June 18, 2008
Japanese car manufacturer Honda has begun the first commercial production of a zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle
The four-seater, called FCX Clarity, runs on electricity produced by combining hydrogen with oxygen, and emits water vapour.
[Via news.co.uk]
Honda claims the vehicle offers three times
better fuel efficiency than a traditional, petrol-powered car.
Honda plans to produce 200 of the cars over the next three years.
One of the biggest obstacles standing in the way of wider adoption of fuel-cell vehicles is the lack of hydrogen fuelling stations.
Analysis of the environmental impact of different fuel technologies has shown that the overall carbon dioxide emissions from hydrogen powered cars can be higher than that from petrol or diesel-powered vehicles.
'Monumental step'
The first five customers are all based in southern California because of the proximity of hydrogen fuelling stations, Honda said.
US actress Jamie Lee Curtis will be among the first to take delivery of the vehicle, the firm added.
The car will initially be available for lease rather than purchase in California, starting in July, and then in Japan later this year.
It is being built on the world's first dedicated production line for fuel-cell vehicles in Japan.
"This is an important day in the history of fuel-cell vehicle technology and a monumental step closer to the day when fuel-cell cars will be part of the mainstream," said John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda.
It said the cost of the car, on a three-year lease, would be $600 (£300) a month.
The FCX Clarity is based on Honda's first-generation hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, the FCX concept car. Honda delivered around 34 of these cars, mainly in the US, of which 10 remain in use.
Booming demand
Many car makers are developing cleaner, more economical vehicles because of high fuel prices and as consumers become more concerned with the environment.
Toyota said it was struggling to keep up with booming demand for its hybrid vehicles because it was unable to make enough batteries.
Hybrid vehicles, such as Toyota's top-selling Prius, switch between a petrol engine and electric motor.
Toyota Motor Corp's executive vice president, Takeshi Uchiyamada, told the Associated Press that new battery production lines could not be added until next year.
"Hybrids are selling so well we are doing all we can to increase production," he said. "We need new lines."
Volkswagen, Europe's biggest car maker said on Monday it wanted to produce a Golf which consumed three to four litres of petrol per 100 kilometres compared with 4.3 litres currently for the most fuel-efficient model.
"In the next few years, we are not going to do without petrol and diesel motors, but the future belongs to the electric car," VW chairman Martin Winterkorn told German newspaper Bild-Zeitung.
| HOW A HYDROGEN (PROTON EXCHANGE) FUEL CELL WORKS  1 Hydrogen: Constantly pumped in at negative terminal 2 Oxygen: Pumped in at opposite positive terminal 3 Catalyst: Helps electrons break free from hydrogen atoms 4 Membrane: Allows hydrogen ions through but blocks electrons 5 Circuit: Electrons flow through circuit to positive terminal 6 Electrons and hydrogen ions combine with oxygen, forming water |
June 17, 2008
Picture of the Day
Last Tuesday, Lori Mehmen looked out her front door in Orchard, Iowa and this is what she saw. She had a digital camera handy, and somehow managed to take this photo before crapping her pants and taking cover. This, my friends, is why always having a camera nearby is helpful. Oh, and no one was injured during this tornado, fortunately. [NY Times]
KUNG FU PANDA'S TITLE SEQUENCE ANIMATION COLLABORATION
Design and branding studio Shine designed and produced the end title
sequence for DreamWorks Animation's new film, KUNG FU PANDA starring
Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie.
With an atypical approach, Michael Riley, Shine's creative director,
composed images of traditional Chinese landscapes, calligraphy and 2D
character animation set in a 3D landscape all choreographed to the
classic Carl Douglas song KUNG FU FIGHTING, remixed by Cee-Lo Green,
accompanied by Jack Black. Riley's concept included reprising the film's
main characters in original cell animations by finding them hidden in a
gigantic Chinese calligraphy character. This mix of design and creative
disciplines required a tremendous collaboration between Shine, James
Baxter Animation and the DreamWorks team of animators, production
designers and directors.
The initial brief from KUNG FU PANDA's directors John Stevenson and Mark
Osborne called for a main title sequence that would serve as a bookend
to the dream sequence that opens the film. Finding inspiration in the
way traditional Chinese scrolls roll open, Riley expanded upon this
motion to develop the direction the sequence would move across the
screen. The resulting design includes 2D cell animations of the film's
"Furious Five" main characters performing signature kung fu moves, hand-
rendered Chinese calligraphy symbols and animated lens flare effects.
