tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61635762772769416002024-03-08T13:43:48.421-08:00neosdimospargas animated cartoonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comBlogger321125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-14341532983009310212014-09-09T05:46:00.002-07:002014-09-09T05:46:11.739-07:00neosdimospargasneosdimospargasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-58860350672645138462009-06-12T22:31:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:50.910-07:00Parka Blogs Art Book StoresHi there, if you're still reading this, you should head over to the new <a href="http://parkablogs.com/">parkablogs.com</a> for the latest art book reviews. <br /><br />I've also just recently created a few online art book stores on my blog. There are art books relating to animation, concept art, comics, manga, individual artists, movies, and Japanese anime art books.<br /><br />Here are the links back to the art book stores on parkablogs.com:<br /><a href="http://parkablogs.com/store/usa" title="Parka Blogs Art Book Store (USA)">USA</a>, <a href="http://parkablogs.com/store/uk" title="Parka Blogs Art Book Store (UK)">UK</a>, <a href="http://parkablogs.com/store/ca" title="Parka Blogs Art Book Store (Canada)">Canada</a>, <a href="http://parkablogs.com/store/de" title="Parka Blogs Art Book Store (Germany)">Germany</a>, <a href="http://parkablogs.com/store/fr" title="Parka Blogs Art Book Store (France)">France</a>, <a href="http://parkablogs.com/store/jp" title="Parka Blogs Art Book Store (日本 Japan)">Japan 日本</a><br /><br />Help bookmark the stores or post links on your blog's sidebar! The more visitors I have at the stores, the more giveaways and contests I can organise.<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-91656356721975453312009-02-04T06:40:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:50.919-07:00Parka Blogs has movedI've moved parkablogs.blogspot to <a href="http://parkablogs.com">parkablogs.com</a>.<br /><br />All new art book reviews will be posted over there in the future. I will no longer be updating this blogspot account.<br /><br />Do update your bookmarks and your RSS feed so you can access the new content. <br /><br />Thanks everyone for the support so far.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-26631714513489615522009-01-29T18:30:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:51.155-07:00Photos from Massive Black Workshop Jan 2008Irene Gallo just recently blogged about the <a href="http://igallo.blogspot.com/2008/01/revelations-wrap-up.html">Massive Black workshop held in Seattle</a> in Jan 2009 and has provided tons of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25346867@N03/sets/72157612956971802/">great photos from the event</a>.<br /><br />Great stuff.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3223802993_d3e8a6b24a.jpg" alt="Massive Black Seattle Workshop Jan 2009"/><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/3224664204_467b129fba.jpg" alt="Massive Black Seattle Workshop Jan 2009"/><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/3223800653_bed2c93fe7.jpg" alt="Massive Black Seattle Workshop Jan 2009"/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-68715161007573489712009-01-14T18:00:00.000-08:002015-11-26T13:43:32.173-08:00Pictures of Absolute Sandman with Slipcase<br />
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I love looking at people's bookshelves and see what they've got. So today, I did a search for Absolute Sandman on Flickr. All pictures shown in this entry are from Flickr and will link back to their respective owners.<br />
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Absolute Sandman is actually a 4-volume hardcover compilation of all the Sandman issues. It comes with a slipcase. You can read more about Sandman and its history on Wikipedia.<br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/1374209000/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1306/1374209000_912a363dd0.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/phil_g/726270830/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1225/726270830_f2c55e0fb6.jpg" /></a><br />
Notice how the Absolute editions have more colours added on. <br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/zog/279250988/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/114/279250988_8943ed9058.jpg" /></a><br />
Oh, and notice the size difference too.<br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/justkristin/2695303658/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2695303658_874c937510.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wynnie/2289567189/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/2289567189_61d67a65d4.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wynnie/2289588543/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/2289588543_986055b977.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/1374214648/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1181/1374214648_14f4b314e3.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/nicolasix1974/277449406/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/277449406_ee38020ca3.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/chunkyrice/2578216838/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2578216838_224abc2338.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wynnie/2290328850/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2290328850_c752387d1e.jpg" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/nicolasix1974/277449400/"><img alt="Absolute Sandman Volume with Slipcase" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/277449400_a6afa3dcfe.jpg" /></a><br />
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I haven't got a chance to read any Sandman yet, but I shall find a way to get them. <br />
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Here are some Amazon links if you want to find out more on the books. The reviews on are overwhelmingly positive.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-70308300156797789652009-01-11T18:41:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:51.912-07:00Open Season 2 and Shrek straight to DVDDo you know that Open Season 2 is a straight-to-dvd (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FTIJS0?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B001FTIJS0">Amazon link</a>)? Or do you even know it exists?<br /><br />The trailer doesn't look very good.<br /><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/divxplanet/3186839891/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3407/3186839891_6584e5cd44_b.jpg" style="width:500px;" alt="Open Season 2 poster"/></a><br /><br /><object width="500" height="375"> <param name="flashvars" value="&offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdivxplanet%2Fsets%2F72157612431497234%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdivxplanet%2Fsets%2F72157612431497234%2F&set_id=72157612431497234&jump_to="></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=63961"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=63961" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="&offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdivxplanet%2Fsets%2F72157612431497234%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdivxplanet%2Fsets%2F72157612431497234%2F&set_id=72157612431497234&jump_to=" width="500" height="375"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XpTIJ4kuKqk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XpTIJ4kuKqk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />By the way, they have a straight-to-dvd addition to Shrek as well, called Shrek The Halls (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AQT112?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B001AQT112">Amazon link</a>). And they are selling that for $12 for a 22 minutes video. Not really worth the money.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AJKvTHemJCA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AJKvTHemJCA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-45588953477522526392009-01-07T01:23:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:52.302-07:00Shane Acker and Tim Burton's 9 Coming on 9.9.09<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JIpZxBczWUg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JIpZxBczWUg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />Directed by Shane Acker, produced by Tim Burton, 9 is looking great. You can check out more of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_(2009_film)">9</a> on wikipedia. So far there's very little on it, not every an official movie website.