Below is a heckuva fun poster created for a 2009 screening of The Monster Squad at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema by artist Tyler Stout.
This a great design, capturing all the characters and moments of a cult-favorite monster movie that kicked creature butt all over Van Helsing!
Unfortuantely, the blue variant version of the poster is sold [...]
Here’s one of the earliest color icons for the graphics application Photoshop:
This image was pulled from The Abyss: Special Edition, which was one of the first major uses of the application developed by Thomas Knoll, and his brother John Knoll, a visual wizard at George Lucas’s Industrial Light and Magic. Photoshop 1.0 was released for [...]
One of the best things about Halloween is working your way through the candy and treats throughout the year. In addition to this year’s haul, be sure to check out my 2005 blog post for a bunch of tasty Halloween leftovers from last year!
AUDIO GOODIES:
Characters © Mike Mignola. Art © 2006 Starz Media, LLC and [...]
On the last day of 2005, I hope you all look back on the previous year with good memories. It’s been fun blogging, meeting new people, and reading other’s thoughts as well. Hopefully I can continue bringing you enjoyable links and stories in 2006. Thanks for all the support!
As the final post for 2005, I [...]
I love Halloween. Always have. Cool costumes, dark decorations, mysterious movies, and creepy activities make this one of the most fun times of year! So, in keeping with the Halloween ’spirit,’ here’s some spook-tacular treatsll!
Images © Lucasfilm 2005.
HALLOWEEN IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY…
In addition to the Star Wars paper masks I blogged about last [...]
Well, as of October 15th, it’s been one year since I started blogging.
As most of you know, I also contribute to 3 other blogs: The Alberta Movie Guide, Luxo: A Pixar Blog, and Palaeoblog, all of which take a good deal of time.
Why do I do it? Aside from sharing things I find of interest, [...]
Thought I’d share this fun old movie poster image…
As some of you are probably already aware, Sand Pirates of the Sahara was not an actual feature film. It was sort of a mini-movie produced for use in Frank Darabont’s underrated 2001 film, The Majestic. “Brett Armstrong” is really cult-film favorite, actor Bruce Campbell, known mostly [...]
I’ve always been fascinated by the colorful graphics on the side of the U-Haul vehicles. From the vibrant Giant Squid of Newfoundland, to the little green alien of New Mexico, to the Happy Face Spider of Hawai’i, the graphics are an excellent way to keep the U-Haul brand name ‘out there’. In my opinion, a [...]
My wife and I have been helping a friend renovate a house he recently purchased. In the process of demolishing the old basement setup, we took down a study wall with nautical pirate-themed wallpaper. Since I liked parts of the pattern, I decided to scan these images to share. Avast!!!
I particularly like the designs on [...]
More great record covers found in the ‘Lost Archive’…
The Adventures of Pinocchio needed quite a bit of image retouching. To see the original scan I did, click here.
The Adventures of Pinocchio © United Artists Records, Inc.
The Sword in the Stone © 1972 Walt Disney Productions
Winnie the Pooh and the honey tree © 1965 Walt Disney [...]
Occasionally, I’ll venture into thrift shops, visit garage sales, and browse flea markets. Not to seek out discarded fortunes, but to discover great treasures in illustration, photography, and design. These come in many forms, but mostly materialize as books, toys, and even records.
LPs or albums, as records were also known, had a major plus over [...]
The United States Postal Service is celebrating creative genius Jim Henson and his beloved Muppet characters with a series of stamps. It has been 50 years since Kermit the Frog made his television debut.
It’s a well-deserved acknowledgment of his work and it will be fun to see the cartoons-come-to-life busting out of envelopes across the [...]
Due to battling Pneumonia, a cold, and flu, my wife and I spent part of the 2004 Christmas Holiday trying to regain our health. Thankfully we didn’t miss the great dinners and company on Christmas Day and Boxing Day like we did last year. To keep us entertained, we watched a bunch of movies and [...]
