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www.jnfoundation.com

2010-04-21T11:56:00.000-07:00

JNFoundation is a website done for the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS). Another collaborative effort however, this time I worked along side Mariel Brown, James Hackett and Richard Rawlins. Not usually the kind of work I'd display, but Mariel and I were proud of the outcome.

I was a very good exercise in the writing of CSS. Another effort to be less technophobic and flex my muscles a bit more in 'NEW MEDIA'.

Enjoy

Anansi & Sky God

2009-12-02T06:25:00.000-08:00

Animation for Anansi & Sky God, done for an act at the CHOGM People’s Forum. The play, which paired veteran local folk storyteller Aunty Thea with Dave Williams, the country’s top avant-garde choreographer and personal friend and co-worker. I thought this was a great collaboration and a wonderful opportunity to innovatively include animation which interacted with the acting, narration and choreography.

One of the characters I was asked to portray, and have interact with the actors was Osebo the leopard. The leopard was approached and tricked into being tied up by Anansi. (not a very smart leopard)

Special congratulations and thanks to Rubadiri, Tanty Thea and Dave and his dancers for a great collaboration of theater, design, dance, direction and animation. It turned out really great.

Shubh Divali

2009-10-17T17:24:00.001-07:00

Divali Press(33x7), originally uploaded by bleedart.

Agency: McCann Erickson
Client: RBTT Bank
Concept/Copy: Anderson Mitchell
Designer: Anderson Mitchell

This is one of the 1st Greetings ads I have ever done.
Happy Divali every one!

Capoeira & Carib

2009-10-02T13:11:00.000-07:00

Client: Carib
Agency: CMB Creative
Concept/Copy: Sandy Morrison, Darryn Boodan, Anderson Mitchell
Design: Maro M Morrison
Production/Audio: Susan Salandy, Dion Howe, Maarten Manmohan, Nigel Telestford
Director: Sheldon Felix, Lisa Wickham
Tallent: Senzala Capoeira Trinidad & Tobago

www.rodellwarner.com

2009-09-29T05:59:00.000-07:00

Rodell Warner... photographer, designer, co-worker, friend, colleague, etc.
Just helped him complete his personal portfolio website; www.rodellwarner.com

I've worked on a few great projects with this guy and will do more together in the future... cause now... he owes me one.

GHG Photography

2009-08-20T08:12:00.000-07:00

www.gerardhgaskin.com
It's worth a look... check out his work on "Trinidad Artists"

Had the pleasure of meeting and conversing with him a few times this month. I was asked to appear in his Trinidad Artists series. Again I say, the work is worth a look.

What tha HELLER!!!

2009-08-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

WHAT THE HELLER!!!
The Draconian Switch Magazine is in the Daily Heller in an article called "Turn on the Switch"

Let's give thanks and praise that we have a Draconian Switch Magazine.

Steven Heller has given our little magazine and design community a little mention in his segment on the the website www.printmag.com

If you scroll down near the bottom... you can see my name. HELLER YEAH! It says, "The website is run by another young designer, Anderson Mitchell." HELLER YEAH! ... oh and it also mentions friends, colleagues and fellow designers Marlon Darbeau, Richard Rawlins (DSM creator & founder) and Tanya Williams as well as writer & co-worker Darryn Boodan

last note, for those who dont know who Steven Heller is, he is an art director, journalist, designer, critic, author, and editor who specializes on topics related to graphic design. Yuh Dunn KNOW!

Joga Abundância

2009-08-17T15:42:00.000-07:00

Capoeira Capoeira.
Capoeira for Emancipation, Capoeira for class, Capoeira for film and Capoeira for fun.
here are some photographs of my second passion taken by friends, family and myself...

Life is only learnt by living. Capoeira is life. When I joga (play) it's like simplifying all the complicated shit that life throws at you. When life sends a "Meia Lua de Compasso" (it's pretty much a circular kick)... all you need to do is "Esquiva Basic". (a basic escape)

We Joga in a roda (a circle. *pronounced 'horda') The circle represents life, but it is customary to keep all the negativity out of it. Good vibes, positive energy (AXÉ) and no malice.
The objective is to play with your opponent and not against them.

BTW... Photographs are by Rodell RMR and myself

The Graffiti of the Situation...

2009-08-15T08:57:00.000-07:00

Looking at all the Graffiti in the country of late I kinda decided to do something a bit different...
Look for it...

Che-Che-Cheeze....

2009-08-04T08:00:00.000-07:00

Client: Bermudez
Agency: CMB Creative
Jingle Copy: Indra Ramcharan
Drawings/Art Director: Darren Cheewah
Audio Production: Indra Ramcharan & Random Design Studios
Animation: Anderson Mitchell

Look Indra!
Che-Che-Cheeze
Iz de Cheeze, how you mean...
If daiz how yuh feeeeeel.

Cocks & Robbers

2009-08-03T16:31:00.000-07:00

This is a part of a set I call DUEology. More to come.

