hi again. as opening day approaches for major league baseball, this year has added significance for our city of cincinnati, home of the first professional baseball team that began in 1869. sure, native son, the late pete rose, is not without controversy, but he is still an icon in our unassuming river town, and still the holder of the all time hit record. the reds will be honoring number 14's life and achievements throughout this season and as a west sider, i couldn't resist sharing a pete story in a new one page comic unsuitable for romantics.
all the comics are in that tab but i'll post it here too for your convenience. i am aware that they are a little fuzzy-maybe someday weebly/square will tell me why the quality is dogshit no matter how i size it.
all the comics are in that tab but i'll post it here too for your convenience. i am aware that they are a little fuzzy-maybe someday weebly/square will tell me why the quality is dogshit no matter how i size it.
hope you enjoyed that, i had to tap into some painful memories.
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in other news, the day job is still a combination of goofy dark ride characters, interesting museum figures AND currently creating some of the coolest advancements in the industry that i hope can be talked about soon. i really want to share details on the latest efforts but have to see if i am allowed. sometimes our clients don't like that. in the meantime, in keeping with the baseball theme, here are some players we made a few years ago for the reds museum and hall of fame. we create characters for all over the world but it was nice to have a few in our own backyard.
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in other news, the day job is still a combination of goofy dark ride characters, interesting museum figures AND currently creating some of the coolest advancements in the industry that i hope can be talked about soon. i really want to share details on the latest efforts but have to see if i am allowed. sometimes our clients don't like that. in the meantime, in keeping with the baseball theme, here are some players we made a few years ago for the reds museum and hall of fame. we create characters for all over the world but it was nice to have a few in our own backyard.
 pitcher johnny vander meer with ted kluszewski and barry larkin (not seen) behind him.  tony perez was my favorite reds player growing up. here he is at the reds museum and hall of fame. |  johnny bench seeing himself for the first time at the reds hall of fame- character made by LF studios |  the big red machine and an original 1869 player on our shop floor  bench heading downtown in 2018 |
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last, the hearn project is gaining traction, mention of which has been recently included in a travelling print show called kwaidan exhibition, currently in dublin with dates ahead in japan, UK, and, i have heard, cincinnati and new orleans. basically most of the places hearn lived. the photo below includes a graphic the curators made promoting our project. the exhibit itself is described as such:
"Kwaidan—Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn is an exhibition of prints by 20 Japanese and 20 Irish-based artists consisting of a sumptuous array of visual interpretations of Kwaidan, the well-known book of ghost stories published in 1904 by Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo."
it looks like a lot of cool work and evan, denise and i are fortunate to be involved. like i have mentioned, hearn has an international audience, so creators just manage to discover each other. we have already met many authors and artists involved in some aspect of hearn's body of work and i suspect that will continue to happen.
with that, and to come full circle, the cincinnati red stockings, as they were called in 1869, started playing professionally around the time hearn arrived in america. during his 7 or so years in cincinnati, i am forced to wonder if he saw a game or two between his usual haunts. with his poor eyesight, i just imagine him nose-down in his journal, oblivious to a foul ball that misses him by just a couple inches. did it really happen? we may never know.
last, the hearn project is gaining traction, mention of which has been recently included in a travelling print show called kwaidan exhibition, currently in dublin with dates ahead in japan, UK, and, i have heard, cincinnati and new orleans. basically most of the places hearn lived. the photo below includes a graphic the curators made promoting our project. the exhibit itself is described as such:
"Kwaidan—Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn is an exhibition of prints by 20 Japanese and 20 Irish-based artists consisting of a sumptuous array of visual interpretations of Kwaidan, the well-known book of ghost stories published in 1904 by Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo."
it looks like a lot of cool work and evan, denise and i are fortunate to be involved. like i have mentioned, hearn has an international audience, so creators just manage to discover each other. we have already met many authors and artists involved in some aspect of hearn's body of work and i suspect that will continue to happen.
with that, and to come full circle, the cincinnati red stockings, as they were called in 1869, started playing professionally around the time hearn arrived in america. during his 7 or so years in cincinnati, i am forced to wonder if he saw a game or two between his usual haunts. with his poor eyesight, i just imagine him nose-down in his journal, oblivious to a foul ball that misses him by just a couple inches. did it really happen? we may never know.
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