Andy Mangold

40x29 conte on paper

Latest life drawing assignment, I don’t think its quite done yet (the legs).

My good friend and creative consult Anthony Mattox has finally gotten around to putting together a fairly complete portfolio site and blog. The collection of work on his site presently is mostly his older work; he is just now getting completely ingrained in his field of study: Interactive Media. I suggest you all begin following his work immediately; his unique and wholehearted approach to his medium consistently yields breathtaking and inspiring work. (more…)

A screenshot from itunes 8

I do not ask much from my media player; I like it to keep my music organized and play it when I ask it to. I have always used itunes for the simple fact that it has never lacked anything I wanted/needed. The latest version, iTunes 8, has added some pretty features that showcase my compulsive collecting of album art nicely, but the nice people at Apple have made, what are in my mind, some very stupid decisions on a couple of the details. (more…)

Two versions of a poster with 40 inspiration tips

I am in the process of working on a poster on how to get inspired, featuring content by the one and only Ellen Lupton. I thought I might share her tips with you: (more…)

Some expressive typography experimentations, expressing the meaning of the word trying to avoid pictograms and without distorting letterforms at all. (more…)

A re-design of my website I am working on

As any designer out there knows, it is impossible to stop re-designing one’s own site. Completely impossible. So, even though the current design of my site/blog is the only one to get me any publicity, and overall I think quite successful, I am in the process of creating a new design. (more…)

Fixie featured on of www.fixedgeargallery.com

I feel like I am mentally back in the summer before sophomore year of high school, the summer I spent collecting bikes from yard sales and garages, taking them apart, putting them back together and whatnot. I went on a bike ride through Druid Hill Park today and found this fantastic trail that runs north-south almost the entire length of the park; it was great to be around trees and away from the sound of cars for a bit. The whole time I was riding, I just kept thinking that all I want to do with my life is fix and ride bikes. I am quite used to such impulses, on nearly a bi-weekly basis I decide I just want to be a carpenter, but my passion for bikes and biking has truly grown. We may soon see an influx of bikers on the roads when people can no longer afford to put gas in their cars. Think about it: not only would we save money and the environment, but as a country we could be a little less grotesquely obese, and more pseudo-hip. (more…)

5 x 7 and 4.25 x 6

Our Graphic Design class has the opportunity to compete for the John’s Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies’ Holiday Card. This is my solution, a simple illustration with hand-written text placed in the center of the cover. (more…)

Six weeks of life drawing work: Myself and Philip Koch

This is a picture of me at my midterm critique for life drawing, courtesy of Ganglesaurus.

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Song I wrote awhile back, finally got around to making a half decent recording of it. (more…)