As the Shine team developed the sequence pacing and composition, Jen Yuh
Nelson, head of story for KUNG FU PANDA, provided story beats to
establish each character, ensuring that the beats would express each
animal's spirit and personality.
Shine's artists enjoyed access to a wealth of additional resources in
concept art renderings for the film; many of which were graphically
modified within the scrolling background animation. "Working directly
with the filmmakers was such a pleasure for us. Many of the people
involved in making this movie have been a part of its creation for five
years. Their insight into the characters was essential. They wanted the
film to have a heart, and we tried to follow that direction. I think the
collaboration led to a more emotional and visually interesting
sequence," said Riley.
View the segment here:
www.shinestudioclients.com/ShinePress/ShineKungFuPandaMovie.html
Credits:
Creative Director: Michael Riley
Exec Producer: Bob Swensen
Designer/Animator: Dru Nget
Animator: Dan Meehan
Animator: Zack Nederlander
[Courtesy of Dan Sarto]
June 16, 2008
Rest In Peace Stan Winston
The father of the dinosaurs in JURASSIC PARK, of THE TERMINATOR, of PUMPKINHEAD and PREDATOR and the Monsters in MONSTER SQUAD and, of course, ALIENS, has passed on.
The man is a legend and created legends. He himself a God in his own right, sculpting Icons that will be remembered as long as people with imagination deem it prudent to tell stories to an audience.
He was a leader in practical effects work, having given opportunity to all top effects leaders today. Winston idolized the people that came before him in the field, like Ray Harryhausen, and sought to make his own iconography, inspiring yet more to follow in his lead.
The picture below is of Ray Harryhausen getting his star on the Hollywood walk of fame, something that Winston was instrumental in making happen. Also pictured is another effects legend, Rick Baker, and director Frank Darabont.
A quick anecdote to share. If you're a big MONSTER SQUAD fan you'd be glad to know that Tom Woodruff who worked with Winston on the effects and was even the man in the Gillman suit, as well as the cast and crew had a funny story involving Winston involving that film:
Apparently, Stan oversaw the film, but gave his sculptors freedom to create the creatures, so as a gag, they sculpted up Wolf Man to look exactly like Stan. Now, who knows if he ever saw himself in it and the final version in the movie IS werewolf Stan Winston.
He won Oscars for his make-up and visual effects work on ALIENS, TERMINATOR 2 and JURASSIC PARK and was nominated for his work on HEARTBEEPS, PREDATOR, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, BATMAN RETURNS, THE LOST WORLD and AI.
And he wasn't done yet. His practical work on IRON MAN is a huge part of what made the film a success and he was working on the new Terminator movie. We can only hope that his memory is done justice by Stan Winston Studios and they keep creating icons for generations to come.
[Via Quint from aintitcool.com]
Kung Fu Panda
Jack Black heads the voice cast as Po the Panda, the laziest of all the animals in the Valley of Peace. With powerful enemies at the gates, all hope has been pinned on an ancient prophesy that a hero will rise to save the day. But among all the martial arts masters who come forward, none has shown the mark of The Chosen One ... until now. When Po unwittingly shows up in the midst of the competition, the masters are shocked to see that this unmotivated panda bears the mark. Now it is up to them to turn this gentle giant into a kung fu fighter before it's too late.
Co-starring, Dustin Hoffman voicing the role of Shifu, the by-the-book and tough-as-nails Kung Fu master, who has been given the unenviable task of turning the undisciplined Po into a kung fu fighter. Ian McShane (Deadwood) is the voice of the villainous Tai Lung, a ferociously powerful snow leopard, who breaks out of prison, intent on using his kung fu skills to destroy the Valley of Peace.
Perhaps the best thing about Kung Fu Panda is that it's an action comedy that doesn't skimp on the action. Dreamworks Animation's latest effort is the closest thing I've seen to the Pixar caliber of artistry and character acting, and it's certainly a well-made kid's film that earns high points for how directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne clearly crafted and contemplated its look and feel with ambition and style. Anyone can make a computer-animated cartoon with fuzzy animals doing kung fu; you have to be at least a little inspired to make a computer-animated cartoon featuring fuzzy animals doing kung fu in widescreen Cinemascope. Having strong character development, surprising story acrs, beautiful landscapes, brilliant color designs, smooth and believable animation direction, a great musical score, and well-thought-out character and location designs.
