There are a few really great long term projects happening. I will post them after Xmas. Above is a project I have been working on where I am documenting various cake shops around the city. The project will run through Jan. 1st. Here are a few selects form the daily shoots. All photographs are shot on cross processed color slide film.
About three years ago I did a portrait painting ever day for seven days. I am thinking of doing this again in a couple weeks. Anyway above are a few of the studies I have been working on to prepare. I do not think they will be this surreal, but it was allot of fun stretching out and working loosely. I will let you all know as soon as the portrait project begins. Should be very very soon. Media = Collage, gouache and india ink on acid free moleskins.
I have been working through some new concepts for these large scale war paintings. This attached sketchbook entry is the first of many studies I am doing before I begin the final works. I do not think the final works will be this rendered but I have to be honest it was so nice to actually paint again. I have been working with line and form for so long, it was refreshing to get back to my roots. I will post more process works as the concept develops. oh and I have also posted some of my reference images here from my studio. The painting is collage acrylic and gouache on an a acid free mole skin spread. Talk soon. Bryce
Just finished this short film for the Twentyone 20 film project. When asked to do the short about the age of Opulence we decided it would be great to do a piece that began with the agricultural revolution andworked its way through our opulent history to the present day. We soonrealized this we hugely ambitious for a two min short. But Danny and I attempted itanyway. All illustrations were done by hand and a mix of cell animation and after effects were used to complete the look and feel. Hope you enjoy!.
Wrights of Spring 2120 Directors Bryce Wymer and Daniel Pernikoff Illustration, Design, Animation. Bryce Wymer Design, Animation. Daniel Pernikoff Animation. Mitchell Paone and Jessica Pernikoff Editing, Sound design Moss Levenson Music. The GreyboyAllstars, Deck shoes. Album. What Happened to Television?
Here are a couple posters I had to crank out for 2 Digital Kitchen NY events. I think I am going to run with this illustration style a while and see where it takes me. They were created 100% in Photoshop. I have been working like this allot lately. Its interesting to not even sketch things out. Sometimes it works and sometimes its a total train wreck! B
Farwellian Holiday- I just touched down in Brooklyn after a well deserved labor day vacation. Spending the last three days with my family in Farwell Mi, I realized that I love small towns almost as much as I love the big city. Above are a few of my sketchbook entries over the last three days. I told myself before I left that I would try to document as much of the small town as possible. As soon as I process my film I will post some of my photography from the weekend. p.s. The collage elements you see in all the above works were lifted from these 1960's craft magazines that used to belong to my grandmother.
Rachael contacted me to do another illustration for the September issue of glasses glasses. http://glassesglasses.org/ The article was about a woman who was madly in love with an alcoholic. Originally I had a drawing of a smaller woman desperately trying to hold up a intoxicated man. But it ended up becoming extremely elaborate. I try to keep these illustrations under two hours each so I decided to go with a loose more abstracted representation of confusion and cloudiness. It was refreshing to just let the paint find the form instead of having line dictate the figure.
I did this sketchbook entry a while back. Actually I did this the day before I left Dallas for New York. It was nice to do some more traditional water colors for a change. Before this summer is over I plan to do some more of these around the Brooklyn area. I will post em here as soon as they are finished.
Also I am working with Moss on a edit of the photography and footage from the North American Wildlife show we installed in Chicago. Should have the edit finished by tomorrow. Regards Bryce
I went and saw the Bad Plus at the Village Vanguard. They were amazing! Especially in that small venue. We were not aloud to take pictures, so I did a quick sketch of the band during one of there more subdued songs. By the way. They do not have that many mellow tunes.
Well Well well.........Here is just one of the songs we played out our gallery installation at the Post Family Gallery in Chicago. My cousin Kent drove down and joined us on percussion for the set. It was one hell of a night! to say the least. I will more have cuts from the show, and some more pics as well. In the mean time. Enjoy "Unlimited Lives" We wrote this tune the day before we flew to Chicago. We decided not to play with a live drummer, so I built all the beats and shipped em out to the Post Fam. before the gig. Big ups to Sam Rosen for hooking us up with the show and also a place to crash. Keep RockinBrotha..
Here is one of the first illustration I did for glasses glasses magazine. Once again there is no budget, so I set the parameter that the illustration could only take two hours to complete and send. This is still one of my favorites.
We are currently cutting together a film that will document the nights activities in Chicago. In the mean time I will post some of the installation shots I had taken before everyone arrived. Enjoy!
There will be Music, a DJ, Fine Art, Collage works, Prints and oh so much more! Free! The Post Family gallery August 7, 2009, 6:00 pm-12:30 pm 1821 W. Hubbard St. Suite, 202 Chicago, IL 60622 312-265-6406
Ok. Well I was up till the wee hours last night working on a few new concepts.
1. Got some new trees. Yeah! saved them from being thrown away at work. had to draw em.
2. The big Burly Blue Guy is a rough character sketch for Paul Bunyan. I have been asked to do a children's book remake about Paul and the Babe. I am going to try to put a unique twist on a story that has been told a thousand times. 3. Finally The jazz timeline has nothing to do with Paul. But I am working on a documentary film about the jazz influence in Contemporary New York city music.
Ringling hired me to do some drawings of different visual artists in there studios. This one is of a fine artist named Omar Chacon. more to come. Bryce
The above images were recently in a show "North American Wildlife" put on at the Canary Gallery in New Orleans. I removed these images from 9 different canvases and built a sketch book entry that I believe to be more fitting of the theme. The canvas's are currently being re utilized for the Chicago show August 7th 2009. Love you all. Keep checkin back. New entries all this week.
Sketches for "The Fall" Poster. I have been working through some ideas for the English Punk Band "The Falls" tour poster. I was trying to go for a Icarus type illustration. But I think this has gotten a little to literal. Still I thought it was a fun illustration so I decided to share. Still rolling on the show for Chicago I will keep you all posted.
Bryce Wymer is a visual artist currently living in Brooklyn, New York. His personal works address human social progression and the driving relation between the powerful and the powerless. Bryce currently works as a
Art Director/Creative Lead at Digital Kitchen New York. This title incorporates all facets of Graphic Design, Illustration, Fine Art, Animation, and Live action Photography.
Bryce Wymer primary portfolio link below
http://www.brycewymer.com/
