November 16, 2009

Inspiration: Elizabeth Gilbert on Nurturing Creativity



Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

Heads On...


Buy the book Heads On and We Shoot: The Making of Where the Wild Things Are

Picture of the Day

500x_lupus

This was made by mishinsilo who seriously needs to turn this into a print. Why isn’t this hanging on my wall!?

Weirdo

Niko Tziopanos's "CCTV" Ink Animation TV Commercial

The Art of David Booth

The Art of J Chris Campbell

Very Rare Parrot Humps Photographers Head

November 15, 2009

The Crazy Art of Dark Vomit

David Pogue says "Simplicity Sells"


New York Times columnist David Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders, and provides encouraging examples of products that get it right. To funny things up, he bursts into song.

November 14, 2009

Marvel Zombies



Dan Black - Symphonies



This music video strides through A bunch of title sequences we’ve grown up with. A few of these dawning moments include a Lynchian/Cardiffian lost highway, the neon of Tron, and a Saul Bass speedboat. Black -himself a cross between Ferris Bueller and Sonny Crockett- slides and drives under his lyrics, themselves playing the supporting role of credits.

Mukpuddy Pilot: The Stallion

Mike Geiger's COUNTY GHOST Series







Tim Burton's MoMA Commercial Looks All Tim Burtony



A charming reminder that MoMA's upcoming, extensive Tim Burton exhibit opens November 22.

Robodays?

November 13, 2009

CuddleBee Hugs'N'Such

Trailers for potentially awesome movies...

Imagine if Hercules: The Legendary Journeys had just a few thousand more dollars in its budget. How many extra eight or nine hours Kevin Sorbo could have afforded to spend in the gym; how many tens of more extras could have been employed; how much slightly more realistic the giant CGI scorpions might have appeared; how they could have maybe got Liam Neeson to do a brief cameo to slam his fist on something. Wouldn't that have been pretty mediocre?

Imagine no longer! That Sliders parallel universe is now:

Man, these soundtrack guys know exactly what me and my friends listen to when we backyard wrestle.



And now, if you're considering becoming an amateur superhero with no actual powers, watch this first. I'm not sure if it will discourage you; I just think it's the kind of thing that will probably be relevant and popular in amateur superhero circles, and I wouldn't want you to look foolish.

Saturn After Equinox


The other side of Saturn's ring plane is now directly illuminated by the Sun. For the previous 15 years, the southern side of Saturn and its rings were directly illuminated, but since Saturn's equinox in August, the orientation has reversed. Pictured above last month, the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has captured the giant planet and its majestic rings soon after equinox. Imaged from nearly behind, Saturn and its moon Tethys each show a crescent phase to Cassini that is not visible from Earth. As the rings continue to point nearly toward the Sun, only a thin shadow of Saturn's rings is visible across the center of the planet. Close inspection of Saturn's rings, however, shows superposed bright features identified as spokes that are thought to be groups of very small electrically charged ice particles. Understanding the nature and dynamics of spokes is not fully understood and remains a topic of research.