Fool’s Gold on The Creators Project
The Creators Project is an information network focused on creativity and culture around the world. The site houses hundreds of short documentary style videos and interviews with some really talented creative people. I’ve been super impressed with the handful of videos I’ve already watched in both, production quality and content.
The Fool’s Gold video stuck out to me the most so far… I’ve been pretty impressed with their approach and catalog. It’s nice to see a little bit of that in the making and hear their take on their success thus far.
Blockhead x Anthony Schepperd
Anthony Schepperd animated/directed this insanely colorful and intricate music video for Blockhead’s ‘The Music Scene’ which is the title track off his latest release on Ninja Tune. The label is celebrating 20 years of beats n’ pieces keep an eye on their site for details around the release of rare material, mixes, videos and other treats.
Cool Kids – We Can Do It Big
The Cool Kids are still droppin banger beats and fly rhymes. It seems like their sound is growing up just enough to feel fresh and tuned. Can’t wait to hear what’s next.
Check out the rest of the Creative Control videos, and make sure to check out this Mos Def goodie for sure.
Ji Lee: The Transformative Power of Personal Projects
As most of these types of videos do, this one shares a lot of really interesting ideas.. some of which aren’t even being highlighted. I thought it was odd that Ji put Create above Planning on his list, but then I started to think about how that could actually motivate the creative process. To me its like sitting at home and sketching all day ends up being far more productive than planning an illustration or thinking about it over and over again. The bubble project seemed to be a perfect example of an average brand to consumer relationship. People aren’t being tricked as much as a brand might like to imagine, and in this case it’s clear that people have very withdrawn feelings for most products and services. Transparency reigns supreme. Love it.
We should all strive to do work that benefits the people as opposed to the brand. A brand should be seen as a resource to the people.
I haven’t had the opportunity to check out the rest of the 99% videos but will most definitely recommend taking a peek.
Lady Snowblood
If there is one thing that I feel like I’ve failed to talk about enough it’s most definitely Kung Fu flicks. This genre of course includes a plethora of sub-genres as well, but most adequately takes the shape of sword wielding, bandit chopping and sometimes magical or mysterious occurrences throughout medieval Japan and China. The characters and stories in these films are undoubtedly some of my largest influences and were originally (aside from comic books) the reason for my interest in being an artist years ago. Of this long list, Lady Snowblood could be put atop without a doubt.
Meow!
I’m a sucker for anything that includes a menacing electronic beat and zombies, the combination multiplied by adding kittens is simply outstanding.
The track/animation is by Cyriak and illustrations by Sarah Brown, both of which seem to be a fantastic dynamic duo. Don’t forget to peek at the merch and the other tracks by Cyriak. Meow!
Mike Mictlan – Prizefight
Our good friend Greg Hubacek just recently finished up a new video Prizefight, for Mike Mictlan (of Doomtree) which made its premier last night at Doomtree’s Blowout 5. If you haven’t heard of Doomtree or Mike Mictlan make sure to jump over to their site for some more pics, videos and free tracks!
Jérémie Perin Made This
This is one of the most exciting things I’ve seen all day. Enjoy.
Video for Flairs – Truckers Delight, directed by Jérémie Perin. Via: YYY
Died Young Stayed Pretty
Died Young, Stayed Pretty. candid. underground poster culture. North America. bare-knuckle brawlers. aesthetic merits of octopus. America’s morbidly obese consumer culture. create posters. strikingly obscene. unflinchingly blasphemous. quite beautiful.
Film Inspiration
I’ve always had a strong interest in film and until recently, never realized how much of an influence it has on my work. Of a long list of favorites, the ones that seem to stand out the most are the campy and sometimes extremely low quality films that don’t really share any direct message of moral. Granted I probably have just as many favorites that speak to some of the great issues humanity faces, but it seems that the latter are more engaging to me. Titles, music, story, characters lighting etc… certain pieces of these movies uncontrollably attract my imagination. Unfortunately I’ve noticed a definitive lack in these sorts of films in the last decade and hope that the art form doesn’t completely disappear from cinema all together.
I find most of my imagery via ffffound, and have recently been really into Ben Pearce’s Flickr as well as the I Love Hotdogs site.
Reboot 11
A great little lecture from Matt Webb at Reboot 11. Plenty of speaking points and things to consider. Via JoyEngine
AARON DRAPLIN vs. GREG HUBACEK
Layer Tennis is down to the final four… the matches are gearing up and getting under way NOW!!!. Swing by and root for BWLT extended fam Mr. Greg Hubacek as he battles against Aaron Draplin.
Winners will be decided by your votes. To vote for our player simply post a Twitter message that includes #LYT and Hubacek’s name with the “hash” sign in front of it.
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#LYT plus #mrhubacek
Hunter Gatherer
Another great vid from Arkitip. Hunter Gatherer has always been someone I’ve been excited to keep track of. Very cool process and very outstanding work. Respect.
WATER
I’m a sucker for this theme/style of documentaries and even more so, the modern interpretation of them. Thanks GOOD! Keep em comin’… stay smart kids…
*Check out the IAD08 for another example of the style I’m referring to.
Make It Count
Skateboarding has always had a spot in my heart (even though its been nearly 10 years since I’ve been on one) and has served as one of the foremost sources of inspiration in design for me. When I was younger and shopped for decks out of the CCS catalogs, I had no idea what it took to make it happen or who made the art. Now all of these years later, it seems that most of those people are akin to my heroes. It’s great to see that these stories are being told and will hopefully usher in a whole new era of inspired kids to make art, start companies and stay productive while doing what they love. The irony is kind of amazing.
The full feature release will be available for free on the Element site August 1, 2009.
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