Dylan Cole Studio

Dylan Cole Studio website states "Dylan Cole is an art director, concept artist, and matte painter who specializes in film, video games, and commercials. The southern Caliornia native always had a love for drawing. Inital interest in comic book art gave way to matte painting and concept design after he saw the Art of Star Wars books. Dylan attended UCLA as a fine art major where he continued to draw and paint traditionally."



"A summer internship at ILM opened his eyes to the digital world that he had been avoiding. Within a year and a half of graduating from UCLA, Dylan was off to New Zealand to be a senior matte painter for Return of the King. Since then, Dylan has contributed art to over 50 films including Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, and Tron Legacy."



For more images from Dylan Cole either visit his website, www.dylancolestudio.com or catch the jump for more images and a showreel, Enjoy.

Blender

If you've ever wanted to give animation a go but not wanted to spend a fortune on software, Blender is your answer!  This software is a FREE open source 3D graphics application available to most platforms.

http://www.blender.org/

 

Sintel is a creation from the Blender Studios.  The company works on a short feature each year to show case the software as well as to promote the use of open source and free software.

Film of the Week: Life in a Day

A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010. It's 1hr 30min‎‎, Rated 12A‎‎ and Directored by Kevin Macdonald, Jan Haubrich, Frederic Lumiere and is in cinemas now.

RESONANCE

Resonance is a beautiful collaborative project the website statement reads as follows, Enjoy.

Resonance is the vision of SR Partners; a collaborative project with over 30 independent visual and audio designers/studios. The aim was to explore the relationship between geometry and audio in unique ways.

Special thanks to Clear Cut Pictures who did a great job with the audio mastering and also RenderRocket who gave us access to their awesome renderfarm.

SEE || Displace Studios and MoveMakeShake | Esteban Diacono | Heerko Groefsema | Jean-Paul Frenay | Jr.canest | KORB | Kultnation | Mate Steinforth | Matthias Müller | Momentary People | MRK | Murat Pak | Onur Senturk | Physalia studio | Polynoid | SR Partners | Thiago Maia | Tom Waterhouse | Tronic Studio | Spatial Harmonics Group

HEAR || Audionerve | Combustion | CypherAudio | David Kamp | Echolab | Hecq | Michael Fakesch | Mutant Jukebox | Radium Audio | Box Of Toys Audio | Studio Takt | World Gangthe vision of SR Partners; a collaborative project with over 30 independent visual and audio designers/studios.

Knife & Saw : Bike Shelf

For all of us who don’t have all that much space for storing the wonderful portal to the world that is a bicycle Knife & Saw have provided the perfect answer, the Bike Shelf. An elegant stylish and feature making alter to the bicycle. Not only will this get the offending space grabber out of the way, it will provide a handy shelf for storing whatever you need to and an attractive way to show off your pride and joy. Visit Knife & Saw to check out more images and Buy a shelf if you’d like one.

This post was researched by William Clarke.

Jack Horner : Building a Dinosaur from a Chicken

This is a small yet brilliant video touching on concepts of evolution, Jurassic Park and Chickens. This is a totally enjoyable and thought provoking video from TED hope you like it.

Wheel Fanatyk : Ghisallo Wood Rims & Morizumi Spoke Machines.

Lower spoke tensions and a more comfortable ride. Wood rims operate in a very similar way to how carbon rims now do, using a light weight dampening material in place of metal. Plus they just look so good. You to see more about the process of construction or for more information on the rims visit Wheel Fanatyk. Or you can purchase wooden rims from Ghisallo on Ebay, Enjoy.





To see the next two videos completing this series read on after the jump.

The Oomphalapompatronium

Thank the Lord for garden-shed inventors. I invite you to watch this video of the splendidly named "Oomphalapompatronium". It is impossible to watch this without smiling.