July 21, 2007

The violence in this piece is absolutely hilarious:

Guillaume Decaux & Mark Behm

Illustrator Guillaume Decaux has a great blog showcasing mini movies of him drawing using the super-fun ArtPad online doodling application.
The blog is called Watch Me Draw!



Mark Behm a skilled animator first, but he is also an accomplished illustrator and caricaturist. Once you have paid a visit to his website, scoot on over to his blog and have a look at the work he has been doing recently.

Courtesy of Drawn.ca

The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse

A revival of the classic Terrytoons character Mighty Mouse. It was produced by the infamous maverick Ralph Bakshi (who got his start in the animation industry working at Terrytoons). Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures is considered by some to be a major truning point in the history of American animation. It was the first American animated TV series since the 1960s in which its staff was allowed to go wild. Many of its staff (including John Kricfalusi, Eddie Fitzgerald, Jim Smith, Bruce Timm, Jim Reardon, and others) went to work on hits including Ren & Stimpy, the Simpsons, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, the Critic and Futurama. In this series, Mighty Mouse was given a "real" identity: Mike Mouse, who worked for the Pearl Pureheart. Mighty Mouse was also given a sidekick: Scrappy, a young orphan mouse who became good friends with Mighty Mouse. The series was packed with in-jokes and parodies and appearances by other Terrytoon characters including Gandy Goose and Sourpuss and Deputy Dawg. Info courtesy of: Retro Junk.

Here's a YouTube goldmine of 10-minute episodes, enjoy the madness.

The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse - Day of the Mice


The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse - Mighty's Benefit Plan


The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse - Still Oliy After All These Years


The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse - Don't Touch That Dial


Mighty Mouse - Intro

How to make the world's coolest paper airplane





Courtesy of Bibi's Box

July 20, 2007

Insect Lab

This awesome website shows off intriguing cybernetic sculptures of all types of spiders, butterflies, dragonflies, wasps, and beetles. It turns out to be beautiful artwork with full descriptions from the creator.

Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo



I found these shorts to be creepy, even as a kid.

Paleo Sharks: Survival of the Strangest

Paleo sharks were the largest sharks from the times of dinosaurs! Everyone will love the richly drawn illustrations found in this 48 page volume of shark history.

Courtesy of Sandbox World

The Master - Ken Harris - Watch & Laugh!

Hold All My Calls

July 18, 2007

designerslashmodel

Click on image, then watch all the clips, this stuff is GOLD!

July 17, 2007

Chuck Jones + Mike Maltese + Ken Harris = Genius

A Total Drama Island Clip


From the Todd Kauffman Neptoon Studios blog.

A Profile on Carson Ellis

Conversation between a designer and his client, looking at a Photoshop image:

- "The reflections in the water should be
at angle opposite to the sun."
- "Um, no. The SHADOWS of objects would be at an
angle away from the sun, but a reflection is always
perpendicular to the reflective surface."
- "No, you're wrong. Go back and point all the
reflections away from the sun."
- "Well, that would start to look kind of strange.
Say, I have a small mirror at my desk;
let me go get it so I can show you what I mean..."
- "Don't get difficult with me!"

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