Saturday, October 30, 2010

Yuming Yu

"Building Blocks" Acrylic, 10" x 10" Panel

Artist at Zynga
San Francisco, Ca

Friday, October 29, 2010

Nathalie Coirier

Acrylic, 6" x 6" Panel

Marathon Media
Background Artist
Paris, France

Charlene Kelley

"Aztec Gecko" Glitter Painting, 8" x 8" Panel

Illustrator, Fine Artist
San Francisco, Ca

John David Thornton

 
"Tilly Foster Farm, Brewster NY", Oil, 8" x 8" Panel
  
Blue Sky Studios
FX Animator

Thursday, October 28, 2010

SLimeWire

Lime Wire, the P2P, Gnutella & Torrent Client is under a court-ordered injunction to stop distributing and supporting its file-sharing software. In case you forgot, downloading or sharing copyrighted content without authorization is illegal.



The company says it will comply with a court injunction to turn off “the searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and/or file distribution functionality, and/or all functionality” of its software, which remains one of the most popular methods of finding free–and illegal–music on the Web. The company’s moves won’t affect other open source clients that run on the same Gnutella network, like FrostWire.

Meanwhile, LimeWire’s parent company, Lime Group, is prepping a new music service that it says will be legal, and should be due out in a month.

I've never used Slimewire. It seemed like it was virus infested anyway.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Nevermind The Bollocks

On this date in 1977, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols was released in the UK. It is the Sex Pistols only studio album. Fans and critics alike generally regard the album as an extremely important album in the history of rock music. In 2003, Rolling Stone named it the forty-first greatest album of all time on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

The album was released on 27 October 1977 through Virgin Records.

Older versions of most of the album's songs also appeared on a bootleg album called Spunk, which consists of demo recordings the band had made during 1976 and January 1977, and which was released shortly before Never Mind the Bollocks.



Blogload: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977) - lyricalsolace.blogspot.com

Blogload: sEX PiStOLs ; Spunk Demo`s - www.some-product.com

The Punk Rock Movie

The Punk Rock Movie (this link will stream the entire movie FREE on Google Video)
Tip: Use Firefox, install the Video Download Helper add-in)

Assembled from Super 8 camera footage shot by Don Letts, the disc jockey at The Roxy club during the early days of the UK punk rock movement, principally during the 100 days in 1977 in which punk acts were featured at The Roxy club in London.

Watch it here or follow the link above.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Old Skool

Here at the P5 it isn't just about Punk and New Wave. While Punk Rock and New Wave was the big scene Downtown, Old Skool Rap and Graffiti culture was starting to emerge Uptown.

By the 1970s, poverty in New York City was rampant. The middle-class fled the area and the local black and Latino gangs began to grow in power. Hip-hop music originated in 1970s at block parties in The Bronx. Old school DJs would often sample disco and funk tracks such as "Good Times" by Chic.

In 1979, graffiti artist Lee Quinones and Fab 5 Freddy were given a gallery opening in Rome by art dealer Claudio Bruni. For many outside of New York, it was their first encounter with the art form. Fab 5 Freddy's friendship with Debbie Harry influenced Blondie's single "Rapture" (Chrysalis, 1981). And who can forget Malcolm McLaren's unlikely foray into hip hop in 1980, when he first met Afrika Bambaataa on the streets of Manhattan. Then later released the album "Duck Rock" in 1983 (too much of that snow white!).

STYLE WARS is regarded as the indispensable document of New York Street culture and subway graffiti art of the early '80s, It is a record of a golden age of youthful creativity that exploded into the world from a city in crisis. http://www.stylewars.com/

Watch the entire movie here or see the Videoload below.








Videoload: Style Wars, A Movie About Graffiti Kings sundasill on USTREAM. Hip-Hop/Rap (this link will stream the entire movie FREE on Ustream.tv)
Tip: Use Firefox, install the Video Download Helper add-in)

Check This Out: www.at149st.com - An extensive list of Old Skool NYC Graffiti Artists with pictures their bombs and tags.

Monday, October 25, 2010

James Chiang

"Feathers" Oil, 10" x 10" Panel

Freelance Artist, Animator
Vancouver, B.C. Canada

R.I.P.

Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman After 30 Years
The first Walkman was produced in 1979. The picture shows the TPS-L2, the world’s first portable (mass-produced) stereo.



Wikipedia: Walkman

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Alina Chau

"Journey Home" Watercolor, Acrylic and Gouache, 10" x 10" Panel

Lucas Film
3d Story Artist

Friday, October 22, 2010

R.I.P.