<br /><br />Here's the original same name short film it was based on. It was created by Shane Acker.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DE4qHy0RruA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DE4qHy0RruA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />No news on any books coming with the movie as yet.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-82320223428751986182009-01-02T20:53:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:52.546-07:00Disturbing anime live action movies coming upI've read some scary news on the web. Some of them have already came true. Here's the list.<br /><br /><strong>1. Dragon Ball Evolution</strong><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/64fZMN2Qu0w&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/64fZMN2Qu0w&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />Seriously?<br /><br />Oh yeah, it's serious enough. They have the <a href="http://dbthemovie.com/">Dragon Ball Evoluvation website</a> for it as well.<br /><br />You can already check out the cast from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098327/">IMDB</a>. It's not looking good. Not looking good at all.<br /><br />I can imagine doing a 3D animation movie on Dragon Ball easily. There are countless 3D Dragon Ball computer games available and they show viability. But live action? Seriously? Why would anyone want to take a highly stylized comic and turn it into live action? Because they can?<br /><br /><strong>2. Cowboy Bebop (live action)</strong><br />When I first read it on <a href="http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=132038">conceptart.org</a>, I was stunned beyond words. Cowboy Bebop is one of my favourite anime.<br /><br />There can only be two outcome to this. It's either going to amazing, or it's going to stink so very bad.<br /><br /><strong>3. Akira (live action)</strong><br />Warner Brothers has acquired the rights to make this masterpiece anime into two movies. The <a href="http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/02/20/its-official-live-action-akira-confirmed-already-for-2009/">news</a> might be from Feb 2008 but it still sends chills down my spine.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-63370680378969125882008-12-29T18:00:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:52.792-07:00Your Favourite Art Books From 2008 Contest ResultsThanks to everyone for participating in the <a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/12/whats-your-top-3-favourite-art-books.html">2008 favourite art books contest</a>. The response is not bad. Maybe I'll hold another one for 2009.<br /><br />The winner for this contest/lucky draw is <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398">yash gupta</a>. Congratulations, you've won yourself a $20 Amazon voucher!<br /><br />Below are the other entries from other readers who left their comments. I've provided links back to the readers' websites, and the books are linked to Amazon.<br /><br />There are lots of books I've not seen before. Thanks for the recommendations!<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.artofnicolecardiff.com/">Nicole</a><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933784245?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1933784245">Shadowline</a>, the Iain McCaig artbook. It has some of the nicest printing I've seen in a while, and as I'm particularly fond of his sketches, it's definitely one of my favorites. Link: <a href="http://www.iainmccaig.com/">Iain McCaig homepage</a><br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1845767055?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1845767055">Art of Paul Bonner</a>. Lots of art, very high quality prints, and plenty of stuff I hadn't seen before. Link: <a href="http://www.paulbonner.net/">Paul Bonner homepage</a><br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933865024?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1933865024">Mark Schultz, Various Drawings 3</a> - I really like seeing the process work in these, and I think this one's the best of the bunch. Mark Schultz doesn't get nearly as much attention as he merits, IMO. Link: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Schultz_%28comics%29">wikipedia page for Mark Schultz</a>.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.francisvallejo.blogspot.com/">Francis Vallejo</a><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1857594789?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1857594789">N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonn</a>: BEAUTIFUL repros over 700 pages. A staggering amount of his work is reproduced. Finally a fitting book for this legendary and influential artist. Great photos of his studio. A good balance of smaller thumbnails and full page spreads. Good literature as well. Link: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._C._Wyeth">wikipedia page for N.C.Wyeth</a>.<br /><br />2.<a href="http://www.artbooks.com/titles/083/Item83582.htm">VICTOR PROUVÉ (1858-1943)</a>: Terrific book on the often overlooked French artist. With a hint of Toulouse Lautrec and Sargent, along with scupltures, Prouve is a great inspiration.<br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810995212?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0810995212">JC Leyendecker</a> by Laurence S. Cutler et.al:<br />Again one of the greatest illustrators to live receives a gorgeous book with great reproductions of all his covers from Colliers to the SE Post. It's a good year for Golden Age Illustrators. Now we just need a Mead Schaeffer book!!!<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/01505877573452389514">dugbuddy</a><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401215769?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1401215769">Fables Covers: The Art of James Jean</a>. With preliminary sketches included for the works it is a wonderful capturing of one of the hottest illustrators recently. Link: <a href="http://www.jamesjean.com/">James Jean homepage</a><br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823006581?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0823006581">Classical Painting Atelier</a>: by Juliette Aristides. A detailed look into the return of realism in figurative painting. This book is flat out wonderful, a great read, and print wise has great color. Her drawing book companion from 2006 is also a must for any artist.<br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599290286?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1599290286">Spectrum 15</a>: Consistently good printing, wonderful imagery, and where else do you ever get to see an collection of talent of this caliper? Link: <a href="http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/">Spectrum homepage</a><br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14026272359587200103">Otto</a><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933784571?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1933784571">Art of Kung Fu Panda</a>: What can I say? This is one of the best "art of" books out there. It's up there with The Art of Mulan and The Art and Making of Monster House (also my favorites). Nicolas Marlet is brilliant too!<br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.totoroforestproject.org/">The Totoro Forest Project</a>: Sadly, I do not own the book, but from seeing pictures of the book and all of the artwork on the site, I can already tell that it's an amazing book. All for a good cause too! They're in the talks of a second printing, so I'm prepared to pounce on that! I might just break and get the 1st printing (goes for $200!!).<br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811861716?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0811861716">Art of the Modern Movie Poster: International Postwar Style and Design</a>: A monstrous book with movie posters from around the world. There are more than 1,500 images in it. A great book for illustrators, designers, and movie buffs alike.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/09060713320371871875">Lemon</a><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933784571?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1933784571">The Art of Kung Fu Panda</a><br />The art book of the year.<br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1897376987?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1897376987">Street Fighter Tribute</a><br />I love Street Figther and Udon.So this album had to be second.