BJK

Studies.

2010-09-25T02:45:00.000-04:00

These were some quick logo studies I did in about 6 hours total.

The Past.

2010-08-30T02:00:00.000-04:00

film.

2010-08-23T16:52:00.002-04:00

2010-08-23T12:51:00.002-04:00

I've been trying to shoot some more photos lately, these are a few I've come up with over the past few weeks, enjoy.

35mm film

2010-08-23T12:50:00.000-04:00

120mm

2010-08-23T12:48:00.000-04:00

120mm

2010-08-23T12:47:00.001-04:00

1000 Litres of Tate & Lyle.

2010-08-12T22:37:00.000-04:00

Slayer - Beauty through order from More Soon on Vimeo.

Drugs.

2010-08-12T22:29:00.001-04:00

Fat kids don't mess around.

2010-08-06T11:32:00.001-04:00

Birds.

2010-08-06T11:23:00.001-04:00

Freshloop.

2010-08-06T01:44:00.003-04:00

Visit Freshloop, it's just nice to have no rough edges.

Power.

2010-08-06T00:48:00.002-04:00

Pressed.

2010-08-03T14:31:00.001-04:00

Billykirk.

2010-08-03T14:29:00.002-04:00

*courtesy of the Scout on vimeo

More Pigeons.

2010-08-03T12:05:00.000-04:00

The name Pigeon is every where right now, I've posted 3 videos alone with it in the name. People seem to like those dirty birds.

Fight it out.

2010-08-02T12:05:00.001-04:00

LBCK.

2010-08-02T11:22:00.000-04:00

Hot & fun.

2010-07-28T12:07:00.000-04:00

N.E.R.D. bringing it fresh again, Nelly F. is useless as normal.

Burn.

2010-07-28T11:15:00.001-04:00

Let em' burn. Skate for life.

Kid.

2010-07-28T11:01:00.001-04:00

Tug my rope.

2010-07-27T21:56:00.001-04:00

Pigeon Hole

2010-07-26T17:07:00.004-04:00

Let Love Rule.

2010-07-26T17:06:00.002-04:00

Tinie.

2010-07-26T16:22:00.004-04:00

Check out Tinie Tempah- Pass Out.

Dance it out.

2010-07-24T20:11:00.002-04:00

Punch in the face.

2010-07-23T13:33:00.002-04:00

My heart goes out to you.

2010-07-22T15:36:00.001-04:00

I will not lose you.

2010-07-20T23:27:00.000-04:00

Colt 45.

2010-07-18T03:37:00.002-04:00

Oh no. I've got to keep on moving.

2010-07-16T19:50:00.002-04:00

Love your life. Nothing gets better after this.

Welcome to Tampa.

2010-07-14T23:48:00.001-04:00

Took this on my way to a junkyard in Tampa one day.

Ninja.

2010-07-13T21:56:00.003-04:00

Gotta love Die Antwoord.

we were there.

2010-07-12T23:15:00.002-04:00

she said.

2010-07-12T22:47:00.000-04:00

Don't go out easy, life is to easy for that. Put your dukes up and go out fighting.

XXI.

2010-07-12T17:18:00.000-04:00

Well if you weren't aware of the date yesterday, it was 7-11-2010, and if you weren't aware of the festivities, it meant free slushies at 711 gas stations. It also had one other little deal going on, 7-11-2010 was my 21st birthday. I had a pretty good day with beer, wings, family, bowling, and my best friend. Thanks if you already told me happy birthday, and sorry if you forgot to go get your free slushie at 711.

Because I say so.

2010-07-10T04:21:00.001-04:00

I found all of these images via supabomba on flickr, I loved them, but thought they could use some extra context. I added my own wording to them, and they are awesome because I say so.

View the entire flickr set here.

the bird song.

2010-07-09T13:31:00.000-04:00

So i put together a mixtape. Listen and enjoy!

Click here to play song by song and get titles.

**p.s. It's hosted on my Shyoufootwear.com site because my benjaminkowalski.com site is down for repairs.

It's Electric.

2010-07-08T19:48:00.001-04:00

So I saw this pretty amazing band up in Milwaukee at Summerfest. They are pretty unknown I guess but I loved them and thought I should share them with everyone who doesn't know about this goodness in their ears.

Dynasty Electric website. (You can download their album for FREE!)

Power.

2010-07-07T12:41:00.001-04:00

This is an unofficial video for Kanye's new song "Power" from his upcoming album Good Ass Job. Thought it was interesting enough to share because this entire video is made with animated gif images.

Courtesy of Whitezine.

109/150

2010-07-06T14:41:00.000-04:00

This lovely screen print is the newest edition to my growing personal art collection. I picked it up on my trip to Chicago. I didn't attent the blues fest but i fell in love with this poster and had to have it.

