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11.12.11

Short Trailer: Keloid


Keloid Trailer - A Short Film by BLR from BLR_VFX on Vimeo.

Game Trailer: The Last Of Us



From Naughty Dog (Uncharted) is this sweet little trailer for a new ‘Zombie’ game… Cool title, great score, engaging story and great animation –Hopefully the game is to! The Last of Us

Sinister Dollesque Paintings: Xue Wang

 
Sinister dollesque paintings by Xue Wang

Satellite Composites: Jenny Odell


Artworks from satellite photos by Jenny Odell

Andrew Kolb's Walking Dead Posters


I’ve featured illustrator Andrew Kolb before but I just saw his neat Walking Dead Posters on his site.

Naughty & Surreal Illustrator: Mateusz Kolek


Diverse, sometimes naughty and subtly surreal illustrator Mateusz Kolek

Retro Illustrator: Glen Mullaly

Some gorgeous 'cereal packet style', retro and commercial Illustration by Glen Mullaly

You ARE the worst Vader…



Exploitative? Wrong? Maybe… LOL funny? Definitely… You ARE the worst Vader

Geek Leathers

Tropes Wiki



Tropes Wiki

Bob & Carl: Sci-Fi Janitors



A growingly popular little weblog that answers the question: Who cleans up after a geek convention? Bob & Carl: Sci-Fi Janitors

10,000 image time lapse of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Traffic in Frenetic HCMC, Vietnam from Rob Whitworth on Vimeo.


My wife and I fell in love with Vietnam when we were there. One of my favourite experiences was the traffic which oddly enough made more sense the more directly you were involved with it…

Illustrator: Ramon PLA

PINOCCHIO FOR IPAD

I just godamn love this illustrator so much it makes me angry… Ramon PLA

Local Artist: Tassj

A friend ex-college and talented, hard-working artist Tassj, check out her BLOG and Folio

Don't Do Art!

This is a very clever parody of an anti-drug campaign for the College for Creative Studies in Detroit by Team Detroit… Although the last is kind of nonsensical to the theme, it definitely sums up the awful feelings my wife (also an artist) and I share (despite our repulsion at such sentiments) for our own children- Thankfully they’re coming through with the talent!

Stanley Kubrick Photography

I'm a big fan of Stanley Kubrick, but before he was a director, he was a photographer

Editorial Illustrator: Chris Buzelli

Illustrator: Chris Buzelli

3.12.11

DTV: Parks & Recreation



DTV: Parks & Recreation

Originally intended as a spin-off of the U.S. The Office, Parks and Recreation follows the cringeworthy inter-office tensions of the fictional Department of Parks and Recreation, Pawnee, Indiana. The mockumentary style comedy centers around a cast of dysfunctional but hopelessly interdependent characters, rallying (if reluctantly) around their overly enthusiastic if slightly clueless boss: Leslie Knope (though a much more sympathetic even lovable character).
The first season is VERY ‘Officeish’, almost swapping out the archetypes form the afore mentioned foundation series, but as it progresses through its current 4 seasons takes on an identity of its own.
If you like the Office you’ll love this…

The Walking Dead Season 2- Recap LOLs

This is spoiler town but here’s a fucking hilarious series of episode recaps for The Walking Dead Season 2- I’m a fan of the series and much bigger fan of S2 but this IS LOL funny…

IMFDb: The Internet Movie Firearms Database

IMFDb The Internet Movie Firearms Database

Article: Don't give up the day job!


An article from the Guardian: Don't give up the day job! - how artists make a living

Trailer: Galactic Perry's Learning Starship



Not quite a ‘thing’ just yet, but I hope it will be, children’s T.V for adults… Galactic Perry's Learning Starship

German Zombie Webseries: Viva Berlin!

Aliens… On Ice! Seriously…

Eyes on things…

Ichbinkong puts eyes on things

Photography: Down and out U.S.A.

Some very confronting and compelling photography of down and out U.S.A. by Claire Martin

Photography: Serpentine


Not the only amazing photoshoot on his site but check out this sssensational Serpentine ssseries:

Don't pose with your mouth open...

Jan Esman’s hyper-real paintings of sleeping people with their mouths open

Picasso Draws With Light

Picasso Draws With Light

Vector Illustrator: Bob Baily



Stunningly simple vector art illustrator: Bob Baily

Movie: Typography Challenge



This typogramovie reminds me a lot of my design studies classes at Uni… Except this is a lot better than what I did…

Challenge: Create an image out of a word, using only the letters in the word itself.

Typography BLOG: Typographica

A BLOG for Typophiles

Ugly Renaissance Babies

50 VectorGood Guys

Fifty Goodies print
Stylish vector art poster of 50 Good Guys

Illustrated Thanksgiving New Yorker Covers.

