Burning City Website Update

Okay, we've got a whole new design over at the main Burning City website. New bio, new graphics, a timeline of projects from 1983 to today.

Go check it out.

http://burningcity.com.

Reverie '09 - Monday, March 30

Greg Manchess


Bobby Chiu shows Dave Dorman the digital ropes


Bobby Chiu teaches class


Dave Dorman paints acrylics over oil (You can't do that)


Dave Dorman paints digitally for the first time!

Reverie '09 - Sunday, March 29

Waiting for Reverie to officially start


Jason Manley of Massive Black gets the ball rolling


Andrew Jones paints from life


Shawn Barber, Carl Dobsky, and Dave Dorman paint with oil


Dave Dorman lays down the background in oil. Tomorrow he will finish with acrylics. And, yes, that defies the laws of physics.


Carl Dobsky


Kim Saigh (tattoo artist from L.A. Ink) and Shawn Barber

Reverie 09 Kick-off Party Video

Just a quick peek at the dj dance floor, model setups and the crowd.

Reverie Workshop - Part 2

More scenes from the kick-off party at FIG.

Reverie '09 - Sunday, March 29

A few quick scenes from the kick-off party for Conceptart.org's Reverie Workshop in Dallas, Texas.

Conceptart.org and Massive Black Symposium

Hell, ya. Sweet news for all of you artists out there:

ConceptArt.Org International Art and Design Workshop: DALLAS TEXAS - March 28-31 2009

Stay tuned for registration details and other stuff coming out this week. The Symposium in Seattle last January was inspiring and mind-blowing. Check these videos of past events.

PLUS: The Massive Black Concept Art book is out.

This video of the Seattle Revelations Symposium from last January gives you an idea of what you are in for.

Sparth's Structura Is Finally Here!

A book I have been waiting for a loong time is finally out. One of my favorite concept artists, Sparth, has finally had his book, Structura, released to the public.



While at the Massive Black/ConceptArt.org Revelations Symposium this January, I had a chance to watch him work up close and ask specific questions about tools and techniques. Great guy.

I Love Bjork

Bjork's new stereoscopic 3D video for "Wanderlust" shows her never-ending commitment to art and her fight to make it happen on her terms. Her ability to protect collaborators is amazing.

Ralph the Punk (1985)

Wow. Very weird, but not unexpected these days. My video that was created with Johnie Horn in 1985 has appeared on YouTube via EVL. 4 bit color, ZGrass animation language, digitally scanned referenced footage from shooting a monitor with a video camera and converting that to digital. Wow. Flash from the past.

It's a little truncated on the front and Johnie's cool credits are missing, but that's a lot to ask for a video made 23 years ago.



The song, Hot Monkey Love, was written, produced and performed by Brian Messiah and myself, along with Byron Smith engineering. That's Lori B Jones on narrating at the front of the track and me squawking on the rest of it.

This video opened a lot of doors for me in the world of computer graphics. A big thanks goes out to Johnie, Sally and the EVL family.