My brother let me know today that I was getting pretty old...

I Am So Smitten With These!


Dennis Salvatier AKA Tanoshiboy created a series of LilBFFS and I can't stop starring at them. I love looking at art that makes me happy. He's brought some intense joy into my day by making me think back to my childhood (simpler days) and remember how much fun I would have watching these cartoons he's drawn. 

From Super Heros, Dexters Lab, Ducktales, to some of my favorites shows on Nickleodeon! Ren and Stimpy, Rugrats. He's even featured Babs and Buster Bunny from Tiny Toons and those zany Animaniacs. 

I found this goodie while searching The Fangirls Guide To The Galaxy...

Oh The Controversy...

In all honesty... What do you think about this situation? I highly disagree with the cover being pulled. It was a great piece of art and should have been published.


Xx Nubia

Nothing like a nice piece of art of your wall...

One thing I love about instagram is that through various hashtags and popular page roaming, you discover pretty cool people every-so-often. A few weeks back I found @ArtBySandora and became immediately smitten with her work. From DC and Marvel characters to some television show characters, she paints amazing stuff that will surely fulfill your geeky, pop culture needs.  

Below are a few of my favorites for your viewing pleasure.  

I am a big fan of Bill Plympton So I'm Very Excited For CHEATIN'.



There's a lot of reasons I'm a fan of Mr. Plympton's. To name a few...

• I'm a fan of his kooky, surreal, signature animated style.
• I love his everlasting appreciation for the art of silent films. He's a superb visual story-teller.  
• He is a big fan of fellow animators and constantly encourages more people to pursue the career. 
• I always enjoy his racy story lines that tend to be a mix of Romance, Sex, Drama, Naughty Behavior, and Death.
• He's almost like a real life cartoon in a great way.
• He actually drew all 40,000 frames of Cheatin' (Who Does That? AMAZING.)
• He kicked ass with his Kick-Starter for CHEATIN' which was inspiring to see. 
• He makes animated films for adults to enjoy with real adult problems and situations! (Wake up and smell the coffee Hollywood! When will you get this?!)
• He has a great sense of humor. You should check out his book "Make Toons That Sell Without Selling Out" He also laughs when I've asked him questions in the past like "Why do you always wear Hawaiian shirts?" ha. 
• He's great to talk to in person. I've had a few conversations with him and he's very approachable, encouraging and detailed. 

CHEATIN - Short Trailer from Bill Plympton on Vimeo.


About CHEATIN' 

Director: Academy Award Nominee Bill Plympton
Executive Producers: James Hancock, Adam Rackoff
Producer: Desirée Stavracos
WINNER!
Prix du Jury – ANNECY 2014Audience Award- Best Animated Feature -FANTASIA FESTIVAL 2014
Best Animated Feature – GIJON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014
ANNIE AWARDS 2015- Nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Director, and Best Music.
OFFICIAL SELECTION: SLAMDANCE 2014, SITGES FILM FESTIVAL 2014 and many more.

I don't know if it's because the Minion movie is dropping this Summer...


But my friend Dane (BKDane) AKA Animator extraordinaire, has been Minion-izing a bunch of his friends and last night he Minion-ized me!




Pretty freaken sweet right? 

I think it's awesome how he takes the smallest details from his friends photos, whether it be what they're wearing, an activity they're doing, their hair, their posture... he just takes the smallest little detail and translates them over to these Minions with successful results. Basically, he has a really good artistic eye for this sort of stuff and I must say the end results are very enjoyable to look at. Also, lets be real, who doesn't love a minion? They captivated our hearts in 'Despicable Me', I wish they were real! I would have at least 2 of them rolling with me at all times! Minion art is genius!

Here are a few of Dane's other friends he's Minion-ized for your viewing pleasure:








Make sure to check out Dane's Instagram and Facebook to see more daily sketches and get inspired. He doesn't only do Minions, he sketches all sorts of cool stuff.


Xx Nubia 

So I know I'm a little late... but apparently it's Pancake Day!

Pancakes are such a sweet treat in the morning.. but maybe I'll have them for dinner tonight. Nice and fluffy with some hot maple syrup oozing down the side... makes my inner foodie come to life. *drool*

How much more enjoyable would your pancake experience be, if you could eat pancakes like these below by artist Travis Millard everyday! His pancake comics are so much fun to look at. They also happen to capture his cool and witty drawing style.

If I could think of 2 words to describe the animated short 'Your Face' (1987) off the top of my head it would be WARPED and absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Then again, that probably applies to a lot of Bill Plymtons work (Which I'm a huge fan of).

'Your Face' was nominated for an Academy Award in 1988 for 'Best Animation'. It's about a man singing about the admiration he has for his lovers face and while doing so, his own is morphing into a bunch of strange shapes and even devouring itself over and over.

Fun Fact: Many people would assume that a man was singing the song in the film but, it was actually written and sung by Maureen McElheron. The song was then slowed down to sound like a man's voice because Plympton didn't want to hire a male singer. I guess he figured why spend the extra cash when he could just figure out a way to get it done in-house. If you've ever read any of his books or seen his other short films such as "How To Kiss" or "25 Ways To Quit Smoking" you'd know he's quite the innovative problem solver.

Anyways, below I bring you 'Your Face'. A awesome short film that Bill Plympton graced the world with. Enjoy!




Xx Nubia

Check out the video for Coach X Gary Baseman's Spring 2015 collection.

 

"Stuart Vevers’ Spring 2015 collection is a journey across America inspired by vintage road-trip cinema and West Coast subcultures of music, skate and surf. The collection evokes what Vevers has described as “a sense of everydayness, twisted.” Featuring darkly playful creatures from Los Angeles artist Gary Baseman and a palette inspired by the eerie colors of the golden hour before sundown, the collection was filmed in a dreamlike rain shower on the streets of Ditmas Park in Brooklyn, New York."

If you're like me you're going to look very closely and try to find all the Gary Baseman characters... Wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of these pieces... The purses I like with Baseman's character are anywhere from 650-700 dollars. Check out the collection here. 

The video had a very cool, ethereal, trippy vibe, I could dig it... 

Xx Nubia