A recent design and the inspiration

Oh and one more thing before I go out for the night, I thought this was a neat looking design that ended up on the workroom floor, never to be used again. Or who knows really knows for sure.


And here's the inspiration, a section from the map of the Tokyo Bay area subway system:

Nico.

Meeting of Styles; Chicago Twenty Oh Seven. And a sneak peak.

Just a few shots I took from last years' meeting of styles. From the portfolio, now on Nicospon. The first of hopefully many looks back at previous works.






As some people may already know, a few of these, and a few others were featured in the Winter/Spring 2008 issue of Echo Magazine, a student publication of Columbia College Chicago. In fact, it was the same issue I was fortunate enough to have been Photo/Illustration Editor for.

And heres a sneak peak of what's to come for the CrazuKnights blog/vinyl.


There's a lot more to see already made and in progress, but i've been delaying the release for numerous reasons related to my job and the crazy increase in hours I've been working, lack of time at home to put everything together and some issues with my car that I hope can be resolved in the next week or so.

But we'll see; as always, more to come guaranteed,

Nico.

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Emily's balding tires, talking lampposts and some more fireworks.

nicospon

kanjonick

ayeyo'whatever you call me.

love

ps - CrazuKnights.blogspot launch soon. Sooner if I didn't have so many hours at work.

reminder to self - post random stuff from portfolio periodically in the future.

A few shots of fireworks over the water from Michios house on the fourth.

-Nico.

paris, tennessee collection

Yeah, it happened. I basically started this thing and then ignored it for awhile.

Let's try again.

Update:

Currently out of school for the summer and lacking hours at work so I have lots of free time. So, I've been bombing hills and cruising on my longboard a lot, at least once a day for the past week. It's been good, I feel more confident than ever on my board and I've been hitting up some fairly steep hills in the Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights area. Maybe I should look into acquiring a topography map; it could be useful. I have some photos from the other day, but haven't had a chance to upload yet. I'd like to do a lot of skating photography this summer, actually... this sentence inspired an idea for my next post, whenever that will be. Photography goals for the summer. So yeah, supposedly more on that later.

One thing I did do, that I've been meaning to; I finally took the time to upload my final photos from class. I went on a couple of photo shoots over spring break, one of which was with my brother when I went to visit family in Paris, Tennessee. Many of the structures in the old town have multiple different layers and styles of texture to them. When mixed with the light from the setting sun, an interesting and sometimes mechanical aproach to angles, and the discovery of a lost girl, the photos in the set came back with a strange aura about them. They've been described as "a collection of lost postcards." I've been encouraged to consider mural printing a few of them, but we'll see what actually happens with that. Right now the actual prints are on 13x19s with a matte finish.

Here are a few from the collection:


Oh, and I'm excited to say the CrazuKnights are likely to be making a comeback this Chicagoland automotive enthusiast's season. Maybe about a month or so. Maybe sooner, maybe later. Regardless, vinyl/stickers are finally in the works/prototype stage, but I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. All I'm guaranteeing is; some damn proper FF HONDAs will be prevelant. MuhahaHahahHAHA. lol.

More Photos/Videos to come.

Peace, Love, Friends,
-Nico.

Best Motoring: Amuse GT-R

I'll always be a honda enthusiast, but damn.

Can't help but dream.

some rather good advice from the one and only James Dean

He gives some good perspective in an interview where he discusses racing, the freeway, fast driving, and performs the famous Drive Safely spot on Warner Bros. Presents