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Category Archives: Animation
About Murakami
New York psychologist, writer and animator Ilana Simons created this terrific short animated film called “About Haruki Murakami” to celebrate everyone’s favorite Japanese writer. Well, he’s my favorite, any way.
Posted in Animation, Art, Asia, Books, Film, Writing
Tagged Haruki Murakami, Japan, novels
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World’s Largest GIF (really)
British street artist and designer INSA recently collaborated with American artist Madsteez (aka Mark Paul Deren) to create “The Largest GIF-ITI in the World” for the Pow! Street Art Festival in Taipei, Taiwan. The pair had to paint the eight … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Asia, Photography, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Street Art, Taipei, Taiwan
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F*** Yeah More Maps
Brooklyn-based book illustrator Aaron Meshon has created a series of colorful illustrated maps of his neighborhood. Sure doesn’t look like the Brooklyn of my childhood, but it’s really cute. If you’d like to see more of Meshon’s vibrant, fun maps, … Continue reading
Take the Green Line to Queasy Street
It’s been more than 20 years since the STA (Springfield Transit Authority) introduced its ill-fated monorail system, but even fictitious cities eventually need to upgrade their public transportation. Last Sunday’s Simpsons episode featured a hitherto unseen transit network complete with multicolored … Continue reading
Starry Night
Commissioned by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Vincent is a moving and affectionate tribute to Vincent van Gogh in the form of a graphic novel, or rather a graphic biography. Part of publisher SelfMadeHero’s “Art Masters” series, the book … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Europe, Museums, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, Graphic Novels, Starry Night, Van Gogh
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Book reviews concise and to the point
Lisa brown is a San Francisco-based author, cartoonist and illustrator who is probably best known for her art work in Lemony Snicket books. In her spare time, she creates the hilarious “Three Panel Book Review” comicfor the San Francisco Chronicle … Continue reading
From Dawn to Dusk
Singapore-based photographer Fong Qi Wei has created a series of short animated gifs, which compress a full day — from dawn to dusk — into a single, looped gif. Shot from the same position at various time of the day, overlooking … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Architecture, Art, Asia, Photography, Tech
Tagged gifs, Shanghai, Singapore
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Just Another Mandala Monday
The 12th century City of Temples complex of Angkor Wat in northwest Cambodia constitutes the largest extant ancient religious complex in the world. Today the Angkor Archeological Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a tourist magnet drawing nearly a … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Asia, Film, Museums, Photography, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Angkor Wat, Buddhism, Cambodia, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Welcome Onboard
Every flier has endured those tedious, unimaginative flight safety videos while awaiting take-off. Most of us barely acknowledge the drill. Virgin Atlantic has taken heed and created a new animated, pre-flight safety film that manages to be entertaining and informative … Continue reading
Walk This World
Lotta Nieminen is a Helsinki-based artist, illustrator and graphic designer. Her witty and whimsical work has appeared in dozens of publications and advertisements. You may have seen some of her maps, such as the one she did of Paris for … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 