch
Live Musical Performances
4PM-9PM Saturday, November 3rd (THE BIG DAY)
Screens n’ Suds BIG EVENT
No cover charge, suggested $5 donation. All ages, 21+ to drink. All proceeds from Screens 'n' Suds table sales and donations benefit MS Society and Gallery5.
Featuring:
Beer Tastings by the regions top breweries.
Live Music
Beer-inspired Art Vendors
FREE merch giveaways and raffles
and much more!
The following is a line-up of what is in store for Saturday, November 3rd.
Tentative Brewery line-up: (Saturday Only)
Hardywood Park
Legend
Starr Hill
Midnight Brewing
Devil’s Backbone
Dogfish Head
New Belgium
Sierra Nevada
Blue Mountain
Terrapin
St. George.
Screens ‘n’ Suds Inaugural Brew: (Saturday Only)
Look out for a very special collaboration between Hardywood Park and Screens 'n' Suds. There will be a very small amount of limited edition, signed and numbered bottles available at the event.
Screens ‘n’ Suds 2012 Fall Series for Sale: (Saturday Only)
In celebration of Screens 'n' Suds 4th year, the 2012 fall print edition theme will be "Quad." In Suds terms, Quad is short for Quadrupel, a trappist style strong ale of great strength and flavor. The strongest of the four common trappist styles, the Quadrupel is generally a dark ale with big flavors of dark fruit. In Screens terms, artists explore the artistic world of "Quad" or "Four."
Tentative list of artists contributing to the series:
Itty Bitty Press
aelhra
A Firebird Surrounded
Plastic Flame Press
Benjamin Chan
Bizhan Khodabandeh
Branden Otto
Praxium Press
Jason Taylor
The Bungaloo
Team Eight
Horan/Andershock Collaboration
Ashley Phipps
Doe Eyed Design
Over 10 artists from all over the country will be at Gallery5 displaying and selling art.
Artists include:
Tripp
Itty Bitty Press
Ryan Kerrigan
with many more TBA.
A silent auction and a raffle for gift certificates, prints, and other goodies during the event.
Contact:
For “screens” series inquiries, contact Ric Hersh at mojiboo02@gmail.com
or (804) 304-3772.
For “suds” inquiries, contact Brian Gearing at brianwgearing@gmail.com
or (804) 263-0655
For raffle or silent auction donations or any other inquiry, contact us
at screensnsuds@gmail.com
Stay in touch at:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/screensnsuds
@screensnsuds
http://www.screensnsuds.com
Screens ‘n’ Suds would like to thank:
our friends & family, Hardywood Park, Gallery5, RichmondBeerLovers.com, TJ’s Restaurant, Brown Distributing Company, Specialty Beverage of Virginia, and RVA Magazine for your support.
10/26/12
The Little Black Fish is now available digitally.
"The storytelling,
the design, the art, letters, and color on Bizhan Khodabandeh's Little
Black Fish all stood out to me immediately as something really worth
spending time with. This is his first comic I am told. I am impressed.
It is a beautiful story. Anyone with a love of comics would do well to
pay attention."
-Farel Dalrymple
Author/artist of "Pop-Gun War", Artist of "Omega The Unknown" 
The 50 page full color perfect bound book is available here. Sample pages can be found here.
This is a comic adaptation of a story by Iranian teacher and activist, Samad Behrangi.
To give you a short description of the story ... It is about a fish who unforgivably questions authority and is determined to learn through her own experiences. In the book, the little black fish embarks on a right of passage journey to find whether or not her friends' stories about the sea are true. During her travels, she is confronted by various animals who try to persuade her from continuing and some who threaten her very life. The story provides an important example of one's determination in seeking the truth.
Available digitally through these market places.
Soon available digitally for...
Still available in print.
$6.95 Perfect bound 50 page book.For US and Canada
10/20/12
Work published in China's "New Graphic"
I participated in the exhibition "New Form" which was a laser cut design show expressing our vision of the new city environment. My work - along with many other designers - has been published in the reputable magazine "New Graphic" in China.
10/13/12
The Design Activist's Handbook
A spread of my project, "I Dream of a Richmond...", is in Noah Scalin and Michelle Taute's new book, The Design Activist's Handbook. There is a book signing at our local Richmond book store, Chop Suey Books, at the end of this month. Be sure to also pick up a signed copy of my book, The Little Black Fish while you are there!
"... this book is an a practical guide to making a living while living by your ethical principles. It’s based on [Noah Scalin's] own experience running a socially conscious design firm since 2001 and teaching Design Rebels: Socially Conscious Design in Theory and Practice since 2003 for the Graphic Design Department of Virginia Commonwealth University."
Saturday, October 27 6 – 8pm
Chop Suey Books
2913 W. Cary St.
in Carytown Richmond, VA
"... this book is an a practical guide to making a living while living by your ethical principles. It’s based on [Noah Scalin's] own experience running a socially conscious design firm since 2001 and teaching Design Rebels: Socially Conscious Design in Theory and Practice since 2003 for the Graphic Design Department of Virginia Commonwealth University."
Saturday, October 27 6 – 8pm
Chop Suey Books
2913 W. Cary St.
in Carytown Richmond, VA
10/2/12
Pig Mammoth Update
Below are the next two images for Todd Matthews project "Uh, Oh. Here Come The Pig Mammoths. You can find out more info and support his kickstarter campaign here.
The Pig Mammoth Castle. I actually revised some of the perspective on the upper towers thanks to my wife's eagle eyes.
Major Dee spread of a "steam punk" milipede.
Major Dee detail
The Pig Mammoth Castle. I actually revised some of the perspective on the upper towers thanks to my wife's eagle eyes.
Major Dee spread of a "steam punk" milipede.
Major Dee detail
9/27/12
Azadeh The Destroyer (attempt at a 24 Hour Comic)
Below are sample pages of a comic that started as a 24 Hour Comic - a challenge to finish writing and illustrating a 24 page comic in 24 hours. By page 3, the exhaustion of 2 prior all-nighters set in. After page 10, I took a nap and finished penciling 11-14 before time was up. The inks and grey tones were completed after the 24 hour time period. You can download the full comic here. Enjoy.
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