.tiff tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1546814 2009-11-12T13:05:54-08:00 TypePad Paintings and Drawings by Hollis Brown Thorton tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d61ff970b 2009-11-12T13:05:54-08:00 2009-11-12T13:05:54-08:00 All works found at Hollis Brown Thorton's Flickr Artist Hollis Brown Thorton is doing it right. Paintings, transfer prints, and incredibly rich marker drawings explore mysterious sentiments of nostalgia in the form of VHS labels, dark and quiet arcade screens, and scuffed-out photos with no faces, creating an atmosphere of... .tiff <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div class="asset asset-image-multiple med-img-mult"> <ul class="asset-thumbnails"> <li class="asset-thumbnail on" tp:fulluri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eadf4970c-pi" tp:largeuri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eadf4970c-500wi"><a href="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eadf4970c-pi"><img alt="image from farm4.static.flickr.com" src="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eadf4970c-75pi" /></a></li> <li class="asset-thumbnail" tp:fulluri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5313970b-pi" tp:largeuri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5313970b-500wi"><a href="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5313970b-pi"><img alt="image from farm3.static.flickr.com" src="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5313970b-75pi" /></a></li> <li class="asset-thumbnail" tp:fulluri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d56ae970b-pi" tp:largeuri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d56ae970b-500wi"><a href="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d56ae970b-pi"><img alt="image from www.flickr.com" src="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d56ae970b-75pi" /></a></li> <li class="asset-thumbnail" tp:fulluri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eb48a970c-pi" tp:largeuri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eb48a970c-500wi"><a href="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eb48a970c-pi"><img alt="image from farm4.static.flickr.com" src="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eb48a970c-75pi" /></a></li> <li class="asset-thumbnail" tp:fulluri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5b22970b-pi" tp:largeuri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5b22970b-500wi"><a href="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5b22970b-pi"><img alt="image from farm4.static.flickr.com" src="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5b22970b-75pi" /></a></li> <li class="asset-thumbnail" tp:fulluri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5ba4970b-pi" tp:largeuri="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5ba4970b-500wi"><a href="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5ba4970b-pi"><img alt="image from farm4.static.flickr.com" src="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a68d5ba4970b-75pi" /></a></li> </ul> <div class="asset-image-large" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eadf4970c-pi"><img alt="image from farm4.static.flickr.com" border="0" class="at-xid-6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eadf4970c " src="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330128758eadf4970c-500wi" /></a></div> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">All works found at Hollis Brown Thorton&#39;s <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollisbrownthornton/">Flickr</a></span></p><p>Artist <a href="http://www.hollisbrownthornton.com/">Hollis Brown Thorton</a> is doing it right. Paintings, transfer prints, and incredibly rich marker drawings explore mysterious sentiments of nostalgia in the form of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollisbrownthornton/3706037212/">VHS labels</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollisbrownthornton/3749435934/">dark and quiet arcade screens</a>, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollisbrownthornton/3477279522/">scuffed-out photos with no faces</a>, creating an atmosphere of alienation amidst the familiar. And when the stretch of your &#39;messy&#39; desk is a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollisbrownthornton/4031737497/">work of art</a>, you know you&#39;re doing something right.</p> <p>Too many favorites to list here, so be sure to visit his <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollisbrownthornton/">Flickr gallery</a> and <a href="http://www.hollisbrownthornton.com/index.htm">personal site</a> to get the full spectrum of his work.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">via <a href="http://www.booooooom.com/2009/11/10/hollis-brown-thornton-marker-drawings/">BOOOOOOOM</a></span></p></div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tiffchow/~4/2mL7IF6gGI0" height="1" width="1"/> http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2009/11/paintings-and-drawings-by-hollis-brown-thorton.html Superhero knits by Mark Newport tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330128757b9578970c 2009-11-11T11:16:13-08:00 2009-11-11T11:16:13-08:00 Mark Newport grew up, like many kids, wanting to be a superhero. Inspired by his mother's handmade sweaters, Newport crafts full-body acrylic knit Superhero costumes that are created to explore the connection "...between childhood experience and an adult understanding of protection, masculinity, and heroism" while "...offering the space for someone... .tiff

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Mark Newport grew up, like many kids, wanting to be a superhero. Inspired by his mother's handmade sweaters, Newport crafts full-body acrylic knit Superhero costumes that are created to explore the connection "...between childhood experience and an adult understanding of protection, masculinity, and heroism" while "...offering the space for someone to imagine themselves wearing the costume, becoming the hero."

