Today I had a chance to take a look at some beautiful production shots of a set Crystal composed for “F Your Birthday.” I’m not quite sure if it’s just the colors and the levels, but I feel like she’s somehow convinced her DSLR that it’s 1979, and should develop pictures accordingly.
I think Crystal has said it about as often as I have– she should be making more stop-motion sets. Seeing all these neurotically glued and hand-selected based on SKU dye lots and stocks puffballs makes me think she’s repressing a childhood memory of factory bead work, or some other job suitable only for the nimble hands of children.
Looking at these shots again makes me want to use them for the back of her portfolio, with no explanation. A full and immaculate product can never speak for output as well as the finished piece can when the product is art, so I would love to incorporate these.
I took another look at the jewelboxing cases for portfolio work, and while I get the impression that, more often than not, they’re shucked like clams, I still do appreciate a finished piece. I haven’t seen Blender used for product portfolio mockups, but I would like to try it for a second, before anything is printed. Right now, I just need the go-ahead and then I’ll start cranking a few of these out once designs are finalized.