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Awesome Hillmancurtis Video Portrait of Milton Glaser

Dash Snow's Final Piece — Faking His Own Death

I AM DAIN — World's OIdest Tagger

So I live in DUMBO Brooklyn, the graffiti capital of the world (no joke). Every major tagger posts here at one point or another, including top fame whores Shepard Fairey, BANKSY, Poster Boy, FAILE, etc. etc.

One of the guys whose work I see a lot is DAIN. His stuff is weird, but pretty cool. I've always assumed he was some young French dude (no idea why I thought that). Anywyay, turns out I was way wrong. DAIN's like a million years old (watch the vid) and he's still hitting it hard. The guy's my new hero. (DAIN photos are by Josh Derr) and most of this info was swiped over at dumbonyc.com.

 

The New York Times Illustration Pool

One of my "bucket list" items is to someday get an illustration published in the NY Times (before they go out of business). To this end, I have sent multiple illustration postcards to the various Art Directors there (to no avail). So if someone could please take a moment to explain to me why they continue to use illustrators like this, I'd really appreciate it, as I cannot look at this "linework" without getting nauseous.

Tonci Zonjic — Sketch to Finish

Alex Toth is one of the greats. Tonci Zonjic clearly agrees, This kid from Zagreb, Croatia can draw and ink his face off!

Jib Jab Has Taken It To a Whole New Level

These are the same guys that used to make those goofy FLASH animations, right? Now they work with members of the the Foo Fighters on totally kick-ass Barack Obama superhero movies? See how they do it on their awesome Production BLOG.

Daybreakers Lame Movie Poster

More like, Gaybreakers. See what I did there ... Anyway, this poster is a boring rip off of the awesome 30 Days of Night posters from a few years back. L-A-M-E.

PIXAR, How They Do It — The Color Script

Anytime folks talk about PIXAR, the question that inevitably arises is ... "how the heck do they do it?" How do they create "magic" every -- single -- time? For a glimmer of insight, we might look to their meticulous planning and plotting. Check out PIXAR artist Lou Romano's "color script", which beautifully illustrates the story arc and emotions of "Up" in simple, wonderful static renderings. We start out with black and white newsreel footage (to establish the time frame)  ... then we go to the vibrant, hope-filled color of love, and a life shared ... then to the bleak monochrome of a life alone ... and finally, to the joyous color of adventure, discovery and rebirth.

This gives us some real insight into the ambition of a shop like PIXAR. They're not just going to take you from point A.to point B. (An old guys house to an exotic South American Jungle). They're going to take you on an emotional voyage. And one of the tools they employ to create this immersive experience, is the color spectrum. Good stuff.

The Good Fight

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
— Ellen Goodman

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
— Samuel Butler

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
— Ray Bradbury

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
— Ross Perot

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
— Calvin Coolidge

People spend so much time focusing on rescuing the princess, they forget how much fun it is to fight the dragon.
— Simon Pegg & Nick Frost

Cool Jim Stoten Timelapse Drawing

Swiped over at Doodlers Anonymous.