In 1947, Ten Comic Strip Artists Were Asked to Draw Their Characters Blindfolded

posted Sept. 22, 2014 on BoredPanda.com

A comic strip artist will end up drawing the same characters so many thousands of times, that you’d figure they could draw them with their eyes closed. But could they really? In 1947, Life magazine decided to find out by challenging 10 contemporary comic strip artists to do just that – draw their characters with their eyes closed.

[read the whole article]

What Disney Characters Would Look Like In Real Life

Posedt by Casey Chan on Sploid, Jan 14, 2014
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/heres-what-famous-disney-characters-would-look-like-in-1501532124

Artist Avalonis (Karen Graw) created through photo manipulation trickery “real life” portraits of 32 famous Disney characters.

See Avalonis’s Deviant Art site:
http://avalonis.deviantart.com/

1) Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, Mother Gothel, Tiana, Charlotte La Bouffe, Esmeralda, Frollo, Quasimodo
2) Giselle, Jane, Tarzan, Cinderella, Belle, The Prince (Beast), Gaston, Jafar
3) Mulan, Alice, Jasmine, Aladdin, Aurora, Prince Philip, Maleficent, Cruella Deville
4) Meg, Hercules, Pocahontas, Snow White, The Evil Queen, Ariel, Prince Eric, Ursula

Novo Peugeot 208 - Crazy Race

Hanna-Barbera’s Wacky Racers (Wacky Races, 1965) show up and challenge this Peugeot driver in this Brazilian commercial ad.

poster on Youtube by peugeotbrasil

http://youtu.be/zAsyF4J_klk

Batman: The Animated Series Rises

The Hub, a cable channel that launched in October of 2010,  has cobbled together a “trailer” for the movie The Dark Knight Rises, but using clips from Batman: The Animated Series show from the ’90s.

Published on Jul 17, 2012 by HUBTVNETWORK

Get ready to watch 10 awesome episodes of Batman: The Animated Series this Friday (7/20) at 4pm ET / 1pm PT.

It Could Happen, only on The Hub!

Check your local listings: http://www.hubworld.com/tv-schedule
Batman: The Animated Series: http://www.hubworld.com/batman/shows/the-animated-series

http://youtu.be/btMtwz4P0fc

Published on May 1, 2012 by ClevverMovies

The Dark Knight Rises Trailer hits theaters on July 20th, 2012.
http://youtu.be/fv6VM7XdorY

Adventure Time at the Alamo

MONDO GALLERY ANNOUNCES: IT’S ADVENTURE TIME!

Austin, TX--- Thursday, April 12, 2012 --- Mondo, the collectible art boutique arm of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, is pleased to announce its second gallery event on Friday, April 27 featuring original artwork and posters inspired by the Emmy®-nominated animated Cartoon Network comedy series Adventure Time. Paired with the themed gallery show Mondo will host an Adventure Time Marathon Screening and Feast at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar on Saturday, April 28 with series creator Pendleton Ward and Tom Kenny, the voice actor extraordinary who provides the voice of the Ice King, in attendance.

Read the whole article for dates, times and tickets: [drafthouse]

The artists featured in the Adventure Time Mondo Gallery show include the following:

Andy Gonsalves • Andy Ristraino • Angie Wang • Annie Benjamin
Annie Wu • Daria Tessler • Dave Perillo • Delicious Design League
Dienzo • Doe Eyed • Graham Erwin • Justin Parpan • Justin White
Matt Taylor • Methane • Mike Mitchell • Natasha Allergi
Niark-I • Phillip Tseng • Rob Warnick • Sarah Stout
Scott Campbell • The Bungaloo • The Little Friends Of Printmaking
Tiny Kitten Teeth • Tom Whalen • Tyler Stout • Drew Millward
Glen Brogan • Rich Kelly • Zac Gorman

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Caitlin Stevens in Austin, Mondo, Press Release

Alamo Drafthouse, Austin, TX:
http://drafthouse.com/austin

Robert Mangaoang

Robert Mangaoang, a.k.a. Doom CMYK is a Honolulu-based Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Video Gamer.

Adventure Time Poster #4 “Game Time”

Adventure Time Poster #2 “You’re My Only Hope”

“World War Hulk” 5 x 7 drawing.

This artist’s main site: http://doomcmyk.com/

25 Days of Christmas by Glen Brogan

Each day from December 1 to Christmas Day, artist Glen Brogan posted a piece of Christmas character art inspired by notable Christmas specials, all culminating in this one collage.

http://www.albinoraven7.blogspot.com/2011/12/25-days-of-xmas-drawings-christmas-day.html

The artist’s blog: http://www.albinoraven7.blogspot.com/

Tom Whelan’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” limited edition created by Tom Whelan screenprint for the folks over at dark hall mansion as a companion piece to my “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" print.

