Great visuals and use of water colour textures in these Ads by Shell.

Shell: Fuel Economy


Shell: Performance: V Power

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Ad Agency: JWT London
City/State/Country: London, England, UK
Group Creative Director: Jasper Shelbourne
Art Directors: Andy Huntindon, Martin Smith
Head of Production: Dean Baker
Assistant Producer: Jack Bayley

Production Company: Stardust Studios
City/State/Country: Bicoastal, USA
Director/Creative Director: Alan Bibby
Live Action Producer: Rich Kaylor
Director of Photography: Brian Newman
Executive Producer: Mike Eastwood
Head of Production: Beth Vogt
Senior Producer: Greg Heffron
Assistant Producer: Ryan McRee
Editor: Andrew Borin
Designers: Aaron Mauer, Julene Bello, Oliver Schroeder, Danny Ruiz, Dustin Lindblad, Bryan Louie
Storyboard Artist/Illustrator: Glenn Urieta
3D Modeling/Lighting/Animation: Mark Rohrer
Tracking: Weichieh Yu
2D Animators/Compositors: Tim Regan, Tonya Smay, Marco Giampaolo ,Rick Malwitz
Roto: J Bush, Ghazia Jalal, Kristian Mercado, Jordan Harvey, Carlos Rosario, Mattaniah Yip, Tiffany Germann, Howard P. Cabalfin, Constance Conrad, Thomas Horne

Telecine Company: The Mill
City/State/Country: New York, NY, USA
Colorist: Damien Van Der Cruyssen

Music Company: Publisher: Warner Chappell
City/State/Country: London, UK
Composer: Alison Goldfrapp and William Gregory

Final Mix Company: Jungle Studios
City/State/Country: London, UK
Mixer: Owen Griffiths

Animation for the horror genre. Creative studio Nathan Love and Perspective Studios hope to expand this trailer into a feature film, videogame and/or graphic novel.


Watch trailer: click here

STORY
Lauren Indovina: Nathan Love’s background in edgy, blood soaked character stories like “Rabbitard,” combined with an ass-kicking body of high end CG makes you guys a perfect partner for Blood Trail. Can you tell us a little bit about how you were approached with the project?

It’s funny—a few weeks before this project came to us, we started talking about our next dream-job… something that we had never done before: ultra violent and really gory. Then, out of the blue we were approached by Perspective Studios. They asked us to design and produce a trailer for a feature length script called ‘Blood Trail.’ The initial concept was to create an engaging piece to help sell screenwriter Matt Cochran’s vision of horror. They definitely came to the right place.

How much creative license was given to Nathan in developing the story and the style?

Perspective gave almost complete creative license on this one. They basically introduced us to Matt and said, “Have fun.” Working with Matt was awesome. Originally, he wasn’t sure which approach to take: live-action/mo-cap, or straight-out animation. One thing was clear though, he wanted it to be unique. We were able to convince him that a very stylized, hand-animated approach would really make this piece exciting, intriguing, and powerful.

The collaboration between screenplay writer Matt Cochran and Nathan Love seems to have been an important one. How has working with a writer been helpful to a character animation-based story studio like Nathan?

Working with a writer was like having a map to your destination—in having Matt’s ideas to follow, we were able to concentrate on the characters’ designs and really nail their personalities. He spent years working on the screenplay and developing the world of Blood Trail, so he had a clear idea on where it should go. The structure gave us more room to focus on formal issues of film-making, artistry, and kick-ass animation. Source Article.

Storyboards and Development






More at source

The stunning Citroen GT concept car, designed by Polyphony Digital, stops traffic as it cruises the streets of London.

60 second version of the new driven spot courtesy nike and lance armstrong. part of the "it's about you" campaign.



Nike and the Lance Armstrong Foundation joined forces in an integrated media and grassroots campaign featuring Lance Armstrong, world-class athletes, celebrities and survivors, in a call-to-action to join the global fight against cancer. The campaign, “It’s About You,” includes a TV commercial, “Driven” and a collection of digital short films featuring inspirational cancer stories.

Athletes to be featured include Jon Lester, Sanya Richards and LaShawn Merritt, as well as actors Patrick Dempsey and Evan Handler, and other cancer survivors including three-time Iditarod winner Lance Mackey and Sean Swarner who is the first cancer survivor to summit Mt. Everest. (source)

The new Levi's America "Go Forth" commercial features the American poet Walt Whitman and lines from his 1888 poem "America". The new Levi's campaign launches in time for the Fourth.



