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Nov 4, 20082

Working Class Ballet posters

Tags: concept, corporate identity, graphic design, illustration

Finally I can announce release of second poster, identity & packaging for documentary “Working Class Ballet”.

Oct 20, 20080

Wonderland (Book & DVD)

Tags: animation, illustration

Another book & DVD containing my animation and illustrations is out. As a visual essay focusing on dreams, the imagination, the surreal and the divine, Wonderland builds on the success of last year’s Romantik. The book is a stunning collection of the very latest inspiring and surprising fashion photography, graphic design, illustration and fine art from around the world. Wonderland features the work of the following artists: Gints Apsits, Vault 49, Marco Cibola, Lobo, Taobot / Danny Franzreb, Erwin Olaf, and others.

Oct 15, 20081

We sell war. People buy news. (arch. book 2002)

Tags: illustration

Twin towers crashed week before I left Riga in order to go to Fabrica (Italy) trial. I was ordered to make social commentary on this issue. Collection of visuals came out in a book "Visions of Change".  Down there you will find my contribution: "Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. " Isaac Asimov

Oct 8, 20080

Inspiration III (South Park)

Tags: Inspiration, southpark

South Park restarting season tonight October 8 with „The China Probrem”. For those who may not know - all South Park full episodes are officially available online for free* at http://www.southparkstudios.com.

Sep 29, 20083

KKF TVC in Luerzer’s Archive (arch. 2006)

Tags: animation, collage, director, editor, illustration, stopmotion, TVC

One of the most respected advertising industry magazine Luerzer's TV Archive published TVC made with my big hairy hands.

Sep 28, 20080

Best Music video & Director (arch. 2007)

Tags: 2.5D, animation, CG, collage, director, editor, illustration, ministry messiah, short, TVC

International Sweet Onion Film Festival takes place in Walla Walla, WA U.S.A. My short animation “Ministry Messiah” got two awards in Music Video category: Best Director & Best Music video.

Sep 26, 20080

:output06 annual (arch. 2003)

Tags: illustration

:output06. International Yearbook and Students Award in Visual Communication: "Gints Apsits “The Bonedancer” ...

Sep 25, 20081

Knitted bra. Photo for Colors mag (arch. 2002)

Tags: photo

I was invited to contribute to Colors 49th issue – Tours 2002. Like with all other Colors covered themes this wasn't usual travel guide either. Since I made photo reportage of mental hospital in summer 2001 in my hometown - I got some pictures to propose.

Sep 17, 20080

Illustrations at Centre Pompidou in France

Tags: illustration

Just now, by browsing internet, by accident, by finding some picture, I have been awarded with knowledge that my illustrations has staged by the Centre Pompidou in France. Ok. I don’t mind. : )

Sep 12, 20080

LogoLounge4 book

Tags: corporate identity, graphic design, illustration

The fourth volume in the best-selling LogoLounge series provides 2,000 totally new logos from leading designers worldwide. I just bought this book in J.Rozes you can have it from Amazon . Nice book. Buy it. Read it. Be inspired. If you will be careful enough you will find there some of my work too.

Sep 7, 20082

My Karma awards on eBay

Tags: 2.5D, animation, CG, collage, director, editor, illustration, ministry messiah, short, TVC

My short animation Ministry Messiah got Grand Prix in video art festival Waterpieces (Udensgabali) in Riga. Award was damn heavy metal bottle with water „pieces” inside of it. It was about 4-5kg (heavy enough to kill a president).

Sep 5, 20081

India in my town

Tags: corporate identity, graphic design, illustration

I was obsessed with India and their historic culture when I was young … like George Harrison was (I guess he is dead by now). I was reading India, I was listening it, smelling it, I vegetarian’ating my body for ten-something years with it. I even got 2 VHS tapes with Indian hard-to-watch mythological movies. For me as European they where like Tarantino in violence and most merry-jane’ish fairy-tales ever, but they were (kind of) for REAL, they where even considered educational.

