Genshiken is a manga series by Shimoku Kio about a college club for otaku (extremely obsessed fans of various media)
and the lifestyle its members pursue. ourGenshiken is a blog written by four otaku who want to share their passion and report on all the various visual media they love.
Patrick Kyle is a local artist/illustrator and a friend of mine. His work never ceases to surprise and entertain me. You can find more of his stuff at his site here.
Kitty's Studio is a short by Yasuji Mori. An influential mentor over at the Toei studio, he passed his skills on to subsequent generations of Toei animators such as Yasuo Otsuka, Gisaburo Sugii, and Hayao Miyazaki.
Won Park is responsible for some AMAZING origami star wars pieces. Just look at his three-dollar Millennium Falcon. The rest of the lot can be found at his gallery, here
Jonathan Burton is a London-based illustrator whose worked for such notable clients as the BBC, Saatchi and Saaitci and The Times. He keeps a blog and has a website.
This is more for local Toronto/GTA folk: The Drawing Master, a documentary about retiring OCAD teacher, Paul Young, will be on BRAVO tomorrow at 5am EST. I love this documentary and watch it every time I get a chance so I will be waking up early for this.
Vol Libre, the very first computer generated film by director Loren Carpenter. Carpenter was immediatly offered a position at ILM's CG division after presenting his film at Siggraph'80. ILM CG eventually became Pixar where Loren works today.
Jean Giraud AKA Moebius did some poster or cover artwork for Fellini's bio - I'm a Born Liar.
lost & found showcases obscure and lost work from various visual media artists. If you a lost gem that you've found send it to - tips[at]engine75[dot]net (replace the [at] and [dot] with appropriate symbols)
Frank Espinosa, creator of Rocketo, has been publishing studies of his new newbook, The New World on his blog. Rocketo has to be one of my favorite comics to come out within the last few years. Frank's vision is clear and strong. Comic Creators should be taking notes from him.Frank used to be the Art Director at Warner Bros. Consumer Products and at Disney Consumer Products. More recently Frank has taught character design a MIT. design.
Madrid-based styling & creative firm, Kattaca, along with Moises González have decided to recreate some of Gustav Klimt's most iconic work. Kattaca has a naturally "illustrative" quality to their work and seems to work very well with the Klimt subject matter.
I don't quite remember how I discovered the work of Massimo Carnevale but when I did, I was immediately taken aback by his work. His graphic use of colour & light are reminiscent to me of a modern day N.C. Wyeth.
One of my favorite illustrators, Tom Bagshaw, has recently posted a walk-through on the creation of one of his book cover designs on his blog. Its the most in-depth walk-through he's done to date. Check it out here
A 47-minute documentary about Jean Giraud, one of the most influential comic book artists of all time. Including interviews with Stan Lee, Jim Lee, Mike Mignola and more.
In anticipation of of Mad Men season 3 on August 16th, AMC has launched Mad Men Yourself which allows you to pick out a suit, slick back your hair and download your mad men makeover as a twitter icon or desktop wallpaper. As demonstrated by my rather dapper mad self. Featuring the character illustrations of Dyna Moe.