Ari Up, a Founder of the Slits Punk Band, Dies at 48 - NYTimes.com

"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" that Arianna Up (Forster), the singer of the Slits, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 48 (thanks biopunk).
Her death was reported on the Web site of her stepfather, John Lydon,

Fourteen Reasons The Slits' Ari Up Was Cool





Wikipedia: The Slits

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/theslits

Blogload: The Slits - Cut - borxoff.blogspot.com

Blogload 2: The Slits - Return Of The Giant Slits - commercialzone.blogspot.com

Blogload 3: (for Estanis) The Slits - Primavera Festival 2010
mondo-de-muebles.blogspot.com

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Kevin Turcotte

"Homemade"oil on gessoed panel, 8 x 8  

DreamWorks Animation
Matte Painter/Surfacing Artist

Marty Baumann

"Growing Home" Printed Story book attached to the panel,
pen and watercolor, 10 x 10

Pixar Animation Studios
Graphic Designer

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Scott Morse

"An Owl for Ghana" cell vinyl on wood,10"x10" Panel

Pixar Animation Studios
Storyteller, Illustrator, Filmmaker


Jason Sadler

"Favorite Tree" Gouache, 8 x 8 Panel

Blue Sky Studios
Character Designer

Monday, October 18, 2010

Lindsey Olivares

"With my Best Friend" Gouache, Oil, 8 x 8 Panel

PDI Dreamworks
Visual Development Artist
Redwood City

Christelle Moulart

"Home"Acrylic, 10 x 10 Panel


Marathon Media
Background Artist, Illustrator
Paris, France

Friday, October 15, 2010

Alexandra Boiger

"Luftschloesser" Gouache, Watercolor, 8 x 8 Panel

Illustrator
San Anselmo, CA

Véronique Joffre

"Dessine-moi une maison" mix of collage, paper, coloured pencils, oil pastels, 10 x 10 Panel

Illustrator
London, United Kingdom

Caroline Frydlender

"At Home" Acrylic, 6 x 6 Panel

Marathon Média- Milan Publishing
Colorist Model
Paris, France

Stephanie Lew


"Sleepy Time" Acrylic, 6 x 6 Panel

Illustration and Animation
San Jose, CA

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Christian Robinson

 
"Bus ride with Nana", acrylic and paper collage,10" x 10" panel

Illustrator/Animator (Freelance)
Pixar Art Intern 08
Illustrated Disney/Pixar Children's Book " Beware of Dug"
San Francisco, CA 
http://mosscovered.blogspot.com/

Shelly Wan

"waiting" oil, 10 x 10 Panel

Pixar Animation Studios
Sketch Artist

Mi Ran Kim

"My Hometown" Mixed (rice paper, recycle paper, acrylic paint, color pencils),10 x 10 Panel

Disney Consumer Products
Sr. Character Artist

Takao Noguchi

"Kumasan",Acrylic,8 x 8 Panel 
 
Dreamworks Animation SKG
Visual Development Artist,Character Designer

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Nicole Gustafsson

"Welcome" Gouache & Ink on Wood,10 x 10 Panel

Fine Artist / Illustrator
Lincoln, Nebraska

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Craig Foster

"Home" Screen Print,10 x 10 Panel

Pixar Animation Studios
Graphic Artist

Olivier Tossan

"Home" Acrylic,10 x 10 Panel

Dreamworks Animation SKG
Visual Development Artist

Ric Sluiter

"Canadian Loon" Acrylic,6 x 6 Panel

Blue Sky Studios
Color Designer

Cecile Lancelot-Mauduit

"Home" Oil on Wood Panel

Marathon Media
Background Supervisor
Paris, France

Eric Gosselet

"Hair" Acrylic, 6 x 6 Panel

Marathon Média- Milan Publishing
Director TV cartoon series, Character design, Illustrator
Paris, France

Monday, October 11, 2010

Céline Gobinet

"Dream" Acrylic, 8 x 8 Panel

Storyboard Artist, Animation
Paris, France

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Paul Abadilla

"Geese" Acrylic,10 x 10 Panel

Pixar Animation Studios
Sketch Artist
Oakland, CA

Friday, October 8, 2010

Dan Owen

"Thames Valley Basin and what lies beneath" Acrylic, 10 x 10 Panel

Disney
Creative Director
Glendale, CA

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Willie Real

"Salami Ends" 10 x 10 Panel

Visual Development, Freelance
New York, New York

Monday, October 4, 2010

Christina Song




"Song Trees at Night" Mixed Media, Collage, 10 x 10 Panel

Freelance Illustrator
Los Angeles, CA

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Bill Carman

"Rain"Acrylic, 6 x 6 Panel

Fine Artist/Professor/Children's Book Illustrator
Boise, Idaho

Antoine Bertrand

"Nest" 6 x 6 Panel

Marathon Media
Background Artist
Paris, France

Mike Boldt

"Home Sweet Home" Pencil,8 x 8 Panel

Freelance Illustrator (author)
Spruce Grove, Alberta

Lisa Hunt

"Mermaid with Coral Creatures" 8 x 8 Panel

Illustrator and Writer
South Florida