Jul 7, 20080

Inspiration II

Tags: Inspiration

Second rabbit hole goes down to the .....

Jun 16, 20083

ZNAK - Best corporate identity. Map Contemporary award 2008

Tags: corporate identity, graphic design, typography

Year ago i made corporate identity for design company ZNAK, which just received best corporate identity award in Map Contemporary 2008. You can see small preview down there. More about it in coming posts. Related links: http://www.znak-life.com/

Jun 13, 20082

Poster for film “Working Class Ballet” v.1

Tags: concept, graphic design, illustration

This is poster i made for documentary film: "Working Class Ballet" (Directed by Robert Vinovsky). In next few days i will finish another poster version for same film, as well as identity and motion graphic head DVD.

Jun 12, 20080

Animawatch Interview (arch. June 2006)

Tags: interview

AnimWatch – online magazine hunting for excellence in animation features interview about Ministry Messiah. It’s sweet to be interviewed in one line with creators for such a big and respectable projects as Madagascar from Dreamworks, Robots from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studio, academy award nominate The Triplets of Belleville … etc. My massive thanks to Steve Ogden for this interview, as it letting me understand myself a little bit deeper.

Jun 11, 20080

Teatris TT webpage (arch. 2005)

Tags: flash, graphic design, illustration, web

Website for small theater i made some time ago www.teatristt.lv. My involvement was: illustrations, identity, design, motion and some light action script. Next time I'll show short case study in TeatrisTT identity remake.

Jun 10, 20081

Inspiration vol 1.

Tags: Inspiration

Actually inspiration links, vids & stuff deserves whole separate blog. But since there are folks across the net who devote their full daily hours to search, review, categorize all that stuff, therefore ill not do the same. But I'll drop some of the bits that electrify my brain in category section called "inspiration": http://apsits.com/wordpress/?cat=43.

Jun 8, 20080

BlackBook interview (2005)

Tags: interview

“Start to fantasize – for successful living. And if, according to Freud, dreams are a fulfillment of unspoken wishes, you better watch out for Diesel dreamers. “ Renzo Rosso

Jun 7, 20080

The Bonedancer featured in Creative Review DVD 05 (2003)

Tags: animation, collage, illustration, Motion

Just after premiere in Fabrica Cinema short animated film The Bonedancer have been featured in Creative Review magazine & DVD 5 „Time”.

Jun 6, 20080

Represented by Mr.Hyde in France and UK

Tags: animation, TVC

Today I signed contract with French advertising production company Mr.Hyde for my representation as a commercial film director for France & UK. We share common vision on creative commercial product. Therefore I have reason to believe - this is going to become a fruitful collaboration. Let's see ... http://www.mrhyde.fr

Jun 5, 20080

Diesel Dreams „My Angel Wings Are Broken” animation (arch. 2004 july)

Tags: 2.5D, animation, CG, collage, illustration, ministry messiah, TVC

Quite a long time I was out of news writing. Ye shit. But still I had good reason. „Diesel and Kessels Kramer” that’s the best combination you can ever get.

Jun 5, 20080

Book The Bonedancer

Tags: bonedancer, collage, illustration

Gints Apsits - The Bonedancer. Book published by Fabrica in 2002. The Bonedancer is my Fabrica project which consists of collage illustration, text and short animated film. This book is collection of my early collage from Fabrica period designed for coming personal exhibitions (curated by Fabrica) in Bologna, Italy and Lisbon, Portugal 2003.

May 27, 20081

Science of sleepless nights

Tags: 2.5D, ad, animation, CGI, illustration, TVC

Just finished two animated TVC'S. At the end of deadline during 5 days I slept 11 hours. My PC was shut down maybe twice during a month. I know, i know - I should learn to shut it down more often with foot in Bruce Lee Style. I promise to learn thouse moves in this summer.

May 24, 20081

Bonzai for attorneys (arch 2007)

Tags: advertising, concept

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles." /Charlie Chaplin/ Advertising for attorneys Klavins & Slaidins:

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