MOR Series (My Own Rendition, 2 of ?)
Tremors. I did that somewhere around fall 2012. See the first MOR item of ? here.
My Own Rendition Series (1 of ?)
Done around the month of August 2012. My Own Rendition Series features a personal take on previous Sci-fi masterpieces and illustration works. Here: Frank Herbert’s Dune. Illustration subjected to a Creative Commons, Attribution Non-commercial, ShareAlike licence
Reading Kafka
By Robert Crumb and David Zane Meirowitz. Fantagraphics Books. 2007. Kafka did hauntology! Pages 59 and 65 displayed. Review on Bookslut
Norman Bel Geddes’ Miniatures
Norman Bel Geddes’ models have added an extra dimension to pictorial reporting. By recreating large or small parts of the sea and the earth’s surface in miniature they have made it possible for the camera to take positions which would…
Living Bridges
Along the banks of the region’s many rivers, rubber fig trees grow shallow root systems that cling to the tops of rocks and other surfaces. Residents figured out that , using the trunks of other trees, they could guide these…
Ben Tolman: “Cognitive transformation”
I found this illustration on Mind Hacks first. It reminded me of Fritz Kahn’s artwork for a moment. That was before I explored Ben Tolman’s gallery, featuring ink drawings which can be viewed with great detail through zoomify. Ben Tolman…
Designing Complexity
The point is that there is no ‘easy energy future’. We’ve got to stop trying to sell people the idea that there are obvious ways to deal with the kinds of complex systems that govern both our social and environmental…
Uncanny Valley
Last Saturday, I was reading an article from Le Devoir about a reconstructed carthaginian man who died 2600 about years ago. Journalist Pauline Gravel’s description of dermoplasty was the most interesting thing about it: Une fois la tête posée sur…
“It’s all language”
I prefer my title to the one the video uploaded was with: “Graphic Design can change your life”. On his blog, Erik Spiekermann comments it with a simple “their words, not mine”. A blog really worth exploring, by the way….
Fract – “Indie Adventure Game”
FRACT – Indie Adventure Game from Richard Flanagan on Vimeo. “FRACT is an atmospheric adventure game set in an abstract forgotten world of analog sounds, samples and glitches. Myst + Rez with a heavy dose of Tron.” The game, designed…