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As promised, here is the brand new Base14 shirt! This one features a delightfully fun print of two little kites and the tangles that bring them together. The back will feature the Base14 clothing logo on the shoulder. Just like our previous, limited edition shirt, this one will be hand silk screened with the utmost care and love. But unlike the I Like Bike shirt, this beauty is available to everyone! That’s right, we are now officially accepting pre-orders so that you can own your very own Base14 T-shirt. The shirts will be for sale for $10 each, but if you pre-order you will only have to pay $7. “Seven dollars for a hand screened shirt? She must be crazy!” you say. But no, I just want everyone to enjoy the fledgling efforts of our darling brand. To pre-order just email me (alysha at base14.com). Let me know size and quantity desired, and you will be informed when the shirts are ready. You will not be billed until after the shirts have been printed. We will be taking pre-orders up until February 13th, and will begin taking regular orders once the prints have been made and pre-orders shipped. Direct all questions to the same email.

I am pleased to release the first experimental efforts from the apparel department here at Base14. Fresh from our studio is this hand silk screened T-shirt. The old fashioned bike design was painted on to the screen by hand and all the shirts were screened separately by yours truly. The back features the lovely apparel version of the Base14 logo in a fun shoulder tattoo placement. Unfortunately, this was an experimental and extremely limited printing. The few shirts printed were given to Base14 staff. Sorry guys, none for sale. (Unless there is a manic wave of requests for a reprint. Which we might be able to arrange.) But the good news is that we will soon be accepting pre-orders for the next shirt. Stay tuned for fresh posts.

Special Thanks to Giuliana Kano for sharing her modeling tallents with us. Gorgeous.

Posts have been a bit thin recently because I’ve been spending most of my time on the set of another thesis film down here in Savannah. In fact, we finished our final (and ninth) day of shooting yesterday. I got some great photos that I’ll be featuring in a post soon, but for now, please enjoy another yield of my principles of animation class. We animated sliding pendulums to work on spacing, timing and declining energy. In the end, I had to make several decisions on minute details like the mass of the string, strength of gravity and air resistance in order to simulate the motion of the pendulum.

I thought of the title of the post when someone said they saw Brad Pitt in Savannah last week. I’ve got a great movie idea for him…

For those that may not read every blog post, a little update: I’m currently earning my MFA in Film & Television down at the Savannah College of Art & Design. But as I like to tell people, I’m having a bit of a love affair with animation. I’m in Film & Television to learn the essentials of directing, screenwriting, editing and the like, but ultimately I prefer working in front of a computer rather than on a set.

So while I take my required 700-level Film & Television classes, I’ve begun sneaking over to the animation building this quarter to take “ANIM 202 – Animation I,” or basic principles of animation. Today we finished our first assignment, a bouncing ball and a cannon ball. Pretty basic stuff compared to Ara, I know, but it’s so nice to get back to the basics before I go any further. This class should make me much sharper as an animator, and after this I can move on and take some character animation classes.

Anyway, if you’d like to see square one for professional animators, take a look below. I guess now I can officially change my business cards.

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Happy New Year everybody! I hope you’ve been enjoying Alysha’s posts as of late, she’s done an excellent job featuring some of her recent projects and taking some pressure off me as I work feverishly to finish up the animation on Duck ♥ Teslacoil. Things are going well, with more on that later.

But back to today’s post – let’s face it, we’re long overdue for a new comic! So for everyone trudging back to class this week, I offer what may be some familiar insight.

“Shall I begin with you hideous appearance or sobering ignorance?”

Here at Base14, we like our projects to have style, but we also like to push the boundaries of convention. This lamp is made out of 100% recycled and reused materials. (Old shipping boxes and parts from vintage and broken lamps.) Cool? Yes. But even better, it uses no adhesives. (No glue, tape etc.) It is held together with tabs, slots and a little help from our good friend gravity. The alternating spines of the lamp create two different negative spheres inside of the main form. Even though “going green” is trendy these days, my intent with this design was not to make a statement about sustainability. I simply enjoy the challenge of starting with rough materials and working them into a polished final product. But regardless of intent, it’s always fun to recycle.