Client: Levi's
Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Portland
Executive Creative Director: Mark Fitzloff, Susan Hoffman
Creative Director: Danielle Flagg, Tyler Whisnand
Copywriter: Julia Oh, Rudy Adler
Agency Executive Producer: Ben Grylewicz
Agency Producer: Jeff Selis
Production Company: Anonymous Content
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Executive Producer: Danielle Peretz
Line Producer: Joe Mandarino
Director of Photography: Darren Lew
Editorial Company: Joint Editorial, Rock Paper Scissors
Editor: Elliot Graham
VFX Company: a52
VFX Supervisor: Pat Murphy
Sound Mix: Eleven Sound
Poem: America
Poet: Walt Whitman
Music Artist: Final Fantasy
Song: The CN Tower Belongs To The Dead

An album site with interactive visualizations of books. This microsite for Singapore-based band Concave Scream's newest album, "Soundtrack for a Book," lets users manipulate visualizations of classic books, adjust colors and create wallpapers. My first response at seeing this was of Aaron Koblins work for Radiohead.

It's all very entertaining and clever, let's face it we're in an age where data visualisation will only increase whether you like it or not. Whether that be crime figures of a particular area to the latest polls. All of which help communicate complex data for our Simple Minds (and thats another band don't you know...) You could find yourself on these sites a little longer than you had originally planned, no not because your browser (IE version something or another) has locked up but simply because you'll enjoy playing with the data.

In Radiohead's new video for "House of Cards", no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. The video was created entirely with visualizations of that data.






However back to 'Soundtrack for a book'. It marks the band's first attempt at producing a fully instrumental album devoid of any vocals. It consists of nine tracks seamlessly stitched together to form one continuous flowing soundscape, aurally invoking a rollercoaster ride of emotions. This detour of an album was born out of the band's curiosity and keenness to explore and discover new grounds. If music is a journey, then this album is certainly an attempt to encapsulate that feeling.

'Soundtrack for a book' is packaged in recycled pre-owned storybooks which are individually numbered. Each book is unique and no two are alike, emphasizing the band's wish for the album to be experienced on a personal, heart-felt level.



Go to the Main Site.

'Soundtrack for a book' is produced by: Concave Scream & Philip Wong
Recorded and mixed by Philip Wong & Concave Scream at Soundberg Studio. Sept 2008.
masterde by Roger Seibel at SAE Analog & Digital Mastering Services. Oct 2008
Written by: Pann - Guitars / Sean - Guitars . Dean - Drums / Wan - Bass
Design and artdirection by Kinectic Singapore

Fine Art Limited Edition Giclee Prints - The Official Posters Set of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games


The official poster is one of the most coveted collector’s items of the Olympic Games and has had a place in history starting with the first Games poster in 1912.

The Vancouver 2010 official poster represents both the beauty of the Host Region and the spirit of Canada’s Games. Cropped within the shape of a maple leaf, the bold Vancouver 2010 graphics are inspired by Canada’s cultural and environmental diversity as well as the energy and spirit of the Canadian people.

For the first time in history, both the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games official posters are represented in a unified manner; when displayed together, the two halves of the maple leaf join to create a whole.

Created by hand using paint and mixed media prior to digital composition, the techniques employed to produce the original piece of art complement the modern and dynamic style of the Vancouver 2010 graphics... read more

The Official Poster of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games


The Official Poster of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games


The Vancouver 2010 Official Souvenir Program.


A Path of Northern Lights: The Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays, Collector's Edition



Main Website: vancouver2010.com

Client: Vancouver 2010
Designer: Ben Hulse

syn·es·the·sia syn·aes·the·sia (sĭn'ĭs-thē'zhə)

A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.

A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.

The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.

Synesthesia from Terri Timely on Vimeo.

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We all get to a crossroads at some point in our lives whether as a result of something dramatic or a much quieter subtle occurrence that we have to deal with. We may not have even realised it was of any significance until a lot later in life. Hopefully when we do, we take note and give that moment its true value....



A quick note before we begin - you can hear samples of Elli's music at the end of the article and download desktop images.

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You're interested in self-enlightenment methods and it's teachings. How does this help you personally?
In the big-picture, I barely recognize who I was before beginning to discover such methods and teachings in 1966, compared to who I am becoming (and we never get it "done"). The essence of that person is still here, but I've gradually eliminated a lot of typical issues which haunted me and those that remain have deeper roots, taking more work to overcome them. Now, when I get upset, I recover faster, function effectively and usually learn quickly from the experience. Also I'm told I look, seem and I feel much younger than my chronological age, which is due to dealing better and better with the things which stress out most of us. When I'm stressed, I use many methods and tricks which get to the root of it, prevent it from returning or eliminate it altogether. In my bag-of-tricks is whatever works well, including holistic methods of dealing with health. I'm seeing a new holistic doctor recommended by someone I met on Twitter (where Rajesh and I also "met"), we're addressing a list of physical issues that I'm unwilling at 72 to give in to, just aging "gracefully," and we have a very good fit.

