Author Archives: Niall Murphy
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Created by LA based animator Ting Chian Tey during his time at the Academy of Art University in 2010.
It’s about pride, obstinance and compromise. Also cuteness.
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A project called Big Money by art outfit Skrekkøgle combines tilt-shift photography with a 20:1 model of a 50 cent coin to add a further layer of coup d’oeil to the classic mini-diorama effect.
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He’s a Sphinx, or Canadian Hairless or ‘Abomination Unto The Lord’ cat.
Don’t judge him. Just lend him your fleece for pity’s sake.
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All hail Bachmann-eyezed: a whole Tumblr filled with people with Tea Party darling, lol-generator and 2012 Republican nomination candidate Michele Bachmann’s eyes.
Why would anyone draw attention to Michele Bachmann’s eyes you say?
From the ‘Quentin versus Coen’ exhibition at San Francisco’s Spoke Art Gallery last June : a feast of eye candy from various artists, all paying homage to the work of the three filmmakers. Available as prints from $30 to $240.
(Above from top: Greg Gossel’s “Quentin vs. Coen Round Two”, Joe Smith’s ‘Far From OK’, Joshua Budich’s “Reservoir Dogs” and Isaac Bidwell’s “Soggy Bottom Boys”)
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTFQBHBeleE
Unscripted and ad-libbed scenes in movies.
Some (Matt Damon reminiscing about his brothers in Saving Private Ryan, perhaps) you may already have suspected. Others (Roy Scheider’s ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’ in Jaws) perhaps not.
You can turn on annotations (via the triangle at the bottom left of the video frame) for details of what was and wasn’t improvised. Or just, you know, let your instinct guide you.
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