It’s always cool when someone melds modern technology with traditional art style. Here is a great “thesis” animation from RIT which does just that. Watch as a Monk learns the style of one of my favorite bugs (bug or alien life form? the verdict still has to be out on that one), the Praying Mantis.
Way of the Mantis-
Don’t let it catch you dude. that camera has been stalking this poor guy all over the world, he keeps running and running…it’s no use, the camera is always there, right behind him, biding it’s time. You’ll trip and fall one day smart guy, and then…it’s over, you’re camera food.
Running from Camera: Blog
If you are feeling like the creative well is a bit dry, or you just happen to have some of that rare thing known as “free time”, take a spin through the awesome archive of Ads of the World. This is a huge collection of really creative ads guarenteed to spark some sort of flame in your creative brain. Check out this super cool image for an ad about a waterproof camera.
Ads of the World: Website
Apparently there is a toast vacancy! Everyone loves toast right? how can this be? I’m going to get a slice of soft delicious bread right now. I will make it just the perfect crispy brown and it shall deliver butter for that is it’s job. Great art from this guy, visit his gallery, and marvel at the shopping cart crop circle among others.
These are simply amazing origami pieces, apparently from a contest at MIT. The bugs are really nice, although these are all pretty inspirational. Man there just isn’t enough time in the day.
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The Japanese Tradition: Origami
more origami links:
Origami Diagrams
Golden Beaver!
Well I can still sorta tell she’s not real (in the full size picture anyway), too perfect maybe? Perhaps it’s the vacant look in the eyes. It would be interesting to see though how many people can actually tell the difference. If you want to get your geek panties all wet then click here to view how the model was created.
digg: Believe it or not!
Here we have some really nice Russian art from the Lebedev galleries. We really like these old style moderned themed pieces by Andrey Kuznetsov (see also his totally awesome spiderman)
Lebedev Studios: illustrations