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The Lost Sketchbook of Guillermo del Toro:
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro put all his ideas for `Pan’s Labyrinth’ in a notebook — then lost it.
The heavyset man ran down the London street, panting, chasing the taxi. When it didn’t stop, he hopped into another cab. “Follow that cab!” he yelled. Guillermo del Toro wasn’t directing this movie. He was living it. And it was turning into a horror tale.
The Mexican filmmaker keeps all of his ideas in leather notebooks. And Del Toro had just left four years of work in the back seat of a British cab. Unlike in the movies, though, Del Toro couldn’t catch the taxi. Visits to the police and the taxi company proved equally fruitless.
Del Toro’s films — “Chronos,” “The Devil’s Backbone,” “Blade II,” “Hellboy” — typically feature magical realism. Fate was about to return the storytelling favor.
The cabbie spotted the misplaced journal. Working from a scrap of stationery that didn’t even have the name of Del Toro’s hotel (just its logo), the driver returned the book two days later. An overwhelmed Del Toro promptly gave him an approximately $900 tip.
The sketches and the ideas in that misplaced journal — four years of notes on character design, ruminations about plot — were the foundation of “Pan’s Labyrinth,” a child’s fantasy set in the wake of the Spanish Civil War.
The director, who at the time wasn’t even sure he’d actually make “Pan’s Labyrinth,” took the cabbie’s act as a sign, and plunged himself into the movie.
Inspirational? Absolutely.
So long, Dave Brubeck
A sad time for jazz lovers out there, as Dave Brubeck of “Take Five” fame passed away earlier today.
Google Animated Tribute to Winsor McCay
You know what’s cool about Google, besides the fact that they make everything you love and watch you while you sleep? They constantly pay respects to some of the most influential, though sometimes lesser known, artistic minds of this good planet Earth. Today’s frontpage depicts a lovingly animated homage to the 107th anniversary of “Little Nemo in Slumberland“‘s first appearance in the New York Herald. Happy birfday Nemo! You’re still one of the most brilliant and mindtrippingly surrealist comic strips in published history!
Yes, I was waiting for this to come across my dash today.
THE ART AND MAKING OF HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (Titan Books 2012) ARTIST PANEL/BOOK SIGNING
September 29, 2012
Opening Reception / Sep 29, 12:00PM - 3:00PM
Nucleus | Art Gallery and Store | Alhambra CA
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Here is a great buy and perfect for any collector! Sony Pictures Animation and director Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, The Clone Wars) come together for The Art and Making of Hotel Transylvania bringing the undead to life in a fresh new spin on classic horror monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, Werewolf, and the Invisible Man. Featuring over 400 pieces of concept art, character sketches, storyboards and digital art, along with interviews with key filmmakers and crew.
The story features Dracula, owner of a lavish five-stake resort hotel for monsters, away from the human world. On one special weekend, he invites some of the world’s most famous monsters to celebrate his daughter’s 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all these monsters is no problem, but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and takes a shine to his daughter, Mavis.
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Since October of 2004, Nucleus has strived to be a welcoming gathering place for the art loving community by offering quality art, art-related goods, and rarities. Focusing primarily on gallery exhibits, we have also had benefit auctions, product signings, music events, and artist lectures.
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THIS MOVIE, THOUGH. SO GOOD.
In which Neil Armstrong reunites with the Moon in the Spirit World.
See you, Space Cowboy. RIP.
I LOVE this crossover.
I was at a Roy Lichtenstein exhibit, and I realized that his paintings are much more entertaining when read in Lumpy Space Princess’ voice. And then, of course, I had to make some fan art.
I call it Lumpenstein.
Modern Art and Modern cartoons in one amazing package.
Tomm Moore - Secret of Kells Watercolors
Hello new iPhone wallpapers, come to me at once!