<br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811862356?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0811862356">The art of Walle</a><br />Great movie and great art book.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/05512359867607141122">Vinod Rams</a><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933784245?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1933784245">Shadowline: The art of Iain McCaig</a><br />Been waiting for it forever. It's great to see some of his non-Star Wars stuff, like the Princess of Mars concepts. I love the personality and sensitivity in his sketches.<br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1845767055?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1845767055">The Art of Paul Bonner</a>:<br />The level of detail in his art is amazing and it’s great to finally have a huge collection in one book! The book is big and chunky too!<br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.animenation.com/9784063647235.html">Blade of the Immortal Illustration collection</a><br />Another book I’ve been waiting to come out for years! It has a good mix of his old and new covers as well as the amazing grayscale chapter heads.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/13530133935681282124">Peter S</a><br /><br />1. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1423107233?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1423107233">Walt Disney Animation Studio Archive: Story</a>." A wonderful collection of storyboards, showing not just just how pencils drawing depict and diagram movement, but how pencil marks can themselves seems to move.<br /><br />2. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560978384?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1560978384">Willie & Joe: The WWII Years</a>." Watch Bill Mauldin develop as an artist in wartime, with cartoon linework steadily transformed into slumping, slouching, muddy, inky masterpieces.<br /><br />3. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300126220?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0300126220">Alexander Calder: The Paris Years 1926-1933.</a>" The catalog captures the playfulness of Calder, whose uses wire and metal like a kind of drawing in the air.<br /><br />Three runners-up: Lynda Barry, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1897299354?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1897299354">What It Is</a>" (a wonderful comic/diary/sketchbook/writing workshop/collage); <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0980003954?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0980003954">Kramer's Ergot 7</a>. (comic artists working at tabloid size, like the Sunday funnies of the early 20th century; Hiroshige, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807615935?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0807615935">The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido</a>" (like floating).<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://inkdestroyedmybrush.blogspot.com/">inkdestroyedmybrush</a><br /><br />1- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1848560419?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1848560419">watching the watchmen</a> - an exhaustive look at Gibbon's work on a true classic of the genre. anyone who wants to be a comic artist should be held and down and forced to look at the amount of work needed to do 12 issues.<br /><br />2- <a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/12/book-review-retroactive-darwyn-cooke.html">retroactive</a> - darwyn cooke a neat coffee table book by someone whose style can actually stand up to the enlargement of the pieces!<br /><br />3 - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0867197064?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0867197064">the art of herge</a> vol 1 - a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of a master - the foremost practicioner of the belgian "clean line" technique<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://mosco-wassup.blogspot.com/">Sanndra SF</a><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933784571?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1933784571">Kungfu panda</a> - Amazing artbook,saw this book review from a magazine, then found this book in KINOKUNIYA. From character design to environment setting, this book give quality information and really worth to have it.<br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933492252?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1933492252">The art of Sparth</a>, Structura - I am a big fan of sci-fi art. i can't wait to see the book after i ordered it from Amazon. The author,Nicolas Bouvier is a very creative person. I like all his works.<br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593079109?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1593079109">HellBoy Library Destruction Devil V.1</a> - For me it is super good book, the book in hardcover, full color printing,high quality paper. The art works is great and fantastic.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/02490050511658725747">nysv</a><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1897376022?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1897376022">Okami official complete works</a><br />The book has beautiful artwork in one of my favorite mediums - watercolor & ink. I haven't even played the game, but the art in this book is just stunning and there's nearly 300 pages of it. The US version was finally released last summer, I recommend picking this one up ASAP.<br /><br />2. Iain Mccaig's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933784245?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1933784245">Shadowline</a><br />Ok, I don't actually have this yet (on order), however I've really liked Mccaig's linework since I first saw it in the SW Episode I artbook. There's something nice in his character drawings, expecting more of the same goodness in this book.<br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600610862?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1600610862">An Illustrated Life</a><br />I haven't bought other 2008 released artbooks this year, so my third pick is something I don't personally have.<br />Anyway, this book looks interesting and it's quite cheap. Although it doesn't have pro quality art the content still looks intriguing, kind of like what's in the Postsecret-book or a collection of flickr posts of sketchbook pages. There's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odpf_PcXJZo">preview video</a> on the youtube for this<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/13265345609304608398">yash gupta</a><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933784571?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1933784571">Kungfu Panda</a><br />Awesome character designs. Love how they've managed to play with the big round body of Po.<br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811862356?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0811862356">Art of wall-E</a><br />Explores everything from robots to aliens to fat blobby humans. bonus:Eve is designed in collaboration with apple product designer.<br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811865312?ie=UTF8&tag=kvc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0811865312">Art of Bolt</a><br />Ordered it on amazon.ca will be getting it soon. Love character designs of Rhino. And the book does not contain too many movie stills is a plus.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><a href="http://tupinihon.com/blog/">Andre Kishimoto</a><br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933784571?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1933784571">The Art of Kung Fu Panda</a><br />Lots of character designs. The setting of the movie is beautiful and the book is superb (loved the dragon pressed in the front hardcover)<br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761560726?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0761560726">The Art of Halo 3</a><br />After beating the game, seeing the (art)work behind the masterpiece is something I really enjoyed.<br /><br />3. Udon's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1897376987?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1897376987">Street Fighter Tribute</a><br />Udon kick a**, and the fact that this book contains hundreds of incredible works from around the globe is just great. You can notice various styles and influences here.