Can you talk about a particular event where this has been paramount to change?
There are so many I don't know where to stop but here are a few highlights. In 1966, new to any sort of metaphysical work, Howi, a new musician friend who played with my then-husband Randy, in a jazz trio in Miami, gave him a session of healing work on which Howi was certifying. Randy came home after one session obviously changed and Howi offered me a trial. I was very depressed and frustrated at the time -- not unusual for me then, but things felt like they had come to a head. We recently had started experimenting with drugs and everyone we knew (except Howi, who had long-since quit) was also experimenting or worse. I didn't have a clue as to how to start singing professionally and waitressing in an after-hours jazz club only poured salt in my wounds, so I escaped more and more when not at work. I truly felt that the session wouldn't work because I believed myself to be "hopeless," but at the same time there was a tiny flicker of light and Howi seemed so cool and centered, which I desperately wanted to be. After 3/4 of an hour, I was thrilled with how I felt and went home to greet Randy and a friend who was also considering trying this work, each watching me for signals. I cracked up as soon as I started telling them about my experience, which was such a high. I've been hooked ever since. Once you touch on "who you really are," however that may happen, you know no matter what trouble you create for yourself or life brings you, there's always a way out, even though there's only that pinhole of light at the end the tunnel. That light hasn't ever gone out and now I see things from a very different perspective, but within that week, I found and landed my first singing gig at 30 (something I'd wanted since first singing jazz in public at 18). Since then, many of my creative breakthroughs have come on-the-heels of "metaphysical" work..

A more easily-describable experience happened 9 years ago. I'd taken an on-camera-commercials course a few years before, and the instructor urged me to start auditioning but I was too terrified; I took a short acting workshop and wound up in a weekly performance w/s for 2 years, but used my stage time mainly to sing and occasionally for improvizing or story-telling, still being so intimidated to act in front of the well-trained actors there. Then I heard of Law of Attraction. The first idea that sank in was "Reach for a thought that feels better" to change how I felt about something. This had never come up in my metaphysical understanding. I realized with that idea, I no longer had any excuses to be afraid to audition; there was always some thought that felt at least a tiny bit better! I only needed to think of it. I immediately got the trade paper, found some audition notices and off I went. I was soon cast in a student short as a crazy grandmother. No one realized I'd never been in a film before and the experience was as easy as water rolling off a duck's back. On-set I found myself not at all camera-shy and able to easily get in character. The director had a lot of fun with us and the short came out well and gave me the confidence to go on many other auditions from which I've been cast in my share of roles. Auditioning is usually very comfortable, as is acting, particularly when there's some leeway, my favorite roles being improvisational. That hooked me on the Teachings of Abraham of which I'm still a big fan, collecting quotes and spreading the word about Law of Attraction which years later was featured in "The Secret" and many subsequent films, books and courses.

Another example was a month ago. I was on the phone when the cell rang and, not getting who it was who was calling, I told him I'd get back to him. I then said to my friend that since I hadn't had any bookings in months, I was fed up and was going to find something! When I called the other caller back, it turned out we'd known each other in my old neighborhood before he moved away a few years earlier and had not been in touch since and was calling to ask me to do a series of jazz gigs he was producing, for which he thought I'd be the perfect fit. We worked things out and everything was on according to his plan for 4 Sunday jazz evenings, but he extended it that night to 2 months, and, so far, 3 additional gigs have also fallen into place elsewhere! From 0 to 13 bookings in a very short time! They say, "good things happen in groups," a perfect example of Law of Attraction; work begets work; birds of a feather flock together, like attracts like; all ways of describing that phenomenon. The opposite is also true: if you stub your toe in the morning it often becomes a day on which you wish you hadn't gotten out of bed. The trick with using Law of Attraction is learning to do so intentionally, especially when good things are not falling into your lap. A course I recently spent time on and recommend for expanding those skills is Mark Joyner's Great Teachers Series, Law of Attraction Course. It combines LOA with the learning skills created for Mark's very effective Simpleology training. It's the best recombination of methods and understandings I've seen and raised my skills quickly.

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You may also want to read the following articles covering Elli's life:

Elli Fordyce – Still very cool
Elli Fordyce – In the light she dances...
Elli Fordyce – What's your type?
Elli Fordyce – No More Blues
Elli Fordyce – Inspiration

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Free Wallpaper Images

On behalf of Elli - download your desktop wallpaper images by [clicking here]

Available in the following screen sizes 1280x960 | 1024x768 | 800x600

If there are any other sizes that would suit you more then leave a message and I'll arrange it for you...

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Useful Links

Elli Fordyce's Website: www.ellifordyce.com
You can follow Elli on twitter @ElliFordyce
Management: Redwood Entertainment [see artists page]

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