http://www.brianbarber.com/recent Design, illustration, storyboards, animation Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:04:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The video I animated for the Black Eyed Snakes' "Rise Up!" is still sneakin' around. It'll be screened at the Sound Unseen festival in Minneapolis, September 28 - October 4th. It'll also show up at IFP's Cinema Lounge This, in addition to it being on MNTV, another IFP project that airs on ... http://www.brianbarber.com/recent/general/snakes-video-still-crawling-around/ Here's one from the October/ November issue of Lake Superior Magazine. It's about a fisherman stuck in a storm on Lake Superior in the '50s. It's fun reading it, knowing that I don't have the job of fisherman on Lake Superior in the '50s. http://www.brianbarber.com/recent/general/the-old-man-and-the-inland-sea/ This year, I was asked to help with the campaign materials for our local United Way. I produced a poster, a brochure and a video that they'll take around to companies when they make their pitch for donations. The national campaign has a strong image with the white T-shirts, and ... http://www.brianbarber.com/recent/general/united-way-materials/ Grand Marais Minnesota is a beautiful place. And they had a beautiful billboard advertising it. But somebody stole the billboard extension - a seagull - twice. Now they want it back. Just give 'em the bird. I shot and edited the videos on the site for Swim Creative and the Grand Marais ... http://www.brianbarber.com/recent/general/everybodys-talkin-about-the-bird/ I've done some work for CASDA, the Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse, including their logo many years ago. Here's a TV ad for this year's Run/Walk that uses some music I recorded many, many more years ago. On my Fostex 4-track that just recently died on me. http://www.brianbarber.com/recent/general/surf-music-to-end-abuse/ Yep, we have a place in Duluth called Beaners. And it's been here 10 years now. Jason asked me to do a poster for them. Looks like it'll be a swingin' good time. http://www.brianbarber.com/recent/general/beaners-10th-anniversary-poster/ [caption id="attachment_533" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="MinnPost.com illustration"][/caption] Here's one I just finished up for MinnPost.com. It's a story about low premium / high deductible individual insurance policies. Lots of interesting comments on the story. http://www.brianbarber.com/recent/general/minnpost-com-health-insurance-illustration/ My pal Mike the TV Ad Producer Man asked if he could use one of my books in their hospital TV ad. Here it is. http://www.brianbarber.com/recent/general/hey-my-stuffs-on-the-tee-vee/ Every year, Law & Politics magazine publishes a rundown of the goofiest happenings in ... welll ... law and politics. Here are 3 spot illustrations I did for this year's issue. http://www.brianbarber.com/recent/general/law-and-politics-turkeys/ This weekend is the Free Range Film Fest out in the big barn in Wrenshall. I've got my own movie in it, and you can see several other things I contributed animation, music and even voice "talent" to. Oh, and I did the FRFF Logo. You should check it out, it's ... http://www.brianbarber.com/recent/general/free-range-film-festival/