This little guy was on a mission! About two minutes in, sh*t really gets crazy.
(credit: ★hectocotyli)
The secrets of the Monty Python animations
November 22, 2011
Terry Gilliam was the animator behind the Monty Python animations (along with being a writer, actor, director and all around talented guy).
This video from 1974 on Bob Godfrey’s Do-It-Yourself Animation Show, has Gilliam explaining the secrets of the Monty Python animations by demonstrating his own cutout animation method in DIY fashion.
“The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn’t really matter. Whatever works is the thing to use.”
(credit: the ever impressive link finder, @LettersofNote)
Is this the end of blurry images? Adobe Photoshop’s new feature
October 10, 2011
Adobe always shocks me with their little sneaks of new features. They may not work always exactly with every circumstance, but by god are they amazing. (i.e. last years Content-Aware Fill)
It’s hard to see in the video, but you can tell by the audience’s reaction how amazing it must look.
(via @cap by way of @Mickeleh)
Legacy of Letters
October 28, 2010
You may not think watching someone draw Gothic letters is fascinating as I do.
You have to at least agree that this guy is really talented.
“Fraktur writing for the Legacy of Letters italian tour, organize by Paul Shaw, NYC.”
(credit: @delshire via jaredigital)
Just a little shamless promotion
October 19, 2010
It’s only because I’m so proud this is done.
I have a brand spankin’ new website at thoughtbrain.com. I couldn’t have done it without my husband, Andrew (aka Roo), who mastered jQuery so my site would look fancy.
There are still some things I know I need to tweek, but I’d appreciate a look or two! 
The next stage will be to revamp this blog, make it match the new site and hopefully add some fun features too.
Crosby Garrett helmet
October 7, 2010
Found by a metal detectorist on a farm at Crosby Garrett, a village in Northwest England around May 2010. The helmet was in 33 large fragments and 34 small fragments, found face down in clay. The face mask was intact, but everything else was in pieces. The helmet was given to Christie’s to be cleaned and restored and was just sold at auction today for $3,629,469 by an anonymous buyer, beating out 5 other bidders.
photo credit: PA
These helmets were not for combative use, but worn for hippika gymnasia (cavalry sports events). The polished white-metal surface of the Crosby Garrett face-mask would have provided a striking contrast to the original golden-bronze colour of the hair and Phrygian cap. In addition, colourful streamers may have been attached to the rings along the back ridge and on the griffin crest. Arrian of Nicomedia, a Roman provincial governor under Hadrian, provides us with the only surviving contemporary source of information on cavalry sports events. He describes, in an appendix to his Ars Tactica, how the cavalrymen were divided into two teams which took turns to attack and defend. He suggests that the wearing of these helmets was a mark of rank or excellence in horsemanship. Participants would also carry a light, elaborately painted shield, and wear an embroidered tunic and possibly thigh-guards and greaves, all of which would contribute to the impressive spectacle. (via Art Daily)
photo credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
It’s a pretty interesting story. The Guardian has a good article on the details, but you can read more about it here or here.
How Luggage Got Its Wheels
October 5, 2010
40 years ago this month, wheeled luggage was born.
So why did it take so long for wheeled luggage to emerge? Mr. Sadow recalled the strong resistance he met on those early sales calls, when he was frequently told that men would not accept suitcases with wheels. “It was a very macho thing,” he said.
But it was also a time of huge change in the culture of travel, as a growing number of people flew, airports became bigger and far more women began traveling alone, especially on business trips. It had taken a long time, but common sense and the quest for convenience prevailed. The suitcase acquired wheels; travelers no longer routinely needed porters and bellhops.
Read the whole thing here.
(credit: SwissMiss)
18th-Century Ship Found at Ground Zero
July 15, 2010
Construction workers, while excavating Ground Zero, came across some wood timbers flecked with oyster shells.
(photo credit: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
…the outlines made it plain: a 30-foot length of a wood-hulled vessel had been discovered about 20 to 30 feet below street level on the World Trade Center site, the first such large-scale archaeological find along the Manhattan waterfront since 1982, when an 18th-century cargo ship came to light at 175 Water Street.
(photo credit: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
The area under excavation, between Liberty and Cedar Streets, had not been dug out for the original trade center. The vessel, presumably dating from the mid- to late 1700s, was evidently undisturbed more than 200 years.
(photo credit: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
Read the whole article here.
(photo credit: Getty)
fashion shoot with the iphone
July 8, 2010
Fstoppers does fashion shoot only using an iphone.
Fstoppers likes to show behind-the-scenes on how professionals shoot. This was to prove that it doesn’t matter what kind of camera equipment you have, you can still get a good shot. View more info and the high res images here.
So before I say anything else let me start by saying; I created this video to simply show that you should not be limited by your camera. Obviously there was a lot that went into this shoot including a professional model, hair and makeup, a studio, lighting, and a retoucher. We may create another video in the future where we shoot with only natural light but this video is simply about the camera. There are so many photographers who are obsessed with noise, sharpness, color, dynamic range, megapixels, chromatic aberration, moire, distortion, etc. So many photographers get wrapped up in the technical side that they forget how to take compelling images. This video is for them. (via)
(credit: OnePlusInfinity)
How crayons are made
July 2, 2010
You 80′s kids might remember this from Sesame Street.
I’ve wasting hours reading this blog, I’m Remembering, put together by Hillary Buckholtz. It has photos and videos of all the things I’ve forgotten about my childhood.
