Art Resources

Friday, December 31, 2010

Posters: Star Wars Posters



Tyler Stout created a mind-blowing poster for each of the three Star Wars films, plus several variants. The main editions are 24″ x 36″ screenprints, have editions of 850, and will cost $50 each. The variants have editions of 275 and will cost $100.


They go on sale at Mondo Friday 12/31.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Link Round-Up: December 30, 2010

See more custom vinyl sculptures at Kodykoala's Photostream

ChimeraDragonfang created a Star Wars Snowflake out of paper that includes TIE and E-Wing fights

Download some cool Disney 3D Tron Light Cycle Papercraft Templates.

Download the Android paper toy here.

Graphic Designer Kristen Waterman created this Super Nintendo console cake

Posters: Tron City

Tron City by Edwin Urena

You can buy copies of this poster from Society6 for $26 - $50,
depending on the size you order (17, 22, or 28 -inch).

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Video: 450-Page Google Docs Presentation



The video above was created over 3 days by 3 animators across 450 pages. No animation software was used whatsoever, just Google Docs’ presentation app. As proof, you can actually view the original presentation, but be warned, it's a huge file.

This is the most glorious waste of time that I have ever witnessed involving productivity software. Bravo! I am officially a Google Docs user for life.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Link Round-Up: December 28, 2010


40,000-year-old rock paintings are alive. "These organisms are alive and could have replenished themselves over endless millennia to explain the freshness of the paintings' appearance," Professor Pettigrew told BBC News.

Artist Cheong-ah Hwang creates amazing sculptures in layers of paper, including Alice in Wonderland, Comic book superheroes, and Star Wars.

Atlantis – An Inconvenient Truth is a gorgeous short film created for the CGSociety's Steampunk Challenge.

There's no better to ring in the New Year than with a  carved Cthulhu idol of your own.

Mash-Up: Dalek / Hello Kitty



 If you enjoy Hello Kitty mash-ups, then you have to see Yodaflicker's Photostream.  He has an enormous collection of the things, and they're all original.  Check out some of them below.

Video: Speed Painting Avatar


Like many people, Peter Ammentorp began wondering what he would look like if he were Na'vi, the sapient humanoid indigenous inhabitants of Pandora in the movie Avatar.

Out came the laptop, and under the power of Photoshop, Ammentorp was transformed from human to Na'vi in no time.  I know that there are many online applications out there that will do something similar to an uploaded photograph, but they don't produce results like this.  Those online utilities tend to produce something that comes across like demented Smurfs.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Friday, December 24, 2010

Quick Pic: Pac-Man Pyramid Tree


"Geek Christmas" by Dragon Caiman

Now that's a Christmas tree!
Photographed in El Viso, Madrid, Spain. 

Quick Pic: Shopping Cart Christmas Tree


“The shopping cart tree symbolizes both generosity and abundance, as well as acknowledging those less fortunate where their whole world may be housed in a cart. We see shopping carts every day and take them for granted. Individually the beauty of an everyday object may become invisible, but in quantity you can’t miss it,” says Anthony Schmitt of his design.

The 2010 tree is made out of mostly full size carts with some smaller versions at the top to create a forced perspective of height. The carts are supported by an internal structure that remains nearly invisible, allowing the carts to seem like they were merely stacked atop one another and left in that perilous formation.

Source: Recyclart.org

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Seasons Greetings: Have a Hell of a Christmas!


Hellboy as Santa Claus by Mike Mignola
1998 Dark Horse Comics Christmas Card
Scanned from The Art of Hellboy (2003)

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010

Humor: Gingerbread Men


Three beamed down, none beamed back. Gotta love those red shirts.
Source: FoxTrot

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Video: Doodling in Math Class



Vi Hart whets her audience's appetite for math trivia while at the same time offering a double helping of math class humor. Vi calls herself "a recreational mathemusician." She talks faster than a machine gun, loves math, and draws like a dream. Her newest video: "Doodling in Math Class: Snakes + Graphs" is eye-popping.

If you like the video, make sure you watch Vi Hart's other videos, "Doodling Binary Trees" and "Doodling Stars."

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Gallery: Monsterous Gingerbread Houses


I have nightmares about my dessert biting back that start something like this. These monstrous gingerbread house is the creation of German Kaiju artist Paul Kaiju. Paul has been doing these for a few years now, and each one is more incredible than the next. Not only are they fun to look, they're also completely edible.