Kung Fu Panda opens with a rousing, stylish action sequence, as narrator (Jack Black, in full-on Tenacious D exposition mode) explains how "Legend tells of a legendary kung fu warrior whose kung fu skills were legendary. ..." But then, the heroic panda we've seen unleashing paws of power on the big screen ... wakes up; it was just a dream. Then Po the panda (Black), whose dreams of kung fu glory are the counterpoint to his unsatisfying life, gets ready for his day of helping his father Mr. Ping (James Wong) sell noodles to the people of the Valley of Peace.
This opening sequence blew my head off! For any animation artist out there, you have to see this film even if it's just for that intro, I'm much more of a fan of classically animated films than 3D/CG, but this 2D-animated opener had my jaw drop and my unblinking eyes wide open. It's like the Genndy Tartakovsky Samurai Jack style on steroids! It's a great touch to the film as a whole, and it gives you a hint of how much this is a fantastic film for animators, artists, geeking-out kung-fu fans and nerds out there to appreciate.
Meanwhile, in the temple on the hill, the handful of trained warriors known as the "Furious Five" who've been trained under Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) waits anxiously. One of them will be named by temple master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) as the prophesied Dragon Warrior who will save the valley from the threat of Shifu's ex-student Tai Lung (Ian McShane). Tai Lung, denied the secret of the Dragon Scroll that would have made him the Dragon Warrior years ago, went on a rampage of rage after his rejection; he's in captivity, but his return has been prophesied as well. As the crowd gathers to see who Oogway will name as the Dragon Warrior, Po abandons his post at the noodle cart, drags himself up to the temple and sneaks in. Of course, when the Dragon Master is named, it's not Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Viper (Lucy Liu), Crane (David Cross) or Mantis (Seth Rogen) who is chosen from the ranks of the Furious Five, but instead portly, poky Po.
No one can believe Po's the Dragon Warrior -- not even Po himself; as Mr. Ping points out, "We're noodle people, Po; broth runs in our veins. ..." But, as you'd expect, Po has hidden strengths and a good heart, and he comes to believe in himself through the support of his friends and all of that, that in this case meaning fairly standard-issue kid-movie underdog story stuff. Kung Fu Panda isn't trying to re-invent any wheels here, though; instead, it tries, and succeeds, to put a nice spin on familiar kid-flick moments. Po is the sort of character -- slack, silly, gentle but goofy -- that Black can do in his sleep, so it's a nice surprise that never happens here; Black keeps Po warm and winning even in the most thinly-written moments. Hoffman's Shifu, a tiny-but-towering red panda martial arts master mammal, gets some nice line readings as well, and McShane bites into his dialogue until you can practically hear the juice running down his chin.
As for the Five, they're not given much to say; It's a shame they didn't have more lines, but the movie was all about Po and Shifu. David Cross (Crane) and Michael Dorn (Rhino, Prison Guard) have very distinct voices that I recognized soon after those character first began their dialogue. As for the rest, I had no clue who the voice actors were till the end credits. To be honest, I wouldn't have known Dustin Hoffman was Shifu if it wasn't for someone telling me prior to seeing the movie. Ian McShane was instantly recognizable as it made me think of his Swearengen character from Deadwood right away.
The fight sequences in Kung Fu Panda are actually VERY impressive -- taking advantage of the fantastic freedom of animation (with moments of obviously Anime-influenced epic action) while also being stylized and character-driven; supervising animator and storyboard artist Rudolphe Gunoden is credited as the kung fu choreographer, and his work's inspired, from little touches like anatomically informed fighting styles for all the animals in the film to big moments like a sequence where the Furious Five take on Tai Lung on a rickety, precarious rope bridge or when Shifu finally hits on the secret of how to best bring out Po's kung fu skills. The musical score made me think back to David Carradine's Kung Fu series, reminiscent of classic Shaolin temple scenes with the oriental flute playing during dramatic/spiritual moments in the film.
Animators had fun with sometimes subtle facial expressions, wild takes and awesome martial arts action, including great timing, strong poses, beautiful lighting, and convincing performances. Kung Fu Panda surprisingly ranks quite high on the scale for general visual style and strong character animation for a 3D/CG film, and it'll still provide your kids with a fairly respectable mix of action, amazement and amusement. With a production budget of $130,000,000. And a total worldwide gross of $138,000,000 on its opening weekend, it's fair to say Dreamworks has another animated hit on their hands and will prove to be a moderate to high commercial success over the next few weeks.
