Susan Kare: Icon Wizard

Susan Kare was the graphic artist at Apple who designed all their early icons. This article by Steve Silberman gives us a window on the creation of some of the most iconic icons of our age.

"Road Runner" Cartoon: Fur of Flying

One of the new 3d CGI Road Runner shorts which I had not seen. Come on Warner Bros., these should be bundles with all your movies. (Unfortunately there are adds before and after, but nothing in life is free.)

Pixars Brave: Trailer

Looks Promising. I want to see this. They have worked on it a long time.

Ice Skating Dinosaur

Self explanatory and fun.

Fire at Skywalker Ranch!

There was a 3 alarm fire at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch yesterday. One of the alarms was Lucas's onsite fire brigade. They asked for Marin county to also respond. The fire is said to have started in a chimney at the main house. A spokesperson said it caused minimal damage. I had the opportunity to visit there once with a group from Decipher. It's a beautiful and amazing place, and it's fortunate the fire was contained quickly.

Is this a new Leonardo Da Vinci?

A group of Da Vinci experts have announced that this is a previously unrecognized painting.

"Salvator Mundi", is by Leonardo. There are many versions of this painting in circulation, all copies done by other artists, but careful examination of the under-painting has shown that this painter made radical changes in the positions of the fingers as he worked, suggesting this is the original.

In my opinion, It clearly uses Da Vinci's Stumato technique, meaning the face is without lines or borders, and appears to be slightly out-of-focus. The technique is very close to what was used in the Mona Lisa. The eyelids are handled in a very similar way, and it almost looks as though the two paintings were rendered under the same studio lighting. The folds of the wrinkles in the sleeves on both paintings look like they were done by the same hand. It feels right to me.

Tim Biskup: In Studio

Pop Artist Tim Biskup in his studio. I dig his sculptures and the quirky use of color in all his work.

Bambi vs Godzilla

The short classic by Marv Newland.

The Big Snit

1985 classic by the man who gave us "The Cat Came Back"

ParaNorman

Trailer for an upcoming 3d stop-motion film by the same team that made "Coraline". Remember the baby from "Labyrinth"? That was Tobby Froud. He's all grown-up now and working on this film.