Henry Phish

On the heels of the GM Volt and all of the renewable energy articles I ran across an article for the worlds Best Looking Solar Gadget Charger. I’m not sure I could muster up the strength to call it the best ever, but it is kind of a cool thing to look at…probably charges my IPod pretty well too.

Anyway, take a look, it’s kind of fun.

I’ve been really big into concept pieces lately, so while looking through the list of Oscar contenders this year, I stumbled across a film that caught my attention: Across the Universe. The film, uses pop songs and idealogy of the seventies to create a musical story of the awakening of a group of college students to the realities of their world: war, social injustice and the like. While I have yet to see the film…and trust me I want to…the trailer in and of itself is a work of art.

This is one of the coolest ad spots I’ve seen in a long time. The CG is simply amazing and the music just makes this ad a classic. It’s one of those pieces that just sticks in your brain and won’t let go. Check it out…

This is kind of a neat animation I found on cartoonbrew. It’s kind of like Lost meets the outer limits meets La Jetée. I’m a big fan of all three, so this was pretty cool to see. Currently it’s showing on myspace, and apparently they are earning money by taking a percentage of the revenue for advertising links…so I guess if you like the animation then click on a link.

Afterworld on Cartoonbrew
afterworld.tv

I need one of these for my house…this is so cool!!!

Jeep Waterfall

I enjoyed this text based version a scene from Pulp Fiction. It sometimes amazes me what can be expressed with just words and formatting.

Pulp Fiction in typography

Somebody tell me where I can buy this as a poster…I’m serious!  Lost meets South Park; I love it!

This is probably the most interesting thing that I’ve posted in a long time.  Most of you have heard of Dr Seuss, and are familiar with all his creative creatures such as the Whoos and Beasts and Sneeches…and of course the cat and the hat.  Of course most of you may not have realized that Dr Seuss spent some time as a sculpter of strange and wonderful creations.  As stated on the website:

“Seuss embarked on an ingenious project in the early 1930s as he evolved from two-dimensional artworks to three-dimensional sculptures. What was most unusual for these mixed-media sculptures was the use of real animal parts including beaks, antlers and horns from deceased Forest Park Zoo animals where Seuss’s father was superintendent.”

Check out some pictures of his creations at drseussart.com. 

I wish I still had the kind of free time that this would have taken to create.

Lincoln Coin Mosaic Video

Absolutely genius. Do you think this would work with other coins or possibly dollar bills?

Rabbit in an interesting video that has to be watched. It has a very unique style.

Rabbit (Click to watch - Big file, prepare to wait)

The story is basically a very simple morality tale about greed - the dangers of greed and exploring nature. It came about when I found some 1950’s stickers in a junk shop about 20 years ago. When I was moving the studio out of Soho about 2 years ago, I fond them again in the bottom of the drawer and thought it would be great to make a film out of them. There were about 200 different stickers.

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