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Singin in the Rain

I want to share with you my last crazy experiment. One of the most wonderful moments in the motion picture history… a funny Gene Kelly letting us know clearly how happy he is.

Here you have the vector base PDF file: JO-D-110303-SinginInTheRain

And may be because I fell very happy (I’m going to be father again in a few days!) I’m singing this song in my head again and again. Curiously I don’t know how did it get there.

I spread the lyrics of this song over an image of Gene Kelly on a lamppost. It’s so abstract that could be difficult to really ‘view’ it… just get some distance and it will be clear.

Another different version of the same scene.

PDF file JO-D-110303-SinginInTheRain-02

Mar 03, 2011 | Categories: Art | Tags: , , , , , | Comments Off on Singin in the Rain

The Oscars 2011

The next Sunday we will have new Oscar winners. And it’s true, we will remember only the winners… but  as a tribute to Little Miss Sunshine and because the best is not always the winner, I think it would be nice if we make a visualization with all the nominees…

So I took all the relevant names and movies from the official nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards from this website, and spread them over an image of the Oscar.

Javier Bardem, Biutiful, Jeff Bridges, True Grit, Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network, Colin Firth,The King’s Speech, James Franco, 127 Hours, Christian Bale, The Fighter, John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone, Jeremy Renner, The Town, Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right, Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech, Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right, Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole, Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone, Natalie Portman, Black Swan, Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine, Amy Adams, The Fighter, Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech, Melissa Leo, The Fighter, Hailee Steinfeld… till 336 names.

And the winner is…

Feb 22, 2011 | Categories: Visualizations | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on The Oscars 2011

John Wayne

John Wayne is one of these forever actors with almost 170 films in his career. He is for sure one of the most well know American icons.

You can read more about John Wayne in his wikipedia article.

But remember this is a game, you have to find ten of his best movie titles. Now the movie titles are not straight, they flow with the colors. But don’t panic, here you have a clue. This is the way one movie title appears in the image… it’s not so hard!

Here you have the PDF vector image JO-D-110222-JohnWayne

Good luck!.

This image is dedicated to ‘the other’ John Wayne, a friend who share with the actor his voice, walk and height… but also his courage and close friendship. Maki this one is for you!.

Feb 22, 2011 | Categories: Games | Tags: , , , , | 3 Comments »

What People Do…

I recently receive an email from one of my readers, Okan Akildane who run a advertising company called Ceres in Istambul.

He sent me some photos and one video showing how they are using some of my illustrations. And I think it’s a good opportunity to show you what people do with my stuff.

The nice thing of my vector files is they are fully scalable. No matter the big you print it you will always have smooth curves.

And with big sizes there is a beautiful effect from closer views because the whole image almost disappear, and people will probably have a surprise when they get distance and discover the image behind the words.

Thanks Okan!

Feb 18, 2011 | Categories: Other | Tags: , , , | Comments Off on What People Do…

Lady Agnew

One of my favorite paintings, John Singer Sargen’s Lady Agnew of Lochnaw. The words are the most relevant words of his wikipedia article.

You can read more about this painting here.

Feb 18, 2011 | Categories: Art | Tags: , , , | Comments Off on Lady Agnew

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