<br /><br /><hr /><br />Here's my list of top ten art books for 2008. All links are to my book reviews.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/08/book-review-art-of-kung-fu-panda.html">The Art of Kung Fu Panda</a></li><li><a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/11/book-review-street-fighter-tribute.html">Street Fighter Tribute</a></li><li><a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/11/book-review-sumi-vagabond-illustration.html">The Sumi</a> and <a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/11/book-review-water-vagabond-illustration.html">The Water</a>: Vagabond Illustration Collection</li><li><a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/09/book-review-art-and-making-of-star-wars.html">The Art and Making of Star Wars Force Unleashed</a></li><li><a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/12/book-review-covers-by-james-jean.html">Fables Covers: The Art of James Jean Vol. 1</a></li><li><a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/11/book-review-art-of-iron-man.html">The Art of Iron Man</a></li><li><a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/06/book-review-art-of-walle.html">Structura: The Art of Sparth</a></li><li><a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/11/book-review-mechanika.html">Mechanika</a></li><li><a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/12/book-review-trick-r-treat-tales-of.html">Trick 'r Treat: Tales of Mayhem, Mystery & Mischief</a></li></ul><a href="http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/12/16/2008-best-art-book-lists/">linesandcolors</a> has also compiled a useful list of list of art books. The lists includes a variety of art books across different genres, styles and mediums.<br /><br />That's all.<br /><br />Thanks everyone for participating!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-1644607623757170322008-12-27T04:20:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:52.893-07:00The Venice Chronicles from Enrico Casarosa<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/casarosa/2825960706/" title="The Venice Chronicles from Enrico Casarosa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/2825960706_f3a32ccb92.jpg" width="500" alt="The Venice Chronicles from Enrico Casarosa" /></a><br /><br />If you love sketchbooks or watercolors, you'll love The Venice Chronicles. It's a sketchbook, travelogue, comic thrown into a sturdy hardcover book with a love story at its core. <br /><br />The artist is Enrico Casarosa, a story artist at Pixar. <a href="http://enricocasarosa.com/wordpress.1">He has a blog</a> where he post lots of artwork and thoughts so be sure to check it out!<br /><br />The sketches in the book are wonderful and watercolor beautiful. The characters are appealing and, well, real. I can't remember if I've seen water colour comics before but there it is in this unique book. The story is about his travel with his girl. <br /><br />Included also is a section on how they met, and how he used his drawings to attract her attention — of course!<br /><br />Enrico has created a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/casarosa/sets/72157600018400009/">Flickr set for the book</a> where you can read the pages, best viewed in slideshow mode.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/3140329765/" title="The Venice Chronicles from Enrico Casarosa by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3199/3140329765_9951451166_o.png" width="472" height="785" alt="The Venice Chronicles from Enrico Casarosa" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/casarosa/431677852/" title="The Venice Chronicles from Enrico Casarosa by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/431677852_41288f6b3d.jpg" alt="The Venice Chronicles from Enrico Casarosa" /></a><br /><br />You can also check out the creative process of the book on Enrico's Flickr photoset titled <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/casarosa/sets/72157606476902869/">The making of The Venice Chronicles</a>, also best viewed in slideshow mode. I love the photo of him painting and carrying the baby at the same time — multitasking creative talent.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/casarosa/2361189655/" title="The Venice Chronicles from Enrico Casarosa by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2258/2361189655_9ea69ee551.jpg" alt="The Venice Chronicles from Enrico Casarosa" /></a> <br /><br /><div style="float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=parblo-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0981845509&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>If you like the book, do support him by purchasing a copy.<br /><br />The books are available on:<br /><a href="http://enricocasarosa.com/wordpress.1/atelier-fio-bookstore/">Enrico's online store</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0981845509?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0981845509">Amazon.com</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0981845509?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo0c-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=15121&creativeASIN=0981845509">Amazon.ca</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0981845509?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=0981845509">Amazon.co.uk</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/0981845509?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo08-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1642&creativeASIN=0981845509">Amazon.fr</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0981845509?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo01-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1638&creativeASIN=0981845509">Amazon.de</a><br /><br />Amazon sells it cheaper though. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0981845509?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0981845509">Reviews are already in</a> on Amazon and they are very positive.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-65087535795893841262008-12-23T01:35:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:53.171-07:00ValidationThis is a nice short film that shows that everyone could do with a little validation, and a smile.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cbk980jV7Ao&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cbk980jV7Ao&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-2790242766425683952008-12-21T04:37:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:53.288-07:00Superman and Emma Frost Speed Paint TutorialThese are done by friend <a href="http://rocketraygun.blogspot.com/">Kelvin Chan</a>, who also collects a lot of art books. He has a <a href="http://rocketraygun.deviantart.com/">deviantart page</a> also, with lots of great art.<br /><br />One's on Superman, obviously, and the other is on Emma Frost.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZcEMIx4fZ_8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZcEMIx4fZ_8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_ZIMVU-MP1M&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_ZIMVU-MP1M&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-35238713207970234572008-12-20T03:23:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:53.377-07:00Fantagraphics BEASTS Art Exhibition & 2nd Anniversary GalaBeasts! Book 2 is coming out. And Beasts! Book 1 is in the third reprint and is also coming out. This entry is more on the art exhibition for the two books!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com">Fantagraphics Books</a> just held a <a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1812&Itemid=94">Beasts! exhibition & 2nd Anniversary Gala</a> on 13 Dec 2008. It sure looks like lots of fun from the pictures.<br /><br />Somehow I managed to find out that <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/fantagraphics/">they have a Flickr account</a>. They do book previews like I do, and they flip pages too!! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/fantagraphics">They have a Youtube account</a> as well, where they post their event videos, in additional to their flipping-page videos.<br /><br />Here are some photos from their event, which I found on Flickr.