Link roundup
1. Chewy Black Forest Cookies recipe.
2. Tron Bit animated gif.
3. The BBTS posted preorder links for several 2011 SDCC exclusive toys including the Republic Commando set.
4. Craft book giveaway.
5. The Quiznos chain might be running out of money. (I love Quiznos as an alternate to Subway, and the rare chain to have Diet Mountain Dew as a fountain drink.)
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2. Tron Bit animated gif.
3. The BBTS posted preorder links for several 2011 SDCC exclusive toys including the Republic Commando set.
4. Craft book giveaway.
5. The Quiznos chain might be running out of money. (I love Quiznos as an alternate to Subway, and the rare chain to have Diet Mountain Dew as a fountain drink.)
Star Wars Fleet Commander and Tron Game Grid
Two very cool games designed by Arthur Nishimoto:
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Developed at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) by MS graduate candidate Arthur Nishimoto, "Fleet Commander" explores how a real-time interactive strategy game that would typically rely on complex keyboard commands and mouse interactions be transferred into a multi-user, multi-touch environment.
TRON: Game Grid was designed specifically to be played on a 16 Megapixel LCD Multi-touch wall. The game currently only has one level, the Ring Game. The gameplay is a hybrid of the ring game and disk arena games as seen in the film TRON. The game was developed in 4 weeks throughout September 2010. The first version, containing a complete Ring Game, was completed on October 6, 2010.
Link roundup
1. Really interesting article about how hit songs are manufactured and how much it costs to do so (the amount spent on promoting the song (bribery) is by far the largest amount). Via.
2. Tron Legacy 8 bit Extended Version.
3. Tattoo with a QR code that becomes animated when viewed through a smartphone. It'll be more impressive when the tattoo is invisible unless viewed through a smartphone.
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2. Tron Legacy 8 bit Extended Version.
3. Tattoo with a QR code that becomes animated when viewed through a smartphone. It'll be more impressive when the tattoo is invisible unless viewed through a smartphone.
Tron, Spider-Girl
"Data Fragmentation" by Patrick Bateman (who has lots of other Tron art in his gallery):
Patrick based his illustration on this photo by Marcus Ranum:
And Marcus's gallery is full of fascinating (and many NSFW) photographs including a gallery of Spider-Girl photos:
Via.
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Patrick based his illustration on this photo by Marcus Ranum:
And Marcus's gallery is full of fascinating (and many NSFW) photographs including a gallery of Spider-Girl photos:
Via.
Link roundup
1. The LA Weekly's list of the best LA-related websites.
2. Space Paranoids arcade machine paper toy.
3. I'm rereading American Gods for the first time since it came out. I'm really enjoying it and can't imagine what I didn't like the first time. But anyway, this caught my attention:
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2. Space Paranoids arcade machine paper toy.
3. I'm rereading American Gods for the first time since it came out. I'm really enjoying it and can't imagine what I didn't like the first time. But anyway, this caught my attention:
"I read some book about brains," she said. "My roommate had it and she kept waving it around. It was like, how five thousand years ago the lobes of the brain fused and before that people thought when the right lobe of the brain said anything it was the voice of some god telling them what to do."
Link roundup
1. From LA Magazine:
3. Phil Saunders has been posting lots of Tron Legacy concept art.
*Buy Disneyland posters at eBay.
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My parents both worked at the park in the summer of 1959, a year into their marriage and just four years after Disneyland opened. My dad was assigned to the cars of Autopia (back then kids would frequently knock out their teeth on steering wheels)2. Zero Punctuation reviews the 3DS (and hates it).
3. Phil Saunders has been posting lots of Tron Legacy concept art.
*Buy Disneyland posters at eBay.
Fanmade Tron video
Impressive fanmade Tron video featuring the return of Sark/Dillinger. Just like the real Tron: Legacy, the dialog is painfully clunky and goes on for way to long. Via.
*At Toycutter: Custom Tron toys.
Link roundup
1. Someone uploaded Tron: Legacy to Youtube - - the full movie as one, two-hour video. This has to be by Disney, right? It was mentioned on Reddit hours ago, and yet Disney hasn't taken it down. Or does it take much longer than I think for infringing videos to be removed?
2. Recipe for Horseradish Cream Sauce (so good with prime rib).
3. Noxzema now has two fewer ounces than it used to, but comes in the same size container - - which features a false bottom to disguise the smaller amount of product.
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2. Recipe for Horseradish Cream Sauce (so good with prime rib).
3. Noxzema now has two fewer ounces than it used to, but comes in the same size container - - which features a false bottom to disguise the smaller amount of product.
