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Retouching: Luder Part 1

mRICHARDS — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:14:00 +0000

This will be the first post of many on the subject of photographic retouching and the broader subject of compositing, also referred to as photomontage.

Luder is a band comprised of Detroit rock veterans. We did the imaging and design for their 2009 release, Sonoluminescence. We have posted the CD design before, but we have not yet discussed the photo retouching that was so important to the overall design. This is one ‘before and after’ example. More will follow in future posts.

CD cover – Retouch and Composite:

We shot the image outside in relatively neutral light. After loading the image into Photoshop, we knocked out the background, careful not to lose any detail from the figure. We placed the figure into a full resolution, square-format file. We added a sky image, some vector light rays and flares, and the unformatted text. All the elements were manipulated into one, cohesive image communicative of the concept we chose for the album.

If you need photo retouching or compositing performed, or you would like to learn how to do it, contact us for a quote.

A Mid-Summer’s Report

mRICHARDS — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:32:00 +0000

2010 started out somewhat abruptly when unexpected calls from clients came in, effectively booking our schedule for weeks on end during various stretches of the first and second quarters. One of us had a very busy season of presentation support for auto industry conferences and trade shows with a prime-time performance at SXSW jammed into the middle. The other managed the design of three web sites, the development of four, and the ongoing maintenance of nine, with a trip to SXSW jammed into the middle. One of us even worked in the art director’s crew for a Faye Dunaway movie last year.

New and expanded services for 2010 include:

e-covers for e-books with same-day turnaround
simplified, inexpensive web sites for those who do not need lots of fancy development
production designer/art director support for movie productions filming in Detroit and Chicago
Google Apps set-up and support for companies ready to take the leap

The end of this exceptionally hot and humid summer is barely in sight, but schedules are filling up again as autumn looms, so now is the time to contact us to discuss your project.

Lott3Metz Architecture Site

mRICHARDS — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:04:14 +0000

Earlier this year, we announced the impending launch of a site for Lott3Metz Architecture. Well, the site has been live for several weeks and is a great success.

The site was built on the WordPress platform so Lott3Metz could have full control of their own content using the powerful WordPress content management system (CMS). WordPress is widely known as one of the best possible solutions for blogging, but its flexibility allowed us to use it to build a full-function, dynamic business site.

MOCHIMAD Posterous

mRICHARDS — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:57:13 +0000

Lott-Richards is Sue Lott and Matthew Richards—artists, photographers, and founders of MOCHIMAD LLC.

MOCHIMAD wants to be able to offer you the best possible options for your web presences, including what we term ‘consolidation blogs’ like Posterous.

We might not use the Posterous platform for our own communications with the public, but it might be right for you.

We design and develop web sites, we customize WordPress blogs, we are SEO and social media experts, and we design and run large presentation media projects.

Inquiries about what we can do for you will be answered mostly on the same day.

Cheers!

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LOTT-RICHARDS

http://mochimad.com

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Rossina Bossio Interview

mRICHARDS — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:09:50 +0000

We like to see our clients experience success while using media we built. Our friend Rossina Bossio, is a study in artistic prolificacy, as the pages upon pages of content in her MOCHIMAD-built site testify.

Rossina’s latest exhibition, currently showing at Gallery Grafiska Sällskapet in Stockholm, highlights a book that was born from her collaboration with Swedish artist, Jonna Bergelin.

Revista Neon, a magazine from Rossina’s Colombian homeland, interviewed her about the project and about her work in general. The interview contains footage from the making of two of the final pieces currently on exhibit.

Entrevista a Rossina Bossio, artista colombiana. Exclusiva para revista NEON segunda edición from REVISTA NEON on Vimeo.

Le Grande Bébé Rises Again

mRICHARDS — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:20:56 +0000

Friends of MOCHIMAD, Jonathan Haner and Teresa Holmberg, made a big baby again. Actually, not ‘a’ baby, but THE very same big baby Sue and Matt helped put up for ArtPrize 2009 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This time, the Jonathan and Teresa are showing Le Grande Bébé in Kristianstad, Sweden to coincide with the launch of their global, interactive art project entitled Armé des Enfants.

From their Armé des Enfants web site, you—or anyone so inclined—can acquire a little bébé to photograph in your own part of the world, then upload the results to your own personal bébé gallery.

MOCHIMAD has special affection for this project, even though it’s not our baby—I know, stop it. Joking aside, the experience we have in project management, online marketing and public relations can be put to work for you—fine artist, gallerist or agent alike.

Rossina Bossio’s Latest

mRICHARDS — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:24:32 +0000

Our good friend, Rossina Bossio, has lots of fresh content updates on her site (NSFW depending on where you work).

Be looking for more about Rossina’s site in the weeks to come as a site refresh is in the works.

Lott3Metz Architecture Site

mRICHARDS — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:48:48 +0000

MOCHIMAD was pleased to complete development on a new web site for Lott3Metz Architecture this week.

Developing from a design provided by Martin Cimek, we converted the look into a custom WordPress theme, enabling Lott3Metz to exploit the extremely adaptable WordPress platform. Though widely known by bloggers and blog readers around the world as a blog platform, we embedded WordPress’ Content Management System into a dynamic site without a typical blog appearance.

The full launch will be announced soon.

Untitled Collage

mRICHARDS — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:23:34 +0000

Between doing web sites for various firms and setting up presentations at Ford, we make stuff. Most recently, we produced several pieces in the weeks leading up to the holidays. This one makes us feel weird and happy. We like it.

MOCHIMAD made CNN with La Grande Bebe

mRICHARDS — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:23:22 +0000

On September 15, Sue Lott and Matthew Richards of MOCHIMAD traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan to join a team of artists supporting Jonathan Haner and Teresa Holmberg in Haner’s entry for the world’s largest art competition, the Grand Rapids ArtPrize. The team built the world’s largest doll, La Grand Bébé—a 72-foot tall soft sculpture made of industrial plastic tarp and polystyrene foam. Sue Lott provided project management while Holmberg, still in Sweden, watched the project’s progress via Internet. Holmberg flew in for the final day of the build to stay through opening day at ArtPrize. Thanks to Grand Rapids native, Jen Walsh, news media leader CNN took great interest and broadcasted ongoing reports on the big baby’s progress. Matthew Richards’ and Sue Lott’s photography was emailed to Holmberg as the events unfolded and published with each CNN report. The Grand Rapids ArtPrize awards a grand prize of $250,000 and the winner is decided by popular vote. The city-wide competition is the first of its kind and runs from September 23 to October 10. We’ll be posting more as ArtPrize continues to catch the world’s attention.

World’s Largest Baby at World’s Largest Art competition

Worlds Largest Baby – part 2

World’s Largest Baby – Part 3

The Baby is Up!

Artprize Puts Grand Rapids On the Map…Again

World’s Largest Baby – Day 3 – Part 1

World’s Largest Baby – Day 3 – Part 2

World’s Largest Baby – Day 3 – End of day

World’s Largest Baby Day 4 – It Has A Head!

The World’s Largest Baby – Why?

The Worlds Largest Baby – Day 5 – So Close…

The World’s Largest Baby Releases Some Baggage On The Eve of…

Additional photo work was performed during the build by the project’s official photo documentarian, Emily Jones. It and continuing photo documentation will be released after ArtPrize has concluded.