<br /><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/fantagraphics/3108913679/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/3108913679_d2d154b5cf.jpg"/></a><br /><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/fantagraphics/3108913065/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/3108913065_c50c8b7991.jpg"/></a><br /><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/fantagraphics/3109736634/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/3109736634_3f0a818713.jpg?v=0"/></a><br /><br />And video.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="375" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=63881" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=826f0f0398&photo_id=3109742312"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=63881"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=63881" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=826f0f0398&photo_id=3109742312" height="375" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br />There are more photos <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/fantagraphics/tags/beastsbook2printshow/">on their Flickr set</a>.<br /><br />You can also check out the list of books they have on their <a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=62">online bookstore</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156097950X?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20">Beasts! Book 1</a> (slightly cheaper) and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560979496?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20">Beasts! Book 2</a> are going to be available on Amazon soon as well. Meanwhile, you can read the reviews for Beasts! Book 1.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-51562191642549678742008-12-11T20:20:00.000-08:002014-09-15T07:32:54.015-07:00Laundry day by Guillaume<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MQ5ziNOtoMU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MQ5ziNOtoMU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I thought this was freaking hilarious animation done by <a href="http://giblote.blogspot.com/">Guillaume</a>.<br /><br />Simple set. Almost real situation. Great acting (expression) and voice acting. Good twist at the end. All elements of good storytelling.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-85500571682905132152008-10-09T23:32:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:57.795-07:00Animation Road Show Blog<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2928872588/" title="Animation Road Show Blog by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/2928872588_c443395275_m.jpg" width="164" height="240" alt="Animation Road Show Blog" style="float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;"/></a>The <a href="http://animationroadshow.blogspot.com/">animation road show blog</a> is part of the Labyrinth bookstore in Toronto, Ontaio Canada. They specialize in books on illustration, animation, as well as thousands of graphic novels and manga.<br /><br />I think it's really cool for art book stores to have blogs. It's great for keeping customers up to date with new books and providing recommendations. Not only that, it also increases the exposure for the books, especially so if the customer is not local, like me.<br /><br />This is a great website to bookmark, or add to RSS feed, if you want to keep up with new art book releases.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-90386435113509053902008-10-07T20:26:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:57.968-07:00Typobloger: A Typography Class Blog<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2923689478/" title="Typoblogger by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2923689478_76a57e5f46_m.jpg" width="169" height="240" alt="Typoblogger" style="float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;"/></a>I found another blog that's almost as interesting as <a href="http://ilovetypography.com/">ilovetypography.com</a>. <br /><br />This one's called <a href="http://typobloger.blogspot.com/">Typoblogger</a>. It says on their welcome that it's community site for ALL of Genevieve Williams' typography classes at SVA. The main site features lots of typography resources.<br /><br />It's the links posted on the sidebar that's interesting. It seems to me that everyone in the class has to create their own blog. Not only that, they have to post up their type assignments online. It's great to see the fresh ideas from students starting out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-84140665158038008482008-10-07T07:33:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:57.977-07:00Vector Infographics from 24horas<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2921973400/" title="Infografia 24horas by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/2921973400_ca59307e8f_m.jpg" width="163" height="240" alt="Infografia 24horas" style="float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;" /></a>This website features mainly vector style infographics. They are for a Portuguese newspaper called <a href="http://www.24horasnewspaper.com/">24 horas</a>.<br /><br />I downloaded some of the graphics from newspagedesigner.com. But I never actually found out which paper it was from because I kept typing the wrong keywords. Today, I found that it had a blog called <a href="http://infografia24horas.blogspot.com/">infografia 24horas</a>.<br /><br />I really love the vector style, tight control and yet bold colour usage. Every graphic is eye catching, every one so inviting to read. The paper really have a great art department.<br /><br />This website is in Portuguese. But you can easily translate it by searching for the site in Google and then hitting "translate this page" link provided.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-76618369472072828892008-10-06T02:08:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:58.034-07:00Different Hits for Flickr and Deviantart<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/1341071055/" title="Empire State Building by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1204/1341071055_d1e5fcea5a.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="Empire State Building" /></a><br />This same photo currently has over <a href="http://parka.deviantart.com/art/New-York-City-Night-72709825">1500 views in deviantart</a> and less than 100 views in Flickr.<br /><br />I don't think it was because I featured it on <a href="http://parka.deviantart.com/">my deviantart profile page</a>. It already had way more views at that time.<br /><br />Interesting how different web community works.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-19250348641904157812008-10-05T20:37:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:58.043-07:00Rise in Infographics Blogs, Websites And ResourcesI do a lot of search on infographics blogs and websites for examples and references where artists use graphics to present information.<br /><br />There has been an increasing number of websites devoted to the topic of infographics over the years, although I can't put a number to it. I've bookmarked all of the ones listed below on <a href="http://delicious.com/teohyc/infographics">Delicious tagged infographics</a> and even more that were not listed.<br /><br />Here's a list that I frequent, via RSS. Also check out their blog roll, or favourite links, as they point to even more resources.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newspagedesigner.com/">News Page Designer</a><br />This is where page designers, graphic artists, and infographics journalists submit their work to. It's like the Flickr or Youtube for newspaper page design. The variety ranges from simple graphic charts to award winning infographics.<br /><br /><a href="http://coolinfographics.blogspot.com/">Cool Infographics Blog</a><br />This blog was created in July 2007. Currently, it has over 200 postings. The blog features interesting infographics that appear in print and on the web.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.visualcomplexity.com/">visualcomplexity.com</a><br />I'll quote from their About page. "VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web."<br /><br />In short, they try to bring across information with cool, and sometimes abstract, graphics.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.designingthenews.com/">Designing the News</a><br />This blog looks at the visual elements used in newspapers, including infographics.<br /><br /><a href="http://flowingdata.com/">FlowingData</a><br />Presenting numerical information through graphics is what this website is all about.<br /><br /><a href="http://infographicsnews.blogspot.com/">Infographic News</a><br />Yes, now there are news about infographics as well. This blog features a great collection of infographics in print and on the web.