Geek Art Gallery

News: Adobe Ideas

2013-05-17T12:30:00.000-04:00

Adobe has released a free vector drawing app called Adobe Ideas for your iPad or iPhone in the App Store. It previously cost US$10, and it was receiving good reviews even at that price. Now version 2.6 is free to download. Features in this version include the ability to customize your toolbar with your favorite brushes, share your designs on Facebook and Twitter, and sync your color themes with Kuler.

Don't worry. If you already bought a copy, you can get a refund.

Short Film: Expo

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"Expo" directed by Joe Sill of the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

Set on off-planet, Expo relies heavily on some fairly complex visual FX that far outstrip its slight budget. Far from being a case of style of substance, however, Expo is a shining example of the sort of short film that is rapidly overtaking the major blockbusters to become the future of the genre.

"Female astro-miner Shona has been mining under dangerous conditions on the moon for the past two years in order to pay for expensive medical treatments in hopes of save her bed-ridden daughter Darla, and now that her tour is completed, a younger astronaut Paige has come to replace her. Shona is reluctant to return to the world she once knew, but in meeting Paige realizes that returning to Earth isn’t where she’ll find peace - she will have to return home."

Sweets: GameBoy Cake

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Gameboy Zelda Cake
Source: Imgur via Reddit

Quick Pic: Yarn Dalek

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Dalek Yarn Bomb at West Magnolia Street and Commercial Street in Bellingham, WA

Photographed by Kevyn Jacobs

Source: Boing Boing

Featurette: TRON UPRISING Art Direction

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"TRON UPRISING Art Direction" by Alberto Mielgo

"During 3 years I was working on Tron Uprising as the Art Director/Production Designer... Here, 4 minutes re-edit of my favourite scenes."

Fresh Take: GoT Houses as Corporations

2013-05-17T11:00:00.000-04:00

"Game Of Thrones Houses re-imagined as Modern Corporations" by Joe Berkowitz

"Photo hub ShutterStock imagines what the Lannisters and Starks might be getting up today--and it’s a real game changer. Disruption. Headhunters. Execution. Yes, the cutthroat nature of modern corporations could rival any of the hand-severing antics of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Perhaps that’s why the stock photography site ShutterStock recently unveiled a series of mock ads featuring the houses of Westeros as contemporary businesses."

Posters: Into Darkness

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Star Trek: Into Darkness posters by Matt Ferguson

Posters: A Song Of Undertow & Devil's Kisses

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"A Song Of Undertow & Devil's Kisses" by Synthetic PictureHaus

Game of Thrones meets BioShock Infinite

Illustration: Star Wars Bad Guys

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"Star Wars - The Bad Guys" by Febrian Anugrah

Illustration: The Ladies of Doctor Who

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The Ladies of Doctor Who by Megan Lara and Omega Man 5000

Prints and merchandise available for purchase from Redbubble.

Sculpture: Fabergé Fractals

2013-05-17T09:30:00.000-04:00

Fabergé Fractals by Tom Beddard

Subblue is an absolutely fantastic website devoted to fractal art. I highly recommend block off an afternoon to spend exploring the site in depth. There are videos and images and source code for the programs used to create them.

Papercraft: Train of Thought

2013-05-17T09:00:00.001-04:00

"Derailing My Train of Thought" by UK artist Thomas Wightman

"The final book sculpture of my major project series. Like the previous two sculptures it uses a visual metaphor to convey the emotions of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and embodies my research by visualising an expression used by a sufferer of OCD. The expression was ‘derailing my train of thought’, because the person felt that the rituals they had to perform were disrupting their day. Where the compulsions and worry would side track them from doing everyday activities.

To convey this metaphor the sculpture shows a train travelling on a journey that has become disrupted, leading it to derail from its set path. Typography was used on the tracks for the title of the piece, also type was used for the coal. In the scene it shows the coal cart tipping over where the type has become mixed up to symbolise the mixed emotions during anxiety and panic."

Papercraft: Paper Cut Sculptures

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Paper Cut Sculptures by Californian Tahiti Pehrson
On exhibit at the Needles & Pens Gallery, April 13 - June 2, 2013
Read an interview with Pehrson over at The Microscopic Giant

"Tahiti Pehrson creates large-scale, meticulously hand cut, three-dimensional paper sculptures. His intricate x-acto knife carvings explore the fragility and connectedness of the world. The detailed installations offer viewers a glimpse at how microscopic life might appear on a giant scale. Much like a magnified snowflake, Pehrson’s works reveal the magnificently beautiful patterns not always obvious to the naked eye, but quite inherent within nature."

Link Round-Up: May 17, 2013

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Iron Man Abstract by English artist DirtyGreatPixels

Prints available for purchase from Etsy. US$31.16

"Keep the skies clear"...and some wall space, for this unique abstracted design!

