Bananaz, a documentary
Director Ceri Levy filmed alongside and behind the scenes from 2000 to 2006, from first drawings, animations, music and the musicians, through to the faces behind the voices of Murdoc, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs. The result is an unsanitised, free-wheeling documentary film; an intimate, honest and often hilarious account of the working relationship between Albarn and Hewlett.
watch it HERE
Original source: http://www.babelgum.com/gorillazgobananaz go visit.
The second of our Visionary Artists profiles.
This time we have Alex Grey who is presenting his personal encounter with mind parasites. During a group LSD experience in the 1970's, he vividly saw beings from above feasting on the group's energy. The beings, he believed, were actually orchestrating chaotic behaviour from the group. The incident led Grey to see humans as part of "an energetic food chain."
http://www.alexgrey.com/
These Visionary Artist video Interviews are shown courtesy of http://uk.youtube.com/user/theduderinok
Be sure to check theduderinok's video channel as he has one of the greatest collections of esoterica I have had the pleasure to discover.
All Hail the Dude.
Here is the first of two profiles on visionary artists.
First up is Andrew Gonzalez, who's work I first noticed in one of the Spectrum Annual's a few years back. The 3 part Interview is from the C-Realm Podcast: Creatures of Imagination where artist A. Andrew Gonzalez talks about his use of entheogens as tools in the creative process.
These Visionary Artist video Interviews are shown courtesy of http://uk.youtube.com/user/theduderinok
Be sure to check theduderinok's video channel as he has one of the greatest collections of esoterica I have had the pleasure to discover.
All Hail the Dude.
Tom Moore’s Brendan and the Secret of Kells.
WOW... Another French Animation I just have to see - great atmosphere in this scene.
There's more clips over at twitchfilm.
Wahey – a new post!
Thought I should get back into this blogging malarky as I’ve been hiding for last four months. I started this blog to document my journey into digital sculpture but many other things have taken my time over the year and the digital side of my work and learning ground somewhat to a halt.
So what have I been doing?
I went to see Radiohead in Glasgow, then again in Amsterdam. I went to Paris with my better half, drank wine and collected conkers! I designed a range of Cats for ENESCO (which ended up ‘too cartoony’) I was offered a contract at a Games Company but had too much other work on to take up the offer (doh!) I have been perpetually busy translating Pete Underhill’s Bad Taste Bears from sketch to 3D and any other spare moments I have used to sample the delights of Yo Sushi!’s culinary conveyor belt.
Anyway, check this beauty out…
La Maine Des Maitres (The Hand of Master)
Mixing Mucha, Mamoru Oshii and Katsuhiro Otomo into a steampunked short - a majestic achievement of design, atmosphere and lighting. I love it.
The French keep delivery the most interesting Animations (and this a student film!!!), I pray these guys are working on a full length movie.
Check out the Original website here:
http://www.lamaindesmaitres.com/
an interview here for anyone who can read Francais otherwise happy translating :
http://www.3dvf.com/modules/publish/_2138_1.html
I have a child-like obsession with dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals just now. Ignited anew by my research into Human Anatomy and also Comparative Anatomy; the function and evolution of the Vertebrates. The Evolution of the planet and it's life forms, sitting in the vast cold space of the Universe is the most humbling and fascinating subject.
Any how... I plan to make a couple of Dinosaurs to roam around my desk here (watch this space) so I ordered some Schleich dinosaurs to play with, errr... I mean for reference, along with a couple of books including the utterly absorbing: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs.
This Month's Imagine FX (issue 29 April 08), and 3d World magazine (issue 102 April 08) both have great Dino features including tutorials from Weta artists Greg Broadmore and Steve Lambert and an article on Dinotopia creator James Gurney....
I went on a hunt around the internet to gather some reference and discovered some cool dinosaurs on YouTube.... check this workshop for the Waking with Dinosaurs Live experience...
And a clip from the ludicrously grand TV show Walking with Dinosaurs...
Here is quick video that demonstrates the building of a character with ZSpheres in ZBrush 3.0. The video was posted to YouTube by ChromeLtd.
A good overview of the functions and capabilities of one of the most exciting software tools ever!
Building Creatures using Zbrush from Aaron Sims and the Gnomon Workshop.
Gnomon workshop are the greatest source of 3D training resource in the world, check them out now... http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/, http://gnomonology.com/
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