Art for a cause!

by Lifestrummer on September 13, 2011 at 6:36 pm
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Here’s a really cool event we wanted to share with you. The Furniture Bank is hosting their 2nd Annual Chair Affair on September 21st, 2011. For event details, click here; http://www.furniturebank.org/chairaffair/

30 of Toronto’s leading artists have created extraordinary works of art with ordinary chairs from the Furniture Bank warehouse. Funky, chic, architectural and pretty darn awesome! Each of these chairs have a personality of their own. So come out to the Chair Affair and get your truly one-of-a-kind chair. These stunning chairs will be open for bids in an auction at this gala event. All proceeds will go to the Furniture Bank, a wonderful organization that supplies furniture and household goods to families in need.

Here’s a sneak peek:-

 


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Kismet Konnection!

by Lifestrummer on September 10, 2011 at 11:44 am
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We’re super-duper excited to be taking part in the Kismet Wedding Show on September 18th, 2011. We LOVE wedding shows! It’s a great opportunity for us to encounter wonderful new love stories from love-struck couples. Couples are the happiest in that planning period building up to their big wedding day, don’t you think? We’ve had a chance to talk to some of them and this is the usual expression on their faces…

 

Can’t get enough of that! :) We hope to see you at the show and hear about your love story! It’s at the International Centre, 6900 Airport Road, Mississauga from 11 am – 7 pm. We’ll be at booth 418 ready to unveil our utterly romantic and exciting, new collection of comic book art.

The organizers and sponsors of the show have been kind enough to offer a few complimentary tickets. Here’s how you can get them!

http://kismetweddingshow.com/blog/2011/09/10/who-doesnt-love-free-things/

 

See you then…

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The Art of Process…

by Lifestrummer on August 25, 2011 at 5:05 pm
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I’ve been thinking about this lately; “what compels me to draw, to make things, to create?” I personally don’t label myself as an “Artist”, perhaps I don’t want to be associated with all the stigma that goes with being an artist ( the starving artist, the eccentric, the hippie and who knows what else!) I don’t want to get into that whole Art/Artist debate, I’ll leave that for another day…

So…what compels me to draw? Well, I believe it all boils down to “Process”. From my observations of other “creators” (myself included), the end result is not necessarily that important, it’s rather the steps you take in order to achieve that end result that matter. For clients, for art lovers, for content consumers it is the end product that is viewed, experienced, consumed. For the creator, the process of converting idea and concept into something “material” is the exciting part… If you’re a designer commissioned to create a magazine cover, it’s the end product that will get you your paycheck…or number of facebook “likes” or whatever reward/compensation. Your work is your bread and butter, but this doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy what you do! I guess in that enjoyment or ecstasy of creating, I lose myself and enter a secret world.

Art is subjective and will never achieve perfection…and the creator or artist doesn’t necessarily strive for that perfection but instead the act of creating is a way to understand something…a way to understand the world. Something as seemingly trivial as figuring out the best font to use for your particular design is intimately tied to notions of beauty, aesthetics and beyond…I keep coming back to metaphysics, spirituality and God. I just can’t help it. The Process of creating something, to me, is so wonderful, so magical, it can only be defined (not confined) in these grand ideas…

Don’t get me wrong, I’m always proud of what I produce. I like compliments and getting +1′d…But, I really, really enjoy working. I love the process of organizing my thoughts, coming up with ways to tackle the project at hand and just letting my imagination run wild…Its a wonderful mental state to be in…and like a junkie, you seek out your next “fix”…

Click here to read episode 38 – a pdf file will open up…

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Makeshift Superheroes…

by Lifestrummer on August 4, 2011 at 4:29 pm
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It just occurred to me…We never had a superhero episode before! We had more than 30 episodes of the Kimi+Kal adventures, but never really explore the superhero genre… This summer was particularly filled with high budget, high octane superhero movies; some were good, most were box office disappointments…Humm, maybe Kimi and I will have our own superhero franchise some day! Just imagine; countless movie sequels, TV spinoffs, toys, more toys and all sorts of miscellaneous merchandise! Maybe someday this will all happen…

Post-apocalyptic and gritty comic book heroes seem to be popular these days…So here are some initial sketches of our superhero alter egos… Enjoy!

(Click on the image for a closer look!)

*So stay tuned for more action packed Kimi+Kal superhero adventures in the near future!

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Chalky Multiverse…

by Lifestrummer on July 28, 2011 at 3:00 pm
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Kimi and I were walking home…and we stumbled upon an awesome assortment of sidewalk art! This coincides with our recent episode titled “Kickin’ it Old Skool!” We don’t know who the artists of this splendid collection are, but we suspect the neighborhood girl gang between the ages of 5 to 7 years old.

Well, we were simply mesmerized by the vibrant colors, the rawness of the style, the artists’ personalities…The chalk drawings seemed to be talking to us somehow…sending us a message of…Of what exactly? Perhaps its saying: “Hello, have a good day! The World is awesome, Life is awesome! And have lots and lots of fun! Love yourself, love everyone! Be nice, be kind, be happy!!” Maybe i’m reading too much into it, but art is all around us and it’s trying to strike a conversation with us all the time…So stop and smell the roses once in awhile, you’ll be surprised at what you might find…

Encountering these drawings just made our day….hope it puts a smile on your faces as well…Enjoy!


 

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