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new art january

By brooks • Jan 8th, 2010 • Category: Features

The drawing is in progress. The ideas was to bounce ideas back and forth between hand and measurement, while working toward a surface that comes from repetition. Should be finished this month and I will get a better image of it courtesy of Tara. Update: It is finished, here is an overall image and a [...]



Output

By brooks • Jan 8th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

Creating digital and traditional art. For the past five years I have mainly been focused on digital projects – web design and interactive concepts with media teams, ad/design agencies, and universities. This is the core of design is casual. Now, after a five year break from creating traditional art, I am making some new works [...]



New Mexico for Year Two

By brooks • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

After the first year of operation in Bozeman, MT, design is casual has made a big move to Albuquerque, NM. Although super attached to Bozeman and the friends I have there, I have always wanted to expand into bigger markets and believe I have found one that I like.



new web july

By brooks • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Features

The Food Nerd is pretty cool, using web video to present family recipes. I particularly enjoy this one for Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas:



new art july

By brooks • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Features

I found this Egyptian 3d artist to be pretty cool. Nice stories Mohamed Abuyhia. View His portfolio with some other nice work, including a kitchen design idea, and middle eastern style interiors.



April Quick Post

By brooks • Apr 23rd, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

As usual, the month is almost over, so here is the quick post. I think I have some of the most social friends, they all beat me to the Facebook scene. I didn’t know what I was missing I guess. I have…



new web march/april/may

By brooks • Apr 23rd, 2009 • Category: Features

altx.com Time to catch up on some old literature. There are some pieces that are more recent on alt-x, but for those who have not checked on this in a while, a lot of information is relevant now. One of my favorites – http://www.electronicbookreview.com/



new art march/april/may

By brooks • Apr 23rd, 2009 • Category: Features

I thought this was pretty amazing, remixing youtube – thru-you. The visuals are quite nice, the audio is quite nice, that equals wellmmmm * quite nice overall i must say.



January Quick Post

By brooks • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

It is a new year and the first month is over. So far this year I have been headed into interactive space more and more. I made a little headway back into Flash and 3D, using ActionScript 3 and Papervision. I also want to take a minute to check out Loworks website. I liked reading the thinking by Haruki Higashi in the winter issue of Computer Arts Projects. It is a good year for change and continuation.



Mobile Development

By brooks • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

New at design is casual is a new macbook pro loaded with cs4 and an ipod touch, the makings of a great mobile studio. Before, I was tied to my desk for major development (And I still will be for many things). Now I have the ability to visit clients and show on screen demos, [...]