Rambling and blogging for over 8 years, from good food and drink around town, eclectic electronic music, absolutely anything to do with digital media, throw some sport (more than likely cricket) in and the odd personal experience — as seen through my viewfinder.
Our latest TV ad - featuring massive paint explosions - took 10 days and 250 people to film. Huge quantities of paint were needed to accomplish this, which had to be delivered in 1 tonne trucks and mixed on-site by 20 people.
The effect was stunning, but afterwards a major clean-up operation was required to clear away all that paint!
The cleaning took 5 days and 60 people. Thankfully, the use of a special water-based paint made it easy to scrape-up once the water had evaporated.
Also available for viewing is a 5 minute behind the scenes documentary.
Not everyone gets to see the steps in between the time the model walks in the room to the time the artwork is complete and sent to print.
We all know how make-up can transform a person’s look, but do you really know what happens on desk of the Mac operator as they take a copy of Photoshop and wield their light pen like a craftsman uses his chisel, carving up the initial creating, sculpting and re-shaping until the original product is no longer identifiable.
Watch. Be surprised. Be saddened. Our chase for perfection is such an unfortunate and unforgiving indictment on Western culture today.
Moo allows you to get business cards printed off with your Flickr photos on the back - a nice idea huh!
But it gets better - if you’re a Flickr Pro user - you get a trial of ten free cards. I’ve sent off for mine and should get them in the next two weeks.
Is it vandalism, public nuisance or a clever way to “get up”?
Paul Curtis aka Moose is no regular graffiti artist. In fact, he is the opposite - what one may call a ‘reverse-graffiti’ artist. He creates his art by cleaning dirt from surfaces with only a shoe brush, some water and a little bit of elbow grease.
British authorities aren’t sure what to make of the artist who is creating graffiti by cleaning the grime of urban life. The Leeds City Council has been considering what to do with Moose. “I’m waiting for the kind of Monty Python court case where exhibit A is a pot of cleaning fluid and exhibit B is a pair of my old socks,” he jokes.
His work includes street art for HP and XBox. Does it mean we’ll see this style of street art catch on here, and in turn reduce the number of street sprays and chalkings? Would the authorities take a dim view? Only time will tell, but I for one love the concept.
Prolific graffiti artist Banksy has smuggled 500 doctored, or dare I say it, improved versions of Paris Hilton’s new CD into stores across the United Kingdom. The CD containes remixes by Banksy, and includes the titles - “Why am I Famous?,” “What Have I Done?” and “What Am I For?”
His spokeswoman said he had tampered with the CDs in branches of HMV and Virgin as well as independent record stores. He visited cities including Bristol, Brighton, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow and London, she added.
A spokesman for Virgin Megastores said staff were searching for affected CDs but it was proving hard to find them all.
“I have to take my hat off - it’s a very good stunt,” he added.
Spring has sprung, the grass is riz. I wonder where the birdy is? With such warm weather, all you want to do is get your gear off and get outside amongst it.
For ten years, Flash technology has been the de facto standard for creating rich, interactive content. Today, over two million Flash developers use Flash to create content for web sites, interactive presentations, and mobile devices. In celebration of the Flash community, Adobe has created an interactive timeline so that you can explore the dramatic history and promising future of Flash.
My birthday is coming up, a significant number this year, and I’m sure some of you out there would love to get me a nice present *ahem*.
So, if you are feel inclined, here’s the Porsche Design Tecflex Ballpoint. Definately the ballpoint, due to the technique that’s use to enable the ballpoint for use - you simply compress or squeeze the pen from both ends towards each other. Due to the flexible material, it contracts - a clever and stylish mechanism. Can’t decide on the stainless steel or the stainless steel and gold version though.