It's by John Solimine (SpikePress) and printed by Delicious Design League. Its a limited edition and I'm the happy owner of #109/150.

Tesselate.

2010-07-06T09:19:00.002-04:00

Tokyo Police Clud, enjoy them. I saw them recently in concert up in Milwaukee, WI at summerfest and really enjoyed the show.

One hundred and three.

2010-07-05T04:49:00.000-04:00

I recently visited Chicago with my best friend. It was a fantastic 10 day trip, and further defined my love for that city.

103 stories up on the Skydeck Ledge of the Willis Tower (Sears Tower).

I'm going to take a shot of Tequila.

2010-07-04T01:39:00.000-04:00

Lissie is someone i'm very much digging right now, found this cover and thought I would share.

"Record Collector" is another great one by her, click the name to listen.

"When I'm Alone" is her popular single.

Look up.

2010-07-02T23:18:00.000-04:00

My senior year is coming soon. Its going to be a tough one.

Genius is : Eyes Closed.

2010-07-02T22:43:00.000-04:00

I've started writing again. I hope to spark more inspiration for my work from my dreams, daydreams, and late night staring at the ceiling in bed thoughts.

I am whole inside.

2010-07-02T22:16:00.000-04:00

I just feel different lately, maybe its a good thing. I guess I'll find out with time.

**p.s. i stole the idea for these frames from Kanye.
Good artists borrow, great artists steal. -picasso

Rough website layout for school Project

2010-04-11T03:26:00.000-04:00

Hey this is a rough layout for a school project I'm doing while working with a group of other students for GOOD magazine. Its really simple and plain, nothing to fancy, but it gets the job done.

check it out HERE!

It's called Fountain of Awareness.

Big campaign in process!

2010-03-24T17:40:00.000-04:00

Hey I've been working on a big campaign/business venture this semester for a new fictional shoe company called "Shyou"(pronounced shoe, but with emphasis on the "you").

Here is a link to the entire process blog.

Link to our facebook group.

and a link to our twitter.

Below here is a free desktop background. It's all about Shyou!

More work updates!

2010-02-07T21:22:00.000-05:00

Check them all out on my behance! HERE HERE HERE!

Having some image/copy fun. Enjoy!

2009-07-25T02:17:00.000-04:00

Visit my webiste! Redesigned

2009-04-02T03:10:00.000-04:00

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Check it out here!!!

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My Portolio... Most of it.

2009-04-02T01:09:00.000-04:00

Heres a porfolio of some of my better design work. Still adding to it, but here it is for now.

Download here!!!!!!!!!

...enjoy homies

Macbook Background.

2009-03-20T05:55:00.001-04:00

Got bored, made this background for the mackbook pros.

Been a while..

2009-03-14T23:38:00.001-04:00

Its been forever since I've posted and I apologize. Here's a free desktop background for the mean time. I'm working on my whole portfolio which i will post soon enough. Thanksss

English money redesign Comp.

2009-02-22T22:20:00.001-05:00

Competition

Funny Hipster Article.

2008-12-30T05:20:00.001-05:00

Hipster!

Freetime Video: Dracula.

2008-12-08T05:25:00.000-05:00

Tender Repetition Video.

2008-12-07T01:49:00.000-05:00

Tender Repetition Posters.

2008-12-07T01:23:00.000-05:00

These posters go with a book I made in Graphic Design 1. The book is a bunch of random pictures and words that are placed in an order to tell a story. My story is about a person who is leaving everything they know because they are unhappy with their life. All of their friends and family are trying to help but its unwanted. The person becomes so occupied with the fact that they are traveling that they lose it all in a tragic accident where the person dies. It hurts their friends and family the most and pushes their friends and family into depression and they turn to unhealthy ways of dealing with the death.

Perpardness now.

2008-11-13T14:59:00.000-05:00

Halloween fun.

2008-11-03T10:35:00.001-05:00

just a few images i took on halloween!

Tata gala final piece.

2008-10-22T11:54:00.000-04:00

Heres the final piece for Tata Gala! It came out great, i'm super psyched for the show and want everyone to come support the breast cancer foundation. Its this Friday the 24h @ 7pm. Go to Digitalthree.com for location information.

Fresh loop.

2008-10-20T14:24:00.000-04:00

check out fresh loop now!

Bleh.

2008-10-15T21:36:00.000-04:00

FREETIME poster.

2008-10-06T10:12:00.001-04:00

READ BETWEEN THE LINES!

Just because.

2008-09-25T17:02:00.001-04:00

Tata Gala Design Finished!

2008-09-25T16:24:00.000-04:00

So I just finished up the design for my Tata Gala piece today.

I'm published on the Adbusters website!

