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Rebecca Sugar writes some of the best songs for Adventure Time,...

davidhuyck — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:32:33 -0400

Rebecca Sugar writes some of the best songs for Adventure Time, and she also writes some of the best stories for the show. This is an earlier work of hers that demonstrates the further depth of her brilliance.

(via Cartoon Brew TV #21: Singles | Cartoon Brew)

What a beautiful way to spend 8 minutes! This stop-motion...

davidhuyck — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:26:54 -0400

What a beautiful way to spend 8 minutes! This stop-motion animation, carved out of foam and made entirely of highlights and shadows, follows the life (from pre-birth!) of a scientist obsessed with time. Gorgeous.

It has a ginormous list of (well-deserved) awards. And you can see some making-of shots here.

(via The Eagleman Stag: A BAFTA Winning Stop-Motion Short Film by Mikey Please | Colossal)

Jack Davis was born in Atlanta, Georgia on December 2nd 1924. He...

luclatulippe — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:55:00 -0400

Jack Davis was born in Atlanta, Georgia on December 2nd 1924. He had his first piece of work published in Tip Top comics at the age of twelve in December 1936. In his teens he carried on working for different pubications, then in 1952 he became one of the founders of the well-known American humour magazine ‘Mad’. (via Voices Of East Anglia & hat-tip to Kevin Church!)

Ah, Mad Magazine’s Jack Davis! :)

And if you’re under 35 you may not know that at one time, movie posters were allowed to have word bubbles on them. According to this post, Davis was once the highest paid illustrator in the world. I don’t have proof to back that up, but am checking with Professor Peng.

“I KNOW THAT VOICE” is a new documentary on...

luclatulippe — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:12:00 -0400

“I KNOW THAT VOICE” is a new documentary on voice-over acting by John Di Maggio.

While I’m generally in the “don’t show me how the magic trick work because then you ruin the magic” camp when it comes to seeing behind-the-scenes anything in animation, I admit I laughed pretty hard when I watched Billy West as Dr Zoidberg say: “Young lady, bring me a sandwich from the dumpster.”

Also, June Foray is still alive?!

explore-blog: Maurice Sendak’s unreleased drawings

johnmartz — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:36:22 -0400

explore-blog:

Maurice Sendak’s unreleased drawings

wild thing by Fred Blunt on Flickr.

jaredchapman — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:08:51 -0400

wild thing by Fred Blunt on Flickr.

I’m remembering old-timey things today, like Letraset....

luclatulippe — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:22:38 -0400

I’m remembering old-timey things today, like Letraset. *sigh* Simpler times…

(via Scanning Around With Gene: When Letraset Was King | CreativePro.com)

Maurice Sendak on his life and work

johnmartz — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:19:07 -0400

I posted a YouTube video earlier today of Tell Them Anything You Want, a 40-minute documentary on Maurice Sendak who died earlier today. The video has been taken down, but not before I managed to transcribe the author and illustrator’s parting thoughts on his work and life:

I did some very good books, which mostly is an isolationist form of life – doing books, doing pictures. And it’s the only true happiness I’ve ever, ever enjoyed in my life. It’s sublime to just go into another room and make pictures. It’s magic time where all your weaknesses of character, and all blemishes of personality, and whatever else torments you fades away, just doesn’t matter.

You’re doing the one thing you want to do and you do it well, and you know you do it well, and you’re happy. The whole promise is to do the work, sitting down at a drawing table, turning on the radio. And I think, “what a transcendent life this is that I’m doing everything I want to do.”

At that moment I feel like I’m a lucky man. I’m trying very hard to concentrate on what is here, what I can see, what I can smell, what I can feel – making that the important business of life. Just looking out the window at the colours that I see, reading Charles Dickens at night for an hour, little rituals I have of listening to Mozart. I’m learning how not to take myself so seriously, that what I’m working on, what I’d like to work on, it’s not earthshakingly important anymore. I am not earthshakingly important.

So what am I saying? I’m just clearing the decks for a simple death. You’re done with your work, you’re done with your life. And your life was your work.

I think what I’ve offered was different. But not because I drew better than anybody, or wrote better than anybody, but because I was more honest than anybody. And in the discussion of children, and the lives of children, and the fantasies of children, and the language of children, I said anything I wanted, because I don’t believe in children. I don’t believe in childhood. I don’t believe there’s a demarcation of “you mustn’t tell them this, you mustn’t tell them that.” You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it’s true. If it’s true, you tell them.

