had a wes anderson fest during the season of festivities, seemed appropriate. ever since I’ve been channeling bill murray.
Category: love/hate
cartoon plane that actually flies
check this lovely cute plane straight out of a Moebius cartoon – and it flies!
The Stipa-Caproni was an experimental Italian aircraft designed in 1932 by Luigi Stipa (1900–1992) and built by Caproni. It featured a hollow, barrel-shaped fuselage with the engine and propeller completely enclosed by the fuselage—in essence, the whole fuselage was a single ducted fan. Although the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) was not interested in pursuing development of the Stipa-Caproni, its design was an important step in the development of jet propulsion.
work in progress
with only 2 days to finish the thing, the background stencil is done, and looks OK. in the middle of re-doing one eye so hopefully will hit the deadline – still a little wet.
image is of my mommy when she was younger and lived in Saudi, which was taken from an old skool black and white passport photo (which I can’t seem to find now).
it is crazy the volume, or glut, of photos we all produce now compared to our parents generation. I can hardly find any photos of me growing up but my daughter – I could create a stop motion movie of her entire life so far. The sharing, but not so caring, generation.
winter coats for the homeless
what a great idea and am about to dig out some old coats and see what Jay has left in her room. hats off (coats off) to Andrea Lisa Robson, from Sunderland, who first came up with the idea and posted it on facebook – https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153342700464150&set=o.155734271426&type=3&permPage=1
Don Jon
yo, whatcha lookin’ at?
watched the movie Don Jon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Jon which was hilarious, ladies if you want an insight into men and the current state of “love” in the 21st century then go watch this and stop complaining about porn.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a bit of genius.
Andrew Salgado
I was introduced to Andrew Salgado a couple of years ago and fell in love with his work immediately. He is a bit of a babe himself and has been churning outstanding paintings out over the past couple of years so there is plenty of stuff to look at out there.
There is also a lovely movie on vimeo but it looks like it is still private but I have found a little teaser which gives you an insight into this amazing artist – https://vimeo.com/106637073
Favourite mural of 2014
A perfect representation of Narcissus by Borondo
it is easy to be a loser
keep on pushin’ – why I skate
I love this movie, it really does capture what I think skating is all about and why I Keep on Pushin’ .
The act of skateboarding is standing on a plank of wood that has four wheels attached to it – and that vehicle, apparatus, piece of sports equipment or whatever you call it has no controls, no steering wheel or brake, no safety net, no right or wrong way to ride it and, certainly has no rules.
It is individual, unique, highly skilled and most importantly . . . fun.
Just rolling down the street enjoying the feeling of controlling that plank of wood under my feet makes me happy.
“Keep On Pushin’ is part of REDirect, a short film festival/competition that The Berrics and RED teamed up on. Showcasing twelve of the most renowned skateboarding filmmakers in the world, each filmmaker had 2 months to shoot and edit a short film about skateboarding. The contestants were kitted with all components needed to shoot on RED.”
Shot entirely on RED Epic-X Mysterium-X with a Canon 24-105 lens
Directed/Camera/Editor | Ricki Bedenbaugh (hero)
Music | Ike and Tina Turner “Keep On Pushin” Ray Barbee “Shape and Forms”
Narrated by | Ian MacKaye Recorded at the Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
Colorist | Michael Mintz for Margarita Mix Hollywood
Drivers |
Vicky Coleman
Brad Parker
Cole Mathews
Ryan Muldowney
Skateboarders in order of appearance |
Ray Barbee (hero)
Natas Kaupas (hero)
Matt Hensley (hero)
Pat Duffy
Eric Dressen (hero)
Kris Markovich (hero)
Salman Agah (hero)
Levi Brown
Stacy Lowery
Shiloh Greathouse
Chad Tim Tim
Rob Gonzalez
Danny Montoya
Collin Provost (hero)
Julian Davidson
Ryder Parker
happy birthday blog
I am the proud parent of a 6 year old blog
happy birthday blog x
Shiel Yule 