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The Story of Tamara Lynne
This is my latest animation short. Perhaps it was the summer sun, the cool breezes, the new exercise regiment, the long walks to Andersonville with my wife, but I definitely felt some real enthusiasm for this latest project, and my work in general, like I haven’t felt in about 6 months. Coincidence? I couldn’t say, [...]
Carlson Family Reunion
I was born Robert Gordon Conaway. My mother’s maiden name was Eleanor Montgomery. My grandmother’s maiden name was Eleanor Brown. My great grandmother’s maiden name was Anna Carlson and my great great grandmother’s maiden name was Sophie Bergeson. She married a man named Bennett Carl Carlson. This was a reunion of some of the grandchildren, [...]
PatioPalooza 2010
Ever since Petra and I moved into our wonderful apartment on Lake Michigan, I wanted to have a party on the patio there. My wealth of talented friends compelled me to share some of my good fortune with others. The plan was simple; an afternoon of drinking, food, fantastic music, dancing, laughs and great conversation [...]
Dinner and a boat ride
Petra and I were invited to join some folks I work with for a retirement party. It was thrown by the world’s greatest boss, Carl Puccio. The night included dinner at the prestigious Sunda restaurant in downtown Chicago and then a giant old sailboat ride out into Lake Michigan to watch the fireworks. It would [...]
Out Is How We Pass – Music Video
For over a year now, I’ve been working on creating a new group; KATASTROFIST. My bandmates and I wrote, recorded and mixed the debut album all on our own, without the help of any recording studio or sound engineers (except for the main vocal track. props to Rolan at I.V. Labs). To coincide with the [...]
The Personnel Promo Video
This is actually my 3rd promotional video for Seth Bradley and The Personnel. We filmed it in only a couple hours at a club called The Elbo Room here in Chicago. This is literally ridiculous POP, but it’s well produced and I’m really happy with how the final video turned out, especially considering the time [...]
Beergaritas in Kalamazoo
Our friends Roy and Marci have recently moved with their family to Kalamazoo Michigan due to Roy’s work. We came to visit them and spend the weekend relaxing, eating and drinking while the kids were away. It was ‘adult’ time. Also, word to the wise; Beergaritas are not a good idea if you have any [...]
Hipstamatic: A Must Have iPhone App for Photophiles
Over the past 2 years my interest in photography has grown. Some of you might have noticed. I decided it was time for a new blog design that would put more emphasis on imagery. Especially since I’m such a visual person. Lately I’ve been really interested in old photos.
A Night of Music
One of the best things about being me and Petra (because there are so many! 
), is having the friends that we have. We are surrounded by incredibly talented musicians from all types of music.
No Pants Subway Ride
January 10th is the annual No Pants Subway Ride, which is participated in all over the world in major cities (i.e. Chicago, New York, London, etc). This year the Chicago No Pants Subway Ride started at our stop here in Edgewater at the Granville stop on the Red line.
Our new band – Katastrofist
Over a year in preparation, Katastrofist is 3 of the 4 members formerly from the band Ghettobillies. Robbie, Bong, and Maloney, with the addition of newcomer, but seasoned musician Tim Reid Jr. on the synth, piano, organs and vocals formed the band almost 9 months ago and after fine tuning an albums worth of material, are just now
My First Music Video
When I was considering purchasing my 5D camera and how expensive it was, I told myself that the cost would be worth it if I could figure out a way to make some extra cash with it as an extension of my graphic design work. One of the main things about it that fascinated me was
North Branch Test Run
Petra and I are planning a fairly painless 1 day bike trip for sometime this summer. We have some friends that are avid cyclists as well as those who don’t ride much at all, and so we are hoping for a leisurely trip with a nice destination at the end that all of them can [...]
Chelsea Girls Concert
Our flatmate, Matt (better known as “Bong”) just started a new gig as a regular musician at a fresh new venue called the Lasalle Power Company which is a 3 level nightclub/sports bar/concert venue that seems to have all the elements of success. Beautiful interiors, prime location, incredible sound system, and supermodel cocktail waitresses in [...]
Boston Invades
Our friends from Boston came to stay for a 4 day weekend with us and play an incredible show at Uncommon Ground here in Chicago. Led by Vessela Stoyanova (from the band Fluttr Effect) the group was called “Eastern Stories Under Western Skies”. Former Ghettobillies members Matt Longbons and John Maloney rounded out the group [...]
A New Era Camera
There we were; sitting on the grass just south of North Avenue Beach on one of the very first really nice spring days in Chicago in 2009. We had just biked down from our place in Evanston, as I pulled out my old trusty point and shoot Canon A710. I snapped some photos of our [...]
We Did it!
2 years later, endless fees, legal assistance, interviews, medical exams, english tests, tax forms, and a very happy marriage later, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief and know that we can finally stay together! It’s a very happy day for us. Now it’s time to celebrate! Thank you to everyone who has helped [...]
Experimenting with photographs
Back Alley, originally uploaded by RC PoP Art. Currently, I’ve been experimenting a great deal with my tiny point and shoot Canon A710 that I purchased a few years ago. Along with an adaptor to hold a small fisheye lens, photoshop and an application called Topaz Adjust to try and get the best images possible [...]
New Years Eve – 2008
A collection of the neighborhoods greatest minds. This year for our New Year’s Eve party, instead of having to play all night in a bar far away from our friends and trying to make some money, we decided to have a party at our place. The turn out was great. Lots of folks we didn’t [...]
Digging Photography
One of my most recent projects with a client was to create an interactive that was a flippable fashion magazine style booklet that told a simple, but specific story about frustrated customers and the operators that had to deal with them. Originally, the plan was to do realistic illustrations or use stock photography, but my [...]
HonkeyPunch is born.
Feeling the need for a creative music outlet since the Ghettobillies stopped playing close to 2 years ago, I started writing new songs again. I spoke with Bong and John about needing a drummer and bass player (as they just happened to be the best that I know) and hoping they might know a keyboardist/piano/organ/synth [...]
Master of the Universe.
From time to time I finish a bit of work for a client that I think is noteworthy. This particular image was for Alpine Access the same company that I did
Rotoscope Animation Commercial
After 580 jpg’s, 5 steps in photoshop filters that had to batch automate over 600 images, 53 hours to hand draw 580 portraits and backgrounds, and 1 soundtrack with music, to
Rotoscoping Dennis
Sounds Dirty doesn’t it?
I’m possibly going to be working on a very short animation for an online learning flash piece and it was suggested the style be in the “Charles Schwab” / “Scanner Darkley” style
