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Digital Prints of Still-Lifes Created from Nintendo Cartridges and Action Figures

by Evan Leek|on August 23, 2011 |in arts |tagged , , , |Leave a comment

I have been blogging lately on artwork derived from 1980′s and 1990′s pop culture with a sense of nostalgia … and this post is no different. Something about seeing artists rework images of my childhood into new art forms has me completely entranced today.

I am not saying I am rushing out the door to buy one of these original prints by Robot Rumpus, but I do think they are pretty cool. I mean, what captures a boy who grew up in the 80′s more than Nintendo game cartridges and action figures. Everyone had at least one of each.

What these prints capture is the desire, in my opinion, by those of us who grew up with subjects of these still-lifes, to be able to view them in a sophisticated context.


Permalink to Georges Seurat-esque Paintings by an Arduino-Controlled Robot

Georges Seurat-esque Paintings by an Arduino-Controlled Robot

by Evan Leek|on August 9, 2011 |in arts |tagged , , , |Leave a comment

My point of contention with the FastCoDesign article about this pointillist-painting robot is that the work it produces is much more in the vein of Lichtenstein’s pop art explorations than Seurat.

Secondly, in direct opposition to the above statement, is that the “printing” process is probably as close to pointillism as you can get.

According to FastCoDesign: “The Arduino-controlled Time Print Machine uses an algorithm to “paint” images — portraits, still lives, you name it — out of nothing but splotches of ink. Equipped with a felt pen and blotting paper, it works like a CNC-milling machine. Program the machine to render a digital image, and the pen starts stabbing at the paper, varying the amount of time it spends on each dot according to the gray value of the respective pixel; the more time allotted, the more the ink bleeds, and the thicker the dot.”

See the robot in action below

time print machine from paul F on Vimeo.

Arduino-Controlled Robot Paints Seurat Paintings

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Game Of Thrones Coming to a Comic Book Store Near You

by Evan Leek|on August 4, 2011 |in comics |tagged , , , |Leave a comment

As stated in previous posts, I am unashamed in my love of comic books. It never ceases to amaze me how writers, drafters, inkers and editors come together and produce a cohesive series of boxes and bubbles.

Perhaps late on the train, I have quickly become a disciple of the George R.R. Martin epic, A Song of Ice and Fire and the subsequent Game of Thrones series on HBO. I was also pleased to hear that the first book by the same name will be making its comic book debut soon.

According to an MTV Geek interview with novelist Daniel Abraham: “Apart from it being literally the signature epic fantasy of the generation, which I think commands a certain respect whatever else about the project appeals, George is an amazing writer. The experience of sitting down with A Game of Thrones and falling into that world was so powerful, rich, and complicated that it’s hard to tease apart any one aspect of it and say “that was the appeal.” The characters were great, the setting was immersive and gigantic and mysterious, the plot was riveting. It was epic fantasy done absolutely right. Still is.”

Read the full interview.

The Game Of Thrones comic book series hits shelves this September.

Game Of Thrones, Issue 1 - Page 4

Game Of Thrones, Issue 1 - Page 4

Game Of Thrones, Tyrion Lannister sketch

Game Of Thrones, Tyrion Lannister sketch

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Japanese Tsunami and Earthquake Relief Voltron and Nekobot USB Drives

by Evan Leek|on August 2, 2011 |in design |tagged , , |Leave a comment

Robot USB collectibles drive money and awareness for natural disaster relief.

Incubot Productions, the company behind such nostalgia-inspiring retro robot collectibles as Voltron and Nekobots, has created a line of robots-turned-USB-drives to raise money and continue to raise awareness of the tsunami and earthquake that devastated Japan.

According to their website: “The tsunami and earthquake have faded from the headlines, but the need for aid is still real.”

All of the profits go to the Japanese Red Cross Society and Safecast radiation monitoring.

Shiroi Voltron Japan Tsunami Relief USB Drives

Shiroi Voltron and Shiroi Nekobots Japanese Tsunami Relief USB Drives

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A Typeface Made Of Exploding Virtual Paint

by Evan Leek|on July 31, 2011 |in video |tagged , , |Leave a comment

If you are like me, you have spent countless hours on dafont.com or 1001freefonts.com browsing through hundreds of typefaces, if you can call them that. While digital media continue to evolve and become more accessible to the masses, fonts have been slow to adapt … until now.

According to FastCoDesign: “The project is the work of Skyrill.com, two enterprising brothers based in Manāma, Bahrain. ‘I really love how fluids look when floating in the air like raindrops, or splashing as they hit the ground,’ Hussain Almossawi tells Co.Design. ‘That made me want to work along the lines of mixing typography and fluids.’ After exploring several visual approaches, he and his brother, Ali, settled on paint bursting under high pressure.”

The letterforms also exist as a collection of short films, shown below. The liquid fills an invisible molding that, once full, disappears resulting in an explosion. The explosions are controlled by tweaking the parameters around pressure and gravity levels.

Type Fluid Experiment “A” from Skyrill.com on Vimeo.

Type Fluid Experiment “Z” from Skyrill.com on Vimeo.

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