A winding mountain road as the journey continues. A Reconfiguration Phase Towards the end of 2025 I hit a “what the fuck am I doing?” moment. These books helped me rethink capacity, direction, work, energy, and what I actually wanted to build. Damien K Quick • The Journal
River Fire and Brisbane Festival 2011 Riverfire from the Roof Working Riverfire from a CBD rooftop became more than an AV gig. It turned into 35mm photographic experiments, quiet walks through abandoned floors, and a new view of old Brisbane. Damien K Quick • The Lab
sorting through photos can be a daunting task A Beginner’s Guide to Culling Photos Feeling overwhelmed by hundreds or even thousands of photos? This beginner-friendly guide explains a simple culling method to help you sort, reduce, and choose the strongest images without getting lost in the process. Damien K Quick • The Lab
ChoDanBo - The Game - The Banner Cho Dan Bo – Ambition Before Skill in Game Development Cho Dan Bo was my first serious attempt at game development — and a lesson in ambition exceeding skill. What began as a simple idea turned into engine hopping, coding walls, and the realisation that I had skipped the fundamentals. Damien K Quick • Game Development
Airbrushed artwork by Damien K Quick adorns the bedroom walls My Early Airbrush Work (1993–2000) A look back at my early airbrush years from 1993–2000 — learning the hard way with cheap gear, TAFE night classes, automotive acrylics, and freehand experiments, plus a gallery of the paintings (and what became of them). Damien K Quick • The Lab
High Speed photographic capture of fire edited to show greater depth f/2.8. 1/8000 sec. ISO250. 50mm Capturing Dragons - A fiery photographic experiment. An experiment in photographing flame at extreme shutter speeds. Propane torch tests at 1/8000s, these frames freeze fire into sharp, sculpted motion. Damien K Quick • The Lab
Specimen 88 A New Specimen - 88 A Baller worm, 1mm in length Damien K Quick • Random Thoughts from Mars
The Ancient Terraced Cliffs The Ancient Terraced Cliffs What doesn't kill you can still potentially kill you. Damien K Quick • Random Thoughts from Mars
Prop sword design - By Damien K Quick Building Death’s Sword for Brisbane Arts Theatre’s Mort I built a prop sword for Death in Brisbane Arts Theatre’s production of Mort. What started as a straightforward stage prop became a crash course in wood choice, painting problems, casting repairs, and adapting on the fly. Damien K Quick • The Lab
Yamantaka Eye - stands one hand in the air singing into a microphone as he ques 111 drummers - Boadrum 111 Boredoms - Boadrum 111 - Byron Bay, NSW - 11 November 2011 A first-hand photographic record of Boredoms’ Boadrum 111 performance in Byron Bay, Australia on 11/11/11. Over 80 scanned 35mm images capture Yamantaka Eye, Yoshimi P-We, and 111 drummers in giant concentric circles, preserved from original film negatives and prints. Damien K Quick • The Lab
Tree Root Systems - An inspiration. I’ve always been drawn to trees — especially their roots, scars, and twisted forms. This piece explores how forest walks, flood-marked bark, and strangler figs have quietly influenced the way I build structure and movement in my artwork. Damien K Quick • The Lab