<br /><br /><a href="http://infosthetics.com/">information aesthetics</a><br />Their tag "form follows data, data visualization & visual communication". There are lots of examples on data visualization on their blog.<br /><br /><a href="http://simplecomplexity.net/">Simple Complexity</a><br />Another great blog with lots of infographics from around the world.<br /><br /><a href="http://abeautifulwww.com/">A Beautiful WWW</a><br />This blog is about creating graphics for the web. Their tag "information retrieval, information visualization, data mining, artificial intelligence, web programming"<br /><br /><a href="http://statisticalgraphics.blog.com/">Stat Graphics & Data Visualization</a><br />Presenting statistics with graphics. Lots of charts, pies and lines.<br /><br /><a href="http://illustrationsinfographics.blogspot.com/">Illustrations Infographics</a><br />New blog with infographics<br /><br /><a href="http://elmundobelico.blogspot.com/">War infographics</a><br />New blog with infographics<br /><br /><a href="http://gabicampanario.blogspot.com/">Seattle Sketches</a><br />When sketches and infographics meet.<br /><br /><a href="http://aberrocal.blogspot.com/">Aberrocal</a><br />This artist has some great infographics. His illustrations has a strong lines.<br /><br /><a href="http://lizyilustra.blogspot.com/">Pasión por Ilustración</a><br />That's Spanish for Passion for Illustration. Lots of behind the scenes blogging for graphics produced.<br /><br /><a href="http://infografia24horas.blogspot.com/">Infografia 24horas</a><br />I really love the simplistic style. Infographics that does the job superbly, bring information across in an easy to absorb way. This blog is in Spanish<br /><br /><a href="http://www.infograthinking.blogspot.com/">Infograthinking</a><br />This blog is in Spanish and it features some stunning infographics and thinking.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.albertocairo.com/index/index_english.html">Alberto Cairo's website</a><br />There are courses, student projects and other lots of infographics related resources and content.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-22525320630310818672008-10-04T00:06:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:58.100-07:00Book Review: Work: The World in Photographs<div style="margin: 0pt 1em 1em 0pt; float: right;"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=parblo-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0792262042&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><blockquote>The 190 evocative, wonderfully varied images collected from here span well over a century, from photography's early decades in the 19th century to the first years of a new millennium.<br /><em style="float: right;">- A section from the book jacket</em><br /></blockquote><br /><br />The collection of photographs showcases people of different jobs going about with their daily chores.<br /><br />I like how each photo transports me to the scene where the photographer stood. One moment, I'm beside people cycling to work in the rain, the next, I'm watching workers mine sulfur. And it goes on and on. Although I might never visit these places, the feeling of being there just by looking at the photos is satisfying enough.<br /><br />This book is not just about the different occupations, it's about religion, culture and people's way of life.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=60247" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="500" height="376"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=72289ae624&photo_id=2911694056"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=60247"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=60247" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=72289ae624&photo_id=2911694056" width="500" height="376"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-51822833190115046612008-10-03T05:24:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:58.108-07:00Some Favourite Links<ul><li><span style="font-size:78%;"><b>Favourites</b></span></li><li> <a href="http://delicious.com/adobe">Adobe on Delicious</a> </li><li> <a href="http://boreddad.blogspot.com/">Bored Dad's Roar</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/">Businessweek</a> </li><li> <a href="http://fuzz28.multiply.com/">Colleague - Fuzz</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.iantan.org/">Colleague - Ian</a> </li><li> <a href="http://jonrob5000.blogspot.com/">Colleague - Jonrob</a> </li><li> <a href="http://rocketraygun.deviantart.com/">Colleague - Kelvin Chan</a> </li><li> <a href="http://lynnchia79.multiply.com/">Colleague - Lynnette</a> </li><li> <a href="http://isss.blogdrive.com/">Colleague - Serene Luo</a> </li><li> <a href="http://teleutestar.livejournal.com/">Dawn's LJ Blog</a> </li><li> <a href="http://dorothyho.com/">Dorothy Ho's Blog</a> </li><li> <a href="http://ilovetypography.com/">i love typography</a> </li><li> <a href="http://interfacelift.com/">Interfacelift</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.juliewaltonshaver.com/blog/">Julie Walton Shaver</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.newsdesigner.com/blog/">Newsdesigner</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/">Newseum</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.newspagedesigner.com/">Newspagedesigner</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.visualeditors.com/bogdas/">Nicole Bogdas</a> </li><li> <a href="http://rwillustrator.blogspot.com/">Real World Illustrator</a> </li><li> <a href="http://siaolangeng.blogspot.com/">Siao Lang Geng</a> </li><li> <a href="http://sportsdesigner.blogs.com/">Sportsdesigner.com</a> </li><li> <a href="http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/">The Electric New Paper</a> </li><li> <a href="http://tnppostman.com/">The New Paper Postman</a> </li><li><span style="font-size:78%;"><b>Singaporeans</b></span></li><li> <a href="http://andyyangillustrates.blogspot.com/">Andy Yang Illustrates</a> </li><li> <a href="http://antz-gks.blogspot.com/">Antz</a> </li><li> <a href="http://hutdugaikarsui.blogspot.com/">Bounce Back To Life</a> </li><li> <a href="http://blog.charlenechua.com/">Charlene Chua</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.thedesignlanguage.com/blog/">Don</a> </li><li> <a href="http://drewscape.blogspot.com/">Drewscape</a> </li><li> <a href="http://lifeandcoincidences.blogspot.com/">Flee</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.eeshaun.com/">Gardensilly</a> </li><li> <a href="http://halcyonrealms.com/">halcyon realms</a> </li><li> <a href="http://illustromaniac.blogspot.com/">Illustromanic</a> </li><li> <a href="http://thekillergerbil.com/blog.html">Killer Gerbil</a> </li><li> <a href="http://krislikestodraw.blogspot.com/">kris.likes.to.draw</a> </li><li> <a href="http://kuanth.blogspot.com/">Kuanth</a> </li><li> <a href="http://manda-ang.blogspot.com/">Manda</a> </li><li> <a href="http://organisationofillustratorscouncil.blogspot.com/">OIC</a> </li><li> <a href="http://whatdidyoudrawtoday.blogspot.com/">Pins</a> </li><li> <a href="http://seijieiga.blogspot.com/">Seijieiga</a> </li><li> <a href="http://psymanism.blogspot.com/">Simon Ng</a> </li><li> <a href="http://sokkuan.blogspot.com/">Sokkuan</a> </li><li> <a href="http://stickgal.blogspot.com/">Stickgal</a> </li><li> <a href="http://mi50.blogspot.com/">Xiaobaosg</a> </li><li><span style="font-size:78%;"><b>Others</b></span></li><li> <a href="http://www.boltcity.com/">Boltcity</a> </li><li> <a href="http://characterdesign.blogspot.com/">Characterdesign</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.drawn.ca/" target="_new">Drawn</a> </li><li> <a href="http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/borgman/">Jim Borgman's blog</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.louromano.blogspot.com/">Lou Romano</a> </li><li> <a href="http://talesofcolossus.blogspot.com/">Mark Andrews</a> </li><li> <a href="http://thefirehousestomp.blogspot.com/">Nick Sung</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.splinedoctors.com/">Spline Doctors</a> </li><li> <a href="http://www.ronniedelcarmen.com/">Tirade</a> </li></ul>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-42373148239142055172008-10-01T10:09:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:58.165-07:00Book Review: Brother Bear: A Transformation Tale<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786854200?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786854200"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_lDc7gcIupuA/SQ0cuXRWV2I/AAAAAAAAA_g/s4lqFVI7jmw/brother-bear.