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Another Animated Flash Banner.

Folks, yes I did animate skullboy some more.  So why a new one?  For some reason, vox would not allow me to upload it and so I gave up and started something new.  I'll have to figure out why the skullboy one wasn't uploading..

In the meantime, here's a new one. :D

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Where Crows Die: Bob Dob's 1st Solo Show

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Bob Dob will open his first solo, Where Crows Die at La Luz De Jesus on Friday, October 5th. Bob Dob's paintings of street life excel at presenting realistic scenes with just a touch of the weird or unusual...

Get the rest of VP's Article:  Vinyl Pulse|Daily News About Designer Toys

Aww come on! Seamour's supposed to be nice!

Now that my would-be hero, Seamour Sheep has been cloned into the villainous Devil edition, I'm not sure I'll be able to sleep at nights.  Well ok, that's pushing it.. but you know me, I like to embellish my posts with silly little statements like that.. in the hopes that possibly someone will find me humorous and become a regular reader LOL.  

Crazy Label and Metin Seven seem to be non-stop right now pumping out the new editions of Seamour.. pretty soon well have an army of illumated, Black and Red Devil Seamours running around, so-to-speak, all over the world!  Great huh?  :D  I think so.

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QotD: Halo 3

"Halo 3" was released this week - did you get a copy?  What are your early thoughts on this final installment of the blockbuster trilogy?

I can only answer that with regards to the "hype".  Looks like it will be a major factor in the future success of the console, if you ask me.  They need far more titles as good as the Halo Trilogy if they want to remain a frontrunner in the game console battle.  Hey, if there were a single game that I'd go out to buy a console for, this would be it, much like Final Fantasy XIII would be for PS3.  Unfortunately, I wouldn't do that. Instead I bought a system for its "fun factor" and its potential!  (definition:  Wii) :P

Bittbox: New Illustrator 101 Series Tips...

Kicking off a brand new series of tips for Illustrator, appropriately named "Illustrator 101", Bittbox has started off with this useful tidbit:

As you might be able to tell by the title, this isn’t an advanced feature, but because of the wildly popular “Illustrator Quick Tips” I’ve been publishing, I’m starting a new series of simple, yet very useful tips aptly named “Illustrator 101.” (I will also be doing this for Photoshop, so keep an eye out for “Photoshop 101″ tips coming soon as well) Sometimes the simplest things can be the most helpful, so to kick of the Illustrator 101 series, we’re going to save ourselves some transforming headaches, and harness a simple scaling option in the Transform palette.

Get the rest: Illustrator 101: To Scale or Not to Scale? Strokes, That Is. | BittBox

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Skullboy Banner: Just messin' with Flash..

Ok here's my latest banner, because I wanted to test  whether the animation would work well within the vox banner.... well what do ya know..?  hey it worked!  have more plans with the skullboy banner, but wanted to test it first so I'll just leave this up for now.. :D  Yes, I liked my Blood red one too but I can always put that back up!

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Trexi Lovers Unite!

Well all you Trexi fans out there, get yourselves (and your hopefully overflowing wallets) ready... because Play Imaginative has quite the number of new Trexi items headed your way, including the new Tokidoki Trexi line

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and personally most anticipated -- the whole line of blank trexis to be released!  Also to come are 3 brand new 10" + 3" combo designs..

Still.. I've got my eyes set on the blanks..

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Post via:  Vinyl Abuse

This Little Light of Mine.. is Seamour Sheep!

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Metin Seven is sure busy with his new toy line from Crazy Label!  We're getting pretty regular updates on his work his versions of seamour and marty.. and the this latest version isn't even just a toy!  Its practical too!  Seamour has crossed over into the light!  Well, he's become the source of the light...haha.. for your detolf or shelf of toys, wherever.

Of course its USB powered so it would obviously have to be close to your usb hub on your computer... but hey..

*New:  Also check out ToysREvil's brief but informative interview!

   

about that illuminative edition seamour sheep usb-lamp from crazy label

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via Plastic and Plush

Steam Punk Magazine

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Thanks to the guys over at ESP Visuals, their blog has been the source for some pretty interesting art-related stuff.  The latest entry brought to my attention a magazine I'm quite interested in taking a gander at.  SteamPunk Magazine says it on their website's main page well:

Before the age of homogenization and micro-machinery, before the tyrannous efficiency of internal combustion and the domestication of electricity, lived beautiful, monstrous machines that lived and breathed and exploded unexpectedly at inconvenient moments. It was a time where art and craft were united, where unique wonders were invented and forgotten, and punks roamed the streets, living in squats and fighting against despotic governance through wit, will and wile. Even if we had to make it all up. (emphasis mine)

steampunk magazine - putting the punk back into steampunk

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