MyToons.com, one of the best online animation communities, now has a ‘Cartoon Classics’ channel on the Vuze Network. Vuze (formerly Azureus) is basically a bit torrent client which allows users to publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content on its network.
The channel features classic characters like Betty Boop – one of [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Buzz it! The Quazen blog has compiled a set of brilliantly-created, photomosaic collages of famous personalities and pop culture icons. These are not your usual run-of-the- mill collages, but art good enough to frame and put up on your walls.
Image Credit: Village9991
Someone should actually do a photomosaic of Heath Ledger’s Joker using the lines from the [...]
Buzz it! This short and extremely well-animated film sheds light on the human race’s interpretation of evil over the centuries.
The earliest civilizations feared mythical monsters and beings, but today, we fear our fellow humans the most.
The video was animated in Flash, and composited and textured using Adobe Aftereffects.
[Via Open Culture]
Buzz it! Found this on Flickr. It’s probably the work of Banksy.
Via Spanaut’s photo stream on Flickr.
Buzz it! Ricky says,
“The Indian Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is, in its wisdom, trying to ban a rather harmless television commercial for Axe Dark Temptation deodorant. Terming it “indecent, vulgar and repulsive,” the Government has written to the Indian Broadcasting Federation to stop the telecast of the commercial on various TV channels.
Don’t these idiots know that [...]
Buzz it! My 1st Big Break by Cut Chemist – First Music Video Shot With a 360 Degree Camera
Published by August 24th, 2008 in Music. 0 Comments Cut Chemist, talented DJ Turntablist, was a former band member of the Latin funk group Ozomatli, and also the hip hop group Jurassic 5. Some of you may remember his small cameo role as a chemistry professor in Juno.
The super-trippy video for his latest track “My 1st Big Break” is supposedly the first [...]
Buzz it! Jason Plato took the new Porshe 911 GT2 for a spin around a test track on the Fifth Gear TV show.
Buzz it! Rabbit – Disturbing Short Animated Film by Run Wrake
Published by August 11th, 2008 in Animation. 0 CommentsRabbit is a multi-award winning, short film directed by animator & illustrator, Run Wrake. The film was commissioned by the Arts Council of England and Channel 4.
The disturbing and creepy storyline of the film deals with the theme of greed, and the consequences reaped by excessively indulging in it.
Wrake created the animation using [...]
Buzz it! Image Credit: Mali Serena Aurora
Tree pörn really seems to be hottest thing at the moment. For example, take this viral video from Greenpeace about illegal logging in the Amazon rain forests. Whoever knew that trees could make love to each other like humans do?
The video in question, is itself, safe for work, but [...]
Buzz it! This one made me laugh.
If you do have to swat flies, do it in true geek style with the Delete Flyswatter.
Made with “high tech” plastic (ha, ha), the swatter is available in ivory or black for $ 7.99 .
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Buzz it! Stop Motion Animation From Japan Features Strike Witches and Busou Shinki Action Figures
Published by August 8th, 2008 in Animation. 2 CommentsThis fan-made, stop motion animation video from Japan, has it all. Action, comedy, explosions, and even a damsel in distress. The huge cast includes Gundam warriors, Busou Shinki, Strike Witches and others.
All Busou Shinki action figures have a Multi Moveable System (MMS), which allows for easy manipulation and poseability. The body parts are also [...]
Buzz it! Superman, despite being one of the most powerful beings in the DC comic book universe, has for the most part, used his superpowers for the defense of mankind against innumerable foes and dangers.
But there were quite a few instances, when the man of steel forcefully crowned himself the ruler of many different [...]
Buzz it! Incredible Typewriter Sculptures by Artist Jeremy Mayer
Published by August 6th, 2008 in Art. 0 CommentsCalifornian artist Jeremy Mayer creates terrifying, but, ultimately, beautiful works of art using the parts of old typewriters.
He does not solder, weld, or glue the parts together, preferring instead, to just “cold” assemble them.
Mayer has planned a future exhibition of his works at the Device Gallery in La Jolla, California, in the year 2009. [...]
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