Andy Warhol would be 83 today if still alive

Illustrator Matthias Lechner

http://www.matthiaslechner.com/index.html

Inspiration image for Aliens Among Us

Vimeo explorations

It is late July 2011 have had a lot of fun this summer and some frustrating times with stupid office poiltics

http://theblocked.tumblr.com/

 Small compilation of interesting sites ...this is one of the links that appears on Vimeo

The Holy Chicken of Life & Music, Christmas Greetings from NOMINT on Vimeo.
www.theholychicken.com

NOMINT and the Holy Chicken wish you a Merry Christmas and a Merrier New Year!
Watch the short film “Holy Chicken of Life and Music” here: http://vimeo.com/13781357

www.nomint.gr
facebook.com/​nomint

There is also this one:

Inside_Out from Eran Hilleli on Vimeo.
http://eranhilleli.com

I also came across this funny video for skittles, which I think is hilarious and not associated with Skittles:

Skittles - Newlyweds - Dir. Cousins [Not affiliated with Wrigley or Skittles. Contains explicit content not suitable for minors] from Cousins on Vimeo.
The sweetest honeymoon ever.

http://www.sharetherainbows.com
http://stepcousins.com/

contact us: cousins@stepcousins.com


Director: Cousins
Producer: Kali Erin Niemann
Director of Photography: Greg Ephraim
Stylist: Heather Lake
Make-Up: Kristen Browning
Assistant Camera/Gaffer: Raul Gonzo
Copywirter: Jordan Sharon
Editor: Keith Hamm
Telecine: Clark Muller
Sound Designer: Ian Vargo
Audio Mixer: Matt Miller
Voiceover Talent: Austin Horton

Bride: Ashley Martin
Groom: Austin Scott

Drawings and posts - January 14, 2011

Interesting that I have not made many entries lately and in reflection my very first entry was Pittsburgh's football team entering in the NFL playoffs and as I try to catch up to blogging they, The Steelers, are once again entered into the playoffs. Not so outstanding , simply coincidental.

I made this drawing in repsonse to a great victory game that allows the Steelers to advance to the AFC playoffs. It was Saturday and they played the Baltimore Ravens.

Final score Steelers 31 - Ravens 24

Ryan Woodward animation on Vimeo

Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

Very nice animation. There are others to view on the Vimeo page where this is posted. Also a behind the scenes/making of Thought of You. Ryan does storyboards for  Hollywood and explains the thinking behind producing Thought of You.

His website is pretty nice; check it out http://ryanwoodwardart.com/ .

Sistine Chapel

Interactive view of the Sistine Chapel. Posted it this morning on Facebook. I like it because you can zoom in to view some of the frescoes.

There are a number of sites on the internet, by posting the particular link I am not saying that this is the best web page for the Sistine Chapel - I SumbledUpon it and liked this particular one.

The Sistine Chapel is part of the Vatican Museums. You can visit this site: http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html for their interactive pages. I don't find them very clear and the interactive Flash program is not a hiRes image.

The ceiling and the Last Judgment, I believe, is the only portion done by my hero Michelangleo.

The rest of the frescoes were done by a number of different artist. The wall paintings were executed by Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli, Luca Signorelli and their respective workshops, which included Pinturicchio, Piero di Cosimo and Bartolomeo della Gatta. The ceiling was originally frescoed by Piero Matteo d'Amelia with a star-spangled sky.


Michelangelo worked from roughly 1508 - 1512 painting the celing and wall.

Merry Christmas 2010
Overall it has been a good year for me personally. I feel good about the year. Yes, I could have been much more productive, but I am happy with the drawings I produced. I am very happy with finally purchasing my Olympus Pen camera. Additionaly I bought Mary a laptop as a Christmas gift. Initially was was mad at me because she did not buy me anything, but she ( I can tell ) is very happy to have her own laptopn to surf the news and whatever mischief she gets into.

The image above is from and ad from an ad company. The parent company is the Publicis Groupe and the ad above is from the Singapore office - Publicis. Their credentials are pretty inpressive and I think they would be cool to work for - That being said.. I loved the image and thought it was a great way to say I love colored pencils and Merry Christmas in the same breath / image.

2011 is going to be a great year. ..much more to come.

Alvaro Sanchez-Montanes

Quite amazing photography. Not only this particular series, but his landscape and his street scenes are stunning.

Please visit his site and judge for your self.

http://www.alvarosh.es/


Photographer Alvaro Sanchez-Montanes heard about an amazing phenomenon on Namib where the desert has invaded some of the abandoned houses in the mining town. The photographer went over to see what these houses actually looked like and the extent of the indoor deserts.
Alvaro Sanchez-Montanes found “the beauty in the abandoned, of the useless, of the time passing by.” The photographs he took to document the occurrence are surreal.
Quoted from Trendhunter

Nuit Blanche

Vimeo

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

www.vimeo.com/9078364

Beautiful on Vimeo - A fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their fantasy in hyper real slow mo effects.

I tried to embed the video, but failed. Beautifully executed short film.

June 2010

I need to just check in here. It has been nearly a full six months since I posted anything. Everything is going great.

I have to post a picture of my dog. She has been a part of my life, and my family's, for fifteen years. It has been a week since we took her to the vet. She was sick all weekend and simply would not get up, all she did was lay on the floor - such a sweet dog. It broke our heart. The vet told us we can run additional tests and do extensive blood work, but she simply was old and in a lot of pain. I had to make the ultimate decision to have her put to sleep. My son Nick and I cried and agreed that it was the best thing. We called Mary, my wife , and she supported the decision. Nick and I stayed by Zoe's side as the doctor helped her to fall asleep. We cried more and then took her home in a simple, white cardboard box and buried her in the back part of our garden. The people at the vet drew a little red heart on the box for us. My three kids that grew up with Zoe were all there. It was one of the sadest things the five of us have gone through.