December 2009 Archives

I just released my latest print over at Unseen Beauty.  This is a limited hand printed run of 14.  I did a three color Gocco print this time but I also added a little handing painting to each print.  The painting was to add the "who knows how it will look" aspect to each print.  One of the main things I like about do prints is the organic feel to each one.  I chose not to register any of the colors that I printed to give it that truly organic and unique look to each print.  

The idea for the print came to me as I was wasting away in in front of my rather large TV one day.  I caught myself wasting a whole day just sitting there in a daze.  I looked at what I had done for the day and I had nothing to show.  I quickly turned off the TV and started to draw.  After this I thought about this subject a little more, the whole "Big Screen TV" craze that is going on right now.  I am to blame for this also,  but what I thought about more was how people are spending there whole life in front of these things.  Kids don't go out and play anymore.  My street has gone dead now a days when back in the day there was always someone outside doing something.  Now I am not trying to rant and rave over here about how TV's are destroying our life and minds... I am just making an observation that I too was getting stuck in front of the TV and not even realizing the time I was wasting.  The images on the prints are two TVs and two brains.  The large brain is over the smaller TV, the small brain is over the large TV... I think you can understand the title of the print now, Modern Evolution. So that is that, this is my little reminder to myself to not get stuff for hours in front of my television and to not let life just pass by.  Hope you all enjoy.  

Here are some details about the print : 

I hope everyone gets everything they wanted and more.

Big things coming in '10

I was getting my daily fix of the DDC (Draplin Design Company) the other day when I saw an image of a well designed iPhone case done by draplin.  Well this brought back my dream of having a case/s with some of my work on it.  I scrolled down and read more and wondered how or who he knew to get a case made, when I then saw a link that made me grin ear to ear.  One of Draplin's friends latest project is ingenious... custom cases with artwork that you can upload. I know you are thinking its has to cost and harm and a leg, you would be wrong for just 39.99 you can get a one of a kind case that will for sure make people notice you have the iPhone... cause thats what everyone wants and you know it.  This site is so well designed that it only takes about 5 minutes to upload your artwork resize it to fit on the template that shows up and hit purchase.  I now have the above case coming to me for a little self Xmas present.  The only problem that I am foreseeing is that I am now going to have way to many phone cases, cause I am going to have to have one in every piece of work that I do from now on. New case for everyday of the week??

My good friends at Osiris wanted to boost your holiday spirit.  The first one to buy a Xmas Print / postcard and send it to MURAKAMI at 7130 Convoy Ct. San Diego, CA 92111 will recieve a free pair of shoes.  How awesome are they!