2008-09-20T11:35:00.000-04:00

http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/oneflag

Go down to the flash viewer and look for my name! My flag got up in the top seven in the contest so far!

Newer freetime work.

2008-09-16T10:31:00.001-04:00

The image with the dragon is still in progress and is something i just started sketching then drawing for fun.

The other images are all process work for my piece that i'm putting into the Tata Gala. You can see on the girls chest where i'll be putting in the chestpiece i drew out. Hope you guys like!

Final product of single line Icon

2008-09-16T10:22:00.001-04:00

so here is the final sculpture, its made of wire, which is painted a neon pink, then its base is a square of plexiglass. It turned out really nice so i'm happy.

new GD work.

2008-08-30T22:07:00.000-04:00

just a few animals made with a single line. we have to make them into wire sculptures, so more to come soon.

Free Bookmarks.

2008-08-18T18:27:00.000-04:00

So I made up some free promotional bookmarks. You can copy them to your desktop and print them out. Enjoy them everyone!!

Sophmore year schedule.

2008-08-17T17:41:00.000-04:00

EN 340/ICS/01C Lit. of Comics & The GraphicNarrative 3.00 08/25/2008 - 12/13/2008
Day/Time: Monday / 08:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Instructor(s): Mr. David Steiling

GC 239/Studio/03 Graphic Design I 3.00
08/25/2008 - 12/13/2008
Day/Time: Tues/Thurs / 03:30 PM - 06:15 PM
Instructor(s): Mr. Edwin Utermohlen
GC 245/Studio/03 Designing with Type I 3.00
08/25/2008 - 12/13/2008
Day/Time: Mon/Wed / 03:30 PM - 06:15 PM
Instructor(s): Ms. Polly Johnson

HD 320/ICS/01C Studies in the Holocaust 3.00
08/25/2008 - 12/13/2008
Day/Time: Thursday / 08:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Instructor(s): Mr. Neil Marinovich

PH 150/Studio/05 Intro to Photography - (Elective) 3.00
08/25/2008 - 12/13/2008
Day/Time: Wednesday / 08:30 AM - 03:15 PM
Instructor(s): Ms. Joyce True

Hockey Disciples T-shirt.

2008-08-13T05:38:00.000-04:00

So a buddy of mine runs a website called Hockey Disciples, and he asked me to make some shirts up for him. He had the ideas and I've just starting putting them into designs. He wanted the generalized "signage" people with creative lines refering to Hockey vocabulary. This is the first of many.

http://www.Hockeydisciples.com/

Ice Hockey Logo redesign.

2008-08-13T03:11:00.000-04:00

So my little brother plays for the Newsome High School Hockey team and came to me asking to redesign his jersey logo.
I didn't have alot to work from, so I turned to the school's other sports team logo and adapted it to make sure the hockey team stayed in tune with the school, but was still different in cool way.

This is what I found to start with.

This is the redesigned version i came up with for their jerseys this year.

Feedback would be cool.

Just Bored.

2008-08-11T15:16:00.000-04:00

I like it, somewhere along the line tho the word "B3AN" got pixelated really bad. I dunno i think it was a cropping thing.

Movie title sepuences.

2008-08-03T15:52:00.000-04:00

http://mmbase.submarinechannel.com/titlesequences

I found this really cool site showing very nice movie openings and title sequences. This is definatly a good reference site for those people interested in motion graphics.

Adbusters Contest.

2008-08-03T14:13:00.000-04:00

Adbusters is having a design contest asking people to design a flag with no dialogue that represents the world. I just spent a little while on this, because what the heck you know? maybe i'll get lucky.

http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/oneflag

Poster for advent.

2008-07-29T02:51:00.000-04:00

One simple, one a little more done up..

Cool Posters.

2008-07-28T22:31:00.000-04:00

Heres some cool posters I found from the designers over at Feed the Creature.

Personal Photography website.

2008-07-28T22:25:00.001-04:00

http://bkowalski.carbonmade.com/

Just some of my work. Check it out!

Suger Skull Rendered.

2008-07-28T18:59:00.000-04:00

So I took my tattoo idea sketch into illustrator and used the pen tool to outline the whole thing and clean it up. Then i took it into photoshop and did some coloring to give some life to the day of the dead skull.

Enjoy.

Please don't steal this work.

Sketchbook update.

2008-07-27T16:32:00.000-04:00

This is just a sketch of some clown fish I started when in the Vet's office with my kitties.

This is some swallows I was drawing for a tattoo for myself, the bird dropping the bombs is my girlfriends side tattoo.

This is a sketch on the plane on my way to England.

These are my train tickets from England, the drawing is of my mom driving to Brighton Beach.

These are some copies of British pound notes, and just some writing.