I think these uniforms are truly charming. Newport has created familiar suits (Batman, Captain America, and a super long and stretchy Reed Richards suit of the Fantastic Four) as well as heroes of his own creation such as The Sweaterman and The Every-any-no Man. Check out his portfolio to see the full collection.

via It's Nice That

 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2009/11/superhero-knits-by-mark-newport.html A birthday approaches - The Twenty Fours tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a671707a970b 2009-11-10T13:17:07-08:00 2009-11-10T15:47:21-08:00 OBLIGATORY BIRTHDAY POST APPROACHING. Today I turned one year older, a whole double dozen of 24 years old! But boy, the Twenty Threes were really good. Taking a quick look at Daytum, some awesome things that happened at 23 include: Boxing lessons (well, three) Visiting Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch Guest-spotting... .tiff

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OBLIGATORY BIRTHDAY POST APPROACHING. Today I turned one year older, a whole double dozen of 24 years old! But boy, the Twenty Threes were really good. Taking a quick look at Daytum, some awesome things that happened at 23 include:

  • Boxing lessons (well, three)
  • Visiting Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch
  • Guest-spotting on Area TV's show CO-OP a few times
  • Becoming the proud owner of three new consoles (DS Lite, iPod Touch, and PS3)
  • Meeting (and hugging) Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi
  • Moving into a full house with four (soon to be five) guys
  • Eating (for the first time): Raw beef, chicken feet, pork belly, bone marrow, and quail eggs

image from tiffchow.typepad.com birthday-chili-dog Neat! So what do this year's birthday celebrations entail? Last night a hefty set of friends met me for pre-birthday dinner at Suppenküche, where we inhaled german food and tasty chocolate cake. Today I went to awesome-fun-birthday-lunch at Hotel Utah with the Six Apart crowd and got my bonafide birthday chili dog. At this point, what else could I ask for?

Thanks to everyone for the birthday shout-outs via text message, Facebook, twitter, etc.! Harts, and here's to hoping another good year in my mid-twenties is on its way!

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 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2009/11/a-birthday-approaches-the-twenty-fours.html NES Dudes by Mitch Loidolt tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330128755fb703970c 2009-11-06T17:16:02-08:00 2009-11-06T17:16:02-08:00 Mitch Loidolt is a talented illustrator with a bounty of impressive work, but his series of NES Dudes are bad. ass. Check out this gallery of dudes on his Flickr account. My favorites are his rendition of Bowser, Qbert (the colors are great in this one), and of course the... .tiff

mario-brothers-mitch-loidoltMitch Loidolt is a talented illustrator with a bounty of impressive work, but his series of NES Dudes are bad. ass. Check out this gallery of dudes on his Flickr account. My favorites are his rendition of Bowser, Qbert (the colors are great in this one), and of course the Mario Brothers (shown above).

Shout out to CTZ and our old shared feature Art Attack Fridays for this one!

 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2009/11/nes-dudes-by-mitch-loidolt.html Avatar Machine by Marc Owens tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a6ad2df7970c 2009-11-05T12:33:30-08:00 2009-11-05T12:35:15-08:00 Avatar Machine is a system created by designer Marc Owens to emulate the sensation of the virtual avatar in real life. Owens describes on his site that "the system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social responsibility, and could lead the user to demonstrate behaviors normally reserved for the... .tiff <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.marcowens.co.uk/av_pics.html"></a><a href="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a657c15e970b-pi"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a657c15e970b " alt="Markowens" title="Markowens" src="http://tiffchow.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a657c15e970b-800wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 447px; height: 290px;" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.marcowens.co.uk/av_pics.html">Avatar Machine</a> is a system created by designer Marc Owens to emulate the sensation of the virtual avatar in real life. Owens describes on his site that "the system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social responsibility, and could lead the user to demonstrate behaviors normally reserved for the gaming environment."</p><p class="asset asset-video" style="margin: 0pt auto; display: block;" align="center"><object height="358" width="447"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2292921&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=a62400&fullscreen=1"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2292921&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=a62400&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="358" width="447"></object></p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/2292921">Avatar Machine [LONDON] 2008</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user564182">MARC OWENS</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>As made evident by the video, the camera feed is pretty effective in rendering the third person perspective of self that's so familiar in virtual spaces. However, I'm curious what the experience is like when the actor isn't dressed up like a polygonal Cloud Strife doppelgänger.<br><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">via&nbsp;<a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/2185-marc-owens"> It's Nice That</a></span></p></div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tiffchow/~4/q6iWmQoZTrY" height="1" width="1"/> http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2009/11/avatar-machine-by-marc-owens.html Self-portait Papercraft Head tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a6a1e344970c 2009-11-02T15:17:11-08:00 2009-11-02T15:17:11-08:00 Eric Testroete, inspired by large polygonal heads in videogames, created a papercrafted polygonal replica of his own head for one helluva Halloween costume. Using a combination of 3ds Max 2009, Mudbox 2010, Photoshop CS3, and Pepakura, Testroete mapped out, printed, and glued together facets of his own face piece by... .tiff

