"What do Game of Thrones' Dothraki, Avatar's Na'vi, Star Trek's Klingon and LOTR's Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy constructed languages, or conlangs. Conlangs have all the delicious complexities of real languages: a high volume of words, grammar rules, and room for messiness and evolution. John McWhorter explains why these invented languages captivate fans long past the rolling credits."
"Buck is an ordinary guy. Well, if you accept the "deer head" thing. Today, Buck is going to spend the afternoon with his girlfriend who's so happy to see him (she's pretty much happy all the time). But when Buck finds out that her father is not the tolerant and sympathetic guy he expected, the Sunday afternoon turns really bad. Really bad. Like baaaaaaad bad."
"With Breaking Bad coming to a close tonight, I wanted to finally give my painting of Jesse “Bitch”, its Walter White companion piece."
"Did this as the live demo for my Digital Illustration students. One of them requested Khaleesi as the subject."
"Marvel and DC look towards IDW, Boomstudios, Dark Horse and Image Comics for their talent. They do that because there is no hiding when a creator can’t keep their deadlines or has an emotional meltdown … If you want to draw something in particular, you’re going to have to do some samples of that character. You can always get more eyeballs on your pages by doing mash-ups where characters meet who couldn’t in their own books. Have Batman meet the new Sherlock. Draw how you would imagine the Justice League would look in J. R. Tolkien’s world. Have Blade and Buffy team up against the Twilight characters."He had me at "Blade and Buffy team up against the Twilight characters," but the whole article is a good read. Meanwhile, if you're not reading Weirding Willow, you should check out the preview panels in Elliot's DeviantArt gallery.
"Box explores the synthesis of real and digital space through projection-mapping onto moving surfaces. The short film documents a live performance, captured entirely in camera."
"Here is a very creative and heart warming short imagined and created by the talented team of Alyse Miller & Phillip Simon using Autodesk Maya, Pixar Renderman, Nuke, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, and 3D Paint Coat."
"As thing don't go according to plan, a grandfather cloud-maker and his grandson learn that good ideas come from happy accidents."
"The DNA bookcase is an unconventional bookcase with spiraling shelves. It has a twisted form with the 13 shelves positioned at different angles and each can easily hold DVDs, CDs, books and other items. It is constructed completely from steel and has a white or black painted steel finish."
"I really started because honestly, I didn’t have any paper around. I was drawing a lot in class, and people began to notice … I’m just really pale and my skin is almost equivalent to paper."
"I was able to get a pair of tickets to Comic Con this year and so I wanted to have some new concept art in my portfolio. I had never done busts before. I've always drawn full length characters. I was able to crank out 9 busts on a single page in a few hours. It was fun! A great way to crank out a bunch of characters and let those juices flow! I plan on doing 20 monsters and 20 sci-fi busts in the future. I wanted to start at the basic human character level.
"Sydney-born designer Dave Foster speaks about his time in The Netherlands further his craft of typography design. Winner of the Design NSW Travelling Scholarship, Dave studied Typography at the Royal Academy of Art.
This session of Live at The Distillery was held on 14 March 2013, to an audience of around 100 guests."
"1700's Caribbean. When Assassin Edward Kenway stumbles upon a robbery in progress he has only a split second to make his killer move. Watch the action of Assassin's Creed from a whole new perspective."
"This is a passion project, set in an alternate present day, people with super abilities known as "genesis subjects" are hunted down by the government as a larger political debate is happening worldwide. When a "hunter" comes face to face with an old friend who refuses to go quietly into the night, he's faced with his toughest mission yet. Discovering that he may just be a pawn in a much larger game. This is a gritty take on a world filled with people with super abilities. No costumes. No capes. Just a simple question… if someone you knew had special powers, does that mean that they still have the same rights as everyone else?"
"In the near future when water is scarce, Shin and Myra, two orphans following in their scientist father's footsteps, develop a technology that could turn the tides of time and heal the earth. But when dark forces kidnap them in an attempt to steal their father's invention, the device is mistakenly activated and a mysterious power unleashed. While trying to escape their captors, they are magically transported on a voyage out of this world."
"Inspired by Wong Kar Wai's "The Grandmaster", this animated series will take you through key martial art styles that defined China and the world of kung fu."
