http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog The life and practices of 3rd Lounge Creatives Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:19:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I remember in my fours years of studying, watching a few drop out of the Fine Arts program because they saw that the workload didn't match the income potential upon graduation. The problem is that the passion followed the desire for money when in reality it should be the other ... http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog/?p=91 Two weeks ago I accompanied my younger sister to Brooklyn for a college campus tour. As we walked through the campus, I began to remember my time in college although it wasn't too long ago. One thing that stood out to me was when the tour guide made it clear ... http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog/?p=89 Today I got a lesson in Priority juggling. It began when I arrived at class without my research materials, and came to the realization that without it I couldn’t do anything but sit at my desk and stare fixatedly at that silky haired Goddess that usually sat next to me, ... http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog/?p=86 Here are some sketches from The Gospel Music Lounge project. Redesigning a brand is no easy task. Every good concept starts from the mind but should hit paper before moving on to digital mediums. Because this was a redesign, it was vital to build on what was already created rather than ... http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog/?p=84 Our newest and most engaging project for The Gospel Music Lounge is the GML website. Launched just last week, it is still undergoing quality assurance testing. It is set to be a major platform for the company and houses the company blog, a music player as well as the GML ... http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog/?p=78 As an official Blackberry user, I was upset to see that the Blackberry Storm was getting its butt whooped by the iPhone. Needless to say, we got right to work on a new spot that would hopefully bring a new energy to the BlackBerry name. Below is our experimental piece, ... http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog/?p=71 We were hard at work producing the latest bumper for The Gospel Music Lounge. This intro was played continuously throughout their "Live On Stage" Open Mic event. The show was great and we were happy to have contributed our motion graphics. The next part of the project will be the ... http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog/?p=69 Sunday, made exactly 2 years since 3rd Lounge was founded. In celebration of two very stressful, intimidating, crazy, hectic, ridiculous, wonderful, exciting, motivating, inspiring, and productive years, we will be posting our new demo reel as well as releasing new 3rd Lounge promotional animations! We have way more to come ... http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog/?p=55 The Legal Tender piece started from an experiment to create a huge image made up of composites of different kinds of money. The final image ended being over 70 inches wide. (which can be viewed here) The next step was to animate the huge picture by scrolling it in the ... http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog/?p=43 I've been doing a lot of print work lately and in my journey through the world of CMYK, my RGB roots kept on calling me back. I recently redid a Myspace page for Pop/R&B singer T.Monique and created this motion graphics intro for her page. T.Monique Myspace intro | (Quicktime Movie ... http://www.3rdlounge.com/blog/?p=27