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.

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.

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.

Donate Options

High Res Image $10.00 USD High Res + Post Card $20.00 USD HR + PC + You Rule $30.00 USD

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

The next completed three bikes for my 36"X48" poster on Richmond bikes. Again, 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.

Donate Options

High Res Image $10.00 USD High Res + Post Card $20.00 USD HR + PC + You Rule $30.00 USD

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.

Donate Options

High Res Image $10.00 USD High Res + Post Card $20.00 USD HR + PC + You Rule $30.00 USD

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.

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)

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.

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