Empire State of Mind

"Empire State of Mind" Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys, directed by Hype Williams.

Basement Jaxx Feat. Lightspeed Champion

Video for 'My Turn' by Basement Jaxx directed by Tomek Ducki and featuring Dev 'Lightspeed Champion' Hynes. The visuals are amazing, must watch video.

Esquire Magazine 3-D

Esquire Magazine's December cover will be printed in 3-D animation! Called "augmented reality" the reader will "hold the issue in front of a webcam, and an on-screen image of the magazine pops to life, letters flying off the cover. Shift and tilt the magazine, and the animation on the screen moves accordingly." (AP Press) This innovative technique shows how technology can be intertwined with print in an age when the internet has taken over traditional print mediums. Though most importantly this illustrates how art, advertising and design should evolve with the ever changing technology of today. The issue will be available nationally on November 16th, images of the issue will be posted when released/leaked!

Interconnect

New Chris Brown

Despite the opinions you may have of Chris Brown, his new video is pretty amazing. Directed by Joseph Kahn.

Cameras of Tomorrow

Canon 5DmkII 24p by Philip Bloom. Fascinating to see how beautiful videos can be made with "regular" cameras.

Fresh Sketches

Lady Gaga x Kathryn Ferguson

Dazed Digital exclusively premieres an inspiring collaboration between Lady GaGa and fashion filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson, displaying a very different side to this year's most exhilarating pop phenomenon. Shot during rehearsals for her London shows, this intimate short film showcases Gaga's love of some of fashion's most pioneering names, as well as a show-stopping piano composition created by Gaga uniquely for this collaboration. - via Dazed Digital

GQ Italia

For GQ Italia's 10th Anniversary issue editor Michele Lupi selected 10 prominent graphic designers to create the cover. The theme is "10 years of men, stories, adventures and style".




Leonardo Sonnoli




Neville Brody




Ken Barber, Experimental Jetset

Where The Wild Things Are

Got inspired after watching Where the Wild Things Are. Spike Jonze is an incredible director, visionary and artist.

Phobias

Fear of insects or bugs.

Exploring the idea of phobias through a series of abstract illustrations. The idea of different psychological connections between the "fear of" and the "image of" specific phobias.

A phobia, is an irrational, intense, persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, or people. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject. When the fear is beyond one's control, and if the fear is interfering with daily life, then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made.

The Rorschach Inkblot test is a psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex scientifically derived algorithms, or both. Some psychologists use this test to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning. It has been employed to detect an underlying thought disorder, especially in cases where patients are reluctant to describe their thinking processes openly.

Consumption

Robin Rhode x Leif Ove Andsnes

Berlin-based visual artist, Robin Rhode, and Grammy Award-winning Norwegian pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes, will collaborate in an exhibition to intertwine art and music.

"Leif Ove will be performing the piano recital, while Rhode has made a series of films that are to be are projected on screens behind the piano in an attempt to recreate the experience of looking at paintings while listening to Mussorgsky’s epic piano suite." via Yatzer

Rhode's visual imagery coincides with Mussorgsky's themes of self-realization, loss and rememberence. This beautiful collaboration between visual and audio performance highlights the emotional interconnectedness within all forms of art.








In another piece with Rhode and Andsnes called Chalk Piano, Rhode mimics the rhythms of the piano keys. Chalk Piano explores "the possibility of the piano as an instrument that could compose a picture, in this case with chalk if your imagination allows it to."

Typophile Film Festival

In a one hour selection, the Typophile Film Festival exhibits typographic films from all around the world including Argentina, The Netherlands, Russia and the United States.

This year, these opening credits "show how our five senses contribute and enhance our creativity".

Lincoln

Draw

What wisdom is there in solitude?

Trying to experiment with composition and perspective to make my sketches and overall works more interesting. Also playing with negative and positive space.

Pop Life - Art in a Material World

"Andy Warhol claimed "Good business is the best art." Tate Modern brings together artists from the 1980s onwards who have embraced commerce and the mass media to build their own 'brands'. Pop Life includes Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and more."
- The Observer





Showcasing from 1 October 2009 – 17 January 2010.

Jesus as a Rockstar

Check out this video, Jesus 2000, made in Adobe Flash and After Effects by Whizzdesign.

Mac N Cheesy

Sorry for the lack of updates. Finally got my sketchbook back yesterday! Ill be posting more sketches soon since I'm really happy to have it back. In the meantime here is a sketch from today.





Also changed the background color from white to black. It is much easier to view my work with a darker background. Trying this out for now.

Yayoi Kusama