Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
This a wonderful short live action/animated (using stop motion) that was made by a very talented independent film maker named Mike Jittlov. If you can get a hold of a copy of the full length film you should watch it. It’s a remarkably accurate portrayal of the adversity that faces indy film makers. Even now its pretty much dead on.
YouTube – The Wizard of Speed & Time v2.0
Mike Jittlov’s WizWorld
Found another one for the papercraft files. Disney stuff, yeah that fabulous wonderland has been captured in paper. Some are for money but the free ones are very cool. I’m going to start on the movie camera as soon as I can.
[via Trader Sam]
The Disney Experience – Ludwig Von Drake Laboratories
Ok ok, I know it’s only made out of paper but its a pulse rifle from the movie Aliens! The coolness factor can’t be measured on this on. With over 200parts that you have to cut out with love and care, this can be made to be a full 1:1 scale model. Hell it even comes with ammo! Wow… Must get inkjet printer working!
The very thing you need for your swanky tiki bar pad…With swaying palms and the echo of distant drums, let the Aloha Tiki model transport you into the romance of Polynesia. This cylindrical aquarium is incorporated within a delicately carved Tiki statue, detailed with native images. With its hand-carved appearance and authentic finishes, this aquarium is sure to be a conversation piece.
Dimensions: 13½" length, 13½" width, 24½" heightThe aquarium includes all necessary components to immediately establish a salt-water environment such as synthetic sea salt, "live" sand and a 25-watt submersible aquarium heater. Just add water… and fish, of course!
Check out this Wikipedia article on Tiki culture for more info on why this is cool.
I’m fascinated by this derivation of a photographic study.
Idris Khan’s super imposed photgraphs, trade on the rigourous methodology of Bernd and Hilla Becher. The Bechers photographed and catalogued industrial buildings around Germany and the USA, maintaining a strict set of guidelines that encouraged objective analysis and comparison between similar built types.
Khan’s photographs superimpose each photograph from one of the Becher’s series onto one another to form a single photograph. Admittedly (and I don’t want to play chicken and egg here…) the method is similar as that used in Megan Gould’s “Google Averages”as well as Jason Salavon’s “Every Playboy Centrefold”. However in this case the effect not one of an abstract blur but an emphasis in the similarity of form and the minor discrepancies of detail.
You can find more examples of the work of Idris Khan here.
Wow. Impressive set of photos. The interface is whats nice. Very Google / Yahoo maps like. I seem to remember a freeware app that would let you do this with your own photos. I’m going to have to dig that up… Still, these photos are very nice.
xRez is a consortium of digital artists committed to exploring new creative opportunites made available by the advent of extremely high-resolution gigapixel digital photography. We believe this is clearly the next revolution in photography, allowing photographic experiences with a deeper level of fidelity and impact than previously seen. Further, by combining powerful 3d tools and techniques appropriated from the visual effects field, possibilites arise of new imagery and animation that are truly novel and unprecedented.
[via Red Ferret Journal]
xRez – extreme high resolution images