Isaac and the Awkward Situations

Feb 20 2016

Reveca Torres, Backbones, reinventing the wheel

Backbones is a site with resources for people living with disabilities such as spinal chord injuries. These people appreciate being included, invite them to events, make sure your facilities and events are accessible to people with disabilities. Don’t leave anyone out! Don’t do it because if you don’t you could get sued, do it because you are human and they are human and everyone has something to contribute.
REINVENTING THE WHEEL is an art show featuring people who live in wheelchairs living their lives. Being athletes, poets, artists, lovers, humans! I know it’s cliche to call such art “inspirational,” but it was an honest, beautiful show. Reveca Torres told us her life story and how she’s been able to be a fashion designer despite her disability.

Tagged activism, americans with disabilities, backbones, reinventing the wheel, reveca torres

Feb 19 2016

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illustration, music

Jargon and Cambrian Explosion

Jargon is a garage rock band from Eugene. They mix it up by sampling familiar music sometimes but playing it live on their guitars and bass. They played a theremin without a volume antennae, just coming near it sometimes.
Didn’t I make their lettering look awesome? Cambrian explosion is a drone noise sorcerer music post rock band from Portland. They also play a theremin.

I recall some of their songs had oriental and Egyptian sounding scales, and others had a very heavy dub sound like Dub Trio. I apolgize that this drawing is not up to snuff. This really isn’t as good as my usual stuff. For one thing. There is just a red square shape where a guy’s torso should be, the words are illegible and so much of the image is just filled in black. I’m sorry guys, I let you down. I pledge to make the next 100 better.

Tagged cambrian explosion, eugene, garage, jargon, old nicks, post rock

Feb 16 2016

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art, music festival

Save Kesey Square

At a street fair in Kesey Square in downtown Eugene (that charged nothing to vendors), I drew portraits and performerd comics and banjo. The event was not a fundraiser, just a free fair for everyone to enjoy Kesey square in downtown Eugene, a public space that will sadly soon become another overpriced apartment complex because people with money want more of it.

I drew these portraits and more. I hoped to do art lessons for children but there were no children.

I could draw people at your event!

Tagged kesey square, portraits

Feb 10 2016

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illustration, music

Built to Spill

Boise, Idaho’s most famous band shared their epic rock jams with us in Eugene at the Wow Hall.

Doug Martsch played “The Plan,” “Carry the Zero” and a few other old songs. His solos are long and weird but sound really cool! “Strange” and “You were Right” were unfortunately not on the set list, but it was great.

I drew them several years ago in Austin Texas.

Tagged built to spill, doug march, wow hall

Feb 10 2016

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illustration, music

House of Tarab

This band plays music from old Egyptian films. They have belly dancers dance live while they perform! They are based in Seattle and their keyboard player plays a synth and makes it sound like a dozen middle eastern instruments.

Tagged bellydance, Cozmic Pizza, house of tarab

Feb 06 2016

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Art education, illustration

Human ottoman rotoscope project.

I’m working on animation for a music video for Human Ottoman. I am attempting a style known as “rotoscoping.” This was used by Disney artists, in the Beatles film, “Yellow Submarine” and Ralph Bashki in his film “American Pop.”

Click here to see it in action?

and Here!

Here are some pictures

Basicallly, I put a projector on a keyboard stand pointing down onto my desk.

From there, I bring up the movie I am tracing and go frame by frame. Then I will edit the drawings in Photoshop. The layers tool allows me to stack them by assigning different layers more transparency. Then I think I will use Apple iMovie to put them together and “print” as a moving image.

I can do wild weird effects to the drawings, color them, or cut them up and move them around stop motion stlyle. I will post more here when I finish.

Tagged animation, diy, homemade rotoscoping, Human Ottoman

Feb 06 2016

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comedy

Hari Kondabulu

Hari shared his political humor with us at a lecture hall at the university of Oregon. He really hates politician Bobbie jindal! Much of his material is progressive, condemning racism and challenging the establishment. He would fit right in on The Daily Show. He did appear on Totally Biased with w. Kamau Bell. Check out his album, it’s free to listen to on Spotify. He recently recorded a new album if his 2015/2016 material with Kill Rock Stars! What an inspiration. He was friendly and willing to talk about stand up after the show. Hari is great, don’t miss a chance to see him live if he travels near you!

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Feb 06 2016

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music

“You don’t need money to have fun” at No Shame Eugene.

http://youtu.be/qLSBirLt2sk
Here I am playing banjo and singing a funny song at the atrium building in Eugene. It’s a fun theatre, anything goes performance space. I’ve made some good friends here. They post sketches, bellydance, musicians and the rantings of angry people at their YouTube channel.

Tagged anarchism, banjo, eugene, no shame, you dont need money to have fun

Feb 02 2016

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art, music

Black Magdalene

Black Magdalene have a bass and guitar player, a drummer, and three belly dancers. They also have a sexy vocalist and decorate their mic stand with swag. Combining world music with electronics and live instrumentation they put on a special show.

They call themselves organic dark wave with middle eastern sounds. They have a bandcamp page where you can listen but of course, the fun is in seeing the band play and dance live!