Above is a picture I snapped of Miso at Transmitter Park the other day. My new (refurbished) Canon EOS Rebel XS has become a permanent fixture hanging from my neck. I have been taking it everywhere I go trying to familiarize myself with its settings etc. Having a nice digital camera is totally worth it. I was a dummy for not having bought one sooner.

This morning (after realizing I needed a Camera RAW plugin for CS3), I finally had the chance to shoot and process RAW pictures. Above is the picture I am now using as my background on BKNY’s shop homepage (check it!). To put it simply, shooting RAW is the sh*t! Levels, cures, saturation…pffft! Using Camera Raw is ridiculous.

Lastly (above), my BKNY labels have finally arrived! The people over at Stadri hooked it up. They came out great! All BKNY products going forward will have one of these sewn in/on them.

Along with learning the in and outs of my camera, I am also going to have to learn how to sew. Luckily for me, my blank wholesaler is able to re-label for me so I will just be left with the pillowcases and anything other than shirts.
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HOLY! I’m certain I’m not the only one blogging about how freakin’ awesome this video is, but damn. That TETRIS sequence…sooo clever. I really want to make that Pac-man sequence into some sort of shirt idea, but can’t now since I’d be copying. I hope someday I will get the opportunity to work on and learn special effects. I know Final Cut somewhat, but can’t imagine the cool promos/commercials I could do for BKNY if I knew all those effects tools.

Via Dailymotion

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It has taken me up until now (what the heck was I thinking) to finally pull the trigger on a digital camera. Buuut, I’m now the proud new owner of a Canon EOS Rebel XS DSLR and couldn’t be more excited. With good design and cool products a given, photography is the the keystone to selling clothing, etc online. You wait, BKNY is in for some extreme enhancements (enhance…enhance…).
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BEHOLD! Just in time for spring, a sneak preview of one of my posters I am planning to have for sale at BKNY. I hit up A I Friedman last night after work and picked up two 18 X 24in frames. I know the picture sucks (iPhone, pffft!), but these prints totally transformed my bedroom wall into a face.

Even though my site isn’t full operational yet, if your interested, you can pick up a set of these hand printed, stamped & numbered Wayfarer posters. They come unframed, but will fit in any standard 18 X 24in frame. They are printed on French Paper Smart White 80c. I only did a limited run of 25 sets, so get’em while they last! Email me your address and I will send you a paypal invoice for $25 (includes shipping, USA only!). They will come safely shipped in a protective tube.
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Besides this past weekend’s weather being amazing, I finally had the chance to do my first official wheat paste (design, make paste, perform act). I had mentioned before that I was planning on pasting my address onto the front of my building (how it lacked a true identifying address). Well, last night after my fresh paste was done cooling, I hit my front door. My luck though, it has been soggy and wet (a wheat paste worst enemy) today, so I’m hoping it stays up until we get some sun so it can bake.


Besides that, I also had the chance to have Mr. Headhood hook my whip up with a custom ‘coolage’. Again, the rain may play a factor in how long it last, but for now it looks dope parked in my hood (if you look at second picture closely, top right, you can see miso giving her approval).

UPDATES!
• had an impromptu photo shoot for BKNY, products should be available to buy this week!
• countdown to Flying Lotus at Le Poisson Rouge on 3/30!
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I got an early start this morning (8am!). Figured I’d do some ’spring’ cleaning before my roommate returned from her spring break. I pruned and cleaned up the two boxes outside my apt windows. In the front (not sure what it is), I have a vine-like plant (comes back every year) growing which as it gets longer, cascades over the box and dangles over my building’s door. I also planted a ‘buttload of basil’. Who needs a scarecrow when you got a flamingo?

On the back fire escape (had been promising myself I would), I planted sunflowers. You can see from the seed packet they are a special ‘dwarf’ variety. I figured that the normal ones may get too tall for my back window, so I gave these a whirl instead. Hopefully they work out so I can have fresh sunflowers in my kitchen this summer. Not sure if it was a deliberate design element, but I’ really digging the horizontal hot pink rule across the top of the packet. The picture is pretty badass too.
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Today during some of my downtime at work, I finally designed the ‘99′ I am going to wheatpaste on my building’s door in Greenpoint. I figured since my door doesn’t even have a real functioning address anyhow, I might as well help out the mailman. You’d laugh if you saw what was up there now (wish I had a picture).

I ran old and yellowed newsprint through our HUGE Canon laser printer here at work. I had to cut down the sheets so I could affix them to color laser tabloid paper (to act as a guide, either that or the newsprint jams). The 9’s came out great and I am really excited about finding the right opportunity to put them up (unfortunately the forecast this weekend is a wet one). When the time does come, I am definitely going to enlist a little help from wheatpastin’ extraordinaire Clint.

Up until now, he’s been having all the fun in my hood.
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Above are some favicons (scaled 700%) I designed for the following sites:

• (BW) My portfolio site
• (BKNY) My new clothing site
• Veronica’s blog, Superveronica

I love creating favicons, then again I love logos so its only natural I would. You get only 16px X 16px to in essence recreate your logo or some identifying (brand) mark. Your site just isn’t complete (or pimp) without one. They are so easy to create too. Probably the hardest thing is finding a free .ico photoshop plugin which allows you to save your file with a .ico (icon) extension. Other than that it’s just overwriting your current favicon.ico via ftp and wallah!

For more detailed instructions, go here.
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Via Syyn Labs:

Simply incredible.
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After holding out as long as I could (she had some nappy dreads), I finally took Miso to be groomed. I think they did a great job with what they had to work with.
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I came across that sweet ol’skool skate deck on the curb this morning and figured I share the trash picked goodies I have found recently. You can seriously find the coolest stuff curbside sometimes (my kitchen mirror). Even though the deck was facing grip tape out, the hot pink rails gave’er away as an old retro deck with what I hoped were sweet graphics. I was right. Look at that ‘rad’ panther and color scheme…a keeper fo’sho.

The chair I copped on what was one of the most miserably cold and wet early mornings ever while walking miso. That, and I found the chair towards the beginning of the walk so I had to lug it all around Greenpoint while juggling a leashed dog. But after a good clean up, it was so worth it. By far one of the coolest pieces of furniture I have ever come across in the garbage. It also has a secret cubby hole to store your keep sakes.
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