Happy Birthday, Ze Frank!
Ninja March 31st, 2008
It’s Ze Frank’s 36th birthday, so I thought I’d take this day to post his TED talk.
Related postsArchive for March, 2008
Bomb the Bass’s Butterfingers viddy
Ninja March 31st, 2008
Happy Monday! Kick start the week with this cute, puppetized sound board.
Butterfingers is fun viddy from the Bomb the Bass featuring the boys of Fujiya & Miyagi. Take a looksy here.
Video created by Perish Factory.
Related postsPhotographer: Kimiko Yoshida
Ninja March 31st, 2008
Bachelor Brides is a self-portrait series from Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida. The mysterious, often monochromatic, nuptial photos were shot with a Hasselblad camera with a 120 mm lens. Kimiko Yoshida drew inspiration for this series from her mother, who only met her husband for the fjrst time on their wedding day.
Bio
Kimiko Yoshida was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1963. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Faculty of Literature from the Chuo University in 1986. She later studied photography at the Tokyo College of Photography in Japan and the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in France. She currently lives and works out of Europe.
The Shinto Bride, 2002
The Pokemon Bride, 2002
The Double Bride, 2003
The Bamileke Bride, 2003
The Tamates Bride, Vanuatu, 2003
The Cyber Bride, 2003
The Sakura Bride, 2006
via pink tenticle
Related link
+ See more of Kimiko Yoshida’s work here
Short: Madame Tutli Putli
Penguin March 31st, 2008
It’s rare to see claymation. It’s even more rare to see claymation of this caliber. The last good work that I’ve seen is Wallace and Gromit, but this surpasses it by miles. It’s topped with a fantastic story.
-Penguin
Related postsTarsem Singh’s The Fall trailer
Ninja March 30th, 2008
Here’s the trailer for Tarsem Singh’s The Fall. Beautiful imagery, fantastic landscapes, and vibrant colors. For this alone, it’s on my list of movies to see. ^__^
Googly Films logo and The Fall logo by Mr. Stefan G. Bucher.
Related postsReview: Man Push Cart
Penguin March 30th, 2008
Rating: 2/4 stars
Man Push Cart is about a man, Ahmad (Ahmad Razvi) who works in a street cart. It’s a modern telling of the myth of Sisyphus.
The cinematography is amazing, presenting New York city as a living character, just as much as any of the actors. Although it was shot on DV, you’d be hard pressed to notice because of the use of natural lighting. Unlike Once, where the grain is obvious, we see all the shadows.
The ending does sort of come quite abruptly leaving you with a sense of lack of closure. Granted, it may be necessary for the myth, but it probably could’ve been handled better.
Update: Ninja didn’t understand why I gave this a 2/4 stars. The main reason is because none of the characters really go anywhere. I understand that that’s kind of the point of the myth of Sisyphus, but in the same vain, the way the third act forces the character back into the routine is a bit contrived.
-Penguin
Related postsFábio Moon inking
Ninja March 29th, 2008
I’m at home sick. It sort of hit out of nowhere. I was fine this morning. Now, I’m feeling awfully tired and weak. I spent most of the day in bed with my stuffed penguin (Christmas gift from Jasmine) and Mr. Pooh doll (birthday from Ophelia). Been eating jook aka congee too, don’t ya know.
Anywho, the point is that I haven’t gotten around to drawing/inking today. Inking is such bliss for me. I get a real kick out of watching others ink, too. Here’s a viddy of Fábio Moon inking a Casanova page.
Related link
+ Check out Fábio Moon/Gabriel Ba’s blog
Rinzen’s in Juxtapoz
Ninja March 28th, 2008
My dear friend Adrian emailed me to let me know that Rinzen (he is a proud member of this unstoppable vector powerhouse) will be featured in the upcoming April issue (number 87) of Juxtapoz Magazine.
I should note that this is the first time Rinzen will have their portraits shown (as a group), unadorned by their signature vector illustration.
Self portrait for Lawrence King Hand to Eye book
Take a look at these 2 spreads from Juxtapoz’s Rinzen feature
Congratulations, Rinzen on a well-deserved spot!
Purchasing link
+ Get your copy of Juxtapoz issue 87 here
Stan Lee is on myspace?
Ninja March 28th, 2008
He’s hipper than I am!!
Related link
+ Visit Stan Lee’s myspace here
Salvador Dali does Commercials
Penguin March 28th, 2008
I think it’s hilarious that Dali did commercials. I especially like his “interpretation” of how Alkaseltzer works. 
- Penguin
Related posts
