Kevin Tong: The Silent Years

Posted on March 13, 2007 Under Art

Freelance illustrator Kevin Tong, 23 years young and hailing from the 'LBC,' has my curiosity peaked with his graphic novel called The Silent Years. Kevin will be the first to admit that it's a work in progress, as it remains…

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Pattern Recognition: The Film

Posted on March 13, 2007 Under Art

Some of you may have read William Gibson's novel Pattern Recognition (it was released in 03), but did you know that it is slated to be turned into a film, to be released in 2008? Directing honors went to Peter…

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Plinth Issue 2: The Hate Issue

Posted on March 12, 2007 Under Art

Our buddy and Spear Collectiver Tom Judd is at it again over the pond in the U.K. This time he has joined up with a group of other talented illustrators and Scott Lockhart to publish Plinth Issue 2 (The Hate…

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Purchase Brothers

Posted on March 12, 2007 Under Art

I recently had a chance to check out some of the work of Purchase Brothers-- they're a boutique film studio out of Toronto that appear to do great stuff in the fields of event videography, video editing, color correction/grading, 2D…

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Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers

Posted on March 9, 2007 Under Art

Chris Jordan's astute societal observations have me really impressed with all of his photo projects to date. In his most recent, 'Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait,' he deftly puts societal habits that have "vast and bizarre" statistics associated with…

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The Art of Jeremy Fish

Posted on March 7, 2007 Under Art

Last Fall, a good friend of mine pointed me to artwork of Jeremy Fish, a super-talented artist and designer out of San Francisco. I hadn't spent much time on his memorable website for quite awhile until yesterday, when I heard…

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Changethethought: New Site!

Posted on March 6, 2007 Under Art

Christopher Cox, friend and fellow Spear Collective member recently launched his new portfolio and once again our hats are off-- it's very slick (don't worry, it's not nearly as hard to navigate as his desk, shown here). His new site…

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Jose Parla In Action

Posted on March 5, 2007 Under Art

Our pals over at Cool Hunting have a great video about Jose Parla-- they explore the artwork and thought process of what appears to be a pure genius. Coincidentally they were at the opening of Cityscape in Miami with us--…

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design:related

Posted on February 21, 2007 Under Art

We're definitely seeing a clear trend towards more authentic feeling art and design related social networking sites-- (Humble Voice, Coroflot to name a few). Design:related is the newest on the block-- and its sleek design feels promising. While I don't…

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Sneaux Ad: Human Skateboard

Posted on February 19, 2007 Under Art

Sneaux makes skate shoes, and specializes in antics-- their spokesman, after all, is Steve O from the Jackass Films. Their new ad is a stop-motion masterpiece called the "Human Skateboard." It was directed by PES, and although it's short, it's…

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