Emancipação feliz

2009-07-31T09:02:00.000-07:00

Capoeira is one of the New World's symbols of freedom. It allows me the chance to be FREE... in mind and body. NO LIMITS! NO HATRED! NO SURPRESSION!

If you aren't doing anything on Emancipation morning and you don't mind waking early. There will be a demonstration on the Brian Lara Promenade at 8 am. Its on facebook

2009-07-31T03:07:00.000-07:00

Look... Here we are. Our little design network has been stirring up some attention.

It feels good. You can change the world with design :)
Check it out.

Spice! Spice! Spice! Spice!...

2009-07-23T13:59:00.000-07:00

Spice Carnival Band... Who would have ever thought that I would be into carnival this much!?!? It's kinda weird that 'ah like eet' too.

It's been one year since I started to working with spice, and one of the first jobs (excluding the Corperate Identity Design and stationary system) was an invitation & e-invitation done for their first media launch. The reviews were great. The actual invite was mentioned in an earlier blog. Here is a look at the e-vite.

The next big project was to do their 2009 Carnival Catalog titled the Spice Carnival Cookbook. That years presentation was titled "The Missing Ingredient..."

For 2010 the presentation is titled "The Spice Route" and the catalog titled the Spice Carnival Atlas.

If you are REALLY into the carnival thing check out Trinidad Carnival Diary and Afro Chic. They both have had something nice to say about spice. :)

Erotic (niceornasty)

2009-07-23T11:08:00.000-07:00

My first ever exhibition and a REAL NICE feeling. Not only to take part in the exhibition, but also to have been able to help the organisers. The work wasn't bad either. Plenty artist and designers of different backgrounds coming together for the purpose of eroticism. fun, fun, FUN!!!!
The best part was the discussions that erupted. Trinidad is a KINDA place where these KINDA things are KINDA suppressed... so we got to go to the discussions and Rodell's photo booth to let it out!!!

I decided to do a study on my favorite part of the female anatomy (If you see it, you see it) and also to put in a little play on words. The piece was titled "Piggie Bank". It was a statement on the role that sex plays when it comes to money, which is that "SEX = $". It was also a pun on one of our popular creolé slangs used to describe... well... if you see it you see it... :)

I really enjoyed this project and the opportunity to produce work that could ... well Dave Williams said it best:

"Not art in education, not art to keep the youth off the street, not art to simply pretty the walls. Erotic Art Week wants to present work that provokes the mind, enlivens the sentences, or at least envokes a blush"

Other attractions included, Marlon's "Playful Things", Ivaek's "CHIZ*L" fashion presentation, "Richard's "Out of Context", Daniella's "The Public Private", Rodel's Photo Booth, Sabrina's "My Ugly Cunt..." Darren's "17W and many other artists in Trinidad & Tobago. Check them out at the Erotic Art Week website and the indiGROOVE website

erotic art on indiGROOVE.tv

Plenty to talk about

2009-07-20T18:08:00.000-07:00

Weyyyyyy!!!
The last month was real therapy. Plenty work, REAL erotic pleasure, No KY, a spicy month with a funkee twist. I want to just crammitall into one post but I'll break it down for you over the next week or so.

Just to highlight some of the events, firstly there was erotic art week. The first exhibition that I have ever had a part to play in. The reviews was bessss! I plan to do it again next year. I'm really proud of my collegues as well; Dave Williams, Richard Rawlins, Rodel Warner, Marylin Morrison, Darren Cheewah and Marlon Darbeau. These guys all had an excellent showing at erotic art week. Also check out indiGROOVE, Plenty coverage.

Then we have spice, plenty rush work, that I must admit that I'm kinda pleased about. (or at least not totally disgruntled about) Congrats to the Spice Carnival Band. They have plenty of rough edges but I think that they are gonna work it out. Read about them if you into the
carnival thing http://www.trinidadcarnivaldiary.com/

Then there is funkezee... I'm really happy that this project is coming out the way it is. I have my hands full with commercial work... There will be plenty time to draw later... I guess.

2009-06-16T07:05:00.000-07:00

About a month ago I was ask by one of my Visual Communication teachers to do an interview for her blog. Check out her blog at http://sexypink.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/d-e-s-i-g-n-e-r-interviews-anderson-mitchell/

D E S I G N E R Interviews: Anderson Mitchell

Q: Your email and other affects have the words, bleed art on them. Tell me what art and design means to you.

A. Art is everything and design is its subset. Design is as much of everything as you want it to be, and also much of other things.
Good design in the realm of advertising includes risk.
“If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.”
–Woody Allen
Most tend to think they know what “cutting edge”, “innovative” or “groundbreaking” means, but they really don’t cause they are not willing to take the risk and therefore… very little is “cutting edge”, “innovative” or “groundbreaking”, and therefore much of that fails.

Q: You have always been driven, from your high school days and then at John D, what would you tell the young artist about working that you wished someone could have told you?

