So I still havent launched Simcha BOttling Company and the more time passes the more I think its a mistake to do custom labeled wine for a living (spend the whole time scraping b ottled clean) and the more Id like to come up with some inspired jewishly themed art (cards, prints etc...) What is that exactly... inspired jewishly themed art? Every time I let myself think that its the same thing as anything else thats "inspired" my brainstorming is interupted by nagging fingers telling me that I need to read up on my sources to understand meanings and reseaRCH MINHAGIM (traditions) before I creatively interpret anything. And then they come flooding back the uptight images of girld and mothers lighting candles, of men wrapped up in Tallesim (prayer shawl) or boys reading from the Torah or studying with there fathers. THose images are fine but theyre usually very disinfected, for someone uninitiated theres nothing ELSE in them.
But then I found this: I was looking for the name of the artist who did the RED CUP campaign for Starbucks in 2006 (because I like the style) and I found the credits for that campaign
here. It was done in conjunctions with LAIKA HOUSE. I went to the LAIKA HOUSE site looking for the name of the artist and found
instead. Laika studions is responsible for a big chunk of the best animated commercials out there. Oh yeah, and the name of the guy responsible for the STarbucks campaign is Patrick Long turns out this campaign is what I like best out of all his stuff- kudos to art directors! I would never have picked out this guy for this campaign based on his other stuff. Im beginning to understand what it is that art directors do (that I don't). Id like to work with one one day :-).
So the, that seemed like a tangent, I know. There was no jewish theme in that LAIKA Studios reel. But it inspired me to do this: [stay tuned for the reveal]
