all_ar't_things

(this is not a blog)

[affectionista-blog]

Water stop #singapore #cycling #bikenight #marinabaysands #artsandsciencemuseum

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[kevinrob]

Building a nest. 

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[laikaworld]

How Laika Made an 18-Foot Stop-Motion Puppet For ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’

Laika, the Oregon-based stop-motion animation house, usually films its movies using hand-crafted puppets that are just 6-12 inches tall. But for its latest film, Kubo and the Two Strings, which Focus Features will release, Aug. 19, it went in the opposite direction, creating an 18-foot tall stop motion puppet that’s believed to be the largest stop-motion puppet ever built.

“It was by far the largest puppet we ever created,” VFX supervisor Steve Emerson said today at the Siggraph CG confab taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center, at which the Kubo filmmakers offered a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie. “It seemed insane so of course we did it.”

Read the entire article here!: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/laikas-kubo-two-strings-used-914407

[lizclimo]

hang in there, world. 

[torpublishinggroup]

Artist Chris Riddell has created gorgeous illustrations for Neil Gaiman’s poem, “Locks.” Check them out here!

[tulipnight]

Frozen by Hisham Atallah

[affectionista-blog]

Instagram photo by @sts_vision • May 12, 2016 at 3:58am UTC

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Good evening, gorgeous.

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Instagram photo by @sts_vision • Mar 12, 2016 at 10:50am UTC

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From my travel photography.

[theatlasofbeauty]

While visiting one of the slums of Cape Town, South Africa, I was fascinated by the gentleness of this lady in such a rough environment.

Since almost 30 years ago, she is selling meat every day, in exactly the same place.

[glenkeaneprd]

During the Pocahontas production our live action model was waiting for her next take when I made this sketch.

[affectionista-blog]

Long-term reference for making kids’ books: “There are Cats In This Book” - techniques of print-storytelling and artworks.

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Hairdresser attends homeless people in London on the streets, offers hair cut.

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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

Mark Twain