Unsurprisingly Shinichiro Watanabe has really good taste in film! Here is his video of Criterion Closet Picks 🎥 #anime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwoC...
i think we deserve 2 hours, but that's just a subjective take
The best art exhibit I've ever had the joy of poring over was a huge, inspiring Sendak exhibit visiting Columbus a few years back; I wrote about it on the Patreon (some pics, too):
www.patreon.com/posts/mauric...
Robert Meyers, "The Man in the Middle," Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 10, 1953. — Found via Nik Poliwko
You know what's amazing about this illustration? The lady in purple is holding an old school computer printout which just came out around 1953 (and notice how the guy sitting down is clutching a slide ruler) #retrocomputing
To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we're bringing back some of our most beloved comics, including Naughty Bits #1 by Roberta Gregory: originally launched in 1991, it became the longest-running solo alternative comic book series by a female cartoonist--out 5/20! https://ow.ly/VWUr50YmLU4
Meta (Facebook) sadly ruined that app over time, but the day it really died for me is when they killed the square format on the profile page 🌅
they really blew it on comixology, a real missed opportunity too
Happy Valentines Day!
Are these pink enough??
(All watercolor or ink and watercolor)
i don't know that the sweathogs were actual animals, they were more aspirational spirit animals
you know the movie version of this book starred that vinnie barbarino guy in klingon cosplay
they were giving these away for free at science fiction cons in the early 80s — and they gave away hardcover copies no less!
Arthur C. Clarke explains cloud computing and remote working over 50 years ago in 1974 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdW...
• Don’t get into a position where you need permission from someone else to do a creative project (added note: this includes depending on big corporate platforms be it Etsy or YouTube)
• If it makes you happy run towards it
Some little gems Otis shares in this video:
• How did he meet so many cool people? He put himself in the room...
• When doing creative projects don’t try and take giant leaps, just do that one little bitty thing every day
Inspiration for Creatives: You Can Do So Much More Than You Think You Can
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrkj...
The story goes like this, in 1967 a little girl called Takara’s customer service number, and asked to speak to Licca-chan.
Not wanting to crush a little kid’s dreams, the operator quickly replied “Hello, this is Licca-chan!”
Very cute, totally harmless. …right?
Miklac
TineMelk
2000-2014
To market their range of milk for schools in Norway, Tine hired Lars Fiske to design a series of quirky, angular characters, led by shapeshifting cow mascot, Miklac. They appeared on cartons of Skolemelk and on school equipment.
Requested by @malcmanishere.bsky.social.
cosmo zero missing a tail?
i owe a huge chuck of my career to flash, rest in peace old friend
Designed 99 years ago (1927), and I'm amazed to see that they're still manufacturing them today: "Otis Brannock played around with the idea for a couple of years and finally built a prototype using an Erector set. In 1926 and 1927, Brannock patented the device and created a company to build it."