June 14, 2008
Justin Marks has the power of GRAYSKULL: THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!
The deal was announced in Variety back in May of 2007 for a He-Man live action movie. Well, last week, actually a year to the day the deal was announced, Justin Marks finally delivered his HE-MAN MOVIE draft. In the words of Ain't-It-Cool-News' Moriarty, Justin Marks is easily “the most gainfully employed professional fanboy on the planet right now.”I managed to get a hold of the script on Friday and actually canceled my plans that night in order to read it.
What’s the verdict?
Regardless of the post apocalyptic Earth controversy, I liked what Marks did in Voltron. He then knocked it out the park with Supermax, but folks, I am here to tell both you and MOTU fans – Justin Marks has delivered his fanboy masterpiece!
I absolutely fucking loved GRAYSKULL. THE BEST SCRIPT MARKS HAS WRITTEN YET.
There have been a lot of rumors on the net circling Grayskull’s development process and please trust me when I tell you, DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE! It’s all bullshit.
GRAYSKULL is LORD OF THE RINGS meets THE MATRIX and a little BATMAN BEGINS thrown in for good measure.
The script takes place in Eternia, not a middle Earth on Earth. It’s a hard and edgy PG-13 tinkering on a R. The script has ZERO CAMP or CHEESINESS. NO FUCKING ORKO EITHER! The writer takes the MOTU mythology very seriously. Whatever made the cartoon corny is not in here at all. In fact, there is not a single beat of comedic relief in the script.
What is GRAYSKULL about? We get both the origin of HE-MAN (or HE-MAN BEGINS), the
origin of SKELETOR, and the origin of THE POWER SWORD. If Warners even remotely executes this script like they did 300 they will have a monster hit on their hands because this script leaves it open for a trilogy.GRAYSKULL is the perfect marriage of Sorcery and Science fiction where in Eternia both Fantasy and Technology co-exist. The character arc of the hero ADAM works for me because like Bruce Wayne in BATMAN BEGINS, Adam has to overcome his selfish need for revenge and realize his destiny for the greater good of his people – the fallen son of Eternia must rise to occasion and become HE-MAN.
Ok, so let’s get right to it because I know you folks are here for the details.
Before the credits we get this kick ass opening prologue narrated by EVIL-LYN.
Four thousand years go in the workshop of Eternus we open on the powerful hands of a blacksmith forging steel from a raging fire. The hands raise the finished SWORD, an amazing mix of katana and high tech. It generates an OUTWARD LIGHT.
At the beginning of time, the blacksmith Eternus forged the Sword Of Light, a blade so beautiful that its spark created all life as we know it. After the blacksmith saw what perfection he’d built, he tried in vain to duplicate his mold. Eventually he fell into madness. Angered by his failure, he forged one last blade before he died. The mirror opposite of its original. The Sword of Darkness.
Instead of light, a dark void burns deep into the surface of this blade. Haunting and ominous.
We are next in an epic battlefield on Eternia.
Both blades, being born of magic gave amazing powers to anyone who held them. And so they were sought after.
On a hilltop plateau, a colossal army marches with enough feet to rattle the earth. Thousands of soldiers, all clad in high-tech battle gear. Think of something out of feudal Japan but poly-alloy and with a hint of alien texture.
Over thousands of years, the swords faced each other army times…
The leader of the army, a king we will come to know as GRAYSKULL (40s), stands at the front and raises the Sword of Light, which bathes his army in a majestic light. On the other of the battlefield: a different army emerges from the fog. Dark and intimidating. Monstrous, snarling BEASTS, augmented by a complex nano-technology that fuses their bodies with mechanical parts. Half monster, half machine. Their leader, a creature masked in thick armor, lifts up the Sword of Darkness. It spreads a black cloud over the army, fueling their bizarre technology with energy.
…until one battle changed it all.
On Grayskull’s side, the soldiers’ battle armor suddenly grows around them like a mechanical shell, encasing their bodies in a high tech metal poly-alloy. On the other side, the snarling beasts rise up, their hydraulic parts expanding and enhancing their size. The two armies run straight at each other and clash violently. Awesome advanced warfare. Mix high tech, swords, and otherworldly creatures and you have a sense of what Eternia’s all about.
King Grayskull squares off against the other leader. During the fight, he manages to defeat him and cause him to drop the Sword of Darkness. Grayskull picks it up and suddenly the two swords begin to fuse together.
