April 14, 2020
Daily Art Project
Hijack a familiar brand (logo, style guide) and make it appear to be for a completely different industry. For example Chevrolet is now a pasta sauce company, Walmart is now a university, AT&T is now a dairy and beef association, Starbucks is a private prison, and Applebees is a security company. This can manifest as a poster, a billboard, banner ad, product package, web animation, etc.
Tutorial
Masterxeon1001 makes long tutorials about using his modeling tool (HardOps) for Blender. I must be too old because he works so fast and speaks at the same time in ways that only confuse and astound me. https://youtu.be/t84RNqRMHZ4
Artist Person
James Paterson (no relation)
I’ve always admired his animation style. https://youtu.be/Zw8NN38ng9s
Science
MIT Scientists want to hack your dreams.
https://onezero.medium.com/an-mit-lab-is-building-devices-to-hack-your-dreams-d1a10ff932e3
Sounds
Agnes Obel – Fuel to Fire
https://youtu.be/hqZGvkF00DI
Quality Stupidity
If you’ve never studied the stupid genius of the GI Joe PSA parodies, it is time you did. Or, just revisit them as they are timeless. https://youtu.be/z8K08AcVru0
Samurai Wisdom
Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That’s its balance.
~Osho