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Jewel #latergram #muskoka #x-pro1

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:22:51 -0500

Jewel #latergram #muskoka #x-pro1

Original drawing of characters from Up!

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:51:43 -0500

Original drawing of characters from Up!

Mail from Pixar!

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:50:32 -0500

Mail from Pixar!

Awesome creativemornings: Photos are up from...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:06:29 -0500

Awesome

creativemornings:

Photos are up from CreativeMornings/Toronto with Claire Dawson and Fidel Peña. The morning was hosted and sponsored by . Photos by Taylor Roades.

Check out the rest in their Flickr Album.

The Toronto chapter of CreativeMornings is organized by Behrouz Hariri. Follow along with them at @Toronto_CM!

Oh, How Pinteresting!: Verifying Your Website

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:48:02 -0400

Oh, How Pinteresting!: Verifying Your Website:

pinterblog:

Today, we’re launching a new feature called website verification! This feature lets you verify that you own the website on your Pinterest profile.

To verify your website, visit your Settings page and click on the Verify Website button. Currently, we only support top-level domains, such as…

"To me the company is about putting together pieces of the puzzle, not about getting personal..."

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:00:00 -0400

“To me the company is about putting together pieces of the puzzle, not about getting personal visibility.”

- Tim Cook via Fortune #APPL

Ad guy wonders why artist friend isn't rich and famous. We explain and offer recommendations to help the artist..

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:12:39 -0400

Ad guy wonders why artist friend isn't rich and famous. We explain and offer recommendations to help the artist..

"“Art, while feeding off the economics of its time, has to be independent of economics. Truth,..."

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:43:50 -0400

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“Art, while feeding off the economics of its time, has to be independent of economics. Truth, value and meaning do not come from amounts of money spent, or not spent, on their production or consumption, but the intentionality of the works and what they attempt to explore or expose. Every work is an attempt to make an account of its time and place. We have now evolved from the duty of art to simply mirror a retinal image of the world to something more critical, something that moves behind the appearance of things. The work then becomes a critical tool in the balancing of life and becomes a space of exchange and interrogation of words, images and meaning.”

-Antony Gormley

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- http://www.newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2011/11/17/antony-gormley-interview/#

OCADU

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:49:36 -0400

OCADU

Nigel Paul's Tumblr: Used Suits - A Parable

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:30:39 -0400

Nigel Paul's Tumblr: Used Suits - A Parable:

nigelpaul:

Based on a true story.

There was once a man, Jack, who lived in a run-down bungalow surrounded by overgrown grass and weeds.

One day, a man named Mr. Jones was wondering what to do with his used suit. Goodwill? A used-clothes bin somewhere? “I know, I’ll give this suit to Jack,” Mr. Jones said….

typeworship: These fabulous retro numbers are attributed to...

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:33:28 -0400

typeworship:

These fabulous retro numbers are attributed to Otto Rieger, 1978. They are stunning, however I can’t find any further independent information to corroborate their source or see any more work.

Does anyone have any more information?

Thanks to Typeverything.com for first posting (via @newhousebooks)

Looper Director Makes Downloadable Commentary for In-Theater Use

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:28:24 -0400

Looper Director Makes Downloadable Commentary for In-Theater Use:

ericalba:

More directors should do this.

Great idea

An infographic Ben recently completed for a book designed by the...

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:22:28 -0400

An infographic Ben recently completed for a book designed by the Office of Gilbert Li. It shows the career paths of people who have interned at The Metcalf Foundation. The interns often end up at good places in the performing arts world thanks to their involvement. Photo by Chris Thomaidis.

Photo

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:56:13 -0400

"1. Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can’t sharpen..."

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:52:58 -0400

“1. Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can’t sharpen it on the plane, because you can’t take knives with you. Therefore: take two pencils.”

- 10 rules of writing from Margaret Atwood (via explore-blog)

Chalk animation drawn in-camera frame by frame. It took our...

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:50:00 -0400

Chalk animation drawn in-camera frame by frame. It took our drawing team of 3 two days and a week of preproduction. Happy with the end result. Airing on Quebec TV.

mrdiv: cycloid

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:15:05 -0400

mrdiv:

cycloid

Photo

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:01:50 -0400

Algonquin College Chalk Mural Timelapse

Fri, 25 May 2012 01:28:42 -0400

Algonquin College Chalk Mural Timelapse

Sketches from my archives. For the Walrus I think.

Thu, 24 May 2012 02:26:00 -0400

Sketches from my archives. For the Walrus I think.