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Real or Photoshopped?

By Anya Ow / September 18, 2015 / Comments Off on Real or Photoshopped?

Real or Photoshopped? Here’s a fun quiz from Adobe for a Friday. Adobe is celebrating 25 years of Photoshop, and the little quiz is part of its campaign: some of the ‘real’ photographs are unbelievable. Near the end, a lot of us were just guessing. About the 25th Anniversary As part of the campaign, Adobe […]

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Glen Keane Draws in 3D

By Anya Ow / September 17, 2015 / Comments Off on Glen Keane Draws in 3D

Glen Keane, legendary Disney animator behind characters such as Ariel from Little Mermaid and Beast from Beauty and the Beast, draws in virtual reality, using an HTC Vive headset coupled with the 3-D painting app Tilt Brush. Of technology, Glen has said: “I am convinced that animation really is the ultimate form of our time […]

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Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void

By Anya Ow / September 16, 2015 / Comments Off on Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void

Blizzard Entertainment shows that it’s still the king of computer game cinematics in its latest Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void trailer. Legacy is the third installment in its set, and is part of the wildly successful Starcraft series, a military science fiction real-time strategy game. The first Starcraft game was first released in 1998, […]

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Today in Australian Politics

By Anya Ow / September 15, 2015 / Comments Off on Today in Australian Politics

Today in Australian Politics, summed up by the ever popular Michael Leunig. Some great quotes from international news: Covering Australian politics feels more like conducting a triage of the wounded and slain. The bloodletting has become so brutal that party rooms have come to resemble abattoirs. Were a movie to be made of Australian politics […]

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Art of the Voiceover

By Anya Ow / September 15, 2015 / Comments Off on Art of the Voiceover

The original voice of Siri explains the art of the voiceover. Susan Bennett is a voice actor who started working in the industry in the 1970s, singing the Tillie the All Time Teller jingle, one of the first ATMs. Since then she has recorded narration for PA systems, answering services and commercials, until she finally […]

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Bank of America Marketing

By Anya Ow / September 14, 2015 / Comments Off on Bank of America Marketing

Good morning Monday! Have you seen Bank of America’s campaign with Billy Idol? It’s a series of TV spots mocking the process of making ads: some parts definitely cut a little TOO close to the bone. It’s a type of campaign that risks getting annoying (ING Direct, we’re looking at you), but this series of […]

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Tom Hiddleston and a Jaguar walk into a bar…

By Anya Ow / September 11, 2015 / Comments Off on Tom Hiddleston and a Jaguar walk into a bar…

Tom Hiddleston is back in a second installment of Jaguar’s Art of Villainy campaign, with ‘There’s a New Boss in Town’, also featuring Nicholas Hoult (Xmen, Mad Max). The previous ad was banned in the UK by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority for seemingly exceeding speed limits in an enclosed environment despite not actually doing so. […]

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File Cabinets for Sale

By Anya Ow / September 10, 2015 / Comments Off on File Cabinets for Sale

Hey guys. We’re looking to sell our file cabinets. They might be a little old, but they’re full of character! Perfect as a prop. Or as a conversation piece. Or if you’re looking to size down from a phone box. *We don’t recommend actually using them as dinosaur cover. But don’t worry. T-Rexes were most […]

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Solarbeat

By Anya Ow / September 10, 2015 / Comments Off on Solarbeat

Solarbeat is a cool digital music box created by visual designer Luke Twyman, using the real orbital frequencies of the solar system. Originally designed in flash in 2010, it’s been remade using the WebAudio API, coinciding with NASA’s Dawn spacecraft entering Ceres’ orbit. Have a listen! It’s oddly calming, the UI is fun, and with […]

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Google Street View for Cats

By Anya Ow / September 9, 2015 / Comments Off on Google Street View for Cats

In an ingenious attempt to increase tourism for the cat-obsessed digital age, Hiroshima prefecture’s tourism board has launched a Google street view-esque cat’s eye map for cats. Walk through the city of Onomichi at cat level – other cats in the area that you can see are tagged with their profiles, which you can click […]

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