July 27, 2007
July 26, 2007
Global Dust Storms Threaten Mars Rovers

Will global dust storms terminate the robotic Martian rovers? Over the past month, windy dust storms have blocked much needed sunlight from reaching the solar panels of both the
Spirit and Opportunity rovers exploring Mars. At times, as much as 99 percent of sunlight has been obscured, causing worry that the batteries might run out of energy before the storms end -- which may be as long as weeks. In an effort to weather these storms, Earth controllers have programmed the rovers to restrict movements and to use as little power as possible. Although the rovers have been working for a remarkable three years past their planned three month lifetimes, their immediate future is now uncertain. Pictured above, the Opportunity rover perched on the edge of Victoria Crater peered for a month into the distance as dust made the Martian air increasingly opaque. Via APDA.
July 24, 2007
Signalnoise
James White is the creator of Forge, an art generating program he built to aid him in creating works where most elements are out of his control and random. The program forces him to allow elements to react unto themselves and experiment with massive layering of the generated outputs. Flowers, geometric shapes, and crazy architecture are some of the elements he uses.See samples of this and other traditional and digital art he has developed in his art gallery here.
See a live version here, of Forge in action, keep hitting the refresh button on your browser to see random alternatives.

Buy the new Art of James White book here.
Containing over 100 pages of selected pieces from his personal portfolio accumulated over the last 8 years. Filled with sketches, character design, illustration, digital fine art, logo work and posters. Selected as Blurb's Book of the Week.
In addition, the cool Generator.x Flickr Pool is a wonderful sight to see, filled with many digital 2D/3D abstract imagery, reminiscent of fractal design programs that I always had fun playing with.
July 23, 2007
July 21, 2007
Phat

A hilarious blog where artists contribute their version of a Fat Wonder Woman.
Courtesy of Ectoplasmosis
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
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
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.
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