Published May 31st, 2008
in Animation and Movies.
Big Buck Bunny is an animated film created using Blender, and was released by the Peach open source animation project under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
The film is a follow-up to the much downloaded "Elephants Dream," and was sponsored by the Blender Foundation, the initiators of both the open source projects.
Don’t [...]
Published May 31st, 2008
in Design.
A Tangram is a Chinese puzzle made by cutting a square into five triangles, a square, and rhombus. The pieces must be arranged to form a shape of some sort.
Italian Designer Daniele Lago used the Tangram concept to design these uber-cool bookshelves. The shevles, like the puzzle itself, can be arranged to form various designs. [...]
Published May 29th, 2008
in Music.
Sigur Rós, a band from Iceland, has just released a spectacular music video for ‘Gobbledigook’, the first song from its upcoming album.
The band, being inspired by the earlier works of photographer Ryan McGinley (NSFW link), collaborated with him to create the music video.
Disclaimer: The video is absolutely not safe for work, as it features [...]
Published May 28th, 2008
in Gaming and Movies.
For those of who can barely wait to play the upcoming The Incredible Hulk game, here is an online, side-scrolling 2D game titled Hulk Smash 2.0 from the official movie site.
Link
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Published May 28th, 2008
in Animation and Music.
Robert Hodgin originally intended his music video to be an entry for Radiohead’s Animated Music Video Contest on Aniboom. The song in the video is Weird Fishes/Arpeggi from the controversial In Rainbows music album.
He created the video with Processing, an open source programming language and environment.
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Published May 27th, 2008
in Tv Shows.
Wow ! How much do you think Nike paid Spanish soccer player Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas (PFA Young Player of the Year 2007-2008) to take part in this dangerous campaign.
The clip is from "The Cesc Fàbregas Show: Nike Live," an one-time only TV program sponsored by Nike.
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Published May 27th, 2008
in Animation and Movie Trailers.
CITERIA is an experimental, one man film project by Hervé Trouillet. The animated film was conceived by its creator to be the first occidental Manga for teens and young adults.
Amazingly, Hervé used only Adobe Flash, After Effects, and Premiere to create his work.
The highly-interactive official site for the movie is unfortunately only in [...]
Published May 26th, 2008
in Design.
I found this this funky looking "Splash Lounge Chair" created by designer Michael Wendel on the Yanko Design site.
Wendel was probably inspired by shots of water/milk splashes captured with high speed photography.
Link
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Published May 26th, 2008
in Cool Stuff.
After Homer Simpson, it’s time for Stewie Griffin (from Family Guy) to be untooned on the superb Pixeloo blog.
Visit the site to view Stewie’s picture in a higher resolution.
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Published May 23rd, 2008
in Gadgets and Music.
Dennis Liu, a college student and aspiring filmmaker, created an unofficial music video for the Bird And The Bee’s single "Again and Again."
Liu made the video for about $100, using only the OS X desktop interface of his Mac, and the acting talents of Larkin Clark, who it turns out, did the work for free.
This is [...]
Published May 23rd, 2008
in Animation and Art.
Artist and researcher Aaron Koblin used 24 hours of FAA data to create this mesmerizing piece of animation. The music accompanying the video was created by the award winning, Japanese music composer Yasuhiro Tsuchiya.
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Published May 23rd, 2008
in Ads and Automotive.
I have a confession to make. I have always struggled with my obsession with supercars. A part of me hates the eco-unfriendliness of these gas-guzzling monsters, while the other appreciates the beauty and power of these pinnacles of auto engineering.
The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 is, needless to say, a very beautiful (and expensive) machine. [...]
Published May 22nd, 2008
in Ads and Humor.
The Logólogos site humorously explains the intricate math equations behind the creation of some famous logos.
I just loved this one. Apparently, the Dêath Star played an important role in the creation of the Wikipedia logo.
Visit the site to see more de-constructed logos.
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Published May 21st, 2008
in Art.
Print Magazine has put together a superb and massive photo compilation of the "A-Frame," a visual framing device made popular in the ’40s by pulp novel publishers to implicitly portray (sexual) power. The device has had a long history of abuse by artists, advertisers and movie poster designers.
There are enough gorgeous, long (female) [...]
Published May 21st, 2008
in Technology.
TinEye is an exciting and new image search engine from Idée Inc. The service is currently in private beta, but I managed to garner an invite to use it.
The interface of the site couldn’t be simpler. All you have to do is upload an image or an image URL, and the engine takes care [...]
Published May 19th, 2008
in Ads.
This rather dated looking commercial for Kenwood car audio players really startled me. They must have a morbid sense of humor in Italy. There is no way that this could have aired elsewhere in the world.
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Published May 19th, 2008
in News.
Craig Davidson, a Canadian novelist, attempted to live the life of the main character of his first novel by injecting himself with illegal steroids over a period of 16 weeks.
The results were quite dramatic to say the least.
He not only increased his body weight by 35 lb in less than four months, but [...]
Published May 18th, 2008
in Animation and Comics.
Iron Man’s Adventure brings together three of Marvel’s most popular superheroes together in a short animated film.
Spider-Man and Iron Man, who have teamed up to take on an army of destructive, gigantic robots, get some heavy duty assistance from another popular Marvel Comics superhero in this entertaining film.
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Published May 18th, 2008
in Comics.
This impressive steampunk tank paper model comes complete with a rotating turret. The printable DIY instructions to build this awesome ‘Steam Tank’ can be downloaded at this site.
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Published May 17th, 2008
in Cool Stuff.
I found this on Digg. Fire up Google Earth and visit the following co-ordinates:
5°5′28.85"S 81°7′36.44"W.
Or just click on this link to view it on Google Maps. Just what exactly are we looking at here ?
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