A commissioned illustration - 11"x17" in graphite.
1/3/12
12/24/11
merry merry merry
Check out this animation I worked on. Lots of animated paper and replacements. Magical + business cards.
12/13/11
9/26/11
8/30/11
HEADS
This summer I designed and created a couple of functional masks and a prop for HEADS, a play written by Evan Twohy and performed at New York International Fringe Festival. It was awesome! Check it out! headsplay.com
A very nice excerpt from a review by New York Theater: "It should be said that the head masks (designed by Michaela Olsen) steal the show; they are simply hysterical." Woohoo!
A little about the play:
HEADS is a comedy intwo acts. In “Freshfaced,” will Colin ever use his own face again?? In “Bubble & Squeak,” is Dolores smuggling cabbage in her pants?? She couldn’t be, or could she?!?! Part satire, part farce, and part romance, HEADS is a timely, absurd look at love in desperate, modern times.
The HEADS cast features all UprightCitizens Brigade famed house team members.Director Will Storie has coached comedy troupes throughout New York and his credits include The Colbert Report, UCB, College Humor, and LandlineTV. Will has put together an incredible cast: Ben Rameaka (BADMAN), Lauren Adams (Onassis), Morgan Jarrett (American Cousin), and John Murray (30 Rock, Death by Roo Roo.)
I made these masks from foam rubber, liquid latex and acrylic paint. And lots of pantyhose... no joke. It's a process that involves chunks of foam flying around my apartment, toxic latex fumes and multiple glue gun burns, but I really loved working this way nonetheless.
Concept Art for Isaac Newton mask
The foam mask before latex and paint
Isaac Newton (slightly frightening, I know)
BUTTHEAD Sketches
It's good to be a butthead.
And finally, a book cover design
and the book.
Hopefully more theater projects to come!!
7/17/11
6/5/11
still alive
Hello! Spontaneous group show at Root Hill Cafe in Brooklyn! A few of my paintings will be hanging there all month along with the work of so many of my wonderful friends including Laura Decker, Zejian Shen, Leah Shore, Isam Prado, and Jake Armstrong. Thanks to Melissa Loyola for curating... she's a wondrous beast.
Also, here's a thing to look at:
3/31/11
SXSW & 100 Down
I went to Austin, TX this month for South by Southwest!! Saw some great films, including Boobatary, an animated short by my buddy Leah Shore.
I also helped promote the film and music blog 100 Down. Since SXSW is about 90% party, I designed these flasks to hand out as schwaaaaag.
I also helped promote the film and music blog 100 Down. Since SXSW is about 90% party, I designed these flasks to hand out as schwaaaaag.
PS. I wrote a review of Miranda July's The Future for 100 Down. Check it out!
3/26/11
3/25/11
3/24/11
my winter babies
These are just a couple of whatnots that I made during the colder months. But now spring has sprung! It's been far too long, but I have lots to post in the next few weeks.
1/18/11
Fuzzy Insides
Just thought that all you fine people should know that yes, Fuzzy Insides is on the world wide web... and back on my website as well.
Fuzzy Insides from Michaela Olsen on Vimeo.
Love,
Michaela
1/17/11
1/14/11
12/14/10
12/9/10
face/space
These...
...and I'm in the process of turning a vacant room in my apartment into a studio space! No more baby-sized paintings. Perhaps a film...
12/2/10
burn your retina
It's been a while since I've posted... I've been in need of a new scanner that can handle the colors I've been using as of late.
Here are a few of the cracked-out, unpolished, little gouache paintings I've been working on. I've definitely taken an interest in textiles recently. And fluorescent colors... although they don't show up bright enough on this site. Seriously, I want these colors to hurt.
7/30/10
Lone(ly) Wolf
Just honing my Photoshop skills... I painted the different elements in black and white acrylic/ink, then colored and assembled them in PS.
In other news:
Animation Block Party this weekend in Brooklyn! It's opening tonight at Rooftop Films in Williamsburg and Fuzzy Insides is playing Sunday 4:30pm and 9:15pm at Brooklyn Acadamy of Music.
7/19/10
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