“This is, hands down, my favorite peanuts special. It invokes a quiet tone and humble demeanor that captures the true spirit of Christmas so perfectly. i had this one in rotation early this year as i was working on the poster and not surprisingly, my son is enamored with it. nice to see it captivates generation after generation.” — Tom.

poster specs:
• 10-color screenprint on cougar natural 100# cover stock
• size: 18" x 24"
• regular edition: 450
• variant edition: 100
• steel edition: 50

online sale info:
• thu, dec 1, 2011
• where: emovieposter.com
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• fri, dec 2
• where: dark hall mansion

Site:
http://www.strongstuff.net/

on Deviant Art:
http://strongstuff.deviantart.com/

Cartoon Network – Resurrecting Bankrupt Heirlooms Circa 1997

Cartoon Network – Resurrecting Bankrupt Heirlooms Circa 1997
by J. J. Sedelmaier · on Imprint

 

“I’d get yearly mailings from Cartoon Network and they were always smart, fun and clever, but the unsolicited package I received in 1997 was a little bigger this time. I opened it up and inside was a 5” X 9” box with a lid consisting of a collage of Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters done in graphic styles that I’d never seen HB characters done in!” — J. J. Sedelmaier

Read the whole article on Imprint

http://imprint.printmag.com/illustration/cartoon-network-%e2%80%93-resurrecting-bankrupt-heirlooms-circa-1997/

The Histories of Bucky Barnes and Jason Todd Explained

8 panel comic description of two notable comic book characters by Curt Franklin and artist Chris Haley of the webcomic Let’s Be Friends Again, appearing July 7, 2011 on Comics Alliance.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/07/bucky-jason-todd-history/

Nerdy Sculptures Made With Canned Food

By Flor Sgarlatta

The scene is only one of many which are recreated yearly as a part of the competitions held by Canstruction, a non-profit organization dedicated to food charity. The participating teams are in charge of procuring the canned food they’ll need to materialize their creations, and they’re lead by professionals in the design and construction industries. 

Read the whole article at walyou.com:
http://walyou.com/canned-food-sculptures/

Things You Didn't Know About Looney Tunes

By Will Markel, April 29, 2011

Read the article at UGO:

http://www.ugo.com/tv/looney-tunes-secrets

Mother Goose & Grimm, Mar 30, 2011

Thundercats

Image Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Cartoon Network will relaunch the show later this year, and the first official image of the new-look cast has now been released.

Read the full article at EW.com:

http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/01/26/thundercats-new-image-cartoon-network/

Henrieke Drawing Stroke by Stroke

Artist creates videos of her digital stroke by stroke drawing process.

http://www.youtube.com/user/HenriekeKiki#p/u/1/O7wavmVuz3A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7wavmVuz3A

Megamind

Megamind [PG]

Dreamworks (2010)

Grade: B
(Adjustment for actual story compared to that suggested in the commercial ads: +1;
Minion (David Cross): +1;
Dreamworks Animation’s character designs: -1;
Sountdtrack: par;
“Forget Me Stick”: +1)

Final Grade: A-

Uncle Grandpa

This content belongs to its owner [Pete Browngardt] and Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LvIG7MDSys

James Hopkins: Perspective Sculptures

"Perspective Sculptures" are a series of installations that use optical illusions to play with the viewer's perceptions. As Hopkins is interested in changing the norms of how audience see objects, he explores this concept by introducing a series of distorted musical instruments and optically created cartoon characters such as "The Simpsons', the cast of "South Park" and "Tom and Jerry."

From one perspective, the characters appear recognizable with all their parts aligned. However, another viewpoint reveals their individual components.


"Melting Mickey," 2006
acrylic plastic, 75 x 75 x 49 cm
Private collection


"Wibbly Wobbly Boogle Woogle and Melting Mickey," 2005
160 x 150 x 140 cm


"Wibbly Wobbly Boogle Woogle and Melting Mickey," 2005
160 x 150 x 140 cm


"Wibbly Wobbly Boogle Woogle and Melting Mickey" detail, 2005
160 x 150 x 140 cm

See more in the DesignBoom article:
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/10855/james-hopkins-perspective-sculptures-works-on-paper.html

http://www.designboom.com/eng/index.xtml

James Hopkins: Perspective Sculptures

British artist James Hopkins is known for slyly transforming familiar objects, converting them into different items and nudging them towards a state that produces an unexpected response from those who behold them.


"Role Reversal" 2005
acrylic plastic, 165 x 175 x 175 cm
courtesy of Cosmic Galerie, Paris


"Role Reversal" 2005
acrylic plastic, 165 x 175 x 175 cm
courtesy of Cosmic Galerie, Paris


"Role Reversal" 2005
acrylic plastic, 165 x 175 x 175 cm
courtesy of Cosmic Galerie, Paris

"Perspective Sculptures" are a series of installations that use optical illusions to play with the viewer's perceptions. As Hopkins is interested in changing the norms of how audience see objects, he explores this concept by introducing a series of distorted
musical instruments and optically created cartoon characters such as "The Simpsons",
the cast of "South Park" and "Tom and Jerry."


See more in the DesignBoom article:
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/10855/james-hopkins-perspective-sculptures-works-on-paper.html

http://www.designboom.com/eng/index.xtml

Despicable Me

2010 Universal

Despicable Me [G]
Grade: B
(Adjustment for minions: +1;
Steve Carrell (Gru): par;
Made for 3-D roller coaster sequence: -1;
Vector, the competition: -1;
Gru and the orphans are a family at the end of the film: -1)

Final Grade: C+