HAPPY STAR WARS DAY FOLKS!!!
This day is considered an official holiday by Star Wars fans to celebrate Star Wars culture and remember the films.
“The Power of the Sun” by The GE Show
•April 28, 2011 • Leave a CommentWatch an artful demonstration of the sun’s power using 24 cameras and flammable hydrogen, for GE’s solar panel innovation show: Very cool I mean hot!
The sun. It gives us heat, light, food and the air we breathe. But have you ever thought about just how powerful it really is or the potential scale of what it can do for us?
GE is turning the world’s oldest energy resource into its newest one through their latest solar panel innovation. Watch and find out how much energy the sun can produce and what it means for our future. And check out http://www.GE.com/thegeshow to learn more.
Flower Power & Bursts of Life
•April 23, 2011 • Leave a CommentHere are a few great photos of flowers – This first one is my favourite and is very ‘Blade Runner-esq,’ the way the colour of the living is so vibrant set against bleak manmade walls. Only this picture is one hundred million times better than any film; It’s real:
The spring equinox was March 20 this year, determined by the changing sunlight and how the earth is tilted and orbits the sun.
But we don’t need to look to the skies to know the seasons are turning. All we have to do is glance more earthbound to find flashes of color and bursts of life. Flowers are appearing in all kinds of places since the equinox. – Lloyd Young
Hindus buy baskets of flower during Holi celebrations at the Bankey Bihari Temple on March 21 in Vrindavan, India. Holi, the spring festival of colours, is celebrated by Hindus around the world in an explosion of color to mark the end of the winter.
Cherry trees bloom during the National Cherry Blossom Festival along the Tidal Basin in Washington April 2. [Jonathan Ernst]
A lone flower is propped up by a boot at a shoe installation marking International Day for Landmine Awareness at Simon Bolivar Square in Bogota, Colombia April 4. On each of the more than 9,000 shoes is the name of a land mine victim representing those injured in Colombia. Colombia is second to Afghanistan as the nation with the largest number of victims. [Fernando Vergara/Associated Press]
A woman places flowers on the tomb of her deceased family member at a cemetery during the Qingming Festival in Beijing, China April 5. Qingming festival, also known as the Grave Sweeping Day is when Chinese around the world remember their dearly departed and take time off to clean the tombs and place flowers and offerings. [Andy Wong/Associated Press]
A Libyan holding a flower joins others during the funeral in Tripoli March 20 for those who were killed by coalition forces air strikes. [Ahmed Jadallah]
A group of women take photos of flowers at King Abdullah Park during the Rabih Festival in Dammam, Saudi Arabia April 1. [Zaki Ghawas]
A daisy floats in a rain barrel on April 4 in Kaufbeuren, southern Germany. [Karl Josef Hildenbrand]
The Hobbit: Making Of
•April 22, 2011 • Leave a CommentHere’s an interesting pre-production insight into New Zealand’s most controversial blockbuster film to date, with your host, Peter Jackson:
Mel’s Uncanny Ability To Make Animal Noises
•April 19, 2011 • Leave a Comment
“I was studying abroad in NZ when my friends found out that I can do animal noises. So, they had me do them in front of a video camera. They suggested that I make a Youtube account and post it …well, here it is! Enjoy!!”
Badminton Jedi
•April 16, 2011 • Leave a CommentThis is too hypnotic and too good for it to only last 25 seconds:
And thus it is proven that a little After Effects lightsaber magic turns even the most mundane things into something exciting…though we are suprised the plasma blades don’t melt the birdie.
AIDS awareness ‘Cartoon’ PSA from France feat Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation” [animation]
•April 12, 2011 • Leave a CommentSome may find these PSA’s a tad bit vulgar in there depictions, but I think they’re neat and deliver the message in a light-hearted and sometimes, creative way.
Much like this promiscuous cat, Smutley teaching us all a lesson about AIDS prevention in the style of a 1930s cartoon:
Ok, maybe less teaching and more reverse psychology…I wish I was a cat. I’d love to root an elephant, who wouldn’t right! …Right?
Not So Super Superheroes by artist Bobby Rubio
•March 28, 2011 • Leave a CommentBobby Rubio worked as an assistant director/storyboard artist for Nickelodeon Animation Studios on the series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and is now a Storyboard Artist at Pixar Animation Studios. These funny pictures are his side hobby:
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