These are train tickets from Paris, and just some more writing.

Just some writing about my girlfriend.

Possible sleeve for my left arm. Connects to the tattoo I already have on my shoulder.

Detail shot.

Detail shot.

Just being bored.

Painting thumbnails not finished.

Foot contours.

More tattoo designs.

Detail of Day of the Dead skull.

Detail of "B" sailor jerry tattoo.

Business Card.

2008-07-26T04:02:00.000-04:00

Well I just ordered my new business cards for me freelancing. Let me know what you think.

Logo I just finished up.

2008-07-24T23:38:00.000-04:00

This is a logo I just finished for my friend jake's boss up in Martha's Vineyard.

Heres some pretty cool packaging.

2008-07-18T19:58:00.000-04:00

I especially like the Banana Juice box's and I threw in the pixel couch, it's not packaging but is still really cool.

2008-07-17T13:52:00.000-04:00

So i've been doing more research and web searches and came up with these desktop backgrounds that I thought were really interesting and good uses of typography.

Very Nice Posters and Typography.

2008-07-17T02:34:00.000-04:00

Well i've been doing alot of research this summer and looking for inspiration for next year and my own work. These are some of the cool posters and typography i found. I hope you guys enjoy them as much as I do!

Random work and Desktop Backgrounds.

2008-07-17T00:21:00.000-04:00

So this is just some random peices I've done over the last 6 months or so. Most of them are just backgrounds I made for the desktop of my computer. Hope you guys like looking!

More progress.

2008-07-16T00:14:00.001-04:00

Heres a little more progress on this piece. I repainted the background with a deeper purple acrylic paint. Need to finish coloring in the tattoos and add some rendering in her skin and white highlights.

Process of new piece.

2008-07-14T14:30:00.000-04:00

Heres some of the process for a new drawing I just started. One picture is without the background. Another picture has the start of the background. The third picture is a detail shot. Hope you all enjoy.

My Studio at home.

2008-07-14T14:26:00.000-04:00

These are some pictures of my art studio. This is a space I'm very happy to have, especially at home!

More European Photos!

2008-07-14T04:58:00.000-04:00

Some more photos from europe!

2008-07-14T03:57:00.000-04:00

Some photos from Europe

2008-07-14T03:49:00.000-04:00

Just a little design.

2008-07-14T03:03:00.000-04:00

This is a design I made up for my girlfriend. Shes a huge fan of Brand new.

soon.

2008-07-01T08:50:00.000-04:00

I leave tomorrow morning for the United States from Gatwick airport in London. I've never been more excited to get on an airplane before. 3 weeks is just way to long to be away from her.

2008-06-19T14:14:00.000-04:00

I'm in Paris now. I did alot more in England the last few days i was there. I'm just too lazy to rewrite it all because i wrote it in my sketchbook already. Paris is pretty, but its a dirty city. Its funny there are like no trash cans in London but its very very clean, but in Paris there are trash cans everywhere and its super dirty.

Days 2 & 3 in London..

2008-06-14T14:54:00.000-04:00

Well i'm back in Oxted now after my third day in downtown London. Today was the first day me and the family went into the city by ourselves without the help of of hosts here. We went on the train to London Bridge first the one pictured above if you didn't know. After a quick walk across that we went into the London Tower. It was pretty cool, its like a Castle surrounded by two walls and a moat. Inside it is a tone of historical things and and and... the Crown Jewels of England. They are definatly impressive, its just incredable how gaudy and exsessive the Kings and Queens were. Huge dimonds, rubys, saphires, every precious stone you could think of. So we stayed there for a few hours then took another few trains in the Underground to the Imperial War Museum. That place was alright, just loads and loads of military things like tanks, planes, uniforms, guns, movies, posters, everything about every war.
Yesterday we went into London and went to Ian's (our host here) coffee business. That was quite interesting and got to try some great Columbian coffee. We went with they're family to the Borough Market for lunch. I ate an Ostrich burger and it wasn't half bad. After that we went to the Tate Modern art Museum, and let me tell you that has been the highlight of the trip for me. I got to see sooo many of my favorite artists and there pieces. Picasso, Monet, Warhol, Rauschenberg, Oldenberg, Kadinsky, Magrit, Lichtenstien, Pollock, Bacon, Rothko, Miro, and Dorethe Lange photography. Thats not even all of it either, i coud walk around there for days, its in an old power station and is just hugeeeee. So after a drink at the bar we started to walk to Covent Garden Market. On the way i saw two, count'em two, Banksy graffiti pieces. At the market we walked around for awhile and i bought a piece of photography, some banksy cards, and a gift for Elyse. After that we came home for dinner where i crashed like a baby.

Tomorrow i'm going to a castle and i think Brighton beach so i'll keep you updated.