Fear and Loathing on the 280

There is something I have to get this off my chest. Dogs with sunglasses are not funny. Babies with sunglasses are not funny. Plants with sunglasses, not funny. Big personified punch bowls with sunglasses are just not fucking funny. Driving to the airport I saw the most appalling advertisement I have see in recent memory. There, on the side of the highway, in all its shining billboard glory, a naked baby sat alone wearing big old state highway patrol Ray-ban sunglasses telling me what auto insurance will save me the most money. On a normal afternoon I would have dismissed this trite and tired imagery and gone back fighting traffic while attempting to remove the Air cd that has been stuck in my cd player for two weeks, but I am fed up. Can someone tell me why I keep seeing advertisements with things wearing sunglasses? It has been a common misconception for years that sunglasses make people cool. I blame the eighties. There must be an equally common and longstanding misconception in the advertising world, as I am learning, that putting sunglasses on things not associated with sunglasses is hilarious. I don’t know who to blame. Are people in the industry so hard up for ideas that they have to keep recycling the worst ones? Who thinks that this acceptable? I would love to sit crouched in a dark corner of a board room where presumably highly paid, highly educated advertising executives are coming up with ideas like babies in sunglasses. I can hear it now. “Damnit Chancy we are really in a pinch, your our best man, we need the new visuals for the Peterson campaign by noon.” “Wait just one cotton picking minute! I may have an idea! We are looking to go the funny route, right? I did a campaign a few years back with Johnson and Beck I think it may be right up your alley. Now ask yourself a question ‘What does everybody love?’ Yes, yes anal sex sure, but we used that in the last campaign. What ELSE does everybody love? Babies right? Sure babies. Here’s what we do. We put a big naked baby on the billboard! Brilliant right? But wait, a baby on its own isn’t gonna sell many brake pads. How about, and stay with me here, How about we put... sunglasses... ON THE BABY, it will be hilarious! Babies don’t wear sunglasses. They don’t even wear clothes! ZING! That’s where we get em. How can they resist? Im laughing just thinking about it! You may ask yourself ‘But Chancy, what does a baby in sunglasses have to do with auto insurance?’ I say if you don’t know you should find yourself a different business.” And people buy it!! What kind of dire circumstances do companies have to be in to ok ideas from men and women who as best as I can tell get their inspiration from the artwork that their children hang up on the fridge? I am insulted by the lack of creativity shown in the creation of some ad campaigns today. If I am resigned to be constantly bombarded by propaganda, at least make it fresh. Make it pertinent. Make me believe that your company doesn’t take, me, the consumer, to be some slack jawed, back wood, beenie-baby coveting, oversized Garfield tee shirt wearing, never seen a baby in sunglasses kind of consumer. It’s a brave new world. We are informed buyers. We have more power to choose than ever before. We have become more and more adept at sorting through the endless refuse that big business throws at us. How do these types of asinine images slip through the cracks and get placed as a shining beacon for all the world to see? Did I miss the point? Sure, these images irritate me to my very core. But I guess, when all is said and done I am not sitting here writing to you about some uber-hip, break dancing, cell phone checking, up in the club, malt beverages will get you laid kind of ad. Maybe insulting my taste was the point all along. Maybe deep down inside sunglasses really are funny. Maybe the baby did its job better than I ever could have imagined. It has stuck with me. It doesn’t make sense, and I don’t have to like it. But I do need to call about my car insurance.

i havent posted in a hot minute. its about time for another.

Well, its out. One of the many pictures from my past has finally resurfaced. Damn you internet. At least this is not the picture currently in PJ's possession. (dont ask) Anyway i think its time to let the truth out after all these years. I am in fact a pirate, and have been since the day of my 16th birthday. I think its better that you here it from me now than from someone else later.

Well, its that time of year again. The leaves are just starting to change,sweaters are starting to peak out of closets, and the plans for another ultra sexy uber hip drink experience are under way. The tenitive date is set for Friday Nov 25th. Thats the day after Thanksgiving. I should be getting e-vites out later this week. This has been like the one time a year where i get to see a lot of people i normally dont get to see so hopefully everyone can make it. If you know of anybody that will be in town that i dont talk to regularly, let them know they are welcome.

Ohh yeah...i also need a theme for this 3rd installment.

Last year was: "The ODB, Jonathan Brandis memorial party."

a surreal nightmare.

Ok so i havent posted in a while. I've been busy with school and life and whatnot. I have however found some time to devolop a new portfolio site. Its still very much in the works but check it out and let me know what you think.evolve design

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its been a while since ive had a minute to sit down and design. school, work, and a getting my shit together for a show in san fransisco have been getting in the way. these are the newest in a series call biomechanics.

