Month: November 2010
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Codehunters
Codehunters is a 2006 CGI animated short directed by Ben Hibon, who directed the animated sequence in the current Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie. Working with Stateless Films and Blinklink, Hibon worked to make the CGI images look graphic and closer to 2-D drawings than most CGI, and the film has a nice…
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Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)
Jan Gossaert was a Netherlandish artist active in the early 16th Century. He is often referred to by several other name variations: Jan Gossart, Jennyn van Hennegouwe, Jan Mabuse (a name he adopted from his birthplace in Maubeuge, now a part of France), or simply “Mabuse”. Though strongly influenced by his predecessors Jan van Eyck…
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Rob Carey
Rob Carey is an American school teacher living in Kandern, Germany. He frequently sketches the area around where he lives as well as chronicling his travels to other locations around Germany and trips back to the U.S. Carey is a contributor to the Urban Sketchers community blog (see my posts about Urban Sketchers, and here).…
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Out of Sight
Out of Sight is an absolutely beautiful short animation from Taiwan. it is about, among other things, imagination, sensation and the way input from our senses gradually expands our world. It’s also a sublime evocation of a point of view most of us haven’t experienced. This was done by three students from the National Taiwan…
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The Art of Currency
As the US continues to re-issue its paper currency in new designs that are devoid of visual interest, removing most of what was good about the old engravings and making our dead presidents even deader, other nations around the world indulge in beautiful, colorful designs on their currency. In addition, paper money from many countries…