Favourites of the Week - Design & Illustration

I think I might make a feature out of this so I can share the awesome arty things I find around the web over the course of the week. Usually there's tonnes of stuff that I find and love and have a folder full on my computer that's just there for me to ooh and ahh at. This week though I was blown away by this...

Design

This awesome Pacific Rim poster harks back to the earlier poster styles of the 40's, 50's and 60's that I love and wish more folk would do these days. It's the perfect style as it links back to old sci fi B-movies which I think works so well as Pacific Rim looks like it's going to be the most expensive B-movie of all time, and I mean that in a good way. It's going to be fun, action packed, not take itself too seriously and the fx look incredible. Yes, I love special effects and no they don't "ruin movies".

I found it over at the Poster Posse on Blurppy.com and it is designed by Richard Davies, an incredible artist who has done so many awesome poster artworks. Check out his site for more...

Illustration

 

I've completely forgotten what article I found these on yesterday and I don't care. I'm just happy I found them. The Historical Disney Princess collection by Claire Hummel (aka Shoomlah) is beautiful especially when you discover how much of Claire's time and effort has gone in to them. My favourite has to be Tiana as I love the green, the 20's style, the dress, the movement in her pose and Tiana as a character.  If you're a Disney fan check them out, you'll love them too. Also take the time to have a nosey around Claire's website for more stunning illustration and character design.

Also a little note to Bioshock fans, Claire is also the artist behind Bisohock Infinite's concept art for Elizabeth and the Luteces - amazing! 

Have you seen any stunning artwork this week? Please share in the comments so I can have a wee looksee.

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Pixar's Brave and Scotland

Last week I read an interesting article about Pixar's new movie Brave and how it could boost Scotland's tourism. Basically VisitScotland's chairman Mike Cantlay said that as Brave will be shown in 72 countries and dubbed into several languages it would give Scotland and the Highlands huge exposure, which will boost our tourism industry more than Braveheart ever did!

Camping Scourie 2008

This article made me feel a wee bit warm, fuzzy and patriotic inside. I am Scottish, slightly ginger and proud to be so (and yes I have a soul). I am also a film and animation lover and have been in love with Disney and Pixar since I was a kid. That Pixar have chosen to create a film set in Scotland and cast mainly Scottish actors is fantastic and something I've hoped would happen for a while.

Quite a few film productions have rolled through Scotland recently and it was pretty exciting. Like lots of other guilty parties, I went out to take loads of photos of American cars that were lined up around George Square for World War Z. I even stood about 3ft from Hugo Weaving without realising around Blythswood Square for Cloud Atlas - was truly gutted the next day when I saw it in the paper. Not that I would have said anything as no doubt a quote from The Matrix or Transformers would've slipped out and I'd have made a complete arse of myself. It's not even like I was too busy trying to see Halle Berry who was also there. Oh no, I was too busy taking photos of the Highland Green GT 390 Mustang and black Dodge Charger from Bullitt to notice one of my favourite actors standing quite close to me!!

Just discovered I don't actually have any pics of the Dodge Charger, gutted again!

I've had 4 celebrity/movie star interactions in my life (signing tents and autographs after gigs don't count) and each time I've not been at my most observant - as previously illustrated by the Hugo Weaving incident.

1. I spoke to Jackie Bird without realising it was Jackie Bird until 5 mins after the brief conversation
   
2. I kind of insulted Gerard Butler's new accent within earshot of Gerard Butler.
   
3. I nearly bumped into Peter Capaldi, almost knocking the massive pile of books and paper he was carrying to the wet ground at Royal Exchange Square - we both said "sorry" and went on our way.
   
4. The daddy of them all... and technically #2 in my sightings of the main cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, (I'm counting Hugo Weaving) General Zod in The Sneck!
   I sold Terence Stamp some DVD's in Inverness and for some reason I needed to ask him for ID. He handed over his New York driving licence and only then did I realise it was him. The black jumpsuit and flying towards the counter didn't give it away. Just joking, he's not really an evil General from Krypton!

Now all I need to do is to have an odd interaction with Guy Pearce, whilst not realising its Guy Pearce, to complete the Priscilla set!

Anyway, I love that big film productions are coming to Scotland and long may it continue. More and more content is being created here for all the creative industries and I hope we're on the brink of some sort of massive creative boom and we can show off what a massively creative country we are.

I really can't wait for the movie and am really looking forward to seeing the new style that Pixar have gone for. Also as an animation nerd, I'm really excited about Merida's hair. Disney worked wonders with Tangled so curls should be a cinch, but they just look fab!!

As a massive Pixar and Disney fan I'm usually first in line for the cinema queues, but I think this time I think I'll be first in line for the applications to Disneyland when they start recruiting Princess Merida's for their parks!!

What do you think? Looking forward to Brave? Tweet me

Other things that look set to give Scotland's tourism a wee boost are 2012 being the Year of Creative Scotland, 2013 the Year of Natural Scotland and the Commonwealth Games and Ryder Cup in 2014

Disney...

In honour of Tangled being released last Friday, I thought it fitting to do a wee Disney Tribute.
So here is a small collection of Tattoos from around the interweb! Enjoy...

The first 3 are from http://sometimessweet.blogspot.com/ A lovely blog run by Danielle who has a tattoo feature every Tuesday, go check it out.

The owner of these lovely tattoos however is Tiffany who can be found here:

http://sweeet-stars.blogspot.com/

I cannot believe the quality of the line work in this piece! Its beautiful, I cant wait to see it coloured!

The detail and colour are incredible! Love it!

I love this one, must have hurt.. A LOT!

Lol, this has to be my favourite!

And by far the best villain in Disney history, Malificent! I love her and this tattoo is fab!!

Hope you enjoyed that small tribute, more soon!

Thanks for reading

Daisy*B

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