Archive for the ‘mashups’ Category
Here’s a recipe: Combine three subcultures that are known to, perhaps, take themselves a bit too seriously. Mash them up together. The result is comedy/cooking gold. The song isn’t bad either! Who wants Pad Thai now???
Rather than providing an opinion on or an explanation of endeavors we share here on The Jailbreak, I find it more rewarding to hear directly from the producer of the content — be that an artist, designer, filmmaker, company or goat — as it provides a glimpse into the person’s (or animal’s, if we’re talking about the goat) process and purpose for creating the featured work. Here’s Belgium-based artist (painter, illustrator, caricaturist and photographer) Ben Heine explaining his series, “Pencil vs. Camera“:
Check out my 10 favorites after the break. Go Red! is an interactive website where you can combine a set of character assets into a single customized giclee print.  It features art from 120 illustrators that, when mixed and matched like the spiral-bound flip books of our youth, can create 64,000 custom characters.  With innovative design by The Partners agency, you choose your desired head, body and pair of legs. Essentially, Go Red! positions you as both creator and curator of your own unique mashup. And did I mention it’s for a good cause? Payment via Paypal is woven right in. Hybrid creatures cost just £65. Very cool. Read the rest of this entry »
Comedians are real life superheroes because they make us laugh during the toughest of times. The Old Red Jalopy team fittingly gave superhero makeovers to Tina Fey, Steve Martin, Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy and Bill Murray.
The images were created for Comedy Central’s US Comedy Awards. Click through for the rest of the comics. [via Lost at E Minor]
Pop culture interpretations, parodies and re-imaginings of da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” are so frequent these days that they’ve almost reached meme status. Artist Ron English recently invited us to the ‘Last Supper in South Park‘ and now illustrator slash graphic designer Chris Parks transports us to the ‘Last Fiesta,’ a fresh take on the genre, starring gang-sign-throwing Mexican Luchadores surrounded by their various cultural exports. Says Parks of the work:
Check out some close-up shots after the jump. (via Dangerous Minds)
I’m overcome with amusement looking at “Hanksy,” one of the most brilliant mashups ever. The stencil was spotted by someone in New York’s SOHO neighborhood (Kenmare & Mott) recently, and comes to us thanks to the folks over at Wooster Collective.
For his upcoming show at Thinkspace Gallery in LA, artist Dave MacDowell painted this fantastic (yet mildly befuddling) Jaws + The Big Lebowski mashup. Hi-Fructose has a behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Abide,” as well as some information on how one can be purchased as a print.
While most of us are busy poring over the released-yesterday brackets for College Basketball’s annual one shining moment competition, artist Grant Snider is holding an alternative challenge of sorts: that of best beard. “Beard Madness,” which is available as a poster for $15, pits usual suspects Jesus, Dumbledore and Darwin against a couple of unproven newcomers, Dad in the Early ’80s and street fighter Kimbo Slice. Also of interest is the play-in game between Osama Bin Laden and a goat. Says Snider:
Go UCONN? [Via Flavorwire]
I’m growing increasingly fascinated with the concept of the mashup. In fact, I think it may just be emerging as the dominant art paradigm of our time but I’ll save that spiel for another day. The abbreviated version is that in every medium, from music, to illustration, to film, the trend on the cutting edge is to combine things in an unexpected way to produce something novel. But here’s my question of the moment; Can you make “art” by mashing up a google map? Case in point: this map that mashes up data about gang territories in San Francisco’s Mission District with data about bakeries located in those same areas. If you’re curious about the origins project you can read about it in greater detail at The Atlantic, though personally I think the curious juxtapostion speaks for itself and really doesn’t bear further explanation. If you’re in that camp, here’s a larger version of the map. Would it be too punny to say that it provides food for thought?
Garageworks Industries is bringing artist Ron English’s “HulkBoy” to life. The Hong Kong-based company will produce 10 handcrafted 22″ HulkBoy sculptures out of high-density fiberglass, which will then be signed and numbered by English. (The character was first the focus of at least two English paintings, “American Infantile” and “The Incredulous HulkBoy,” the latter being the reported basis for this piece.) For information and pricing on HulkBoy email info [at] garageworksindustries [dot] com. (Via High Snobiety)
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