eyes without a face

06/17/2013 by alaundre

“Les Yeux Sans Visage … your eyes without a face…” Couldn’t wait for the blu ray version to be released so I tracked down the old Criterion dvd instead. There is still a creepy overall feel to it for a film made in 1960, even if it is rather tame by today’s standards. . Included in the disc is a documentary by the same director, George Franju, titled Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes) contrasting between a “typical […]

Categories: materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: art house film, black and white, cinema, criterion, cult films, documentary, dvd, film, foreign film, movies

[ art book : ballpoint pen ] “57577”

04/30/2013 by alaundre

Managed to track down this illustration book by Shohei Otomo (his father, Katsuhiro Otomo is the creator/director of the classic Akira manga and anime). Amazing photorealistic illustrations using ballpoint pen as the medium. The illustrations are sized down in the book making the stippling appear like pencil shading and crosshatching. • —  • Shohei Otomo   |   Erect

Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: akira, art, art books, art medium, artwork, ballpoint pen, black and white, design books, graphics, hyperrealism, illustration, illustration books, photorealism, shohei otomo