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 1em 1em 0pt; float: left;" border="0" /></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=parblo-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0786854200" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" width="1" height="1" />I would say this is more of a production diary from one of the artists. Included are some concept art, paintings and storyboards.<br /><br />The book details the journey for creating the animated movie. It's like how the artists look at their work and think about what they have done, how far they have come. It's more emotional talk than technical talk.<br /><br />I wish they had included more art because they are terrific.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="376" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=61761" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=21acfe0b15&photo_id=2993600031"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=61761"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=61761" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=21acfe0b15&photo_id=2993600031" height="376" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=parblo-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0786854200&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>Visit the link beside to read more reviews on Amazon. If you buy from the link, I get a little commission that helps me get more art books for review.<br /><br />Country-specific Amazon links for this book: <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786854200?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786854200">Amazon.com</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0786854200?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo0c-20&link_code=as3&camp=212553&creative=381305&creativeASIN=0786854200">Amazon.ca</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0786854200?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-21&link_code=as3&camp=2506&creative=9298&creativeASIN=0786854200">Amazon.co.uk</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/0786854200?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo08-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1642&creativeASIN=0786854200">Amazon.fr</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0786854200?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo01-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1638&creativeASIN=0786854200">Amazon.de</a> <br /><br />Check out other books I've reviewed also, with pictures:<br /><a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/08/list-of-artbooks-reviewed.html">Art book list</a> | <a href="http://parkablogs.blogspot.com/2008/08/list-of-design-books-reviewed.html">Design book list</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-58412438873920834792008-09-30T22:30:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:58.174-07:00Book Review: A Bug's Life: The Art and Making of an Epic of Miniature Proportions<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786864419?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0786864419"><img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s112/zalesboard/parkablogs/51EPPA2YBCL_SL160_.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 1em 1em 0pt; float: left;" border="0" /></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=parblo-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0786864419" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" />This is a gigantic book. It is actually quite difficult to shoot the video of me flipping the huge landscape pages.<br /><br />This book is a delight to read, just like the first Toy Story art book. It's filled with great stories from the production floor, tons of storyboards, pastel drawings, movie stills, concept art, character design and inspiration.<br /><br />The focus of the book, other than the art, is on the story aspect, the function behind the form. Explanation in details were given on why things happen, why characters behave like who they are and how they evolve, in terms of design.<br /><br />Too many books out there are just compilation of great art pieces with nothing to say about it. This book is different. This book made me feel. And that's what's set this book and the Toy Story art book apart from all other art books. It's the emotional connection that's almost impossible to create just by art itself, story is needed.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=60247" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="376" width="500"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=fc95448399&photo_id=2838365129"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=60247"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=60247" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=fc95448399&photo_id=2838365129" height="376" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2839084022/" title="The Art of A Bug's Life by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2839084022_6ce39d77bd.jpg" alt="The Art of A Bug's Life" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2838282889/" title="The Art of A Bug's Life by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3243/2838282889_bf2a82d783.jpg" alt="The Art of A Bug's Life" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2839117676/" title="The Art of A Bug's Life by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2839117676_a7c3d19a04.jpg" alt="The Art of A Bug's Life" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2839119998/" title="The Art of A Bug's Life by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3211/2839119998_7e65772537.jpg" alt="The Art of A Bug's Life" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2839110858/" title="The Art of A Bug's Life by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/2839110858_8a0b5bb0fa.jpg" alt="The Art of A Bug's Life" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0pt 1em 1em 0pt; float: left;"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=parblo-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0786864419&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div>Visit the link beside to read more reviews on Amazon. If you buy from the link, I get a little commission that helps me get more art books for review.<br /><br />Country-specific Amazon links for this book:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786864419?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0786864419">Amazon.com</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0786864419?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo0c-20&link_code=as3&camp=212553&creative=381305&creativeASIN=0786864419">Amazon.ca</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0786864419?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-21&link_code=as3&camp=2506&creative=9298&creativeASIN=0786864419">Amazon.co.uk</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/0786864419?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo08-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1642&creativeASIN=0786864419">Amazon.fr</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0786864419?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo01-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1638&creativeASIN=0786864419">Amazon.de</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-44250207089563506042008-09-29T07:32:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:58.245-07:00The Making of F1 Infographics 2008The Singapore F1 night race is finally over. Over the past few days, The New Paper has been publishing some infographics as coverage for the event. Here's a look at the making of one we've published. Putting together an F1 graphics with so much detail requires great team effort.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2886339171/" title="F1 Infographics by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/2886339171_d92942abf2.jpg" alt="F1 Infographics" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br />This is a huge collaboration effort of 4 artists, <a href="http://chngch.deviantart.com/">Chng Choon Hiong</a>, <a href="http://rocketraygun.deviantart.com/">Kelvin Chan</a> and <a href="http://fuzz28.multiply.com/">Fadzil Hamzah aka Fuzz</a>. Chng did the caricature for Lewis Hamilton in the middle. Fuzz provided the 3D racetrack. I modeled and rendered the F1 car. The whole thing was then laid out by Kelvin.