This blog is a collection of posts from my personal blog, Tumblr blog, and re-bloggings from my reading list. I hope you enjoy it!
27 February 2014
Arabian Nights layout #2 Puzzle pieces slowly coming together.
Arabian Nights layout #2 Puzzle pieces slowly coming together.
Original post by Brian Bowes via Emergent Ideas: http://ift.tt/1cXSbSW
Arabian Nights layout #2 Looking for an expression that combines...
Arabian Nights layout #2 Looking for an expression that combines awe and delight with a touch of reticence.
Original post by Brian Bowes via Emergent Ideas: http://ift.tt/1eC7RHP
Arabian Nights layout #2
Arabian Nights layout #2
Original post by Brian Bowes via Emergent Ideas: http://ift.tt/1eC7Rrh
Arabian Nights layout #2
Arabian Nights layout #2
Original post by Brian Bowes via Emergent Ideas: http://ift.tt/1erEigJ
21 February 2014
The Fisherman breaks the seal. Part of the first final drawing...
The Fisherman breaks the seal. Part of the first final drawing for the Arabian Nights project.
Original post by Brian Bowes via Emergent Ideas: http://ift.tt/1gUwKn2
The Fisherman breaks the seal.
The Fisherman breaks the seal.
Original post by Brian Bowes via Emergent Ideas: http://ift.tt/1gUwKU4
12 February 2014
11 February 2014
Ooh, Barbarella!
via Genevieve Valentine http://ift.tt/1gkaCS3
[Huh, this didn't mirror from this morning! Now it has.]
(Above: Jane Fonda, posing masterfully in her winter gear outside her spaceship.)
So, when the Barbarella TV series was announced, it clearly mandated a rewatch of the movie, which I remembered only in individual scenes, none of which were the showstoppers, which means that I was surprised all over again when Barbarella is repeatedly stymied by a series of obstacles that are alternately pretty avoidable and nightmarish above and beyond the call of the actual plot, many of them rich with promise, and most of them roasted by a laser right at the end.
Then again, there's something to be said for a movie that's not afraid to fill the frame:
This movie never looked at a situation and said, "Maybe we could scale back a little."
Of course, what makes this campy, lurching comedy/horror show tick (if you think it ticks, and frankly if you think it's completely broken I wouldn't blame you) is going to be a tough gig for the TV show. I wrote up a wish list at io9 last week, including a mix of things a Barbarella show might want to consider.
One of the things that interests me most, of course, is the costuming, which eventually reached points where Barabarella was having sex just so she could change into something else after. Most of them were meant to be space outfits, such as this one, a space exploration suit for engineering repairs on one's spaceship and encountering possibly-hostile life. I believe she took three steps before this happened.
THE FUTURE, EVERYONE. (Though, if you can leave aside the fact that she has space garters on and that space pants and space sleeves have both gone obsolete in favor of the weather-resistant popped collar, please note that her heels are about an inch and a half high, which is a more sensible pair of space boots than some I've seen.)
But honestly, and to no one's surprise, my favorite moments of the movie are the tiny glimpses of Barbarella breaking the fourth wall by being completely over it.
While a lot of meta would definitely tip the scales (you either have to go full Xena or forget it), there's room for a little over-it in the New Barbarella, I'd say.
[Huh, this didn't mirror from this morning! Now it has.]
(Above: Jane Fonda, posing masterfully in her winter gear outside her spaceship.)
So, when the Barbarella TV series was announced, it clearly mandated a rewatch of the movie, which I remembered only in individual scenes, none of which were the showstoppers, which means that I was surprised all over again when Barbarella is repeatedly stymied by a series of obstacles that are alternately pretty avoidable and nightmarish above and beyond the call of the actual plot, many of them rich with promise, and most of them roasted by a laser right at the end.
Then again, there's something to be said for a movie that's not afraid to fill the frame:
This movie never looked at a situation and said, "Maybe we could scale back a little."
Of course, what makes this campy, lurching comedy/horror show tick (if you think it ticks, and frankly if you think it's completely broken I wouldn't blame you) is going to be a tough gig for the TV show. I wrote up a wish list at io9 last week, including a mix of things a Barbarella show might want to consider.
One of the things that interests me most, of course, is the costuming, which eventually reached points where Barabarella was having sex just so she could change into something else after. Most of them were meant to be space outfits, such as this one, a space exploration suit for engineering repairs on one's spaceship and encountering possibly-hostile life. I believe she took three steps before this happened.
THE FUTURE, EVERYONE. (Though, if you can leave aside the fact that she has space garters on and that space pants and space sleeves have both gone obsolete in favor of the weather-resistant popped collar, please note that her heels are about an inch and a half high, which is a more sensible pair of space boots than some I've seen.)
But honestly, and to no one's surprise, my favorite moments of the movie are the tiny glimpses of Barbarella breaking the fourth wall by being completely over it.
While a lot of meta would definitely tip the scales (you either have to go full Xena or forget it), there's room for a little over-it in the New Barbarella, I'd say.
06 February 2014
02 February 2014
Pepper in Your Chocolate: An Interview with Paul O. Zelinsky
via illonational http://ift.tt/1i9MpOu
I like reading interviews with world-class illustrators, or even better yet, conducting one of my own. It’s much like my obsession with seeing process sketches and peeking into people’s studios. I’m convinced that somewhere in the method, the mess and the general exchange of banter, they will let it slip. ‘It’ being the secret to […]
I like reading interviews with world-class illustrators, or even better yet, conducting one of my own. It’s much like my obsession with seeing process sketches and peeking into people’s studios. I’m convinced that somewhere in the method, the mess and the general exchange of banter, they will let it slip. ‘It’ being the secret to […]
New Doctor Mews? Can it be?? John Hurt as the War Doctor Cat,...
via Jenny Parks Illustration http://ift.tt/1i9Mrpv
John Hurt/ War Doctor Cat
Peter Catpaldi
John Hurt/ War Doctor Cat
Peter Catpaldi
New Doctor Mews? Can it be??
John Hurt as the War Doctor Cat, and Peter Catpaldi (that one just writes itself…)
These guys will be debuting at New Orleans Comic Con Feb. 7-9. After that a new Doctor Mew poster will be made with all 13 Doctors!
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