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Beautiful Animation on Life and Death

The Boundaries of Life and Death

by Saskia Kretzschmann

Hello folks! Hope all is well with each of you. Sorry for my absence, but I've had a lot of Halloween stuff to do, especially with this past weekend's trip to the Canadian Haunted Attractions Conference, and some prop building projects I'll share with you soon.

In the meantime, here's a very short but gorgeous piece of animation by Saskia Kretzschmann that you simply must see. Saskia's use of only solid black and white, (no gray gradients) is an extremely challenging way to do animation, because at every moment composition is vitally important, and yet she seems to have mastered the technique. I'll let her describe it herself after sharing the quote that inspited her.

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Tagged Animation Art Short Film

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Wonderful Drawings by Dmitry Ligay

When I was a kid I used to draw all the time, and naturally everybody encouraged me to pursue it as a career. "Nah", I'd say. "Drawing comics might be cool, but it'd probably stop being fun and just feel like work."

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Tagged Art Illustration

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The Blog Turns Two!

Nobody has suggested that March 26th become a national holiday as a result, but it is the birthday of this blog. The following is a brief history of how this site came to be, and what's happened since; along with a few thoughts on where it's going. I apologize if it all seems a little masturbatory, but I wanted to mark the event with at least a smidgen of reflection. You'll notice a number of links throughout, most of which point to articles I've written in the past. Sort of like a sit-com clip show, get it?

On finding your voice

So I've been at this blogging business for a couple of years now, and while I can't be sure what sensation the experience has left in your mouths, at least personally, I think I've acquired a taste for it.

This blog began on March 26th, 2010 with a completely innocuous post, (image below) and no particular agenda in mind. At the time Posterous was a brand-new service, designed more for sharing pictures and video rather than blogging, so I thought I'd give it a test run. There was no custom URL, no title, and no theme. Yet hiding somewhere were the seeds of what the site would eventually become.

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Tagged Animation Art Atheism Pseudoscience Religion Science Skepticism

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Artforms of Nature

Sorry I haven't been around folks. I'm sure it's been an emptier internet without me, right guys? Guys?

I'll fall back on the work excuse, and leave it at that. However I wanted to whip a little content at you fine people, lest you go find some other blog written by a fat know-it-all. Can't have that.

Although I have to be brief with the words today, I'm compensating by offering a whole heap of pictures. These are illustrations from Kunstformen der Natur (Artforms of Nature), a lithographic book by German biologist Ernst Haeckel. Originally published in sets up until 1904, it came with about 100 illustrations based on his sketches.

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Tagged Art Biology Illustration Nature

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Amazing Caricatures by Stanley Chow

Famous faces, by one seriously talented illustrator

Once again, I'm writing about stars, except this time they're made up of more carbon than hydrogen.

That's because 'stars' are the artistic focus of today's illustrator, über-talented Stanley Chow. When looking below, you'll notice that Stanley obviously likes drawing celebrities; and even though I don't normally pay attention to Hollywood's jet-set, Stanley's work creates an opportunity for a fun game of "name that face".

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Tagged Art Celebrity Illustration

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More Great Sci-fi Concept Art

Video-Game Concept Art
by Andrea Bianco

I have to admit that I stole the idea to feature Andrea Bianco from the official Posterous blog, but since I've been featuring so many awesome science-fiction artists over the past little while, I thought it appropriate to do some thieving.

To read some of his thoughts on this work, please read that piece here. However I was so enamoured with Andrea's art that I wanted to show more of it than they did, and if you look below, that's just what I've done. Most of this work is concept art for video game design, which seems to be the great new avenue for sci-fi sensibilities in modern culture.

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Tagged Art Concept Art Illustration Painting Science Fiction

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Excellent Sci-Fantasy Illustrations

Fantasy Scenes
by Yap Kun Rong

Here's a look at another great sci-fi illustrator and painter, Yap Kun Rong. I really love the style, and how he isn't afraid of using lots of colour in his work. Not everything in science fiction has to look like Bladerunner, and Kunrong obviously doesn't mind bringing a little bit of an optimistic, cartoony palette to bear on the genre. (although there's some darker stuff mixed in as well)

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Tagged Art Fantasy Illustration Science Fiction

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Death and Jules Verne

Some more work today by graphic designer/artist Justin Mezzell, who I've profiled before. I find the following work mesmerizing, but unfortunately don't have a lot of time to describe it. Therefore I'll let Justin take it away himself.

Enjoy!

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Tagged Art Design Science Fiction

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Concept Art with a Sci-Fi Twist

Today's featured artist is tremendously gifted, and obviously prolific. Simon Weaner is a concept artist and matte painter from Quebec City, and his portfolio contains a large body of simply beautiful work. Only a couple of years out of school, Simon's collection of digital paintings, along with his level of talent, simply floors me.

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Tagged Art Digital Painting Painting Science Fiction