Author Archives: Robert

Magpie Monday on Thursday: Art Objects

Posted on 27 June 2013 by Robert

Welcome back to another art-link extravaganza! ◊ I like Drew Green‘s graphic style—cartoony but with personality. This piece is a little different from his other work, and I like what he’s doing here, too:

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Adobe, Al Mutanabbi, David Aguirre Hoffman, Drew Green, Elizabeth Hand, Ellie Lane, Emil Nyström, GIFs, Grant Snider, lions, photography, Photoshop Live, self-portraits, snowy owl, The Goblin Market, turquoisebeads, Zev | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Wednesday

Posted on 26 June 2013 by Robert

Here are some more amuse-bouches to help you over the Wednesday hump. ◊ VIEWERS’ PARADISE. A trailer for a live-action Gatchaman? I am so there. The trailer’s in Japanese, but it features pretty everything you’d expect to see in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged "Geology" design by Tim Babb, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Angela Still, Apollo 100, bacon, Ballistic (comic), Big Bad Wolves (film trailer), blender of oblivion, Blue Sky Candy, Bodyform, Breaking Bad, Buffalo Bill, cake, Cakecrumbs, Carisa's Cakes, cemeteries, Darick Robertson, David Malki!, Death Comes to Pemberley, Despicable Me 2, Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Earth Wind and Fire, Elisa Strauss, Erin Underwood, Feminist Makeup Tutorial, film trailers, Gabriel Rodriguez, Garçon Garçon, Gatchaman, George Foreman grill, Glenn Danzig, Green Keepers, grilled peaches, Harry Potter, Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever, Henry Rollins, Holland, India, interoffice birthday cards, Isaac Hayes, Jake Wyatt, James Bond, Jane Austen, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Joe Hill, John McKeever, Josh Bayer, Justice Society of America, Katee Sackhoff, Khol?, Kristen Wiig, Little Cake Wishes, Locke & Key, Lord Shiva, Maki Naro, Mamrie Hart, Mark Rudolph, Melanie, Meryl Streep, movie fights, Necropolis (webcomic), ochopika, parodies, Pasty Affair, Pride and Prejudice, red velvet cupcakes, red velvet trifle, rhubarb oatmeal, Riddick, Rishikesh, River Ganges, Robert Jones, Samesies (short film), satire, Shaft (song), Shirt.Woot!, Star Trek insignia cookies, Straitened Circumstances, Strip Search, Super Mario Bros., Super Punch, The Avengers, The Silence of the Lambs, The Super Team Family Blog, Threadcakes, Threadless, Thug Kitchen, Tom Gauld, Tom Neely, Uttarakhand, Vegan Black Metal Chef, vegan lasagna, Wonder Woman, Wondermark, xkcd, zombie ramen | Comments Off

Magpie Monday on Tuesday: Art Objects

Posted on 25 June 2013 by Robert

I’ve collected so many art links that I couldn’t quite decide what to use for Magpie Monday, so I’ve opted to spread the art-link love to two days this week (check back on Thursday for another installment). ◊ Leontine Greenberg … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged amusement parks, clowns, Cory Doctorow, costume designs, Damn Fine Coffee, David Smith, Ellen Jewett, Emily Ann Watson, Erin Morgenstern, face-recognition technology, Heidi Taillefer, Hikaru Cho, John Kenn Mortensen, Leontine Greenberg, make-up, masks (disturbing), Musée du Quai Branly, Roq La Rue Gallery, Ryan Heshka, Theodora Goss, Twin Peaks, Wayne Adams | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 24 June 2013 by Robert

All that was bright and shiny in my eye last week (with another installment to come on Wednesday, and two art MMs on Tuesday and Thursday, so with Video Friday it’s a full week of mayhem here…) ♦ WELCOME TO … Continue reading →

Posted in About Writing, Magpie Monday | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Scream by R.L. Stine, Aifric Campbell, Alice Munro, Alison McMahan, Awesome Book Covers, book chairs, book cover art, book sculpture, book shelves, bookcases, Bunny Williams, Burning Girls by Veronica Schanoes, Call of the Wild, Cathy Day, chameleons, City of Chrysanthemum by Ken Liu, Curing Day by Dustin Adams, Daily Science, Dark Beautiful Force by Jessica May Lin, Drake equation, Fermi paradox, Flaming June, flax-golden tales, Folio Society, foxes, Frederic Leighton, Gladstone's Library, Grant Snider, I'll Leave the Light On by Patricia Russo, Iain M. Banks, Ireland, J. Pocker, Jack London, Jane Yolen, Jumping Into the Sky by Samantha Murray, Kate Bernheimer, Kevin Sharkey, Klaus and Christiane Echle, Lightspeed, Lissa Kiernan, Liu Wei, Mary Burns, Michael Hastings, Neil Gaiman, oneirology, Paranormal Romance by Christopher Barzak, Pawel Piotrowski, Penduline, Portsmouth (UK), Rachelle Gardner, Raymond Carver, Revenge (TV series), Roald Dahl, Sandwich Book, Seagull by Erin Morgenstern, Smart Ideas for Smarter Cities, stamps, Suzanne Strempek Shea, The Mafra National Palace library in Mafra Portugal, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Stranger by Anna Banks, toothpaste, Tor.com, virtual dissection table, William Gladstone | Comments Off

Video Friday

Posted on 21 June 2013 by Robert

Today it’s all about stop-motion animation, a technique I love and admire (can you imagine the patience it takes to film a stop-motion film?). Here are three short films that use the technique for very different effects. First up is … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Friday | Tagged Antonio Martinez, circus, dryplate tinypes, Eduard Taberner, Facundo Ferreyra, Gypsophilia, Horska (song), Jason Levangie, music videos, Near the Egress (short), short films, Sticky Man (short), stop-motion animation, Sydney Smith | Comments Off

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