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pieceing-together-papercraft-headEric Testroete, inspired by large polygonal heads in videogames, created a papercrafted polygonal replica of his own head for one helluva Halloween costume. Using a combination of 3ds Max 2009, Mudbox 2010, Photoshop CS3, and Pepakura, Testroete mapped out, printed, and glued together facets of his own face piece by piece to create a stunning mask. His photographic gallery of the proccess and the results are well worth a look.

via n0wak

 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2009/11/selfportait-papercraft-head.html Soccer Hero tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a636b79d970b 2009-10-29T13:19:17-07:00 2009-10-29T13:27:54-07:00 Behold! This be Soccer (or Football) Hero. The good stuff gets going at 1:14, but it turns out using a fake guitar peripheral is probably the best way to execute at the end of the day. Who woulda thunk. via Buzzfeed .tiff

Behold! This be Soccer (or Football) Hero. The good stuff gets going at 1:14, but it turns out using a fake guitar peripheral is probably the best way to execute at the end of the day. Who woulda thunk.

via Buzzfeed

 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2009/10/soccer-hero.html MATHWRATH.COM tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a686bcbf970c 2009-10-29T09:00:00-07:00 2009-10-29T09:00:00-07:00 In a a similar vein as Videogramo and Elna Frederick, artist Math Wrath creates animations and illustrations using a retro-tech, animted .gif aesthetic. His work ranges from the comedic (see "How it ends") to the terrifying (see [or don't see] "Pleasurecrusher"), and are all worth checking out. Some of his... .tiff

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In a a similar vein as Videogramo and Elna Frederick, artist Math Wrath creates animations and illustrations using a retro-tech, animted .gif aesthetic. His work ranges from the comedic (see "How it ends") to the terrifying (see [or don't see] "Pleasurecrusher"), and are all worth checking out. Some of his works have sound, so keep your headphones on.

via blitblit

 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2009/10/mathwrathcom.html Capybara creates custom art for Destructoid Critter Crunch contest tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a6840e08970c 2009-10-28T13:59:32-07:00 2009-10-28T13:59:32-07:00 Destructoid is currently having a Critter Crunch themed contest for folks to win t-shirts, game codes, and more. Lending a helping hand, Capybara's character artist Nick “Qiqo” Stephan created the above illustration for one lucky person to win a print of. Just, wow. This pertains to my interests for the... .tiff

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Destructoid is currently having a Critter Crunch themed contest for folks to win t-shirts, game codes, and more. Lending a helping hand, Capybara's character artist Nick “Qiqo” Stephan created the above illustration for one lucky person to win a print of. Just, wow.

This pertains to my interests for the following reasons:

  1. Critter Crunch is AMAZING and ADORABLE.COM
  2. The Capybara folks are sounding cooler and cooler every second. Not only do they make great seasonal desktop backgrounds, and this illustration, but it looks like a Zombie game is in the works next (Note: This would be made 10x better if it were a Yeti and/or Mummy survival game *wink*wink*)
  3. Bet you didnt' expect to see a Biggs barfing a rainbow with a shark barfing a cheetah shooting lasers out of its eyes today, didja?
 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2009/10/capybara-creates-custom-art-for-destructoid-critter-crunch-contest.html iTunes A-Z by hellojenuine tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f7ac65c88330120a621a3e3970b 2009-10-27T08:39:00-07:00 2009-10-27T08:39:00-07:00 I originally found hellojenuine (aka Jen Collin)'s work when she received some attention on Twitter for her "what i wore today" series, in which she illustrates her the outfits she wears from day-to-day. Her illustrations are really terrific, and recently she's started to illustrate artists across her iTunes library. The... .tiff

4027751496_b10b175e66 I originally found hellojenuine (aka Jen Collin)'s work when she received some attention on Twitter for her "what i wore today" series, in which she illustrates her the outfits she wears from day-to-day. Her illustrations are really terrific, and recently she's started to illustrate artists across her iTunes library. The series is still in development, but with penciled portraits of Flight of the Conchords, Andrew Bird, and Hot Chip (shown above), it's a project to keep an eye on.

 http://tiffchow.typepad.com/tiff/2009/10/itunes-az-by-hellojenuine.html