A collection of illustrated Thanksgiving New Yorker covers.

llustrator: Adam Koford

Gator
Beautiful line and simple, textured colour, illustrator: Adam Koford

Whimsical Japanese Painter: Yosuke Ueno

Whimsical Japanese painter: Yosuke Ueno

29.11.11

The Best Comic Movies... Almost.


Hi comic fans... whew... I was really angry when I started writing this and using the word FUCK a lot... But as I started writing I realised that this is actually a pretty good list... A sound mathematicaly fair process to rank films based on comics on Dark Horizons

Leading up to Surrogates, it's pretty much the predictable faecal insult to comicdom I would expect (though I didn't mind the last two Punisher movies) and after that, it's pretty close to what I would say is an acceptable if slightly spotty chart... But this is MY BLOG as as I'm the only one reading it so I'm gonna share my 2 cents(with myself)... And  I do have a few issues...

  • I DON'T understand how Xmen Last Stand made it above Catwoman (truly one the worst comic adaptations ever).
  • I think either Hulk's beating 300 is a little odd...
  • Superman Returns? I don't know anyone but ME that liked that film (and I didn't like it much).
  • Watchmen should be at the top as far as I'm concerned but I DO understand why it may not have been received as well as other films*
  • American Splendor, Ghost World? All good but numbers 3 and 4- pffft!
  • And don't get me started about all you raving fan-boys and the goddamn The Dark Knight, it was good and Heath was amazing and YES, I know my wife and I are the only people who agree BUT but it was poorly edited (even non sensibly in parts) Batman was bland and Two Face's 'turn' was out of the blue. It WAS NOT the film you all thought it was... 
*because you're an idiot

But, it is an interesting list... enjoy!

27.11.11

100 Ways To Die In Skyrim



A little long (15mins), maybe a few spoilers, but often amusing…

DTV: Survivors



Survivors
It breaks my heart that this BBC series was cancelled after two seasons but this is a gripping remake of the 1970’s series of the same name. With high production values and a great authentic cast, this series follows a hapless group of disparate ‘everyday people’ who survive a virus that wipes out 90% of the population. Like a Zombie tale without zombies, our heroes must deal with many issues that we take for granted and the idea of having to rewrite the rule book on morality and society.

Turn it on.

WOW! Chuck Norris


WOW! Chuck Norris

How To Last in a Tough Business Filled with Rejection.

A thoughtful article on How To Last in a Tough Business Filled with Rejection.
 
“A man of knowledge knows that his life will be over altogether too soon. He knows that he, as well as everybody else, is not going anywhere; he knows that nothing is more important than anything else. … Under these circumstances his only tie to his fellow men is his controlled folly. Thus a man of knowledge endeavors and sweats and puffs and, if one looks at him, he is just like any ordinary man, except that the folly of his life is under control. Nothing being more important than anything else, a man of knowledge chooses any act and acts it out as if it matters to him. His controlled folly makes him say that what he does matters and makes him act as if it did, and yet he knows that it doesn’t. So when he fulfills his acts, he retreats in peace and whether his acts were good or bad, or worked or didn’t, it is in no way part of his concern.”

Mad Men Barbie

Mad Men Barbie now available!

Helveticards

Can’t tell your Jack of Clubs form a 3 of Diamonds? Try Helveticards

The Urban Beehive

A concept by Phillips: The Urban Beehive

Pillow Fight Accessories


Design student Bryan Ku produced these fantastic ‘pillow fightaccessories

Homeboy Industries: Adam Amengual

A photographic portraiture series by Adam Amengual for non-profit organisation Homeboy Industries, helping former gang members start a new life.

Travel Photograph: Road Kill Adventures.



This is the photography Blog of a friend of a friend of mine; some stunning travel shots including Iran: Road Kill Adventures.

2011 National Geographic Photo Contest


A stunning and fascinating collection: The National Geographic Photo Contest 2011

Prometheus

Images from Prometheus, the new Alien prequel.

Guillermo Del Toro's Pan’s Labyrinth Sketch Book

See and hear Guillermo Del Toro speak about his sketch book for Pan’s Labyrinth

Movie Titles Stills Collection



WOW!… This would have to be the ultimate resource for Movie opening titles: Movie Titles Stills Collection

Woody Allen: A Documentary




Getting good reviews is this new documentary on Woody Allen, cunningly called Woody Allen: A Documentary

Movie Posters that never were…

Movie posters that never were

God’s Eye View




A mesmerising Supercut of ‘God’s Eye View’ shots from the movies by Brian Carroll, set to a track by one of my favourite bands ever- A lot of fun!

Movie buffs should check out the others on his site too

Illustrator: Natasha Allegri

A lot of sweet illustration from Cartoon network artist Natasha Allegri

Graphic Designer: Reza Abedini






I was lucky enough to hear this Iranian Graphic Designer speak at AGIdeas, he truly is phenomenal talent: Reza Abedini….