Pinterest home page
Pinterest is all the rage now. It has venture funds and lots of new users. But you have to be invited to join. I’ve signed up and have been waiting to be invited, but so far no luck. If you are not familiar with Pinterest, it’s a visual bookmark site. It seems to be full of DIY ideas, fashion, and recipes. It’s full of pretty photos and Esty-like crafts. However the more I look at it, the more Pinterest reminds me of the new design of Delicious. Read the rest of this post »
How to draw... a penguin
Sometimes life does no go as planned. As such, I have not been able to post here on a regular basis. But here’s to new starts….
There is a blog series at the Guardian called “How to draw…” for children. It’s very charming and worth a look.
Walk— Foo Fighters
“I’m learning to walk again, I believe I’ve waited long enough. Where do I begin? I’m learning to talk again. Can’t you see I’ve waited long enough Where do I begin?”
Here’s a fun illustration on sneezes I did at work recently. Though I think it was type casting. I got this assignment after I had missed a week of work from having the flu. The following 2 weeks I still was coughing and sneezing. (It’s also one of the reasons why it’s been so long since I made a blog post.)
Here’s the story the art goes with:
Researcher defines four categories of sneezers
But did you ever wonder if the way a person sneezes says something about him or her? Turns out, it can.
My Body — Young the Giant
“Hey, is it my fault that the fallen embers burn down in a spiral, Round your crown of thieves”
The tadpole
This is a cute animation short with a stylized graphic style. I like the watercolor look of it and the simple humor. The audio design is nice too, great sound effects and a jazzy sound track. It was created by Passion Pictures, a London-based production company. Passion Pictures is better known for their work for the animated rock band Gorillaz and the opening and closing animation for The Beatles: Rock Band video game. This year, their film The Lost Thing has been nominated for best animated short film Oscar.
The Beatles: Rock Band
Madagascar, carnet de voyage, extrait
This animation by Bastien Dubois looks like a travel sketch book come to life. It uses 3-D animation with a traditional look and music. Read the rest of this post »
The sublime type foundry House Industries has a new video that’s a visual treat. You’ll see many of the fine fonts, books, posters and other products by their designers. There are scenes of the designers in action. All the visuals are timed to the catchy, slightly 1960s sounding Polite Dance Song by the duo of Inara George and Greg Kurstin — better known as The Bird and the Bee. Kurstin, is a music producer and keyboardist that has worked with Lily Allen, Barenaked Ladies, The Flaming Lips and Beck.
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
— Laura Ingalls Wilder
This TED talk by Neil Pasricha is funny, sad and very inspirational. Enjoy!
Neil Pasricha: The 3 A’s of awesome
The opening design of a film — the editing of the first scene, the music and title sequence — sets the mood. Here’s a web site with many title slides organized by year.
