Artnatomy and life casts

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pout
Artnatomy is a fantastic anatomical facial expression learning tool by Victoria Contreras Flores. Play with
the actions, especially in naturalistic mode. The pout is wonderful. (via Drawn!)

This reminded me of a collection of life casts that I had seen a while ago. Life casts are plaster casts of actors’ faces, made so that makeup artists can develop prosthetics. The thing I find curious is that with no hair and eyes closed, the faces seem to lose much of what makes faces distinct and individually recognizable. (via Extreme Craft)

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Searls Puppetry

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Searls Puppetry looks as if they do cool productions. They specialize in object theatre, and have just been recognized by the Jim Henson Foundation with a grant in support of their newest production: OM: objects in motion coming in the northern summer. Collete Searls is a stage director who specializes in puppetry for adult audiences.

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Catching up

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I’ve been distracted by my OPML blog the last week or so; The OPML editor is so nice and off-the-cuff to use that this feels almost ponderous. (The software and hosting are only for evaluation at present, courtesy of Dave Winer – thank you!) so the blog is likely only temporary). Here are some links that I posted there, so I get caught up here!

Pandora: very cool! (thanks Lynda!)

Diana Adams: Painter of bold contemporary New Zealand landscapes

Information aesthetics:
Intreguing blog run by Andrew Vande Moere from the Centre of Design
Computing and Cognition at Sydney University, and nominated in the Bloggies. I haven’t had time to explore yet, except to have a play with the unseen weather video. I put a few stills from my version in the pool at Flickr. They look dry and late summery compared to the European ones, don’t they?

The design that got best designed is unusual, lush and colourful. I like it.

Squid: Laughing Squid’s blog for all things squid. Love the Welcome squid overloards t-shirt. But probably not as much as this silly blog t-shirt.

Brides of March. I really liked San Francisco the few days I’ve spent there. Whenever I read Laughing Squid I think what fun SF could be to live in and be part of.

More Jane Austen TV adaptations : that Andrew Davies is writing the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility assuages some of my feelings that the JA popularity wave is getting out of hand.

Speaking of Austen, this made me laugh.

Last.fm: an open source music/social networking site (via Doc Searls)

Articulate, the ABC’s arts blog, is blogging the Adelaide Festival of Arts.

Newsvine: an innovative and possibly fundamental change in news sites. Here is an enthusiastic rundown on it. I wonder if it will get bogged down by the derisive comments and divisions that often happen in political discussions?

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Moose on the Loose: Flip top thumbs and other goodies!

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fliptop

Of ‘full, woolly, activity-unfriendly thumbs’ in knitted mittens, Tanya Ewing at Moose on the Loose says ‘Quite frankly I won’t use them.’ Quite right! Tanya has the all-important recipe for how to put a flip top in your thumb on her page of knitting patterns, Homegrown recipes for woolly items, which also includes a simple earflap hat, a less pointy hat, and earflaps in stocking stitch. I love the little ears on this hat!

Tanya’s site also has a Kiwi-Aussie dictionary, some great scenic photos (she likes clouds) and a cool collection of sign photos, and, my favourite amalgam of both: Tim almost taken by a glacial surge wave at Fox Glacier. She is also the coolest ironing extremist I’ve ever seen.

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Cutflat: Tim Raupach’s photographs

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omarama

This wonderful photo of a hill somewhere near Omarama, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand is from Cutflat, Tim Raupach’s new photoblog site. His photos were previously here.

Tim takes some breathtakingly beautiful shots, as well as looking at things from unusual angles and with a humorous eye. He is also a rockclimber, and – a disclaimer! – my son.

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Plasticine model

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Fruitbat

 

Sally was interested in the plasticine model I made of the fruitbat, so I have added this photo to the set. You can click to see it enlarged in different sizes. The yellow pins mark the performer’s eyes, and the black spot on the leg, their feet.

Meanwhile, Amy has given me Best Flying Rodent in an Insupportable Role – lol! Thanks, Amy.

Jasper Morello on SBS this Friday!

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The Gothia Gazette is reporting that The Mysterious Geographic Adventures of Jasper Morello, nominated for Best Animated Sort in the Academy Awards, will be screening on SBS on this Friday 10th March at 8.00pm. The DVD of Jasper Morello, including a ‘making of’ featurette and other award winning films by director Anthony Lucas will be in shops on March 15th. Don’t miss it!

Quote of the week

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“It seems the Cole inquiry has to separate the wheat from the chaff because AWB couldn’t see the wood for the trucking fees.”

–Peter Wall of Ascot, Queensland in the Sydney Morning Herald’s letters on Thursday.

AVENUE Q One Night Stand Competition

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It seems like you can still cast a vote in the AVENUE Q One Night Stand competition, but be quick! Three puppets have been chosen to go to see AVENUE Q on Broadway and meet the cast backstage after the show, but one winner and their puppet will have the once in a lifetime opportunity to step onstage at the Golden Theatre on Broadway with the cast of AVENUE Q!

Watch the videos of the three competing puppets, and vote for which one you would like to see win. Will it be Kitty Swallows, Miss Greta Green, or Maurice Tipo (pictured with Andrew MacDonald-Smith, who designed Maurice along with Konja Chen (of Chensational Puppets) in Toronto in honor of Avenue Q.)

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