PURETUNE brings us a rocking version of this song. There is a HP Scanjet 3P, Adaptec SCSI card and a computer powered by Ubuntu v9.10 on Vocals. An Atari 800XL with an EiCO Oscilloscope on Organ. A Texas instrument Ti-99/4A with a Tektronix Oscilloscope on Guitar and a hard-drive powered by a PiC16F84A microcontroller on bass drum and cymbal.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Photo of the Day - Thriller Redux
Friday, February 3, 2012
Space Pin Up
So Threadless has a new challenge that I am submitting to. It is the Threadless Loves Pin Ups challenge. The only requirement is to take inspiration from old pin up posters. So I decided I want to create a "Greetings from" postcard design but put a space theme on it. Here is a time lapse of me creating the pin up girl I'm using in the design. Keep watching for the final piece.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Tiny Story
A lovely little animation from Sebas & Clim. I really appreciate work like this because it can be very difficult to simplify sometimes, and these guys did it so well.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
PRIME
Another wonderful short film from This Must Be The Place. This one focuses on Prime Burger Restaurant, in Midtown Manhattan. I particularly love the way these guys frame up their interviews. It's just nice to pull out once in a while and see more of an individual's surroundings. I think that really helps in pieces like this where the people and their surroundings go hand in hand.
Photo of the Day - Ice fishing #2, 2012/01
Saransk, January 2012.
Rolleiflex Automat Type 5 "MX-EVS" + Carl Zeiss Tessar 75mm f/3.5
Fuji Velvia 50
Canon CanoScan 8800F + SilverFast SE
Monday, January 30, 2012
Everything Starts Small
I really enjoy this little piece from Scott Benson. I love the character design, I love the textures applied and I love how it all works together. It's giving me some ideas for the next Mean Mug & Slim.
Photo of the Day - Original
Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, Kodak 160vc Portra
Friday, January 27, 2012
Junkyard Jesús
A brilliant short film from Christoph Kuschnig. Official selection of the 2010 Aspen Shortsfest, 2010 NY International Latino Film Festival, 2010 Woodstock Film Festival, and 2011 New Hampshire Film Festival.
Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film
Interesting short film about letterpress and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK. I especially love their use of archival footage. Created by Danny Cooke.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wastelander Panda Prologue
Who hasn't ever wondered what the world would be like for the last remaining panda in a post-apocalyptic world? Well Epic Films is developing this TV series to answer these questions. Needless to say if this was on TV I think my days would be a little bit happier...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Meet Mr. Toilet
The name itself almost forces you to watch this one. No, it is not some ridiculous cartoon about the misadventures of a crazy loo named Mr. Toilet. Instead it is a very short and informational documentary on businessman-turned-sanitation-superhero Jack Sim and his goal of everyone in the world having access to a toilet. What I love most about the piece is it's length. I perfect 3 minutes is just enough time for me to not get too bored but to also get a ton of useful information. Don't believe me, well just watch below to see the SHIT I'm talking about. Created by Focus Forward Films.
Amy Rodchester
I am really in love with these 3D posters that were designed by Amy Rodchester for
the Newcastle Festival
of Dance. At first I was simply intrigued by the design and repetition of feet. Maybe I have been looking at the Fairburn System of Visual References too long, but the antique quality of the photographs really catches my eye. What's truly innovative about these posters is their 3D quality. If you look closely you can see that each pair of feet is jutting outward towards the viewer, each at different distances. Not only does this create visual interest, but it also adds unique shadows that one could not achieve working with a flat surface.
Postcards From America
In May 2011, five Magnum photographers – Paolo Pellegrin, Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas,
Alec Soth,
Mikhael
Subotzky – and a writer, Ginger Strand, set out from Austin, Texas, in an RV.
Two weeks and 1750 miles later, they arrived in Oakland, California.
The resulting limited edition book is a collection of objects – a book, five bumper stickers, a newspaper, two fold-outs, three cards, a poster and five zines, all in a signed and numbered box – that collectively document the experience.
Although this product is a little pricey at 250 clams it is still a wonderful collection of work (and at least you get the autographs of all the artists). Watch the video below to see Alec Soth give you a virtual tour. Also buy the book here. You better act fast because it is only an edition of 500 and the price goes up to 350 on February 1, 2012.
The resulting limited edition book is a collection of objects – a book, five bumper stickers, a newspaper, two fold-outs, three cards, a poster and five zines, all in a signed and numbered box – that collectively document the experience.
Although this product is a little pricey at 250 clams it is still a wonderful collection of work (and at least you get the autographs of all the artists). Watch the video below to see Alec Soth give you a virtual tour. Also buy the book here. You better act fast because it is only an edition of 500 and the price goes up to 350 on February 1, 2012.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut
In 2009, thousands of Internet users were asked to remake “Star Wars: A New Hope” into a fan film, 15 seconds at a time. Contributors were allowed to recreate scenes from Star Wars however they wanted. Within just a few months SWU grew into a wild success. The creativity that poured into the project was unimaginable.
Finally, the crowd-sourced project has been stitched together and put online for your streaming pleasure. The "Director's Cut" is a feature-length film that contains hand-picked scenes from the entire StarWarsUncut.com collection.
Finally, the crowd-sourced project has been stitched together and put online for your streaming pleasure. The "Director's Cut" is a feature-length film that contains hand-picked scenes from the entire StarWarsUncut.com collection.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Joe Fig
Stopped by the local Toledo Art Museum today and saw the Small Worlds exhibit. Right when I heard about it I knew I was going to love it. My favorite piece came from an artist named Joe Fig. He creates these wonderfully realistic miniature sculptures of artists and their surroundings. These works become three dimensional portraits. What I loved most about his work is that you can walk around the piece and experience it from several angles. His work, Who’s Afraid of Barney?, which is a portrait of Barnett Newman, is a great example of this. From one side the piece is nothing more than a brick building, from another your peering through a window as Barnett is staring out back at you, and from yet another you see the interior of Barnett's apartment; tidy with a few paintings leaning against the wall. At each angle I was feeling something different about the piece and I think what makes this possible is the sheer quality of Fig's work. The realism allows me to believe that I truly am watching this moment, and I can experience it however I want. It speaks to the true voyeur in all of us.
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| Who's Afraid of Barney? |
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| Ross Bleckner 2007 (Interior) |
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| Self Portrait (Interior) 2007 |
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| Self Portrait (Exterior) 2007 |
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Photo of the Day - 2
He shot me with his rollei and continuous light.
Then it was my go with my Mamiya and some flash.
Mamiya RB 67 65mm Sekor f/4.5
Fomapan 200
Developed in Rodinal
Scanned with a DSLR
Alien Bee 800 into knockoff softlighter feathered off to the left from 11 o'clock
triggered by pc-cable
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