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FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY FOR DUMMIES.

Add one part goregous brazilian model(Christine), one part kick ass grafitti(Annies) one awesome photo assistant(Holleh) 2 roles film(100 iso) and mix it all together. I had a blast shooting these portraits. i cant believe i was productive this weekend between the drunken madness of 4th of july parties.

if i could do this for a living i would be the happiest man alive

Time keeps on slipping into the future. Its Friday. I didnt think i would get here but alas, I made it. Two more days till my 24th bday. Twentyfour sounds really old to me for some reason. Not to worry. Twenty three was a great year. I expect good things from twentyfour. I think a crew of people are going out Saturday, so if you are around you should come out.

sometimes when i cant sleep i get up in the middle of the night and take pictures. im always surprised in the morning when i see whats on my camera.

One more day til the weekend. There is a chance I will make it out of the week with my sanity, but my dignity sadly is a lost cause. I will be looking for it at the bottom a beer bottle if you care to join me. Anyway this is the latest in a series for school. The style has been called urban surrealism. lets go with that.

Well its a brand new day and im feeling good. I am just starting to feel like myself again. anyway this is on of my newest designs for class. i like it a lot.

I decided to dip into my archive for this post. I shot this a couple of years ago using a video projector. I've used it in a couple of things ive done but I think it stands well on its own.

What came first...the music or the misery? This is an album cover I designed for a class. On an unrelated note, I think I will be headed to Chicago this weekend. I need to get the hell out of Cincinnati for a minute. So if you are in the windy city you should come hang out.

i was so inspired that PJ updated his blog that I am updating mine. life is crazy right now. When did things get so damn complicated? Well finals are here and the quarter is almost over so I will have some time to put my shit back together soon. i miss my friends. On a completely unrelated note the picture above is the back of a trading card that i have to do for class. it's called sexy siamese twins.You can preorder your set by dropping a comment.

not feeling so hot. self portrait 03.07.05

the city in the fall

this is a vast departure from stuff ive done lately. Abstract expressionism is very cathartic.

playing around with texture and color

Next in the series international rock stars since 1981

Tommy Ryan poppin collars since 1987.

So i had to do a 2 minute movie for a class last quarter. I got assigned a shape and had to use only still photos to fill the 2 minutes. I decided to do a tribute to the ubiquitous circle. check it out. i may take a minute to load. click on the picture to start the movie.

Ive finally got a little bit of free time so I have been trying to do a little bit of designing to keep my mind limber. im working on a bunch of stuff right now. in this one i play alot with gradients.

i took this picture while i was driving late at night. It looks like i was going a thousand miles an hour cause I was.

Im just starting to get some good pictures out of my digital camera. Heres a great one of my beautiful girlfriend Lisa. there is a water color effect on it to give it a painted look. i think it works

I cooked up this design today. this is the first design i have done using the new digital camera i got for christmas. i dont know how i ever survived without one. anyway here is my cityscape.

One nation under the gun. just look at Rummys smug sense of self worth

I did this way back in the day but i still think its pretty hot. the compression on it is kinda funky but i think you can get the basic idea

autumn is here and will soon be gone. seasons they are a changing...

I dont have any clue where the idea for the tenticles came from....

This one is pretty self explanatory. A wrecking ball Vs. an old school television. The design in the background is more grafitti art.

The first of ten pics in my grafitti series and my first attempt at digital photography in design. I could start to like it...

So I am trying to get a real deal web site off the ground at some point. If anybody out there knows where I can get a super cheap domain and web hosting please let me know. There are a million options and I dont have the slightest clue where to start.

I just finished this design, another with the evolution number nine tag. I think it turned out pretty well. Abstract geometric background designs have been hot in advertising as of late. This is my spin on the trend.

Well the votes are all in and counted and as i feared, we are stuck with Bush the man-child for the next four years. Who else needs a drink?

Its here again. Dave and I are having another ultra sexy uber hip cocktail party on the day after thanksgiving. If you didnt make it to the last one it ended up being a fucking blast. There aren't many events where all of our friends are able to get together anymore so we are trying to take advantage of the holiday. If you know someone that will be in town let em know. The beer and cocktails will flow like wine. The wine will flow if you bring it. I will be getting out the evites here at some point. i hope you can make it.

Another hot pic from jeni and dans wedding. PJ & company. well at least their outlines.

My blog goes high tech for no aparent reason...

My scanner is broken and im having a hard time getting images onto my computer so i have just been fucking around with pics in my archive. i found a good one of will and crista. Wills mom picked out the shirt.

newest design. computers connected by tin cans and string. there you go

a new look for the site

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