I have adult thoughts in my head, experiences, but I’m never going to talk about them. I’m never going to write about that. Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don’t know. I don’t know. I guess that’s where my heart is.

TateShots: Maurice Sendak

johnmartz — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:38:56 -0400

TateShots: Maurice Sendak

RIP Maurice Sendak

johnmartz — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:29:57 -0400

RIP Maurice Sendak

(Why I Quit by Asaf Hanuka)

johnmartz — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:43:44 -0400

(Why I Quit by Asaf Hanuka)

Karen Klassen: Fever

luclatulippe — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:57:05 -0400

Karen Klassen: Fever

futurejournalismproject: Today’s Keith Haring Google Doodle.

luclatulippe — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:15:34 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

Today’s Keith Haring Google Doodle.

jockohomo: “Alan Belcher has produced new work for this...

luclatulippe — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:14:00 -0400

jockohomo:

“Alan Belcher has produced new work for this exhibition, a ceramic multiple edition. Known for his pioneering of the “photo-object_ genre (artworks which fused the disciplines of photography and sculpture); he has furthered that exploration with a multiple series of what can be seen as perhaps the ultimate “photo-object”. Belcher has taken the ephemeral nature of the universal jpeg, and solidified its default icon into a standard image surrogate. The edition entitled “______.jpg” was fabricated in China, is a series of 125 pieces each signed and dated.” 25 Years of Talent at Marianne Boesky Gallery, curated by Michelle Grabner May 2 - Jun 16, 2012.

EDIT: Here’s Alan Belcher’s profile at Saatchi Online.

I kinda want one of these. And I never would have been curious about this question until now, but: who took this photo originally, and who now owns the rights to it? (I assume Apple) But until it was made into an object like this, I never even thought twice about the image itself.

heyoscarwilde: Won’t you tell me how to get….? Sesame Street...

luclatulippe — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:10:38 -0400

heyoscarwilde:

Won’t you tell me how to get….?

Sesame Street illustrated by Glen Brogan :: via albinoraven7.blogspot.ca

Lovely!

If you’re a fan of the iOS (and now PC) game Sword &...

johnmartz — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:56:36 -0400

If you’re a fan of the iOS (and now PC) game Sword & Sworcery (and why wouldn’t you be?), you’ll be interested to know that the game makers at Capy and Superbrothers are inviting you to Create in the Key of #Sworcery:

BRIEF: create artwork, sounds & whatever else in the key of #sworcery

EVENT: jam alongside Superbrothers, Capy & Jim Guthrie on Friday, May 11th - 13th

DEADLINE: submit before the end of Sunday, May 13th 2012 & we’ll make some noise

Follow the official #Sworcery Tumblr to see/hear all the jams.

I got a press release in my inbox about the NFB’s...

johnmartz — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:15:05 -0400

I got a press release in my inbox about the NFB’s interactive film Bla Bla by Vincent Morisset winning some Webby awards, and while I usually trash press releases with extreme prejudice, and I think the Webby awards aren’t particularly noteworthy, I think Bla Bla is simply wonderful, and the kind of interactive art I can get behind. So it’s a good enough reason as any to bring the film to your attention if you haven’t experienced it yet.

It also makes a fine companion/chaser to playing Botanicula.

I recently played the heck out of Botanicula, the follow-up to...

johnmartz — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:05:44 -0400

I recently played the heck out of Botanicula, the follow-up to Amantia Design’s Machinarium (which may be my favourite game ever).

These are classic point-and-click puzzle adventures, with impeccable production design and perfectly realized little worlds. All gaming should be so pleasant and engrossing.

I got it has part of the Humble Bundle, which expires soon, but it’s a good way to get it cheap (pay what you want) and get some other beautifully illustrated/designed games (Machinarium included) and a movie thrown in for free.

beatonna: Man of A Thousand Voices: I’m watching this...

johnmartz — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:00:33 -0400

beatonna:

Man of A Thousand Voices: I’m watching this documentary on the legendary Mel Blanc.

katiecturner: printmag: Image of the Day: Katie...

luclatulippe — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:10:54 -0400

katiecturner:

printmag:

Image of the Day: Katie Turner illustrates “My Week With Marilyn” for The New Yorker. See more of her lovely work at her site.

awesome!

Lovely piece from Katie Turner.