A: … nothing …
You have to realise your own design practice. All the good advise I got in school, didn’t make sense to me till I realised it on my own, through WORK.
Education is important, but when you go to art school no one teaches you ART or DESIGN. Teachers show you practices or techniques that allow you to discover YOURSELF.
… but … not that it matters…
1. Learn design. It is a practice and it can be learnt.
2. Design exists in art, wether you realise it or not.
3. It’s HARD!
4. and go to school

Q: Tanya, Marlon and yourself are a group. Give me the history and the plans that you have for yourselves.

A: Right now most of my colleagues are making headway in totally different directions, which I like.
Tanya has been doing her thing at Above studios and is extending her industry knowledge and design portfolio.
Marlon recently did his installation and NEXT exhibition in New Orleans, while progressing his knowledge in Industrial design.
And I have been working primarily in web animation and interactive design. A major problem that exists in Trinidad and Tobago, is the lack of collaboration. Every one feels that they can do EVERY thing for themselves. Specialization has proven to be very useful in the growth of most industries. We intend to make that happen as long as we aspire to be the best at what we do.

Q: What projects are you working on separately?

A: I don’t know what “they” are working on… I’d say, that we have headed our separate ways together…
But I have been doing a lot of work with Spice Carnival, Photographer Mariamma, and several other clients that desire web animation and web design… and of course I work in advertising (bleah!!!).
Spice Carnival Band… I hate that industry, but when given the opportunity to make a difference, I had to take it. This was a group of young people who knew what “cutting edge”, “innovative” and “groundbreaking” meant and intended not to be a Tribe or Island people band. As a result I was able to show them how far GOOD design can push a GOOD product, and now they will settle for nothing less…

Q: What are your views on design in Trinidad and Tobago?

A: I think that Design in advertising has suffered for years through improper practices and flawed theories invented by persons who have no right to make “Design decisions” in the first place. Unfortunately, designers tend to make the best stable salary through Advertising.
I think that we are heading in the right direction. The availability of information (i.e. COSTTAT, UTT and also informal sources like the internet and libraries) is allowing us to get more sophisticated in the world of design.

Q: What sort of design interests you now and why?

A: 3D design, Comic art, interface design, web animation and photography.
The public has developed a huge misconception that designers are “tech” people. LOL :) I think that most will find that lots of REAL designers hate the limitations of their computers. Basically, designers are technophobes, which is the reason why most of them tend to stay away from web design and other technology based forms of design. My love for technology and the internet is currently being used to try to keep design responsibility away from the computer technician.

JazzTVC(30sec)

2009-06-09T10:43:00.001-07:00

Just dug up some more collaborative work.
More illustrations from Darren Cheewah animated by myself.

Client: Clico
Agency: CMB Creative
Concept/Copy: Dave Williams, Darren Cheewah, Anderson Mitchell
Design/Illustration: Darren Cheewah
Production/Audio: Susan Salandy, Anderson Mitchell
Animation: Anderson Mitchell

WhitePain

2009-06-09T08:20:00.001-07:00

WhitePain(30sec)
Originally uploaded by bleedartA Saturday well spent.
I must say, I am really proud to be apart of the exhibited works of Darren Cheewah: Designer, Illustrator, Artist and good friend.

We spent the day together painting and animating a wall at Republic of Syndenham art Gallery.

Congratulations Darren and Good luck with your exhibition 17W.

17W

Time: 17 June 2009 at 7:00pm
Location: Republic of Syndenham art Gallery
Street: Syndenham Ave St. Anns
Phone: 6850692
Email: hardlocalcheewah@gmail.com

17W on facebook

Spice Carnival Media Launch Invite

2009-05-04T07:37:00.000-07:00

Spice Carnival Band... Year 2.
About one year ago I was approached with an opportunity to do all the communication for a new carnival band called SPICE. My initial decision was, NO. I thought the persons of such an industry wouldn't be able to see value in me (even though it shouldn't be as such). Just by looking at what existed in the industry, from a Graphic Design perspective I thought was enough to justify my inference. I thought what would be required was quick easy developments of already existing media, and ... I don't do that. :)

Fortunately after meeting and knowing the very young and progressive individuals that were responsible for the band my decision quickly changed. I think that with their collaboration, I was allowed to grow even as I have helped them grow through visual communication and advertising.

One very attractive piece was the media launch invite. This project required a very memorable, attractive piece that would communicate the essence of the band and spark the curiosity of its future patrons.

The invite was very well recieved by both the client and the attendees.

Design log

2009-04-30T14:27:00.000-07:00

I felt that it was time to start logging or "weblogging" the work that I have accumulated over the years that I was proud of. I have had a quite short career both as a Designer and in Advertising, and I have found that there may be quite a long way to go before I can find my focus. I have experimented in many subsets of design including, Web Design, Illustration, Package Design and Interactive Media.

I hope that this process may allow me define myself, and achieve a focus or reveal my focus. The only thing I know for sure is that I love design.

I hope we are both inspired by things to come.

... enjoy