In case you missed it last week. Google homepage was graced with artwork by Jim Lee and featured DC Comics heroes. Pretty awesome!
Click image to view larger.by Jon | Add a comment | Tags: art, artwork, comic, DC Comics, google, Jim Lee
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I discovered this animated short titled Destino via Monsters and Rockets. Destino is the result of a collaboration between Walt Disney, Disney artist John Hench, and Salvador Dali. As I watched the video, there was no mistaking the style for Dali. The interesting thing about this is that only 18 seconds of footage were shot [...]by Jon | 1 comment | Tags: animation, Destino, John Hench, Salvador Dali, video, Walt Disney
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Check out this amazing piece of artwork by Evan Yarbrough titled “Retribution… Godfather style” featuring Mario, the Italian plumber, and Yoshi.
Visit Evan’s site to see more of his artwork.
Find more Nintendo stuff hereby Jon | Add a comment | Tags: art, Evan Yarbrough, evanimal, mario, Nintendo, Retribution, Yoshi
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We made mention a while back of Jorge Colombo’s iPhone sketches using the iPhone app Brushes. It turns out now that The New Yorker magazine put one of Jorge’s sketches on this week’s cover.
The cover is very well-done and very fitting for The New Yorker. Scroll down to watch the animation of Jorge’s sketching process.
Check [...]by Jon | 2 comments | Tags: art, brushes, finger painting, iphone, ipod touch, isketch, Jorge Colombo, paint, sketch, The New Yorker
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Watch this video by Masayoshi Nakamura and Magico Nakamura for the Adobe Records short film competition.
Click here to watch the video
[via Motionographer]by Jon | Add a comment | Tags: Adobe-Records, animated paper, animation, art, Magico Nakamura, Masayoshi Nakamura, music, video
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Brazilian printer Grafica Fidalga still uses a 1929 German letterpress with hand-carved wooden letters to make their posters.
Click here to watch the video
[via Cool Hunting]by Jon | Add a comment | Tags: art, Grafica Fidalga, letterpress, printing press, text
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Here are some cool Star Wars/Mario Bros. mashups in acrylic paint on canvas by an artist named Misha, and YES, these are for sale.
For more information, check out the Galleries 1988 page.
Find more Nintendo stuff here.by Jon | Add a comment | Tags: art, Nintendo, painting, star wars, Super Mario Bros
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Wow! This is an amazing painting of Steve Urkel by Alex Pardee. If you click the image below, you can see a video of the entire painting process.
In honor of both Black History Month and his favorite television nerd, Alex Pardee filmed himself painting a portrait of Steve Urkel from “Family Matters” in preparation for [...]by Jon | Add a comment | Tags: Alex Pardee, Family Matters, Gallery 1988, painting, Steve Urkel, zombie
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Jorge Colombo has an amazing collection of finger-drawn sketches made on his iPhone using the application Brushes. They look a lot like oil paintings.
See more of Jorge Colombo’s sketches here.
by Jon | Add a comment | Tags: art, brushes, finger painting, iphone, ipod touch, isketch, Jorge Colombo, paint, sketch
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A short film by Craig Welch. Bizarre and Beautiful!
Click here to watch the video
by Jon | Add a comment | Tags: animated short, animation, Craig Welch, film, How wings are attached to the Backs of Angels, short, surreal
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