Ophelia Chong floats down the stream
I finished this letterpress poster yesterday. The idea to use Bruce Lee instead of a Dragon came to me when I was trolling my brain for an idea. I remembered his film The Year of the Dragon and the fact that he was born in the year of the dragon, so BINGO! I made a limited series of 75, 11 x 14″.
Details:
Letterpress and xerox
Wood type
Fire Engine Red Ink
Vandercook Proofing Press
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After a full day of news and hypocrisy, I made this poster.
My trend prediction for 2012 is to add the word “FUCK” to every tag line. i.e. “Fuck this Car” or “Fuck. this tastes great!”
Were you born in the Year of the Dragon? If you were, you are driven, you love challenges, a risk taker and you do it all with flair; yet, there is a feeling of being unfulfilled and exhaustion from being the Dragon. The Dragon is the 5th sign of 12 and the only mythical animal in the Chinese Zodiac. Every 12 years the Zodiac repeats, the 12 animals that appear on the Chinese Zodiac calendar in this order are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. MORE>
It’s the season of the busy Chong. Finishing up a 200 page book for CalArts, starting Le Book promos for my clients, next week its art direction for the Spring issue for The Picture Professional. What else? More client work for photographers. Some secret stuff, some not. And its the Year of the Dragon this 23rd!
Check out these cool HTML5 links that crossed my path:
All the best in the new year!
What Ties Us Together Also Separates Us
Invisible threads string through cities tying cultures together. Sounds, scents, taste, and imagery — they call to groups that share a common heritage.
To an outsider, a tour through Chinatown is just one Chinese restaurant after another. But to me it is Chiu Chow, Szechuan, Shanghainese, Guangzhou, Muslim, Buddhist, Hunan and Northern. Each one a different flavor, a different culture. I am connected to these cuisines through this invisible thread that began with my ancestors and continues through my family. MORE>
The editors of PRINT magazine are pleased to announce that your entry titled Slips of Paper, has been awarded Honorable Mention in the the Hand Drawn Competition.
In Los Angeles, a city of over 200 languages, we shift from one world to another, block to block, mile to mile. When asked where we are from, the most common answer is “not from here.”
I traveled here from Canada to attend college at the Art Center College of Design. Los Angeles was not all that different from my home town — it was just bigger. Another transplant, Stella Ajose, traveled from Russia to D.C. to Los Angeles to do the same, as a photography student with a focus in documentary work. MORE>
Image: Stella Ajose
Social Media Marketing
ACN-599W
ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
Old days: “Didn’t you read my blog?” Today: “Didn’t you read my post on Facebook, Twitter, Google+.” Marketing today isn’t about e-mail blasting; it’s about relationships and how you can creatively deliver a concept that’s going to work for your client. In this seven-week intensive we will examine how to present yourself as the brand, show you how to present your work in a professional manner, fine-tune what is right for you and create a network to launch you to your next step. We will also explore the myriad ways to connect with and stay connected with your clients. This class is ideal for illustrators, photographers, graphic designers and other working professionals who need a push, a portfolio refresh or inspiration. Please bring your portfolio to the first class meeting.
ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN / SOUTH CAMPUS PASADENA
TUESDAY 07:00PM-10:00PM
JAN 17 – FEB 28
Noncredit / $415
Link: http://www.artcenter.edu/atnight/coursedescription.jsp
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