Thursday, October 14th, 2010
I’ve got a lot of things going on this week and haven’t had the time to write a proper post, but I did run across these amazing paintings by Chinese artist Lou Dahua. Lou studied art at the Beijing and Shanghai Universities and has been engaged in the meticulous brushwork of birds and flowers for several decades. His paintings are a rare blend of traditional Chinese and Western painting methods and have been on exhibition throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. Each painting is a one-of-a-kind hand painted original.
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010
One of the best things about having a personal blog is that one day you can blog about something silly and trivial like programming tips and the next day blog about something serious like zombies. Despite all the warnings about the impending zombie apocalypse, there is still too little being done to educate people. Thank goodness the good folks at AMC have stepped up to produce some quality zombie apocalypse programming. This is not the usual zombie tripe filled with conjecture and hearsay. This is based on research by professional zombieologist Robert Kirkman. AMC has greenlit The Walking Dead as a six-episode series which began filming back in June. The special 90-minute premiere airs on Halloween, Sunday Oct. 31 at 10/9c.
Needless to say, the zombie apocalypse community is quite excited. A tweet from fellow zombie enthusiast @k_to_the_t drew my attention to this magnificent piece. Daniel Kanemoto from Ex Mortis Films has created his own interpretation of the series opening using The Walking Dead artwork by Charlie Adlard & Tony Moore.
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
If you’ve been following my random blog posts at all, you’d know I’m a huge fan of hand-drawn illustrations. Today I’m featuring the unique stylings of Jason Levesque AKA Stuntkid. His works are colorful, imaginative, always evocative, sometimes a little morbid, and sometimes downright twisted. You almost think you should look away but can’t quite bring yourself to do it. They certainly grab your attention or at least they did mine. You can check out the rest of his illustration portfolio here. Some of them contain nudity for those of you who might be squeamish about such things.
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
I ran across the online portfolio of August Bradley a short while back and found myself captivated by his collection. He is a master of colorful and vivid conceptual portraits and fashion photography. Here are a few of my favorites:
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
I was sent merrily off to this website via a link tweeted by Pat Cartelli (@shnoobles) a few weeks back. I can work all sorts of magic in Photoshop, but I’m not particularly good at drawing things by hand. Sara Blake is! Also known simply as “Zso”, Sara is an Interactive Art Director, Designer, and Illustrator from New York City. Here are a few of my favorites. You can view more of her work on her website www.hellozso.com.
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
I have many fond memories of the books I read as a child and early teen. I’ve been trying to track some of them down to read them again and share them with my nephews. One of my favorite series was “The Great Brain” books by John D. Fitzgerald. I was especially fond of the illustrations in the book done by Mercer Mayer. While learning more about Mayer and his work, I’ve discovered several other childhood favorites of mine. Mayer is both a writer and illustrator and has published over 300 books. He is probably best known for his “Little Critter” and “Little Monster” series of books. My favorites are the illustrations he created for fairy tales and classic stories re-telling. Here are some samples from “Beauty and the Beast”, “East of the Sun & West of the Moon”, and “Favorite Tales from Grimm”. You can order prints of his work from his website at mercermayer.com.
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
I ran across this music video at vimeo.com the other day and fell in love with it. I couldn’t resist posting it here to keep it handy. Hope you enjoy it as well. It’s the official music video for the acoustic version of “Waiting” by My Robot Friend (featuring Jay Kauffman). Directed by Liam Stevens of MakeMake Studio, this stop motion animation is made entirely of pencil & cut paper and took just over three months to complete. Production and technical assistance; Chris Tozer.
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