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Calamari

Oktapodi from Denis on Vimeo.

Palms

Some palms in my backyard

What's That Thing?

An applicants video for Vancouver Film School - what a beautiful and catchy piece. What is THAT thing?


What Matters to You // Me? from Jr.canest on Vimeo.

Evening Sun

This is what the evening sun looked like through my window last night. I ran to grab my camera.

Beiji...cough... cough..cough...ng 2008

There is nothing like the olympics - cannot wait to watch the opening ceremonies! Maybe an interpretive dance blending costumes and huge puppets to demonstrate how China builds a Sony Plasma while Celine Dion belts out "Live The Dream" with the Andrea Bocceli of China? Quickly followed by a flood of cute Chinese children, a rotating stage and pyrotechnics to the song "Call of the Communists" by John Williams? I thought I could create some artwork that might accurately reflect what these Olympics might look like.

Thoughts of Grace

Two sketches I did using the Wacom tablet of my wonderful dog Grace.
The first is of her with her favorite duck toy "Jack"
The next is a drawing of her going on a walk, or rather being walked by Wall.e and Hal.

Too Much Candy!

Too much candy from Capucha on Vimeo.

Vimeo - a walk in the mountains

Found this beautiful video on Vimeo - my favorite new video site. Enjoy!



A walk in the mountain with Julie from Sébastien Abes on Vimeo.

Beijing 2008

Every other year I get olympic fever. Watching the opening ceremony is better than any television show season premiere or finale, sorry LOST. I just recently remembered (this morning) that the olympics were coming up in about 2 weeks! What Joy!
I found these great illustrations that combine the summer olympic sports with traditional Chinese costumes, very beautiful and a little humorous. Enjoy!

Lets Talk About Color

An interesting and beautiful short documentary on color.


Words and Thoughts in RGB from Eduardo Morais on Vimeo.

Taking your work home

While driving through my neighborhood after work, (and by driving, I mean riding the breaks down a 90degree hill) I saw something that a) made me laugh and b) made me realize my neighborhood dosn't have a homeowners association.
Sure we've seen neighbors that take their work home with them. The policeman that parks the highway patrol car in the driveway, the ice cream truck driver that parallel parks in front of his casa after a long day of selling dilly bars, even the Bluth family parks its stair car outside the family (model) home. But as I turned the corner on Eureka road... there it was. A billboard on wheels.

Hazlenut Goodness

I usually go for the Carmel Frappuchino when venturing to the BNL of coffee joints, but this afternoon I was inspired to try a new drink that has quickly become a favorite.

Java Chip Frappuchino with Hazlenut Syrup.

Order and Enjoy!

(artwork by Duncan Ramsay)

The Totoro Forest Project

After seeing My Neighbor Totoro last month for the first time, I was really inspired by the great art in it, as well as the cuddly creature, Totoro! Some artists at Pixar have organized an incredible event called the Totoro Forest Project. Its an art show/ auction that will take place in September at Pixar. Proceeds will go to benefit the Sayama Forest, where director Miyazaki was inspired for the film.

Check out the project's website There you will see totoro inspired art pieces that are just beautiful.

enjoy!

Matt's Dance

A lot of you might have already seen this - but its worth a post!
Sure my blog has turned into a lot of YouTube postings, but there isn't really anything too adventurous going on with me at the moment, so why dont we just watch a video of Matt dance around the world.
This video is really quite interesting and becomes quite touching after a while - imagining the human spirit just letting loose and having a little dance... well here it is!

Go Here for a high quality version. (click high quality below video)

Raffi and other things relating to my kid-hood

Ahem, to all 3 of you reading this blog (2 are my parents, the other... me), I want to take a stroll down memory lane, join me will you?

While on the phone with Diablo Cody prodigy Hilary Davis (who has a knee slapping blog btw), we discussed some beautiful things from the 90s: mainly Raffi and .... Highlights magazine, among others:

Fruit Stripe Gum
You know, the "artificially and naturally flavored fruit chewing gum that is notorious for its strong but fleeting flavor?" The one packaged in zebra wrappers. Less we forget Yipes the zebra - who always seems to be filling his day with inline skating, hang gliding, basketball, or some extreme sport.... just wish the flavor was as intense as he was.



Next, I want to honor the man, the Legend... the reason I slept so soundly some nights. Raffi.
Who would have known that:

a) he was Canadian
b) he was born in Egypt

I am also elated to say that there is an official term for us children who grew up on a strict diet of Raffi...... "Beluga Grads" - yes, thats right.

I cant say much more, because his words do all the talking:

Totoro

Ill be the first to admit that any form of japanese animation looked pretty lame... I never had an interest in Anime or anything remotely close. Recently, lots of people at work were buzzing about the great films of Hayao Miyazaki. I decided to educate myself and check out what all the buzz was about. Id heard a lot about the Academy Award winner Spirited Away, which after a watch was very interesting - beautiful visuals and a Narnia/ Wizard of Oz type of adventure. I also rented My Neighbor Totoro - which was just great! About a cuddly tree spirit that flies on a giant spinner; he is just too darn cute. See for yourself!

QVC

Props to my daddy for showing me the wonders of searching "QVC" on YouTube... there are some GEMS out there!

Mike Rowe 1992

This is what favorite tv host Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs was doing circa 1992!

c'mon everybody and Mousercise!

I hope Im not the only one who remembers this great program of the 80's! This brought back a lot of memories!
Hey Everybody!... Hey Mickey!