SciFi Now - 101 Geekiest Clips you must see!

Issue 61 of SciFi Now includes a feature of "The ultimate countdown to the 101 geekiest videos you must watch now!" showcasing some of the most unexpected and brilliant parodies, cinematics, short films and rare interviews from across the net. Any list that includes Nicolas Cages infamous "Not the Bees!" scene gets the thumbs up from us!

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Have fun,

David

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Day Of The Tentacle - Animated Illustration

As a kid I loved playing Graphic Adventures, especially those by LucasArts. Day of the Tentacle (or DOTT for short) was the sequel to Maniac Mansion and was the first "Talkie" game I played (this was the first game to have speech throughout which seems like a bizarre thing to mention in todays world, but back then it was a big deal!) 

For those that don't know, the main characters in DOTT, Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne used the Chron-o-John to travel through time to prevent the evil Purple Tentacle from manipulating time to control the world! As you can probably guess, it was a very surreal and funny game! 

This one was just begging to be animated!  The image was featured on Kotaku, Little Chimp Society and the creator of Day Of The Tentacle, Tim Schafer liked it, and remarked "Nice! Probably more things moving there than in the actual game! :)" 
As Bernard would say: "Neat!"

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David

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World of Warcraft illustration for PSD Tuts+

We were recently asked to create a Photoshop illustration process tutorial for PSD Tuts+ based on Blizzard Entertainment's insanely large and addictive game, the World of Warcraft. 

At the risk of polarizing our audience, although we've played numerous Alliance based characters, Sarah and I always had a soft spot for the Horde; the Undead quests were always much funnier! So naturally we chose to illustrate some of our personal favourite characters from the Horde side of the game including a Sporeling, Sylvanas Windrunner, Arthas, a Tuskarr and the Head of the Headless Horseman (don't ask, just trust me that he was funny!) and of course the World of Warcraft figurehead, the dreaded Murloc!

You can read the tutorial at PSD Tuts+ here

Have fun,

David

PS. "For the HORRRRRRRRRDE!"

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Drying Paint - illustration for the "Memories Project" Cancer charity art book

The Memories Project is a charity art book, the proceeds go to Maggies Cancer caring centres. I drew this piece based on Antony Kitson's story based on his father's cancer inspiring him to launch OneTenElevenMedia. Since drawing this my own Gran, the lovely Tryphena Cousens, was diagnosed and subsequently has died of cancer very recently. One day I'll draw something as a tribute to her but right now it's too much of a fresh wound.

I'll leave you with this excerpt from the Memories Website describing the project. I promise the next post will return to our usual brand of light-hearted nonsense

Cancer is such a pervasive killer these days that few of us go through life untouched by the disease. We’ve decided to do something about it by launching the Memories project and the outcome will be a beautiful art book. Proceeds from the sales of Memories will go to the charity Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres.

Memories will look at the thoughts and experiences of individuals who have survived cancer, as well as those of people who have lost loved ones. There will be ten stories inside, each looking at one person’s recollection of a particular day in the struggle against cancer. For each of these ‘memories’ a dozen leading artists, illustrators and designers will be creating their own visual response. Two further stories will go ‘open brief’ and we’ll be inviting creatives worldwide to make their own images to accompany the text. The best submissions will go into the book.

That makes for 12 touching stories, and 144 smashing pieces of artwork

The cover price is £10 and you can pre-order the book now.

 

All the best,

David

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