A directory of sites featuring Free Models for 3D Printing

The Guardian has posted an article on 10 of the best hand-drawn maps

The thirteen types of armor female characters are forced to wear in the majority of MMORPGs

A zoomable, searchable map of subreddits and how they're connected by cross-posting.

Short Film: The Brothers Rapture

2013-05-16T12:00:00.000-04:00

"The Brothers Rapture - BioShock Short Film" by TheBrothersRapture

"Before the underwater city of Rapture collapsed beneath itself and Splicers roamed its flooded halls, men and women thrived as they explored beyond the limits of their creative and scientific achievements. But who were they before their society crumbled around them?

Return to a corner of Rapture to uncover the story of the brothers Charles and Arthur as they come to realize the true cost of art and power without boundaries."

Short Film: Imagination Series

2013-05-15T12:00:00.000-04:00

"Concrete" by Alexis Barroso Gasco

Bombay Sapphire The Imagination Series is a series of five films based on one script. Oscar winner Geoffrey Fletcher wrote a script stripped of any stage direction and asked people to imagine their film.

"Room 8" by James W. Griffiths

"Water Song" by Paul Frankl

"The Mrs" by Shekhar Bassi

"Crab" by Cadi Catlow

Video: Most Complicated Board Game

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"The Most Complicated Board Game Ever" by RhettandLink

I'm not usually a fan of Rhett and Link, but I'm a sucker for Dungeon and Dragons parodies. That and I was curious why Dodger was in a video that required her to pour milk all over herself.

Short Film: Doctor Stew

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"Doctor Stew: Season 1, Episode 1: New Stew" by Drstew42

"The Doctor is back after nearly a two year hiatus! Crashing back onto the scene, we meet the Doctors new companions, PUP-E and Bethany, a little girl with vivid imagination. Something is wrong with the RETARDIS, and its up to the team to get to the bottom of the mystery and save the day."

Merchandise: Millennium Falcon Puzzle

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Laser-Cut Millennium Falcon Puzzle

Available for purchase from Strapya World. US$18.40

You don’t need a Wookiee to build this laser-cut Falcon puzzle, just pliers and a lot of patience. The puzzle stays together thanks to a series of small folding metal tabs, so you don't need tape, glue, or solder either. There's also a tiny R2-D2 puzzle if robots are more to your liking.

Lego Creation: Millennium Falcon

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Master builders work on the Millennium Falcon model for Legoland's Star Wars Miniland
Photograph courtesy Legoland California

Learn more from ABC 7.

Street Art: Liqen Mural

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Mural created for the Chichester Street Art Festival by Spanish artist Liqen

Photographed on Metro House on the Northgate roundabout in Chichester, UK

Street Art: Invader

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Vinyl Sticker Street Art by French street artist Invader in London
Photographed by Hookedblog

Installation: Robots in Mexico

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Robot Installation by Italian artist Pixel Pancho
Exhibited at the Museo del Chopo (Poplar Museum)
Sponsored by Street Active Lifestyle magazine

Pixel Pancho is an Italian artist considered one of the leading figures of the international street art scene. His work often features the aesthetics of fifties-style robots or Japanese manga. At this exhibition in Mexico, Pancho showcased both an enormous mural and a scrap metal sculpture depicting two robots asleep under a blanket of grass.

In an interview with El Universal , Italian artist says "Mexico is one of the few countries in America where there is a mix between settlers and natives. That interests me, and also live together, in other countries the settlers have ruined other cultures ". To Pixel Pancho, the important of street art is to convey a message. "Now everyone wants to paint big, but sometimes do not understand is that anything, great or not, no matter what size, what matters is to be original and try to say something about the work,

"Rinascita"

Rinascita is an examination of the social transition experienced by Mexico, but it applies to any case in the world. According to the artist, "Every time you have a story, like Italy, and Mexico. Everyone is now having an economic crisis that will surely bring a change. I also here they are in a turnaround time of your life. What I'm doing is a Mexican symbology now that is dying, leaving a new one is born. I've been putting local Mexican symbols, but I could tell the world. " Rad more at AllCityCanvas.

Fresh Take: Nighthawks

2013-05-15T09:30:00.000-04:00

"TARDIS v. Edward Hopper" by GP Abrajano (Stinglacson)

Here's a gallery of fresh takes on the classic Edward Hopper painting "Nighthawks."

"Nighthawks Back To The Future" by Jasmine Wake (JasBones)

"Starhawks" by Jeffrey Dokken

"Times have changed, huh?" by Felix Feierabend (Mourique)

"Empty Nighthawks" by Bryan Clark (Hakukaji)

"ZRS 5th Year Anniversary Poster" by Glen Ostrander (Ostrander)

"This wonderful take on Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks was done by Episode III concept designers
Erik Tiemens & Ryan Church for Lucasfilm’s JAK Films, the production company set up to create the Star Wars prequels"

"Star Wars through the Holidays" via StarWars.com

Posters: Star Trek Into Darkness

2013-05-15T08:30:00.000-04:00

Star Trek: Into Darkness by Paul Shipper