Stranger Than Fiction

Just read a post over on tummy-ache that reminded me I recently watched Stranger Than Fiction and had forgotten to mention how amazing and inspiring it was.

A great concept for a movie and well delivered but most importantly the motion graphics that were applied on top of the live action were amazing and extremely well executed. I've been told they were done by MK12 - there is some interesting footage on there for pitching stages as well.

If you haven't seen the film, then buy or rent a copy as its well worth it. There are a few samples in the attached video above but there is a nice documentary on the DVD. I'll see if I can find it on YouTube. Enjoy!

Moloko and Simian Mobile Disco Vs Cristin

The new album from Moloko has has some amazing creatures and character designs on it. Tres good in my opinion.


I also spotted this Simian Mobile Disco cover the other day and really like the background type for its aesthetics.

Nigel Peake at Analogue Books

I managed to visit the current exhibition by Nigel Peake at Analogue books the other day. The photos above don't do the work justice and there aren't as many as there usually are on Analogue Books flickr page. There is a great amount of fine detail throughout the pieces of work - extremely engaging.

For anyone who hasn't heard of Analogue books, it is a great book shop for design with a little gallery space at the back. They have a great selection of Graphic design books, one off and small run publications. Most can be bought online at but what I love the most is they publish photos to give you a taster of each months exhibition. It's a great thing if you don't live in Edinburgh or can't get to the exhibition in time. There is also a large back catalogue of work from previous exhibitions which I highly recommend having a look through. Matt Swells, Drifting is one of my personal favourites.

I'll keep posting up on each new exhibition but the details for Nigel Peake is as follows.

Perfect Books

A great tutorial on perfect book binding using recycled prints. Guess this would also work with any thicker stock such as glossy magazine covers.

http://www.fiveandahalf.net/blog/from-prints-into-journals/

Mr. Citymen

I saw this a few weeks ago whilst at work experience. Saw an article on motion tracking that I might give ago at in a couple of weeks which reminded me about it. Seeing the videos on http://www.ericlerner.com/ are far better than on YouTube - they seem to look less realistic than when shown on his website. The animation and character designs are great but I can't help feel that the last 3 of the 5 in the collection lack the pace and vibrancy that the first two do. Not sure if this is because they are a little shorter or they lack as a good soundtrack but still a lot of work has gone into this from someone with talent.

I was having problems with the Mr. Citymen website so here is a list of the five videos on Youtube though they are tagged in a foreign language.

Mr. Citymen (1 of 5)

Mr. Citymen (2 of 5)

Mr. Citymen (3 of 5)

Mr. Citymen (4 of 5)

Mr. Citymen (5 of 5)

iWipe - Genius?

In case you've never heard of it http://www.instructables.com is an amazing website on how to do just about anything - especially if it is something art or craft based. I've seen the website before but never had the time to sit down and explore it. I read a large number of book making tutorials and some others today so I'll try and post up some of the best.

The above photo is a tutorial for converting an old Mac into a toilet roll dispenser. Great!

Wow

Forget the ghastly song rendition and enjoy the visuals.

Montag

Discovered this great album cover the other day.