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2899082514/" title="Making of F1 Infographics 2008 by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/2899082514_4c393942fb.jpg" alt="Making of F1 Infographics 2008" width="500" height="366" /></a><br /><br />It's not easy to come up with a fresh concept for F1. As you can see from my collection of F1 infographics, from <a href="http://newspagedesigner.com/">newspagedesigner.com</a>, most of the ideas have already been used before: racetrack, pit crew, moves, and car designs. Ours is a combination of pit crew, racetrack and the drivers' race suit.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2899108338/" title="Making of F1 Infographics 2008 by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2899108338_7cd55385a1.jpg" alt="Making of F1 Infographics 2008" width="500" height="280" /></a><br /><br />This is the wireframe of the McLaren MP4-23. I spent about 2-3 weeks modeling it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2899116980/" title="Making of F1 Infographics 2008 by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/2899116980_39f9c5b5da.jpg" alt="Making of F1 Infographics 2008" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22614073@N08/2175101465/" title="Making of F1 Infographics 2008 by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2152/2175101465_d35e30efe5.jpg" alt="Making of F1 Infographics 2008" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I've only the blueprint from the top, and even that's a photo of an illustration from the wall at the McLaren press conference. For side profile, I had to rely on photos sourced from <a href="http://flickr.com/">Flickr.com</a>. Much of the modeling is done by moving the vertices around in 3D with reference to photos. Eye modeling.<br /><br />At the start of the project, I was actually modeling the Ferrari car. But it became increasingly difficult to do so because of the lack of reference photos. I just couldn't see the form and detail behind the wheels. It didn't help that I don't have the blueprints for the Ferrari 2008 car too.<br /><br />Luckily, supervisor Hup just came back from a McLaren press conference with tons of close-up high resolution photos. Meanwhile, I received information that there's a McLaren displayed at Paragon shopping centre. And so I went down and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/sets/72157607210507356/">took another ton of photos</a> for the McLaren MP4-23.<br /><br />After that, it's the 2-3 weeks of modeling. It was long because that was on top of other daily work.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2898258923/" title="Making of F1 Infographics 2008 by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2898258923_a66377943b.jpg" alt="Making of F1 Infographics 2008" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br />Here's the render without the official sponsor logos on the car body. I have no idea why but it seems that we don't have copyright to display the official logos. That sounds pretty silly, I know.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2898180669/" title="Making of F1 Infographics 2008 by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/2898180669_c1326ff854.jpg" alt="Making of F1 Infographics 2008" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2898180675/" title="Making of F1 Infographics 2008 by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2898180675_b8228e1695.jpg" alt="Making of F1 Infographics 2008" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br />Here you see Kelvin doing some research. We had some F1 magazines and guide books. They provided us with information on the pit crew and graphics on how the cars tackle turns and overtaking.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2898180683/" title="Making of F1 Infographics 2008 by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/2898180683_93de83c8e2.jpg" alt="Making of F1 Infographics 2008" width="250" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2881329352/" title="Making of F1 Infographics-2 by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2881329352_cd78b2cce0.jpg" alt="Making of F1 Infographics-2" width="250" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2899045486/" title="Making of F1 Infographics 2008 by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2899045486_88692444bb.jpg" alt="Making of F1 Infographics 2008" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br />Kelvin had brought his toy model to pose as the pit crew. The model was was fitted with a generic orange uniform. 18 photos were taken, one for each crew.<br /><br />After the photo shoot, the tedious process of laying out the whole infographics began. The whole project was concluded within an amazing 2 days, excluding the weeks that I spent modeling.<br /><br />There are some more photos from the <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/teohyc/sets/72157607569583628/">Making of F1 Infographics</a> on my Flickr photos set, and the <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/teohyc/sets/72157607210507356/">tons of McLaren reference photos</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457136374789721861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163576277276941600.post-59653808595001383462008-09-22T21:39:00.000-07:002014-09-15T07:32:58.478-07:00Book Review: Alchemy of Mirrormask<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060823798?ie=UTF8&tag=parblo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060823798"><img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s112/zalesboard/parkablogs/2880884591_606342f5be_m.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 1em 1em 0pt; float: left;" border="0" /></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=parblo-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060823798" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" />This book contains a stunning collection of collages by Dave Mckean. Every piece of collage is showcase of creativity and fantasy. The pages are visually saturated from the cover to the last page, a feast for the eyes.<br /><br />The premise of the book is on the production of the movie Mirrormask. It talks about the production of the movie exclusively. Very little is mentioned about the story, which is not a problem if you have watched the movie.<br /><br />The thing with collages is, they are typically filled with great textures. This book is no different. It is through the textures of these collages that give this book so much depth.<br /><br />I felt there could have been more write up on the making of the movie. But this book is essentially 5 stars for the art displayed.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=60247" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="376" width="500"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=0918d18de4&photo_id=2881226110"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=60247"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=60247" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=0918d18de4&photo_id=2881226110" height="376" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2881347810/" title="The Alchemy of Mirrormask by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2881347810_4680e81f59.jpg" alt="The Alchemy of Mirrormask" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2881351956/" title="The Alchemy of Mirrormask by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2881351956_a9e126b3ef.jpg" alt="The Alchemy of Mirrormask" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2881349954/" title="The Alchemy of Mirrormask by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2881349954_3fb2d2aa4b.jpg" alt="The Alchemy of Mirrormask" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2881345860/" title="The Alchemy of Mirrormask by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2881345860_8b53c2dce6.jpg" alt="The Alchemy of Mirrormask" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/2880518839/" title="The Alchemy of Mirrormask by Parka81, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2880518839_820cc3d367.jpg" alt="The Alchemy of Mirrormask" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><div style="float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=parblo-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0060823798&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div>Visit the link beside to read more reviews on Amazon. 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