I was hoping to publish a post about some of the recent projects we’ve embarked on, but I decided to steer clear of that for the moment, because something more important has caught our attention. Yes, it is none other than spam; only not the spam in the can, but the appropriated name that refers to e-mail blasts that you receive from soliciting bots, companies, and other unlikely characters that fill up your inbox with junk messages about VIAGRA, PARIS HILTON, GAINING A FEW INCHES, LOSING A FEW POUNDS, and any other ridiculous message that has nothing to do with who you are as an individual.

Now, let’s take it a step further. Why is it that people who are bent on being unsociable are so quick, and inclined to join the ranks of the so called “socially elite” or in other words “social networking sites?”

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We finally found some time to wrap an experimental motion reel we’ve been working on for several months now. With all of our projects underway, it’s hard to find time to really give enough attention to detail. Fortunately this clip is only 19 seconds long, but the downside is that it took almost a month to create until we were really happy with the results. We took a more traditional approach when producing this by editing and manipulating each individual frame (much like stop motion animation). A lot of the cloud scenes are photographs, manipulated in photoshop, and then spliced into one seamless motion. It was pretty fun to work on, and we’ll be producing more as time permits.

You can view the reel: here.

Enjoy

- m / Colorcubic™

Christy and I decided to take a day trip to Seattle with our friends Liz and Angie. While we were there we decided to drop in on the Seattle Central Library. Turns out it was everyone’s first time in the library, and it was AMAZING! We had such a great time. I got a lot of really great shots inside & out, and am hoping to go back again soon to get more. The architectural design of the library is reason enough to spend a day exploring all eleven stories of the building. Unfortunately we only had about an hour and a half left in our day before we had to head back to Portland. Anyway, I thought it would be dope to post the photos I got from our trip. These aren’t all of them, but I’ve only had time to edit these few. I’ll be sure to post more later. BTW, the principle architect responsible for this beautiful library is Rem Koolhaas, and the general contractor responsible for building the library is Hoffman Construction Company from our very own Portland, Oregon.

Enjoy

- m / Colorcubic™