Changethethought

There are some strangely surreal and meticulously crafted images in the portfolio of Canadian artist Tristram Lansdowne. Many of which I very much enjoy.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Painting, Surrealism, Tristram Lansdowne

Wow this viral promotion for Ridley Scott’s upcoming summer blockbuster Prometheus (a precursor to the Alien series of films) looks amazing. It’s weird, artsy and modern. All the things that I love. I cannot wait to see the film. I hope it doesn’t disappoint.

written by Christopher | tags: Movies, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Viral Videos

“My name is Jonathan Lax (also known as YONIL) and i am an illustrator and a graphic designer born 1982 in Holon (That’s a city in Israel).

I graduated with honors from the Department of Visual Communication at the Holon Institute of Technology H.I.T. This happened in 2009.

My main influences are urbanism, cities, music posters, album covers and street arts. I believe that the essence of every artwork is its basic idea, so I would usually devote a great deal of time for an idea to emerge.

I currently live and work in Tel-Aviv, Israel.”

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Israel, Tel Aviv, Typography

I am really digging the work of Curt Melo who claims he ‘didn’t choose to be an artist but he did choose to be an illustrator’. You have to think about that one for a minute because it speaks volumes as to what it means to have to draw a line and distinguish between the two in this crazy creative game many of us have to make a living at.

written by Christopher | tags: Curt Melo, Editorial, Graphic Design, Illustration

Russian illustrator and artist Yana Moskaluk has kept at it since I last dropped in on her work and there have been a few notable updates as of late to her portfolio.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, Russia

Jeanti is an illustrator living and working in Paris (how nice). There’s a kind of 80’s airbrushed kind of thing happing in Jeanti’s work that makes for an extra sugary bit of eye candy.

written by Christopher | tags: 80s, Airbrush, France, Illustration, Paris

A short film about hidden meanings. Music was done by Ivan Arnold. For more visit rokpredin.com or trunk.me.uk.

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Animation, motion design, Short Film

“In a world desperate for uniqueness and originality, the greatest irony may be that we ultimately succumb to “following the herd”. Whether we like it or not, we the “sheeple” have become fervent disciples of a globalized economy. Sheep Nation a series of photographic works by Montreal-based contemporary artist Davide Luciano, explores this fertile ground through a characteristically satirical yet compassionate lens.

This large-scale photographic series includes 23 intimate and introspective portraits of sheeple. Behind every mask lies a personal truth, an innocence, a sense of individualism, a longing to be seen and heard. The 6 mises en scène depict people unable to think for themselves. Allowing the influences of different forms of media to undermine their own identity and wander mindlessly in herds, like sheep.

With the help of a special effects make-up artist to create prosthetic masks, the 3 hour transformation began. The use of product branding in each scene puts forth the idea that we live in a world where we are slaves to consumerism and where advertising has us chasing a need to be accepted.

Davide Luciano is a conceptual and fine-art photographer/filmmaker based in Montreal, Canada; He creates large-scale photographic prints that are cinematic in scope and compelling in content. Every photograph is cast and staged meticulously, adding to the intriguing narrative and sense of satire that surrounds these stunning photographs. The work is detailed and vibrant with amazing surrealist qualities that put the imagination to the test.

Davide has alternated between street projects and choreographed tableaux to create suggestive bodies of work that consciously aim to build and communicate an alternative kind of photographic truth.

His recent series ‘Potholes’ (2010) has been exhibited throughout North America, having had solo and group exhibitions in cities such as New York, Toronto, Montreal, Washington, Kentucky. He has won numerous awards, including an award of excellence from the Guggenheim, and his work has been featured in countless international publication including Vanity Fair, Kurv Australia, Le Monde and The Telegraph to name a few.”

Sheep Nation will be exhibited at Pentimento Fine Art Gallery May 3rd to June 3rd, 2012

written by Christopher | tags: Davide Luciano, Photography, Pop Culture, Sheep, Sheeple

Lucio Arese emailed this absolutely brain exploding insane experimental music video he cerated titled ‘Mimic’. The music was composed by Yu Miyashita.

“Shot into a cattle market, the film rides the verge between nonsense, random noise and organic, structured audiovisual events, enhancing the plastic clashes of a digital inserted foreground into an old and rusty environment.

Humorous, lunatic, cartoonish, nightmarish, Mimic is an attempt to reach a complete unity between music and motion picture in an epoch of violent changes.”

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Lucio Arese, Mimic, motion design

“A young boy tries to reach his brother, gone for the war.”

By Geoffroy MONEYRON

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Animation, Geoffroy Moneyron, Short Film

There is some red hot work being fired out of the canon at Capacity, a motion design and production studio based like so many other out of LA.

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Animation, Capacity, Los Angeles, motion design

In a case we’ve been following closely there is finally what we think is some good news to report. George ZImmerman, the man accused of killing the innocent teenager Trayvon Martin has been taken into custody and charged with second degree murder. At last there is some justice.

written by Christopher

This is the official video by Dmitry Zakharov for the track “Micron” by Max Cooper, released on Traum Schallplatten.

“Life comes into being, blooms and vanishes. And where all life is built of smaller parts that form a living whole, in this video I created fractals of human body parts that are born, bloom to form a larger, more coherent whole, then die. They’re abstracted hands, ears, and faces similar to Max’s earlier ‘positive mutation’ visuals – tying a minimalist look in with abstracted shapes. Max often works with ideas around the aesthetics of science, and I wanted to connect the scientific idea of fractals to the experience of life itself.”

– Dmitry Zakharov, animator.

dmitryzakharov.de
facebook.com/pages/dmitryzakharovde/162245857129877

maxcooper.net
facebook.com/maxcoopermax

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Dmitry Zakharov, Max Cooper, motion design, Music Video

I’ve been a fan of Hey Studio since I first laid eyes on their work. I usually am not a big fan of email newsletters, probably because so many are sent to me but I always look forward to theirs. They recently updated their website and for the fans of minimal and classic graphic design with just a hint of colorful latin flair it does not disappoint.

written by Christopher | tags: Barcelona, Graphic Design, Hey Studio, Print

Jonathan Zawada has kept busy. The best way to see what he has been up to is by checking in on his ‘commercial portfolio‘ where there looks to be a lot of activity since I last dropped in a long while back.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Australia, Illustration, Jonathan Zawada

There is some new work up since I last dropped in at Atelier Olschinsky and it is of course interesting, unique and purely delicious to the eyes.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Atelier Olschinsky, Graphic Design, Photography

Okay I’ll be honest when I first heard about this movie and the premise of it all I thought, ‘I don’t know, sounds like hype and potentially crap’ but I do love Seth MacFarlane so I figured I better give it a chance. Well all of those thoughts were totally obliterated after I saw this uncensored trailer. Opinion upgrade: this looks awesome.

A little background on the movie:
“Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of Ted. In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish…and has refused to leave his side ever since.”

written by Christopher | tags: film, Movies, Seth MacFarlane, TED

We are digging this new music video for “Wonderwall ” from the “Wonderwall” EP via BRDG.

Credits:
sound : metome
video : Taiyo Yamamoto
Produced by BRDG
bridge.tokyomax.jp/
facebook.com/brdg.jp

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, motion design, Music Video