Season's Geetings: Happy Holiday

Wait. Is The Thing really Jewish?
Either way, Merry Christmas!
Source: VickyTremor

Friday, December 17, 2010

Posters: Tron and Tron Legacy


These posters from artist Eric Tan are 16" x 24" screen prints featuring glow in the dark inks. Each one is hand numbered, and only 240 of each print will be available. Price: $40 each

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Humor: Kingdom Hearts Cross-Over

via Tumblr

You know, the longer I think about Disney's acquisition of Marvel, the worse it seems to me.  The two brands don't exactly mesh well.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Merchandise: Time Travel Holiday Cards


Echo Park Time Travel Mart holiday cards by Keith Scharwath are now on sale at 826la.org in boxes of ten, or boxes of ten for $19.99.

Poster: Tron Legacy


"I was fed up of seeing so much slick and glossy poster versions of the forthcoming Tron sequel that I felt like doing a "dirty" version. I tried to make it look like an old style movie poster complete with fold marks and coffee stains!"

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Link Round-Up: December 9, 2010

"Christmas Yoda" by Tsuneo Sanda

The anatomy of the Pilsbury Dough Boy

David Lanham has posted some kick-ass steampunk desktop icons

How to Draw Domokun in Six Easy Steps

Skylines made with old computer parts

Thomas Perkins' Lunch Bag Blog features some really elaborate brown bag doodles.

Posters: Superhero Travel Posters


Created by Justin Van Genderen, the collection includes minimalist yet somehow lavish and iconic representations of Batman's hometown of Gotham City, Superman's beloved Metropolis, two versions of Marvel's New York featuring the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, and, most impressively, a lovely look at Neo-Tokyo from Akira.

All of Genderen's beautiful posters are available for purchase at ImageKind ($18), and you can see the collection right here after the jump.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Crafts: Tardis Quilt

Tardis Quilt by Craftster user Gatheredthreads

I made two of these pretties. One for sloth003 in the stocking swap, and one for my DH's community workshop classroom.

The technique I settled on was to choose the fabrics for the ground, water, and sky, scan them in to the computer, and piece them there for the background. Then I created the tardis graphic and the building, then printed it on fabric with Bubble Jet Set.

Then the quilt has an LED embedded in it that fades in and out behind the beacon (it's brighter in person).

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Link Round-Up: December 1, 2010


300&65 Ampersands is a Tumblr blog celebrating the beauty of the ampersand.

35 Entertaining 404 Error Pages

CoolVibe offers this layer-by-layer examination of how a Starcraft Terran Medic is illustrated.

DP Shot has posted 35 Jaw-Dropping Examples of High Speed Photography

Staggering Cache Of Picassos Turns Up In France. A retired French electrician and his wife say they stashed 271 pieces of never-before-seen works estimated to be worth at least $80 million in their garage. The works are believed to be authentic, but it's not quite clear how they came to be in the couple's possession.  Pierre Le Guennec, 71, reportedly says Picasso gave him the works as gifts, raising the central question of this story: why don't I get gifts like this?

Monday, November 29, 2010

Link Round-Up: November 29, 2010


Dean Lord took 2,050 layers of text and created this amazing Zero Wing typographic poster. Check out the Detailed Shot for other video game references. Leeroy Jenkins even made it into the design.

DP Shots has a gallery of 50 Beautiful Examples of Conceptual Photography.

Get your own Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer tribute in the form of an (adorable) Munny at FPlus.

Ninjabread Cookies

Sanstrooper by Fabian Glez is a typographic Storm Trooper.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Link Round-Up: November 25, 2010


Everyone's favorite scene from The Exorcist re-enacted in Crocheted glory

Fandomania offers this gallery of Hermione Granger fan art from Deviant Art.

National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010

Steve Dressler has created an adorable Hello Kitty / Conan O'Brien mash-up dubbed "Hello CoCo"

WalYou has posted photos of an amazing Alice in Wonderland Birthday Cake.

Merchandise: Star Wars Epic Wall Art


ThinkGeek is selling this massive Star Wars Epic Wall Art poster that measures 10.5 feet by 6 fee for the low, low bargain price of $148.99. It comes in prepasted sheets that you just wet and roll onto the wall. 

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Posters: Star Wars Minimalist Mash-Ups

A collection of Star Wars mash-ups by Matt Ranzetta

Also, don't miss the fifth poster, "Rebel without a Cause"

Link Round-Up: November 24, 2010


Ashley Stoddard has posted a gallery of The Subtle Knife fan art. [Part 2]

Bill Amend of FoxTrot fame is standing in for Randall Munroe this week over at XKCD.

Comic Alliance has posted a gallery of Hello Kitty Mash-Ups. Turns out, Hello Kitty makes even Iron Man and Judge Dredd look cute.

CosGeek has been posting galleries of Harry Potter Tattoos to celebrate the release of the latest movie: Dark Mark Tattoos, Deathly Hallows Tattoos, Harry Potter Quote Tattoos, Harry Potter Spell Tattoos, and Harry Potter Tattoos.

It turns out that Most Disney Drawings on eBay are FORGERIES!