Saturday, December 15, 2007

HoT DaTe


It's official! We've got an opening date at Eyedrum: June 28th.

And we've got the back room:
So that means more space, more buildings and monsters, and more of everyone's work.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

WHaT and WHeRe

Here's the WHAT (that I have so far anyway):
  • Peter > graffiti
  • Kristina > dead birds
  • Goni > lil' people and/or hybrid monsters
  • Ashlee > tornado, spider, marta tunnel
  • Lucca > cloud monsters (?)
  • Jen > robots (?)
  • Chad > city floor plan
  • Heather > cell dividing buildings; spider web; cancer mice, rabbits, etc.
  • Pat > lil' people and/or chimera
  • Alex > city floor plan
  • Jacosa > monsters in cars, paper dolls, and/or classic monsters (medusa, etc.)
  • Pinky > line monsters (with overbites :)
  • Andrew > ?
  • Sara Beth > ?
  • Jay > ?
  • Ally > ?

And the WHERE (These are suggestions that I picked up):
  • Oakland Cemetery, Piedmont Park, or Centennial Park
  • Lofts (Generic factory loft w/ smokestack)
  • Cigarette building (Bank of America)
  • "Ice" building
  • Museum towers
  • Marta station with mouth
  • Condos with peach
  • Westin
  • Aquarium
  • Coke
  • Triangle Building
  • GA Dome

Just lemme know if these lists need to be edited.

MeeTiNG ReCaP

  1. Name Game. Looks like "Monstropolis" is the title with "Small Mediums at Large" working itself into the subtitle. (FYI: There was a vote moved from Monstropolis to Monstrocity by Jen after everyone left, leaving Monstropolis +3.)
  2. Monster Manifesto. Over the next week everyone should post their thoughts for the show statement on the blog. Alex (or Chad or Pat?) is going to chew on them and spit them out in a hairball of monstrous glory.
  3. Floor Plan. We reviewed the plan for the layout of the city. We decided that the platform will be approx. 4ft by 8ft. The city will have major landmarks/buildings in relatively accurate locations. Chad and Alex are going to work out the specifics for the floor plan. IF YOU HAVE MORE IDEAS ABOUT BUILDINGS/LANDMARKS TO INCLUDE, let them know.
  4. Your Piece of the Pie. Once we have outlined the infrastructure, we're going to divvy up parts of the city. Most everyone has sketches of monsters that fit into the city somehow, so think about where you see yours specifically and what buildings/landmarks you'd like to work on.

So, to recap the recap:
  1. Post ideas for the statement on the blog.
  2. Think about how you'd like your art to fit into the structure of the city specifically and sketch it up.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, Dec. 18th. (Place TBD.) It would be thuper to have everyone there, as the following 2 weeks are Christmas and New Years.

Toodles

Sunday, December 9, 2007

My Name Is...

We'll be voting on the name of the show on Tuesday. Here are the ones in the running:

Monstropolis

Monstrocity

Monster Art Rally! (Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!)

Small Mediums at Large

Urban Invasion


Any others? Bring 'em to the party.

Until then, here are some more sketches:

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Centerpiece

Here's a working thumbnail for the sculpture.

As it is , its 4 ft across at the bottom, 8 ft across at the top and 7 ft tall.

It's still pretty rough, but I tried to include as much street detail as possible. Any thoughts?

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Birth of a Monster

So we met for the third time, and it seems like our Pet Monster is starting to rear its furry head.

Here are some of the sketches...


And some of the photos...