Monday, June 12, 2017

Featured Site: Colormind & Fontjoy

"Colormind is a color scheme generator that uses deep learning. It can learn color styles from photographs, movies, and popular art."
Colormind and Fontjoy are a new set of sites custom taylored to goose the creative juices of graphic designers.  Both sites are powered by "neural nets" developed by one Jack Qiao.  One suggests unique pairings of fonts for your typography project.  The other suggests unique palettes.  They a huge help when you're experiencing creative writer's block or just new to graphic design.

Colormind generates five-color palettes with the click of a mouse using data drawn from Adobe Color.  Meanwhile, FontJoy analyzes letterforms to "systematically find fonts that share similarities but contrast in a key way" to match typefaces.  Yes, you might know that using a serif for a header with sans serifs for a subhead creates an eye-drawing visual contrast, but FontJoy goes deeper than that.  Fonts  chosen by this site might share a weight, slant, or other quality that makes them the perfect pair.

Both Colormind and Fontjoy are free to use.  Of course, whether or not you find them useful is another question entirely.


Sci-Fi Round-Up: June 12, 2017



Interviews

Doctor Who Showrunner Defends Not Casting A Female Doctor Via
Handmaid’s Tale Costume Designer On The Power Inherent To Costumes
It Comes at Night Director Trey Edward Shults on How The Shining Inspired His Nightmare
John Chu Talks Cybernetics, Short Fiction, and Sci-Fi
Produced By: 'Stranger Things,' 'Arrival' Producers on Giving Voice to Talent
Sci-Fi Author Dan Koboldt Talks About 'Okja' and the Future of Genetics

News

Adam West dies From Cancer At Age 88
Bat Signal Launched In Charleston After Death Of Adam West
Bethesda At E3 2017: The 4 Most Important Announcements
Dark Universe's First Hurdle: The Mummy Box Office Tanks
Doctor Who: The New Doctor Has Reportedly Been Cast
E3 2017:Star Warsbattlefront 2's Multiplayer Class System Is Just ...
Force Strong At Skellig Michael With Invasion Of Star Wars fans
Lots of celebrities would like to board Star Trek: Discovery
Luke Skywalker's Original Lightsaber Is Up For Sale
Michael Bay Wants An R-Rated Transformers
Naomi Alderman's dystopian novel The Power wins 2017 Baileys Prize
Sense8 Fans Start Petition To Save The Series
Snowpiercer TV Show Casts Jennifer Connelly
Visceral Games' 'Star Wars' Absence At E3 Had Fans On A Meltdown
We need to talk about Doctor Who and disability
You Can Buy Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber

Link Round-Up: June 12, 2017




At Ai Weiwei’s Unnerving New Installation, The Art Spies On You

Check out the gorgeous concept art detailing the ‘No Man’s Land’ sequence from Wonder Woman.

The Cosplay of Geekulture Lanaudière: When Geekery Meets Family Fun

Fallout Pip-Boy PS4 Controller: Live in Your World, Play in Our Wasteland

The Free Library of 3D Printable Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures is Now Complete!

How to Clean a Dusty Picasso at MoMA: Use Your Spit

Redditors design worst volume sliders possible

ScreenRant has released a video called "10 Marvel Fan Theories That Will Freak You Out", and while I don't think they will freak you out, they are intriguing.

Sculpting with Books to Make Abstract Art

Yeah, sure, cellular automata are pretty great, whatever. Wait! Let's knit them on scarves! Yeah. Yeah, that's the--WAIT! I've got it! Let's plaster 'em all over a goddam train station!


Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Humor: Windows being Windows



Damn it Windows, does killing always need to be option one?


Humor: Useless They Said


Useless They Said
Source: Imgur

I'd love to see a story arc where Aqua Man was the villain.


Infographic: Tabletop Whale


"Landmarks on Venus are named after famous women or goddesses. I made a map introducing the woman behind each name. You can find the full-size map here."
At Tabletop Whale, graphic designer and molecular biologist Eleanor Lutz showcases her scientific infographics, illustrations and drawings. Examples include virus trading cards, colorful butterflies of North America, immunology pop art and a user's guide to muscles.

Lutz's work has been featured all over the internet, including in an interview for Paste Magazine and an article for Wired.  She also has a Tumblr devoted to her work.  Check out some of the highlights from her galleries at the links below:

Animal Kingdom

Astronomy

Sci-Fi Round-Up: June 7, 2017


"True Heroes" by Rio de Janeiro-based Daniel Lustosa

Interviews

John Cameron Mitchell Doesn'T Care If You Hate His Alien Punkmovie: "How to Talk to Girls at Parties to be the favorite film of some 15-year-old girl. Thank fuck for that, because the middle-aged white male critics hated it."
Life On Mars With Mark Gardner And John J. Rust
Thandie Newton: Shooting ‘Westworld’ Nude Scenes Felt Like Having a Baby

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