Artist's Dummy
This is my artist’s dummy, useful for setting up against a light source in order to remind yourself of which way shadows fall.
I bought him at the mall yesterday, after losing my last one on a plane several years ago. He was travelling in my hand luggage, not because I’m unnaturally attached to such things, but because you’re supposed to declare wooden products in Customs whenever you enter Australia. And you’re meant to put such items in hand luggage to hasten the queue. I’m sure that treated wood is probably okay, but I’ve watched far too much Border Patrol reality TV shows to risk smuggling any sort of wood in. I can just see myself on one of those shows, paying my hefty fine in the name of Art.
I’d like to have seen the look on the face of whoever it was who found my little mannequin. Because of all the things you’d hope to find in your seat pocket, that’s probably not one of them. I suppose if I’d found one myself, abandoned on a plane, I’d have assumed it was off on some sort of holiday. If you’ve spent (too) much time on the Internet, you’ll know, as I do, that people send Blythe Dolls off on vacation all the time. They take photos of their dolls sunbaking at the beach, admiring art in museums etceterah etceterah, and I see no reason why an artist’s mannequin couldn’t indulge in the same.
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This is an illustration I did for a Developers Cubed interview at Gizmodo.
In real life, his t-shirt says, ‘It’s safer to assume I know karate.’ (And in very small lettering beneath: And a few other Japanese words.’) This is a very Dan-like thing to say, which is no doubt the reason why he was given not one but two karate-nerd inspired t-shirts for Christmas last year.
The Apple Mac isn’t quite that big, but working at that computer still feels like you’re sitting in the front row of the movie theatre if you ask me. This is probably why I’m still using the PC, even though all the cool kids use macs. True, that.
I wanted to give Dan an afro. I am an artiste, dammit. I am allowed to make things up.
Afro Dan
What the hey.
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iPad
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iPod touch
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or an iPhone
then you can read our storybook.
Our first app is called ‘The Artifacts’, released late 2011.
Watch our promo video on YouTube to see the app in use.
Here it is in the iTunes store.
We hope you enjoy reading The Artifacts. We loved making it!
Our next story is on the way…
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