Last month I went to see Greg Brunkalla speak at the Apple store in Soho (NYC.) He talked about the (above) project which involved a hand made/painted zoetrope. He said that the trend for fashion companies is to step away from doing runways and move toward more distinctive/engaging ways of showcasing their new lines. Temperley's spring line happened to be circus themed, so the concept was to have models performing circus acts in the season's clothes played on a zoetrope in public. The individual stills (from the sequences) were used in Temperley's advertising. Apparently, motion graphics have gotten so fine in quality that hi res stills can be used at large sizes as would a normal photo. He also mentioned that most of today's "live action" music videos are done for free.

findings of the web

http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-12-24T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00

I'm trying not to pull you away from celebrating the holidays, but...
it's time for more FINDINGS OF THE WEB.


Looking for some drawing inspiration? Look no further than the sexy people blog.





http://www.sexypeople-blog.com/

Devoted to the perfect portrait, there is no shortage of bad hair, goths posing with Santa, ugly sweaters and interesting facial proportions.

You can also visit the rare book room!

http://www.rarebookroom.org/

Introduction to FontStruct from fontstruct on Vimeo.

You can make your own private downloadable fonts at fontstruct.

http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/




You can also check out the type cards from the old 1960's Batman series
http://www.batmania.com.ar/paginas/serie_onomatopeyas.htm






And lastly, if you need shoe references I suggest going to The Piperlime. You can see and save a shoe from several different angles and they have hundreds of shoes to choose from. I suggest the "larger view"

http://piperlime.gap.com/browse/division.do?cid=15957

I'm not into latex or anything but

Have you noticed the appearance of latex in more and more live-action renditions of comic books? Well, it's not such a big leap. A lot of latex designers (past and present) seem to have been influenced by characters' costumes. I find not only this interesting, but also the kind of clothes they are now able to make now (scroll below.) For those who might not know, latex is a "no-sew" fabric. Pieces are just glued together. It is pretty cool to see some of the intricate (usually sewn) pieces designers are now making. The next few pictures (+plus links) are some of the least disturbing (sexually or otherwise) photos of costume-influenced or complicated (the way it's made) latex clothing I have found online.

http://www.leehiggs.com/gmac/gmac.html



http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=377717663&albumId=771189






I could never get over how uncomfortable the stuff is though.


http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=34724502



http://www.ashworth-photos.com/fashion/fashion_series20.html




http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=65757431






http://www.house-of-harlot.com/shop/home.php

This last one looks like it was influenced by "The Spirit."