Link roundup
1. Tim Davis, a talented miniature painter, is looking for commissions.
2. Snuggie based on the Artist Formerly Known as Prince.
3. Tron vs. MCP animated gif.
*Buy Tron toys at eBay.
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2. Snuggie based on the Artist Formerly Known as Prince.
3. Tron vs. MCP animated gif.
*Buy Tron toys at eBay.
Tron Translucence vinyl album
Tron Translucence vinyl album - - a limited edition lp featuring Derezzed, Tron Legacy, End of Line, and Castor. There are several on sale at eBay.
Via.Tron light cycle board game
Homemade Tron light cycle board game:
- The board is made from two pieces of smoked acrylic, which I etched on an Epilog laser cutter at my local Tech Shop. The grid was originally supposed to be edge-lit by LEDs, but the tint in the acrylic kept the light from penetrating. So, I taped off and painted the grid with blacklight-reactive paint.Via.
- I cut the light trails out of fluorescent orange and blue acrylic, also on the laser cutter.
- I bought the TRON vehicles and Recognizer carrying case. I modded the carrying case a bit to include rows of blue and blacklight LEDs. I am in the process of repainting the vehicles with blacklight-reactive paint.
- I'm still finishing the carrying cases for the light trails, one of which is in the video. These were made of wood, also on the laser cutter.
- Everything is sitting atop a giant lazy susan that I made for gaming.
*Buy Tron toys at eBay.
Illustration roundup
Tex Avery Animation Award promo by Dustin d'Arnault.
Lighthouse/robot by Nico.
X-Men poster redesigns by Cormac McEvoy and Vincent Iadevaia.
Tarot card Kickstarter project. Via.
Daft Punk by Brandon Wallace.
*Buy trophies at eBay.
Daft Punk - Derezzed (The Glitch Mob Remix)
My new favorite song, Daft Punk - Derezzed (The Glitch Mob Remix) from the Tron: Legacy Reconfigured album. That's the official video above, with lots of footage from the movie.
But I also liked the image chosen by this fan uploaded video - - nice and simple and still feels like Tron:
$8 to download the entire album at Amazon, which also gives you an extra 15 gigs of online storage.
Spectrum Awards 18 - - part 2
The second in a series of posts looking at artists featured in Spectrum 18. The art isn't necessarily what will appear in Spectrum 18, just what caught my eye. Here's part 1.
Dracula by Grant Fuhst.
Ms. Marvel by Aly Fell, who has various prints on sale here.
Magic: The Gathering card by Jesper Ejsing.
Laura Diehl painted a fantasy portrait of herself and her husband as kids. (She has lots of prints on sale here.)
Fallen Tower by Daniel Dociu.
*Buy Marvel sketch cards at eBay.
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Dracula by Grant Fuhst.
Ms. Marvel by Aly Fell, who has various prints on sale here.
Magic: The Gathering card by Jesper Ejsing.
Laura Diehl painted a fantasy portrait of herself and her husband as kids. (She has lots of prints on sale here.)
Fallen Tower by Daniel Dociu.
*Buy Marvel sketch cards at eBay.
Illustration roundup - - Spectrum 18 Awards Edition
Here's the first in a series of posts looking at artists featured in Spectrum 18. The art isn't necessarily what will appear in Spectrum 18, just what caught my eye.
A few of Matt Cavota's huge number of Magic: The Gathering cards.
The Age of Steam by Antonio Caparo.
Monsters by John Brosio. The first is available as a print here. And don't miss his Return of the Jedi painting.
Quorra by Peter Breese (he drew Yori, too).
Four-eyed, two-mouthed crone by Dragan Bibin (see the entire image at the link).
*Buy Magic The Gathering cards at eBay.
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A few of Matt Cavota's huge number of Magic: The Gathering cards.
The Age of Steam by Antonio Caparo.
Monsters by John Brosio. The first is available as a print here. And don't miss his Return of the Jedi painting.
Quorra by Peter Breese (he drew Yori, too).
Four-eyed, two-mouthed crone by Dragan Bibin (see the entire image at the link).
*Buy Magic The Gathering cards at eBay.
New Tron footage reminds how terrible the plot and acting were in Tron: Legacy
Tron: Legacy was great when people were racing light cycles, and terrible the rest of the time. This ten minute video is apparently an extra on the Tron: Legacy DVD, and mostly shows what happened between Tron and Tron: Legacy (lots of insipid protesting against Encom). The last minute or so is a bridge between Tron: Legacy and Tron 3. It's unwatchably boring. As much as I love Tron, the only reason I watched all of this video was for purposes of writing this post. Via.
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