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A friend showed me this, love love love it! And wise words man. Very interesting indeed.
Reminds me of 'I Met The Walrus', the same lateral thinking...



SUPERB.

Stop and stare...

Always had a thing for stop animation.

Loved a bit of Jason And The Argnauts after Playdays and Sesame Street. I went mad for Wallace and Gromit in Nick Park's 'A Grand Day Out' and watched Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' 'til the VHS almost wore out. And my heart actually explodes at the ingenuity of Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' video. Recently I watched One Million Years B.C. and fucking loved how crude it looked.

There's just something something about how higgeldy-piggeldy they are, and that seemingly rudimentary way they play out that makes me grin right from one ear to t'other. I just have so much admiration for them, and they really inspire me.

I had a go at an stop frame animation in 2nd year of uni, where I realised just how bloody time consuming and quite boring they can be to shoot. Mind you, I was both hand painting one of my friend's entire body and pressing 'shoot' all on my own. Just 50 seconds of playing time, meant a whole day painting from the morning right through to the dark hours of the evening; not to mention time spend editing.

Anyway, I fucking love this shit. And her are some of the ones that I found whilst whiling away the wee hours of the morning.

Happy Accidents.

Wanna go the exhibition in the KK Outlet in Hoxton Square. On til the 26th Feb, so I won't get to. Baaaaah.
http://www.mattstuart.com/

Charmed, I'm sure.

http://www.jameshill.tv/

Again, not sure how I stumbled upon thissun, but loving all things kitsch, I was charmed. It's a snapshot of this guy's work, and it's the not the work ITSELF I like, simply the presentation! Fun, kitsch and charming.

JSA.

Although a friend of a friend, I'm not sure how I found this site. I can only think of a click, click, click from Facebook, to blog to blog to website. You know how it goes. Anyway, I like his stuff. It's all quite cheeky yet taken very sympathetically and sensitively to the subject matter.

http://www.jonstanleyaustin.com/

Illustration inspiration.

Nothing particularly innovative about this artist/illustrator, just rather nice.

Full portfolio here...
http://www.mydeadpony.com/

Tarantino film posters.

Love these film posters. Innovative, simplistic, subtle, yet extremely striking. I admire the way the designer has turned his back on today's norm of pushing the famous faces over the concept of the film itself. This simple, graphic and conceptual approach with muted tones reminds me very much of one of the pioneers of film poster design, Saul Bass. It's getting back to basics - and I like it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heemaz/sets/72157622978507773/