"Meditation Nation" web comic by Sam Graham

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new web comic
12/8/09
digital

Univerpsyche

It is possible that all of existence is taking place in some super-cosmic psyche -our psyches microcosms of it.

Simultaneous time

If all time is simultaneous, there's an infinite amount of you's in all past and future moments. Is linear time/self a trick of perception?  

Video Game

This reality may be like a video game we’ve played for too long, forgotten that we are playing a game, and think nothing exists beyond it.

Working...

Hi guys!

Sorry I haven't updated in so long. I am working hard on something -so I haven't been able to put anything up any new work as of yet. But be patient!

In other news I got to meet an artist I really like named Alex Pardee at a charity art show called "Celeritas," at a motorcycle-type space called "Suru" on Melrose. Really great show, I recommend you see it if you enjoy art and motorcycle related things. 

I want to be an artist's assistant right now, so if you know of any opportunities, please forward them my way. Any other art related opportunities as well.

-Sam

Sam Graham is a los angeles artist, photographer, animator, writer, and musician

Blake

If all is infinite, as Blake said, then self would be too. What, then, would separate us from "gods?" Perhaps we're merely unrealized ones?

Francis Bacon at the Met in New York

I more than halfway across the country right now which means I am that much closer to New York, "the land of art."

I am very excited about a Francis Bacon retrospective showing there at the Met; he is one of my favorite artists and the chance to witness so much of his work in person, that I previously only seen on the pages of books was a chance that I couldn't pass up.

("Self Portrait" by Francis bacon '71)

I am going to try to expose myself to as much art as possible when I am in New York and hopefully will be able to share with you, "my gentle readers," some of the cool shows and artists that I see.

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-"Nevada" Sam Graham

Sam Graham is a los angeles artist, photographer, animator, writer, and musician

Tortilla Chip and Tootsie Roll Sculpture

I like to use the extra food that isn't eaten at restaurants to make art out of. This is a funny little character that I created at my favorite Mexican restaurant Sion's in Manhattan Beach using an uneaten tortilla chip and the tootsie rolls that they gave us after we were done eating (that no one wanted.) So I thought this was a good way to do something useful with the extra food. I hope you enjoy (my Mom got a kick out of it!)

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-Sam

Sam Graham is a los angeles artist, photographer, animator, writer, and musician

Grape

(Click to see this photo in larger sizes on flickr.) 

Here's a cool photo I took in Orange County of a model in very low light conditions. I call it "Grape." 

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-Sam

Sam Graham is a los angeles photographer, artist, animator, writer, and musician

"Midnight"

(You can click on the image to go to "flickr" to view it in "all sizes")

With these new images I have been thinking a lot about Francis Bacon, and his process of working spontaneously and allowing chance to come into play. As per Bacon, I started without a clear idea of where I was going to end up -trying to capture something transient. 

Here's are some details of the eyes:

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-Sam

Sam Graham is a los angeles artist, photographer, animator, writer, and musician

"Ikon of Sam" revisited: 1 yr+ art project

I've returned to working on my ongoing sculptural drawing, "Ikon of Sam,"(see above) which I've been working on for a year and a half -since January, 2008. This piece was featured in my 2008 Cal Arts thesis exhibition of the same name (see below).

After taking a break this year, and working on flash animated works -I returned to working on this piece last night! We'll see where this goes!

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-Sam

Sam Graham is a los angeles artist, photographer, animator, writer, and musician

500 views for "I Shagged an Alien"

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My flash animation "I Shagged An Alien" is up to almost 500 views on Youtube -partially thanks to me posting it on animationforum.net  -I got almost a hundred hits so far from my post there! Now I'm one step closer towards getting a better internet presence -also hopefully soon a presence in some Los Angeles art galleries or Los Angeles animation festivals. Thanks Braun for the suggestion to post on that forum! Braun studied art with me at Cal Arts. (It is ironic that while I was matriculated, I never took an animation class in the Cal Arts animation program which is world renowned.)

I know my animation may not be up to par with a lot of the animation that they have on animationforum.net, in part because I self-taught myself animation only about two months ago. In response to my post on the animation forum, "Ferx" said, 

"Not bad, like the idea. Think you need to work on character animation, to put the life note to your characters, but this animation is a good start  Keep it up."  

Thanks for your feedback, Ferx!

I am so happy that I have been able to get so much great response, especially on Youtube! "I Shagged an Alien" has almost 20 comments as of now, and I have almost 50 subscribers, so my animation can't be all that bad.

