Art by zzZelot (left) and Hera (right)
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Tags: Art by zzZelot (left) and Hera (right), I ♥ Street Art, R2-D2 Vacuum Street Art, Yoda putin the moves on a Twi'lek [street art]
Yoda putin the moves on a Twi’lek [street art]
•September 21, 2011 • Leave a Comment
Art by zzZelot (left) and Hera (right)
“Sexual Innuendos in Cartoons” Compilation! & “Boys Night Out” by Bert Klein & Teddy Newton [NSFW…ish]
•September 19, 2011 • Leave a CommentNothing new if you already are/were once a fan of these cartoons, but for all you grownups out there, you’re missing out on some golden humour:
20 instances of “inappropriate references to sex” in animated shows for kids
Of course there are a few splendid animators who really aren’t afraid to jump out from the shroud of innuendo and go balls out with the kookiness, like Bert Klein & the awesome Teddy Newton:
Neon Indian “Polish Girl” directed by Tim Nackashi [music video]
•September 18, 2011 • Leave a Comment
During my daily commute to work, I found myself digging a track heard over the radio. It had some really great synth and a few 8-bit coin tosses. I had to endure some folk-pop tune before the radio announcer told me who the song was by — Neon Indian.
My mate Dom dropped that name a few nights ago so I immediately clicked on that ‘this is good.” I found the song I heard that faithful night and guess what? It has a sweet music video — It’s just, so damn cool:
The music video for Neon Indian’s classic cyber-track “Polish Girl,” off Neon Indian’s new album Era Extraña, incorporates light painting to tell the story of a disjointed personal journey.
Loving Tim Nackashi’s visual style.
Papua New Guinea Independence Day
•September 16, 2011 • Leave a CommentOn this day, PNG gained Independence from Australia in 1975, 16th of September.
Happy Independence!
A Pileus Iridescent Cloud Over Ethiopia
•September 13, 2011 • 1 Comment
The above image was taken just after the picturesque sight was noticed by chance by humanitarian photographer, Esther Havens in Ethiopia.
Usually, the effect is outshone by the brightness of the sun, but in this photo taken in Ethiopia, the darker cloud is helpfully blocking the glare to reveal the spectrum of light behind. Here’s a bonafide scientist from NASA to explain the rest:
“How many dark clouds have a multicolored lining? Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size, together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts.
A more detailed picture of the same cloud shows not only many colors, but unusual dark and wavy bands whose origins are thought related to wave disturbances in the cloud.” – sciency guy
Define Your Dream Job
•September 12, 2011 • 2 CommentsWhat are you living for? Does it make you happy? Because in our lifetime, money isn’t everything:
I’m not sure who made this chart, but I like it. I know my strengths but my current job isn’t really challenging my intellect, nor does it make me feel all to winning. But I know exactly what I want. Keep you dream alive and if your dream job doesn’t exist, why not invent it? We only get one life. Good-luck 😉
‘Gumby’ attempts robbery on a 7-11, fails miserably, blames recession
•September 11, 2011 • Leave a Comment
Gumby is a green clay humanoid figure who was the subject of a 233-episode series of American television spanning over a 35-year period. He was animated using stop motion clay animation but never managed to source work after his rise to fame. I sympathize.
Rugby World Cup 2011 Opening Fireworks
•September 11, 2011 • Leave a CommentI was in town but I wasn’t in such a great vantage point to see any of these; the city streets hosting the most people I have ever seen in Auckland. Ever. Poorly planned transport infrastructure, but damn good fireworks:
Should anyone ask me, by default I guess my team is The All Blacks, although the township I am staying at has adopted Germany as a country to host and support, I may end up rooting for Germany just to piss a few local hardcore fans off 😀
‘Re-Entry’ written and directed by Ray Jay [coming soon]
•September 10, 2011 • 1 CommentDid you love 2010’s sleeper hit ‘Monsters?’ Then you’ll be pleased to hear about ‘Re-Entry,’ an independent science-fiction, action, thriller set in post-apocalyptic 2018.
The harbingers of destruction, otherworldly creatures from another part of the universe who have evolved to live, copulate and prosper on our world. They are no longer visitors, they are permanent residents.
So many great worlds are created on a daily basis in literature and on-screen, but few stories continue to live beyond that final book or dvd. ‘Re-Entry’ is one such exception, not only has Sri Lankan/New Zealand writer director Ray Jay expanded on Gareth Edwards’ Monsters simply by telling a tale of another struggle in another part of the world, but he is doing it with respect to the source material and with the blessing of Gareth Edwards himself.
UPDATE: I’ve just been informed that Re-Entry will be released as a 3D film in selected cinemas and on 3D blu-ray worldwide! Ray has also hinted at the state-of-the-art line of defense against the creatures, aka, “mechs.” So we have aliens, robots, tech and genetics all presented in a high-definition 3D package; I’m sold.
Little else has leaked about this indie production or the creatures themselves, but I do know Ray Jay personally and can say, he doesn’t cut corners. Congratulations in advanced ‘Re-Entry’ crew, I know this is going to be something special. AWESOME!
In the year 2018, an ambitious Genetic-engineer and a indisposed hero go on board on a journey of liberation and unearthing as they lead a brave struggle to save our civilization.
A Drawing Helium-filled Kinetic Sculpture by German-based artist Karina Smigla-Bobinski
•September 10, 2011 • Leave a CommentKinetic art is ALWAYS striking. I think we are all intrinsically drawn towards the mysteriously weird and unknown. I’m not saying there should be more moving and interactive pieces of art in the world, that would only shadow the true artists who are able to blend wonder with fun. Just like Karina with her ‘ADA’, the scribbling ball:
‘ADA – Analog Interactive Installation, is made form an enormous helium-inflated sphere trapped inside a small room that’s spiked with dozens of protruding charcoal pieces which scrape the edges of the gallery wall as participants push, toss, and otherwise manipulate it. Given the constraints of the sphere and room, a single outcome (pictured at bottom) is destined to emerge, but yet requires the participation of dozens if not hundreds of gallery visitors.’ [Written by Christopher Jobson]
Speaking of scribbling; I came across an article claiming that doodling is beneficial to learning. Apparently doodlers don’t daydream as much. Of course what you doodle, has a lot to say about that theory as well — I’m guessing drawing a Pokemon-cat-hybrid while studying probably isn’t one of those subconsciously constructive doodles those research scientists are talking about huh? So if you’ve been practicing and honing your craft since childhood, congratulations, you have a a higher memory recall than non-doodlers. Keep up the awesome work, everyone! …Keep up… Helium… Hehe…
‘Compressed 02’ by creative designer Kim Pimmel
•September 7, 2011 • Leave a CommentMagnetized liquid streaming through soap bubble capillaries; quiet awesome. ‘Insert opening credits here’ was my first reaction to this great image/liquid capturing display.
No digitally generated imagery was used and I feel this is the way how filmmaking and all other medium-imagination-extracting processes used to be tackled — if you can imagine it, you can make it. Mesmerizing.
Closest resemblance I can think of to Pimmel’s Compressed 2 would have to be director Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain, only in this instance, Compressed 2 is the title role:
I combined everyday soap bubbles with exotic ferrofluid liquid to create an eerie tale, using macro lenses and time lapse techniques.
Black ferrofluid and dye race through bubble structures, drawn through by the invisible forces of capillary action and magnetism. [cargocollective.com/kimpimmel]
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