Michaela Olsen

bff's

2012-01-03T18:58:00.001-05:00

A commissioned illustration - 11"x17" in graphite.

merry merry merry

2011-12-24T01:35:00.003-05:00

Check out this animation I worked on. Lots of animated paper and replacements. Magical + business cards.

Frankie + Gladys

2011-12-13T12:41:00.000-05:00

Gathering Fruits

2011-09-26T18:35:00.003-04:00

Now THAT is a fertility painting. Gouache, graphite and gold leaf.

HEADS

2011-08-30T15:47:00.021-04:00

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!!

whatta woman.

2011-07-17T22:31:00.001-04:00

still alive

2011-06-05T16:20:00.004-04:00

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:

SXSW & 100 Down

2011-03-31T16:00:00.017-04:00

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.

PS. I wrote a review of Miranda July's The Future for 100 Down. Check it out!

for things

2011-03-26T17:51:00.005-04:00

pug life

2011-03-25T13:47:00.004-04:00

The Back 2 School look for preppie puppies.

my winter babies

2011-03-24T18:13:00.015-04:00

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.

Fuzzy Insides

2011-01-18T17:22:00.003-05:00

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

cloud bandit

2011-01-17T16:48:00.002-05:00

Just a little somethin' somethin'

creatures of the deep

2011-01-14T18:10:00.004-05:00

self portrait

2010-12-14T00:42:00.002-05:00

face/space

2010-12-09T01:12:00.005-05:00

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...

burn your retina

2010-12-02T23:29:00.013-05:00

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.

Lots more to come in the next few weeks.

Lone(ly) Wolf

2010-07-30T16:19:00.005-04:00

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.

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2010-07-19T19:51:00.004-04:00

ink, watercolor, photoshop

Cartoon Brew's Student Animation Festival

2010-06-23T18:48:00.009-04:00

Cartoon Brew is having an online festival and Fuzzy Insides is the first one up! Check it out!

saturn sampling his son

2010-06-19T19:45:00.002-04:00

lick

2010-06-16T15:45:00.000-04:00

mollchaela

2010-05-05T01:07:00.003-04:00

This is a gift for my sister, Molly.

Painted in acrylic gouache.

summer screenings

2010-05-04T16:36:00.006-04:00

Fuzzy Insides is playing at 2 very cool festivals in Brooklyn this summer!!

Brooklyn International Film Festival:

8pm Monday June 8 indieScreen

9pm Tuesday June 9 at Brooklyn Heights Cinema

Rooftop Films:

8pm Friday Aug 6 on the lawn of Automotive High School in Williamsburg

Amnesty International Spot

2010-04-20T02:39:00.006-04:00

This is a spot I worked on this winter at Curious Pictures. It was recently nominated for a Webby.

I mostly worked on fabrication of the puppets and sets, but also some of the animation. Directed by Ro Rao. Worked with Leah Shore, Hayley Mo and a few other great people. Couldn't have done it without Morgan Freeman though.

Yuri!!

2010-03-22T20:22:00.006-04:00

Me, Hayley Morris and Emily Collins with the amazing yet humble Yuri Norstein at the SVA Theater last month. Probably my favorite animator of all time. Sorry 'bout the grain.

self promolsen

2010-03-21T22:22:00.009-04:00

A still from my RISD degree project, Fuzzy Insides.

A couple of cool festivals that Fuzzy Insides will be screening at this spring:

Going to Boston this coming weekend for the Boston Underground Film Festival where this film will be screened along with the wonderful works of MANY friends: Tim Beckhardt, Eunice Kim, David Sheahan, Jess Stevens, Eric Manche and Bryan Papciak. Yay! Check out the sight and schedule.

NYC Downtown Short Film Festival on April 30 at 8pm at the Duo Theater, located at 62 East 4th St (right off of 2nd Ave.) Tickets available here!

Athens International Film Festival April 23 - 29 in Athens, Ohio

Rawstock Film and Music Festival in Seattle, WA

More artwork and updates to come! Thanks for tuning in.