Bulldog MINI

Playing on the old Mini's Bulldog alter ego, the automaker has chosen to put this new Cooper S Clubman on a leash...with a spiked collar. >> BullDog MINI found in LA Auto Show this week. [via]

男人四十

「三十而立，四十不惑」。

今年是多事的一年，不如意的事特別多，也是困惑的一年... 建立了多年的，在還未能多年享受成果奮鬥之前便要重新來過。說實的是有點不甘心，要我與"那些人"為伍，我做不到，亦不屑做!!
四十以後的日子並不會易過，但仍相信明天會更好 !

Amazing Alphabet Pop-up!

If you love pop-up book, typography and Graphic design, you must check this one, Marion Bataille’s ABC3D ! Amazing!! 好堅 !
"Slick, stylish and designerly, it’s hard to capture its tactile, interactive magic in static words — you have to have it in your hands to truly appreciate it."


[via]

2009 Annie Award Nominations

2009 Annie Award Nominations By Category

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
* Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: Sony Pictures Animation
* Coraline: Laika
* Fantastic Mr. Fox: 20th Century Fox
* The Princess and the Frog: Walt Disney Animation Studios
* The Secret of Kells: Cartoon Saloon
* Up: Pixar Animation Studios

Best Animated Short Subject
* Pups of Liberty: Picnic Pictures
* Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5: ShadowMachine
* Santa, The Fascist Years: Plymptoons
* The Rooster, The Crocodile and The Night Sky: Barley Films
* The Story of Walls: Badmash Animation Studios

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Character Design in a Feature Production
* Daniel Lopez Munoz "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
* Shane Prigmore "Coraline": Laika
* Shannon Tindle "Coraline": Laika

Directing in a Feature Production
* Wes Anderson "Fantastic Mr. Fox": 20th Century Fox
* Pete Docter "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
* Christopher Miller, Phil Lord "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs": Sony Pictures Animation
* Hayao Miyazaki "Ponyo": Studio Ghibli
* Henry Selick "Coraline": Laika

Storyboarding in a Feature Production
* Sharon Bridgeman "Astro Boy": Imagi Studios
* Chris Butler "Coraline": Laika
* Ronnie Del Carmen "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
* Tom Owens "Monsters vs. Aliens": DreamWorks Animation
* Peter Sohn "Up": Pixar Animation Studios

Writing in a Feature Production
* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, "Fantastic Mr. Fox": 20th Century Fox
* Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, "Up": Pixar Animation Studios
* Timothy Hyde Harris and David Bowers, "Astro Boy": Imagi Studios
* Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs": Sony Pictures Animation

The above list is not completed since I only extracted the categories related to feature production, you can read the entire list of nominees in all categories here.
[ via annie awards ]

The Many Faces of Space Invader

Space Invader was one of my favorite game when I was in primary school, this image impresses me. fun! [via advantage logan]

More Mustaches Chocies for Mario

Imagine different mustaches style…on the mario's face! by Mike Stefanini

Illustration - Lets fly in the wind for a while

Gary

Gary from Gary on Vimeo.
This short inspired me a lot! Very unique style with well combination of 2D and 3D. Directed by Clément Soulmagnon, Yann Benedi, Sébastien Eballard & Quentin Chaillet - Copyright Supinfocom 2008 - Gary-lefilm.com. You must check One of the Creator Bened Yann's blog, there are lots of concept sketches and illustrations there.

The art of Alberto Cerriteño

A Mexican illustrator & designer Albert Cerriteno who lives in Portland amazes you with his artwork. He’s strongly influenced by urban vinyl toys, alternative cartoons, and the pop surrealism movement. Like it!

http://albertocerriteno.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acerriteno/

10 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts

10 animated shorts selected by the Academy for the 2010 Oscars. Five of them will be nominated and will be announced on 2nd Feb 2010.

The Cat Piano


Granny O Grimm's Sleeping Beauty


French Roast


The Kinematograph


The Lady and The Reaper


Wallace and Gromit "A Matter of Loaf and Death"


Partly Cloudy


Runaway


Variete


Logorama
[via 動畫筆記本]

Enemy Weakpoints Poster

Enemy Weakpoints Poster is a geeky limited-edition strategy guide to taking out enemies both digital and mythical by Olly Moss. [via]

Banana

Banana Ripening Chart. Nice color! [via]

Muji + Lego

Muji, minimalist makers has teamed up with Lego to create a new series of toys which combine lego’s plastic blocks with paper. Shown here is just one of four sets that feature a collection of lego bricks, paper and hole punching tools that allow the user to combine them together to make different animals and characters. see the pack here

How To Kill Idea...

What and who will keep your idea? > a new marketing manager, an idea sent by email, legal department recommendation, creative reviewers, new creative director, client think he's creative, budget etc...

Great Illustration on How To Kill Ideas by Scoot C. "I did a bunch of paintings for them depicting an idea and the enemy of that idea" [via] There are more awesome illustration at his blog.

Presentation at TBS Digicon6

《原子小金剛》創作總監深入講解 2D 到 3D之間的全新世界

本日（20 日）於幕張國際展場所舉辦的「Inter BEE 2009（日本國際廣播器材展）」中，由日本 TBS 電視台邀請到擔任意馬國際（IMAGI）動畫公司全球創作總監的 Felix（葉偉青），為不久前所上映的動畫作品《原子小金剛》作深入的分析與介紹 ........

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由於forum部份overrun, 其實講解是很表面的東西...

TBS 11th Digicon 6

Create your Dreams!
I was invited by 11th TBS DigiCon6 as a HK representative to give a speech to introduce AstroBoy, I talked about some of making of and development of AstroBoy design. This is really a great trip which is totally out of my expectation. I learned a lit and meet some friends. TBS DigiCon6 is an annual animation competition for Asia organized by Japanese TV. Their goal is to invites digital content creators, both professional and amateur, to create their original work. that we have to support! This year they got 2741 submitted animation works from 8 regions on Asia includes: Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, India, Singapore, Malaysia & Korea. It is very encouraging that 2 Hong Kong animation won the Encouragement Award this year and actually Hong Kong won the grand prize last year.


At the forum, each region talked about the animation development and how the government support, I felt so shame that our government gave the least support compared with other regions...


《Time To Say Goodbye》QiQihar Int'l Ltd（香港）


《Such Is Life》Emily

11th DigiCon6 Award List
More news and articles about 11th DigiCon6:
e-zone gnn.gamer.com.tw
DigiCon6 official website
check animations at 10th DigiCon6

Challenge Your World

La Chaussettologie - Challenge your world from Desrumaux Celine on Vimeo.
Check this short promo for Challenge Your World event in Montreal. Good combination of 2D and 3D techniques, Very american humor.
Check out Céline’s blog for some process drawings.

Gatchaman Ken and Joe by Rotobox

Rotobox Vinyl Anatomica's Ganmetall Celsius Tribute Series 2 featuring GATCHAMAN KEN The Eagle and JOE The Condor! Looks awesome :)
[ via Toysrevil ]

Woodcut by Roman Klonek

wow, these woodcut artwork are very impressive, i like how he plays with color and shapes...
Klonek's website, see more his newest woodcut on Flickr

Creative Barcodes

wow, see how cool and creative the Japanese Barcodes, they all works! They are designed by japanese firm d-barcode, who specialize in designing these unique barcodes.
[Via Popsop]