Helmut Smits - Various works by Helmut Smits.

Helmut Smits - BOOOOOOOM! - CREATE * INSPIRE * COMMUNITY * ART * DESIGN * MUSIC * FILM * PHOTO * PROJECTS

Bakshi’s STREETS

Bakshi’s STREETS:

"Most of the animation news blogs seem to overlook Bakshi related items, so I’ll continue to point them out here…
RALPH BAKSHI: THE STREETSFrom the exhibit catalog… Bakshi has remained a sedulously dedicated self-taught painter, and this body of work is as sophisticated as his films are outrageous."

The Streets: Online Catalog

The Ed Wood Jr Players Card set

Golden Age Comic Book Stories:

"The Ed Wood Jr Players Card set
artwork by the incredible
Drew Friedman
Published by Kitchen Sink ~ 1992"

See them all on http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com

HospitalSkins - artwork is needed for consideration by thousands of potential Hospitals and users

HospitalSkins: "Creative artists are needed to create new and exciting art that children love. We hope to create a community of artists who are submitting specific child-friendly hospital images. The market place is currently lacking for this type of artwork. Moreover, we will compensate the artists if their image is purchased."

If you would like to submit some items to be considered for use visit the website. http://www.hospitalskins.blogspot.com

Flickr- “Request to License” via Getty Images is here!

“Request to License” via Getty Images is here! - Flickr Blog: "Starting today in the Flickrverse, Flickr members and visitors can work with each other even easier through a new program with Getty Images called “Request to License”. We’ve built this program on the success of our launch of the Flickr Collection on Getty Images just over one year ago."

First full length movie made with Blender to premiere on February 18th?

Plumiferos to premiere on February 18th? | BlenderNation:
"the first feature-length movie in Blender – or in Open Source 3D in general.

The project seemed to have died a silent death about a year and a half ago. It now turns out though that a new team of people has finished the movie in secrecy and indications are that it’ll premiere on February 18th."

Neil Gaiman Crowdsourcing a Short Story Via Twitter

Coraline author Neil Gaiman wants to make a writer out of you.

His means for penning his upcoming project are as creative as the gems in his copious portfolio, only he can't claim all the credit for this one. Starting today at noon EDT, the writer began encouraging people to tweet in their 140-character contributions for his next short story, which BBC Audiobooks America will later garner into an audio book.

Gaiman (@neilhimself), who is already well established in the Twitter realm, will tweet the opening line and fans will be able to continue the story as they wish. BBC will log about 1,000 contributions into a script that will be edited and prepared to be read by a professional narrator.

Currently there is no talk of releasing the story in print form, but the audio edition will be available for free download at the BBC site, iTunes and other audiobook distributors before the end of the year.

Neil Gaiman Crowdsourcing a Short Story Via Twitter :: Books :: News :: Paste

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FlipClips : Custom Flip Books made from Your Digital Video Clips

Preserve special moments with much more than just a photo! Turn your digital video clips into paper flipclips to carry with you, send and share!

Start by uploading a video under 30 seconds in length.
flipclips.com accepts most common digital video formats,
including MOV/QT, AVI, DV, MPEG4, MPEG2, Motion JPEG, and 3GPP.

FlipClips : Custom Flip Books made from Your Digital Video Clips!

I know it seems silly to say "Hey! I want my video I just recorded in book form." But what a cool idea!

Kidrobot DUNNY Custom Toys

Dunny is an action figure made of soft, smooth vinyl. Dunny was created to be customized in a broad variety of styles by diverse artists working in different mediums. We think Dunny is the world's greatest toy. Have fun collecting Dunny!

Kidrobot DUNNY
Thought this was a cool idea. The same toy, custom decorated by different artists to see what they come up with.

Body Paint by Mehmet Akten

"Body Paint" Installation at "Clicks or Mortar", March 2009 from Memo Akten on Vimeo.

“Body Paint” by Mehmet Akten is an inter­ac­tive instal­la­tion and per­for­mance allow­ing users to paint on a vir­tual can­vas with their body, inter­pret­ing ges­tures and dance into evolv­ing compositions.Cus­tom soft­ware ana­lyzes live feed from infra-red cam­eras in real-time, and con­verts shape and motion into col­ors, drips and brush-strokes. The soft­ware was writ­ten in C++ using the open-source toolkit open­Frame­works and com­puter vision library openCV.

Body Paint by Mehmet Akten | flylyf

Post-it Note Stories

Stories illustrated on little yellow Post-It Notes in beautiful black Sharpie by Arthur Jones.

Post-it Note Stories

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Online Street Art Magazine

Very Nearly Almost
verynearlyalmost.com is a great website that documents interesting and cool imagery of found and submitted street art.

Documenting Street Art

http://verynearlyalmost.com/blog/

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paper taco trucks!

print 'em out and fold 'em!

paper taco trucks - a set on Flickr

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NYC TAXI DRIVER HAS PASSENGERS CREATE ART WHILE IN CAB

Fabio Peralta has turned the back seat of his yellow cab into an art studio for his passengers, and has commissioned thousands of works.

As soon as a passenger hops into his Crown Vic, Peralta, a 40-year veteran hack, hands the rider a pen and a stack of computer paper.

"I tell them to create art, any kind of art," he said."I don't care what it is. Whatever comes to their brain, I say."

Passengers often hesitate at first.

But, incredibly, most put down the BlackBerry, pick up the paper and get to work as Peralta zips through and streets.

NYC TAXI DRIVER FABIO PERALTA HAS PASSENGERS CREATE ART WHILE IN CAB - New York Post

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ArtBabble - Video site dedicated to artists

ArtBabble | ArtBabble

1. free flowing conversation, about art, for anyone.
2. a place where everyone is invited to join an open, ongoing discussion - no art degree required.

ArtBabble was conceived, initiated, designed, built, sculpted, programmed, shot, edited, painted and launched by a cross-departmental collection of individuals at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). It is intended to showcase video art content in high quality format from a variety of sources and perspectives.

ArtBabble was created so others will join in spreading the world of art through video.

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Free Stock Photos at freerangestock.com - Totally Free Stock Photography and Textures!

Freerange Stock!

Just sign up for a free membership, log in, and download high-quality, high- resolution free stock photos and free textures.

All images are at least 2400 x 1600, and photos can be used for commercial or personal projects.

Free Stock Photos at freerangestock.com - Totally Free Stock Photography and Textures!

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Prezi - The zooming presentation editor

Create a map of your ideas, images, videos, then show overview, zoom to details, amaze, convince, take the day. And it is very simple to use.

Prezi allows anyone who can sketch an idea on a napkin to create and perform stunning non-linear presentations with relations, zooming into details, and adjusting to the time left without the need to skip slides.

Prezi - The zooming presentation editor

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Bazooka Joe might get a Movie?!

It’s called Bazooka Joe, a script commissioned by Eisner’s Tornante shingle to help pump interest in the Topps-owned brand. It remains to be determined if Mark Hammer’s screenplay will somehow make Bazooka any less stale or preserve its flavor past its current three-minute threshold, but that hardly compromises the fascinating nature of the project. On one hand, as THR notes, the comic adventures of Bazooka Joe and his ragtag gang have plenty of potential family appeal (unless you’re a dentist).

Bazooka Origins: Joe to Tell Haunting Back Story of One-Eyed Gum Mascot | Movieline

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Optical Illusions in Advertising

Optical Illusions in Advertising

These are all really cool but I think I got a headache now :)

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101 Typography Resources for Web Designers

101 Typography Resources for Web Designers

101 Typography Resources for Web Designers | Vandelay Design Blog
Great and extensive list of links!

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