Archive for December, 2009
December 25, 2009
This year I went down the DIY route with my Christmas cards, and came up with this androgenous angel getting festive on the saxophone.
And here’s the finished card in all its glory…
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December 4, 2009
Jack of Hearts turns cookie monster.
Traditional playing card designs are utterly, utterly beautiful. I hadn’t really noticed before, but they are massively intricate and are full of insanely detailed pattern. Anyway I found some interesting (based on the assumption that everyone else shares my ability to become fascinated by anything arcane or trivial) information on the history of playing card design here and here.
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Posted in Drawing, My art | Tagged alice in wonderland, cards, Drawing, jack, medieval, queen, queen of hearts, tarts | Leave a Comment »
December 2, 2009
So there’s a remake of Clash of the Titans on the go – because it’s not like there’s about a hundred other Greek myths to plagiarise. I’m sure I’ll trundle along to see it when it comes out, although I don’t think any number of waxed chests and pixels will make up for the tangible magic of the stop-motion original. And I noticed a conspicuous absence from the new trailer – no Bubo the mechanical owl. Exclamation mark. My classics knowledge might be a little hazy, bt I’m pretty sure Robo Birdie wasn’t in the original mythology (and thus spake Athena: “F’ckin A, my owls got f’ckin LASER BEAMS COMING OUT OF IT’S EYES!!!”), but he was a great addition, being all shiny and cute. And Bubo v 2.0 with laser eyes and a facebook ap would have been just charming, I’m sure.
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Posted in Drawing, Film, My art | Tagged archimedes, archimedes. drawing, bird, bubo, clash of the titans, Drawing, greek, myths, olympus, owl, pattern, pen, plop, robot owl | Leave a Comment »