It was King Grayskull who first realized that to stop a war between two sides, you had to bring them together.
Metal wrapping around, metal, sparks flying, like a fusion reaction, coils winding down the blades and suddenly and finally nestling at the handle which King Grayskull raises in the air creating a blinding light that spreads over the battlefield. Soldiers on both sides stop fighting and watch in awe.
In that moment, light and darkness combined to form a life-giving magic, subjugating everyone under it’s incredible power. So long as the king lived, Eternia never saw another war again.
We are next in a private chamber, where the much older King Grayskull lies on his death bed, surrounded by well-wishers.
But when his end came, his inner circle feared what no successor would be able to honor the balance the king had created.
Next at a table in the Hall of Wisdom (an ancient temple marked with stone ornamentation), a sacred site, sit six warriors. They are identified by ancient tribal tattoos on their faces. They surround the two swords wrapped in silk.
Six warriors, endowed with the magic of the blades, were trusted with separating them and burying each in a secret location. They were called the Masters of the Universe…
Three masters take one blade, three take the other. They embrace each other and go separate ways.
…and they took these secrets to their graves. For several generations the swords have remained hidden until now.
In present day Eternia at the Sands of Fire, EVIL-LYN (30s) a gorgeous seductress with the same markings all over her face that the Masters wore, has found the location of the Sword of Darkness.
Her companion, obscured in shadow and wearing a heavy hood, scans the terrain. His name is KELDOR (40s).
Keldor reaches for the sword. As his fingers touch it he suddenly undergoes a euphoric vision of dark wonders and endows Keldor with all terrifying forces of black magic. Keldor’s hands wither at the touch of this power. His skin begins to erode. Flesh turns to tissue and then to bone. Soon the sensation spreads to his arms, his shoulders, his face…literally tearing the skin from his bone. He madly clings to the blade as we smash to the main title card GRAYSKULL: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE.
Weeks later, we are at Capitol City, the center of civic life in Eternia. A stunning achievement of a civilization that incorporates advanced technology and magic. At the Royal Palace, a colossal celebration is underway – the Anniversary of the Great Unrest commemorating Grayskull’s victory many centuries ago. YOUNG ADAM ( 14) is there – dirty blonde with striking blue eyes. He’s the kind of tough kid who acts first and thinks later. He is there with his father KING RANDOR (50s) –the kind of man you’d have to spend a lifetime living up to. They have a father son moment where Randor tells his son Adam that a true leader brings their people together, whatever their differences. Adam tells his dad that he is not that man. Randor looks down at Adam sadly and wonders if he ever will be.
Meanwhile, at the gates of the Royal Palace, two soldiers walk the palace grounds as fireworks explode in the sky. The first, with a face that has seen the horrors of war and yet still stays
above it is GENERAL DUNCAN aka MAN-AT-ARMS (40s). The second is just as tough with battle scars all over his body – KRONIS (30s). Let’s just say Kronis betrays Duncan, knocks him out, and opens the palace gates. A heavy black mist pours through the opening.Kronis and several Eternian guards stage a coup and try to kill King Randor. King Randor puts up a fight and evens the odds.
A terrifying and powerful presence enters wearing THE CHROME MASK OF A SKULL, clad in armor, a hood over his head, the Sword of Darkness mounted on his back, the man formerly known as Keldor…
…now known as SKELETOR.
Kronis fires a huge blast at Randor who drops to his knees. Randor tells Adam to run. Randor uses what strength he has left and slices KRONIS across the face who screams out and falls backward. MOTU fans know that Kronis will become TRAP-JAW. Skeletor stands over a weakened Randor then he suddenly plunges the Sword of Darkness into Randor’s back, killing
him for good – our inciting incident. Adam watches in horror, tears forming in his eyes. Adam escapes and Skeletor gives the order to his goons to kill Adam.Man At Arms helps Adam escape and instructs him to go to the frontier until the time is right. Skeletor’s dark army lays siege to Captiol City and it falls tragically like Troy.
Adam makes it to the edge of the frontier and collapses beside a cluster of trees on top of a hill. A FALCON perches itself on a branch above him. Majestic, dignified, mysterious . Wind picks up in the clattering of branches, we begin to hear a voice, speaking in a whisper, manipulating the sound of the leaves to shape a language. The voice of the SORCERESS. She tells Adam that his time is not over and shows him his future.
