Whale-love animation “man & whale” by Koji Yamamura

Whale-love animationWhat a beautiful story by Koji Yamamura, a Japanese animated film maker, who’s variety of animation techniques and films show in countless festivals and individual exhibitions worldwide. Mr. Yamamura is also a nominee for the 75th Academy Awards Short Films’ Animation Category.

Mr. Yamamura has created a new short animation film tittled “Man & Whale” for Greenpeace Whale-Love campaign. It took about 5 months to produce the film

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 7 book

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It’s official! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the 7 book of Harry Potter and the final book in J.K. Rowling’s magical Harry Potter series, will be released on July 21, 2007.
If you made it this far and waited up until now for the 7 book of Harry Potter then

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See the new ipod commercial

Apple.com is truly amazing. If it’s product design or a creative commercial that just blows you away, then it’s probably says Apple on the sticker. Now, the new Apple ipod commercial continues their latest ipod commercial line, but it’s so good so who cares.

It features a couple of silhouette dancers who groove to Mi Swing Es Tropical, a song by Nickodemus & Quantic featuring Tempo. You can get the new ipod commercial song at Apple.com

If you haven’t seen these ipod commercials yet, check them out:

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How to make a pop-up book with a twist

pop-up booksMinnesota photographer Thomas Allen has been inspired by his childhood experiences with pop-up books and view-masters.

After cutting illustrated figures out of old books and vintage novels, he then rearranges them as a 3D scene and carefully photographs the new scene.

After being raised from the book pages in 3D, the characters go back to being two-dimensional objects in the form of a photograph. Allen’s photographic work captures characters and events in mid-action, leaving the viewer to wonder what will happen next.

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Start collecting illustrated art boxes

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Check out these super cool box art characters from Undoboy. You can get the whole set with 16 different toys and 64 different characters, from cowboys, to Mr. T, to Conan the Barbarian.

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Tokidoki Bags, Jewelry, iSkin and More

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Tokidoki is everywhere! From bags and clothing to jewelry and iPods to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week to Black Eyed Peas Fergie to sneakers. Born and raised in Rome, Simone Legno is the creator behind the new brand Tokidoki. Simone is deeply intrigued by everything about Japan, from the beauty of their tradition, to the super pop flashy aspects of the super modern cities, and most of all, it’s people.

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There is no Harry in this Potter movie

These days the name Potter immediately brings J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter to mind, but the new movie “Miss Potter” is definitely not about Harry’s mom. “Miss Potter” portrays the story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children’s book, “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”, and her struggle for love, happiness and success in Victorian London.
peter_rabbit1.gifBack in the 1900’s women were supposed to marry, have children and run a household. A hundred years later and i am running my own blog.

jemima_puddleduck.gifThe enchanting Renée Zellweger brings the uncompromising character of Beatrix Potter to life as well as her illustrated friends. Beatrix’s drawings are truly exquisite, As Norman Warne, Beatrix’s publisher, played by the charming Ewan McGregor, points out. Most of her drawings were created at the Lake District area where her family used to visit.

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Musa

MusaMusa Collective, a Portuguese design company, determined not to show their members’ names or resumes in the company’s Flash website, aiming to promote the Portuguese design abroad and host an exhibition of 15 design posters, called The MusaTour, first time presented in Japan. Well done!

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Steve Scott

steve-scottWith clients as Virgin Music and Sony, Steve Scott simple yet to-the-point online portfolio presents colorful illustration portfolios and great animation shots.

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Neitylko

NeitylkoIt’s art? It’s graphic design? It’s typographic? It’s exploding with colors and imagination? It’s… all these and more. Eye candy overbrimming portfolio of Maciej Hajnrich aka nietylko – said Carole Guevin / Netdiver.

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Paul Antonson

Paul AntonsonPaul Antonson, whose illustrations are comic/realistic in style, is an NYC based artist who’s had the good fortune to illustrate for clients like the Village Voice, WSJ.com and more.

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Matei Apostolescu

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As you can see, Matei Apostolescu, based in Bucharest Romania, creates detailed illustrated compositions. I can look at his work for hours trying to absorb and figure everything out.

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Looking for original wallpapers?

Original WallpapersAt 5qm.de you can find original wallpapers from the fifties, sixties and seventies. OMG, I must have them all !!!

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Koji Morimoto

Koji MorimotoKoji Morimoto, a well respected animator and director in Japan, working in the field of “anime”. Morimoto directed “Beyond”, one of the short animation pieces collected in “The Animatrix”.

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