Thrift Store Find # 2

Hey guys, I recently went and got myself a brand new Tumblr. You can catch more frequent posts over here: http://josephsmolin.tumblr.com/.

In other news, I found a real gem at the thrift store recently, and went all photography on it:

Apparently this small, rather ugly object served as an in-store display for a signature perfume entitled "Emma Rose", which was itself only a small part of the large-scale marketing campaign for the movie Spiderman 2. We live in strange times.

All pictures seen here were taken in a bathroom with the lights off, while my brother Nathan held a flashlight. It just seemed to add a little more drama to the photos.

This is my favorite photo in the series. Something really cool about the eye.

I like this photo a good bit too. I hope that other people find these photos (and the object itself) as brutally thought-provoking as I seem to. Shout-out to Nathan for holding the flashlight so I could snap these.

Love,

-Joseph

New Sketch

Hey guys, here's a new page out of my sketchbook for you. You know me, just trying to keep creativity/ideas flowing while actual life speeds by.

I don't want to demystify the process too much, but I will say that the creative session that produced this image mostly consisted of watching live Of Montreal videos playing with the sound off, while actually listening to The National. I should have at least one more image in a similar (but hopefully less cluttered) vein coming soon, as well as hopefully a good bit of other stuff cause I'm on break!

Love,

-Joseph