Anyhoo, if you like my art, tell your friends! Thanks again for stopping by and reading my blog!

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-Sam

Sam Graham is a los angeles animator, photographer, artist, writer, and musician

"Lucy " | J.W. ep 4 by Los Angeles Artist, Los Angeles Animator Sam Graham

Sam Graham is a los angeles animator, photographer, artist, writer, and musician

"Water Coffin" | J.W. ep 3 by Los Angeles Artist, Los Angeles Animator Sam Graham

Sam Graham is a los angeles animator, photographer, artist, writer, and musician

Multiface 2 | By Los Angeles Artist, Los Angeles Animator Sam Graham

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The latest flash animation from Los Angeles artist, animator, photographer Sam Graham entitled "Multiface 2."

The further evolution of the multiface. I used the "Rugrats" zoom out effect again, which I love. I did the soundtrack myself using Apple's garageband. I did the voices for the character, and I got the weird fluttery beepy sound off of my 80's casio putting it through a variety of weird effects on garageband. I drew and animated the whole thing in Adobe's flash. I have just recently learned flash, so I think I have made pretty decent progress. As I stated in my last video description, I came from a 2D still image background, so animation is a new step for me. I studied visual art at Cal Arts, or California Institute of the Arts, which is located in Valencia, CA. I appreciate you stopping by and checking out my newest "moving drawing."

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-Sam

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Multiface | By Los Angeles Artist, Los Angeles Animator Sam Graham

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The latest flash animation from Los Angeles artist, photographer, animator Sam Graham entitled "Multiface."

Watch as I use the "rugrats effect" of zooming outward from an extreme closeup of an unrecognizable object that you eventually discover what it is. My flash animation, I have just recently learned how to flash animate, so please judge my work by that standard. I did the soundtrack as well using my (I love it!) vintage casio keyboard that I got for $20 at the Salvation Army.

I envision this video as being sort of like a moving drawing. I started doing 2D art, and have since ventured into this "time-based continuum" branch of creative expression. I do drawings like this all the time, especially, as of late, this kind of person with many heads that are morphed together, aka, "multiface." So, I thought it would be interesting to animate it, people have been telling me they'd like to see my work animated for a while now, but I stubbornly resisted until recently.

This animation was created on an apple imac, one of the great inventions from Steve Jobs. You should check out this video on an iphone where it looks really cool. Check this space for more animations from Los Angeles animator/photographer. Don't forget, say "hey."

Don't forget to say, "hey!"

-Sam

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"I Shagged an Alien" | Episode Two by Los Angeles Artist, Los Angeles Animator Sam Graham

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"I shagged an Alien" Episode Two of J.W. An animated series by Los Angeles animator Sam Graham

Drawn, animated, voiced, and soundtrack by Sam Graham. This was animated using adobe flash on an apple Imac computer with an intel processor. I put the animation clips together in the old Imovie HD (which is much better than the new imovie, thanks Steve Jobs! :/ )

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-Sam

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Dino Meat! | Episode One by Los Angeles Artist, Los Angeles Animator Sam Graham

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J.W. is an animation series by Los Angeles animator Sam Graham. This is episode one, Dino Meat. In this episode J.W., (or Jonathon Wilkinson) decides to travel back in time to satisfy a food craving. Hijinks ensue.

Drawn, animated, voiced, and soundtrack by Sam Graham. This was animated using adobe flash on an apple Imac computer with an intel processor. I put the animation clips together in the old Imovie HD (which is much better than the new imovie, thanks Steve Jobs! :/ )

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Monster, Man, Bug | By Los Angeles Artist, Los Angeles Animator Sam Graham

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The latest flash animation from Los Angeles artist, photographer, animator Sam Graham entitled "Monster, man, bug." This is bunch of strange characters that I drew together in a scene on a hill in an unknown place. This animation was created on an apple imac, one of the great inventions from Steve Jobs. You should check out this video on an iphone where it looks really cool. Check this space for more animations from Los Angeles animator/photographer. Don't forget, say "hey."

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-Sam

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Monster, Man, Bug In Al's Vod 2
Monster, Man, Bug In Sam's Vod Pod

Salvation Army | by Los Angeles Artist, Los Angeles Animator Sam Graham

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Los Angeles animator Sam Graham visit to the Redondo Beach Salvation army. Home to such everyday necessities as a Shaq shirt, popcorn, and a Swiffer. This video was shot on a flip mino video camera and edited on an apple imac in classic imovie hd, a program so good, they don't make it anymore.

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