eBoy's Pixelated Art Available As Wall Murals & Wallpaper for Wallpaper Republic.

above: A close-up detail of the Los Angeles wall mural by eBoy

Looking for something vibrant, different and well, just plain wild to cover your walls? Then eBoy's special wall murals may be just the thing for that playroom or office.


above: A close-up detail of the Tokyo wall mural by eBoy

eBoy, the group of three graphic artists known for their pixelated illustrations and various collaborations [Coca Cola, and Adobe amongst other well-known brands] has designed cityscape wall murals of London, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Berlin, New York, Paris and Tokyo for Wallpaper Republic. Also available are their pixelated people in a wallpaper named "Peecol" and some graphic pixelated repeat pattern designs. Not for those who favor subtlety.

Baltimore:

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Berlin:

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London:

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Los Angeles:

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The wall murals are available in 3 sizes and other wallpaper designs by eBoy are available as well. Buy them here.



About eBoy:
eBoy was founded in 1997 by Kai Vermehr, Steffen Sauerteig and Sven Smital with the acquisition of the eBoy.com domain. The basic idea driving eBoy was the embracement of the new possibilities of the emerging digital world. The decision to directly work on and for the screen led to the use of pixels. A modular based work system started to evolve and resulted in complex object rich artwork. eBoy is lucky to have worked with some of the finest clients and partners. Among them are Adidas, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Paul Smith, DKNY, Kidrobot, MTV, The New York Times, Wired Magazine and many, many more. eBoy currently is based in Berlin/Germany and in Vancouver/Canada.

Wallpaper Republic of Australia is yet another wonderful wallpaper company who collaborates with artists to create wall coverings that are not mass-produced. Like Rollout of Canada, they have many styles of artwork by artists from all over the world, which has been printed as wallpaper that can be purchased from their online store here.

Visit eBoy’s website to purchase toys and other merchandise or follow their Blog and Facebook

Voodoo Queens; Facial Masks Doodled By Illustrator Nina Chakrabati.

Voodoo Queens is a series of interventionist doodles created by illustrator Nina Chakrabati for I Want You Magazine. With a rotring pen, she doodled facial 'masks' and superimposed them upon photographs of women:









About the artist:

above: self portrait by Nina Chakrabati

Nina was born and spent her early life in Calcutta, India. She moved to the UK in her teens carrying her stamp collection under her arm and little else. She studied illustration at Central St. Martins, and many years later, at The Royal College of Art.

Her work is often concerned with collections and the composition of objects. She works using Rotring pens, felt tips, biros, pencils, inks and the Apple Macintosh. She enjoys using different technologies and mediums and collaborating with others when the opportunity arises.

She lives and works in London, England.

Nina Chakrabati

The Brancusi Google Doodle Explained

You might have noticed an unusual looking Google Doodle on their homepage today. Unless you are familiar with the work of Constantin Brancusi, you're probably left wondering what the heck those organic looking shapes are. To honor of what would have been Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi's 135th birthday,the Google Doodle features some of his most well known sculptures.


above image composed by Laura Sweet

The Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi, (1876-1957) was a central figure of the modern movement and a pioneer of abstraction. His sculpture is noted for its visual elegance and sensitive use of materials, combining the directness of peasant carving with the sophistication of the Parisian avant-garde. After attending the Bucharest School of Fine Arts and learning of the sculpture of August Rodin, Brancusi traveled to Paris in 1904, where he continued to reside until his death.


above portrait of Brancusi by legendary photographer Edward Steichen

A look at each of the sculptures in the Brancusi Google Doodle.

The "G" = Prometheus and Leda:



The first "o" = The Newborn:


The second "o" = Sleeping Muse:


The second "g" = Mademoiselle Pogany:


The "l" = Bird In Space:


and lastly, the "e" = The Kiss:


Brancusi created his first major work, The Kiss, in 1908. From this time his sculpture became increasingly abstract, moving from the disembodied head of Sleeping Muse to the virtually featureless Beginning of the World and from the formal figure of the legendary bird Maiastra to numerous versions of the ethereal Bird in Space.

Brancusi's sculpture gained international notoriety at the 1913 Armory Show in New York, a city that he visited four times and where his work frequently would be exhibited. In his Paris studio at 8 Impasse Ronsin Brancusi devoted great attention to the arrangement of his sculptures, documenting individual works and their installation in an important body of photographs.

Isamu Noguchi worked as a studio assistant for Brancusi in 1927, and Brancusi taught him to carve stone and wood. In the 1930s Brancusi worked on two ambitious public sculpture projects, an unrealized temple in India for the Maharajah of Indore and the installation at Tirgu Jiu, Romania, of his Gate of the Kiss, Table of Silence and a 100-foot tall cast iron version of Endless Column. On his death Brancusi left the contents of his studio to the Museum of Art of the City of Paris, on condition that the studio be installed in the museum in its entirety.

Books, Art and more about Constantin Brancusi can be found here

Finally, You Can Get Your Own Bad Robot! The Limited Edition Mascot Maquette.

You may recognize this little guy from the closing of J.J. Abrams' popular tv shows like LOST, Fringe and Alias or the sign off on the latest Star Trek movie. The mascot for the production company, shown below [looped] in the 2 second television sign-off, Bad Robot, is now available in a special limited edition made by Quantum Mechanix.



Offered to the public for the first time, this mischievous mascot of Bad Robot Productions stands 10-inches tall and is cast in solid polystone. Sculpted from the original digital model, each statue in this 1,000 piece edition is hand painted in exceptional detail and features modular arms. Every Bad Robot Maquette is individually numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity, and as a special bonus, the unique sculpture includes a removable Slusho drink that fits in his little robot craw.





The sci-fi and entertainment collectible is already sold at at Quantum Mechanix but you can still buy one here!

Out Of Reach Real Estate. A $29 Million Dollar Marin Home For Sale.

Most of us, heck... just about every single one of us, can only dream about a house like this. Unless you make a habit of browsing the luxury real estate magazines, few are even aware that a home like this exists, let alone could consider it for purchase.

Dead Island Gory Game Trailer Forward & Reversed At Slow Speed & Regular Speed.

Admittedly I'm up to my severed neck in Zombies, but this trailer [which has an opening shot of the eye of a dead female reminiscent of Hitchcock's Pyscho scene, ] for the upcoming gruesome video game Dead Island has been getting a lot of buzz lately, and deservedly so. Purposely shot backwards and accompanied by a beautiful piece of music, the cgi rendered trailer has been controversial for its blood and gore, but it's so compelling, one has to commend it for its production quality and undeniable appeal.



The trailer, released on youtube last week has already garnered almost 2 million views and has spawned a recut of the original by various people. Below it is shown in reverse- which would be forwards, with the music reversed on the same slow speed.



And Geekologie has shown it re-cut at normal speed with another piece of music ["Breathe Me" by Sia] by Aaron R. and Jon B. of Harcos Labs:



The game combines first-person action with a heavy focus on melee combat, character development and customization of a vast array of weapons. All of these gameplay features are presented in a dark story inspired by classic zombie movies with a gritty and engrossing campaign that can be played with up to 4 players in co-op mode.

Here are some stills from the not yet released game which takes place on the fictional resort paradise, Banoi Island:









The game is due out later this year.

You can see the original trailer as an mp4 at the official site, nice and huge here.

Dead Island © Copyright 2011 and Published by Deep Silver, a division of Koch Media GmbH, Gewerbegebiet 1, 6604 Höfen, Austria. Developed 2011, Techland Sp. z o.o., Poland. © Copyright 2011, Chrome Engine, Techland Sp. z o.o. Age Rating (anticipated): PEGI 18+