15 April 2010
04 March 2010
shigenobu twilight perfume
Checkout these beautiful carved wooden perfume bottles by NY artist Anicka Yi and architect Maggie Peng... more info and webshop to buy it here...
11 February 2010
harman kardan crystal speakers
And what better way to enjoy your Crystal Head Vodka with music coming out from the very bling Harman Kardan's GLA-55 Crystal Speakers?...
crystal head vodka
Really, I don't even need to be tellin you why you should be getting yourself one of these... but if I need to spell it out for you... one, it's a crystal skull... with vodka in it.... two, Dan Akroyd's sellin it... what??...
villain chair
One MILLI-YON dollars!.... Mwahahahahahaaaaaaaa!... get your dastardly criminal mastermind bent on world domination on with this swanky retro Villain Chair... I mean, look at it!... there's no way people would take you seriously if you weren't sitting on one of these while while demanding your ransom via encrypted transmission...
10 January 2010
yokai and kaiju anatomy drawings
Otaku! heads up!... first is Yōkai Daizukai, an illustrated guide to yōkai authored by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki... it features a collection of cutaway diagrams showing the anatomy of 85 traditional monsters from Japanese folklore (which also appear in Mizuki’s GeGeGe no Kitarō anime/manga). Check this article from Pink Tentacle to see a few of the illustrations and translations...
Next up checkout Flickr user modern_fred’s Japanese movie monster scan collection includes a few vintage illustrations detailing the innards of Godzilla and other famous kaiju. Translations here again via Pink Tentacle's article...
Next up checkout Flickr user modern_fred’s Japanese movie monster scan collection includes a few vintage illustrations detailing the innards of Godzilla and other famous kaiju. Translations here again via Pink Tentacle's article...
11 November 2009
fumiko no kokuhaku
This anime short by student Hiroyasu Ishida, a 21-year-old student who is aspiring to be an animator, is pretty amazing... love the action!... Ishida independently directed, animated, edited, and recorded the 143-second "Fumiko no Kokuhaku" (Fumiko's Confession) with some help on the backgrounds, 3D CG textures, in-between animation, and 3D modeling.
More making of stuff at his website...
More making of stuff at his website...
