“All my friends are dead”
A cute book by Jory John and Avery Monsen. You can read an excerpt here about the diniosaur, dodo bird and all the other cute things with no more friends.
Like it? Buy the book here.
All my friends are dead.
November 2, 2010
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.
The Japanese Popstars Feat. Green Velvet – Let Go video
October 11, 2010
A new trippy animated video for The Japanese Popstars.
Also check out the making of this video
The Japanese Popstars Feat. Green Velvet – Let Go from David Wilson Creative on Vimeo.
Directed by David Wilson
Produced by Serena Noorani and Tamsin Glasson at Colonel Blimp
Primary Illustrator – Keaton Henson
(credit: BLCKDMNDS)
Banksy’s opening for The Simpsons
October 10, 2010
Banksy storyboarded and directed the opening sequence to The Simpsons tonight.
**UPDATE: Apparently FOX had all traces of the Banksy Simpsons intro removed from YouTube. But someone was smart enough to take screenshots before it went down! And this Argentinian website still has video that works.**
**UPDATE #2: Al Jean, an executive producer of “The Simpsons,” explains the stunt to The New York Times ArtsBeat.**
(credit: Wooster Collective)
Stella commercials directed by Roman Coppola and Wes Anderson
October 8, 2010
The Wilderness Downtown
October 7, 2010
In addition to Arcade Fire‘s The Suburbs, they have released an interactive film,
The Wilderness Downtown.
It’s an experiment using Google Chrome (download here) and HTML 5. You enter the address to where you grew up. “We Used to Wait.” starts playing with a young boy running down the street, multiple windows with video start popping up, moving around with the music, and you’re transported back to your childhood home. It’s a truly amazing interactive experience.
Try it here.
First Interview with Bill Waterson since 1989
October 2, 2010
It’s not a long interview, but it’s nice to hear from an old friend every once in awhile.
It’s always better to leave the party early. If I had rolled along with the strip’s popularity and repeated myself for another five, 10 or 20 years, the people now “grieving” for “Calvin and Hobbes” would be wishing me dead and cursing newspapers for running tedious, ancient strips like mine instead of acquiring fresher, livelier talent. And I’d be agreeing with them.
I think some of the reason “Calvin and Hobbes” still finds an audience today is because I chose not to run the wheels off it.
I’ve never regretted stopping when I did. (via)
Read the whole thing here.
(credit: GOOD)
How ink is made
September 29, 2010
This is like a grown ups version of How Crayons Are Made.
A Chief Ink Maker shows how colour and ink is created from the raw ingredients–powder, varnish, and passion. Everything designers and printers need to know about the process, the challenges and joy of ink making.
See more about the Printing Ink Company, here.
Presented by Peter Welfare, president and head inkmaker, The Printing Ink Company.
The Printing Ink Company:
True Performance in Colour
Written and produced by Ian Daffern
Directed and Edited by Tate Young
(credit: SwissLegacy)
Photos of Old Disneyland
July 16, 2010
Flickr user, Tom Simpson, has uploaded around 150 photos of Disneyland during the construction and right after it opened. You can also check out this home movie of Disneyland I posted awhile back.
Here’s Sleeping Beauty’s Castle before and after.
(credit: @LettersOfNote)
She & Him – Thieves video
July 13, 2010
She & Him’s video for Thieves, directed by Norwood Cheek.
In the video, Deschanel and Ward are kids talking on tin-can telephones and sending each other notes that they somehow don’t receive till they’re grown up. The romantic drama that unfolds is all depicted in the newspaper of the era, the Telegraph & Bulletin. (via)
(credit: Paste Mag)
