Sam Spratt is an amazing digital artist who is most notorious for the new artwork for Angry Birds. His work ranges from hysterically funny to serious subjects that either voice his opinion or pay tribute to certain subjects, such as the twin towers image below. What is amazing though, is that all of these images are digitally painted, yet look like real oil paintings! As well, they are quite realistic. Check out more of his work here. Also read his blog, he’s got a great sense of humor as well. I would definitely hire him to make my movie posters! Continue reading
Review of the Week: Another Earth (2011)
Sorry for the late post – had some website difficulties!
Directed by: Mike Cahill
My Rating: 4 Stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 63%
Another Earth is an independent film starring Brit Marling and William Mapother. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, this film received a ton of support and attention due to it’s mindblowing plot. The film is about another Earth (quite literally) being discovered in the solar system. The night that this twin planet is discovered, Rhoda Williams, our main character, receives an acceptance letter to MIT. However, she celebrates a little too much and gets behind the wheel drunk, leading to catastrophic consequences for both her life, and the life of a Yale composer. The film then plays out showing how both their lives have been impacted, as well as the continuing discoveries of this second Earth. There are a few parts of the film that are a little slow, but the film finishes with bang, leaving you thinking about the film for days afterwards. Continue reading
Apologies…
Hey guys! Sorry I haven’t been able to post my review of the week. I had been having some problems with both my blog and my website and spend some time trying to fix it.
Now that it’s back up and running, I will be posting the review today to catch up! Keep tuned!
Meanwhile, I leave you with this really cool animation by Erica Haowei Hu. I especially love the music! Enjoy!
Art Tuesdays: M.C. Escher
M.C. Escher was a master of impossibility. He was fascinated with the rules of mathematics and physics, but more importantly, he was fascinated with breaking the rules, which inspired some of his most famous pieces. A lot of his images are optical illusions, such as the famous penrose steps below (mentioned in the film Inception). Others are more wildly imaginative, with a complete disregard for how we are used to perceiving the world. Escher asks us, “What if?”
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Review of the Week: Super 8 (2011)
Directed by: JJ Abrams
My Rating: 5 stars
Rotten tomatoes: 82%
Can I just say what an amazing team JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg make?!
I first saw this film on the flight back from Australia. Unfortunately, my headphones were broken and I could only hear out of one ear. Such a shame considering the amazing music composed for the film, by Michael Giacchino. Continue reading
Art Tuesdays: Audrey Kawasaki
Audrey Kawasaki has taken the art world by storm with her unique, manga and anime inspired art. Both innocent and provocative, her art is usually oil paint on wood, sometimes with additional mediums, such as graphite or colored pencil, added. She is one of the few who is capable of making a living off her art and she has been featured in numerous magazines and articles (including this one!). Occasionally she makes wood cutouts of her art and I definitely want one hanging on my wall!
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Review of the Week: Roman Holiday (1953)
Directed by: William Wyler
My Rating: 4 stars
Rotten tomatoes: 98%
I have a great love and respect for Audrey Hepburn. She is, after all, my favorite classic actress. Because of this, everyone always said to me, “You must see Roman Holiday then!” Roman Holiday being her first feature film. The role of Princess Anne was originally meant for Elizabeth Taylor, but when Directer William Wyler saw Audrey’s screen test he immediately cast her instead. Continue reading
Art Tuesdays: Photography
I have an Apple TV, which lets you play music, movies, music videos, – whatever you have on iTunes – through your television. A present from one of my favorite cousins, I use it quite a bit, especially when I’m working. I love to listen to music while working, especially if the work is very hands-on.
The Apple TV has a screensaver – just like mac computers. After about five minutes, it will scroll pictures. Well today I learned how to change the images from the default images to my own photography. Looking at my photography, I was reminded of something my mom had said to me. She said that she loved my photography, not because it was stunning and amazing art, on the contrary, they were quite ordinary images. Continue reading