Suddenly, a violent gust of wind tears the leaves from the branches and causes them to float freely in the air, forming the image of CASTLE GREYSKULL.
A beautiful stone structure surrounded by a precipice. Epic in detail and a front face which resembles a GIANT SKULL, complete with a raised drawbridge where the mouth would be. The wind ceases. The leaves fall to the ground. Then the falcon spreads it wings and takes flight.
Days later, in a dust storm, Adam is rescued by ZODAK (40s) wearing heavy animal hides and high-tech gear strapped across his chest. A powerful black man, an experienced warrior. Across Zodak’s face and arms are several mystical tattoos similar to what the Masters wore earlier. Zodak belongs to the Order of the Masters. Protectors of the legacy of Greyskull.
For the next 10 pages or so, reminiscent of Batman Begins, Adam gets mentored by Zodak for the next seven years and turns the pampered 14yr old Prince Adam into a 21 yr old bad ass warrior. We get some more cool backstory which I prefer not to spoil. Basically, Adam has to prove himself worthy of the Sword of Light and to use the power of the Sword to create balance, to fight for something greater than himself. We find out that Keldor/Skeletor was actually King Randor’s brother…Adam’s uncle.
We also find out that the Sorceress is the only surviving member of the original Six Masters of the Universe. Now she is the protector of Castle Greyskull. If Adam can get the Sorceress to unlock the Sword of Light, he will be able to stand up to his uncle and take back Eternia. But first, Adam has to prove himself worthy and find Castle Greyskull which is well hidden. So the script also throws in a treasure hunt for good measure and executed perfectly.
The Masters once spoke about the Legend of the He-Man. A fallen son who would find the Sword of Light and unify his kingdom. Will Adam fulfill his destiny? Well, I guess we are going
to have to wait and see what Warner Brothers decides to do. I hope to God they make this because you can see the effort it took over a year to complete this draft. The script is lean, mean, got no fat, no camp or cheese and is full of story and action. A special effects house is going to have a field day with the set pieces and battles that take place throughout the story. Like I said earlier, Warners executes this remotely like 300 – they have a monster hit and a potential franchise on their hands. My sources tell me the young execs behind Grayskull are MOTU fanboys that are passionate about this project and are really trying hard to take this to the next level.A script that lays out the blueprint for a movie that is guaranteed to be a fanboy classic. All that made He-man corny, even that forgettable Dolph Lundgren movie is not here. MOTU fans get the movie they have been wishing for over 25 years. I got some bad news folks, unfortunately, pertaining to HE-MAN, since Silver took a hit with Speed Racer, Warners has been unresponsive to Silver projects.
Hands down folks, Justin Marks listened to the fanboys and wrote the next potential Lord of the Rings. Mr. Silver, Mr. Horn, and Mr. Robinov, I hope you are reading this. You would be insane not to at least look at this. Give this script to any creative exec in their early 30s at the studio and I dare you guys to tell me that I’m dead wrong about Grayskull.
Anyway, in spite of the writer’s strike, this has so far been a damn good year for scripts and GRAYSKULL: THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE is already and easily in my top five. I would spoil a lot more but I hope the groundwork I presented today gets all you fans excited. It would be a disservice to spoil more but I leave you with this, the supporting characters.
Along with SKELETOR and EVIL-LYN, the bad guys are TRAP-JAW, TRI-KLOPS (Skeletor’s main henchman), and BEAST MAN. Skeletor’s evil cat PANTHOR is in here too. The good guys that side with Adam along with ZODAK are MEKANEK, MAN-AT-ARMS, his daughter TEELA, and of course BATTLECAT. Battlecat is totally bad ass in this.Written By El Mayimbe from latinoreview.com
Facescapes of Levi van Veluw - A True Artist
Technically called “Material Transfers,” Levi van Veluw takes different materials and transplants them onto people’s faces to create what is, at the very least, an intriguing visual effect. There is a gallery on his site of the different materials he’s used, and while they are very interesting you don’t get the full effect of one of his pieces say if it integrates some sort of kinetic factor, like, oh, a train running around his head like some kind of halo. Check out this video.
I find it all very interesting. It’s a bit playful, I enjoy the facescapes. Be sure to check out his site and the full gallery here. [Via Mumbojumbodaily.com]
I find it all very interesting. It’s a bit playful, I enjoy the facescapes. Be sure to check out his site and the full gallery here. [Via Mumbojumbodaily.com]
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