Well it is that time again where I share some awesome music with the readers of TCL. This playlist has some good bands like the Geographer, Frighten Rabbit, Said the Whale and more.. I would advice though that the last track by Mux Mool is off the chain and deserves a listen to. The guy has skill. So have a listen to Playlist-10.



Cover art by: Damion Schweizer

There are times in your life when you will hear a bands sound that will forever be embedded into your hearts and memories. There is a new band that is doing just that and they are called: Geographer. This band was voted one of “Three Undiscovered Bands You Need to Hear Now” by Spin Magazine. I now know why, Deni's voice is so soothing and versatile while providing simple, sweet melodies. The cellos plus synthesizers make their music a little poppy yet danceable but still relaxing to the ears. They are currently working on their New EP Animal Shapes which will be released in March 2010 and I cannot wait to get a copy. This band is a great collection to the music that will be part of my life. This band is going to be a big player this year in 2010 I can feel it. If you're interesting in purchasing there earlier CD Innocent Ghosts you can download it on iTunes and Amazon.

Interview with Geographer

In today's post I wanted to share with you some brushes that I think are pretty inspirational and could be useful in your Photoshop brush collections. I have search for these brushes on Brusheezy due to the large collection of brushes available. I also found that they are of good quality. If the brushes listed below don't fit your fancy then check out Brusheezy for more brushes available.

Birds of Feathers

Dragonfly Brushes

Party Brushes

Blood Brush

Appendix Halftone Brushes

9x Clouds Brushes High Res

Just had lunch with a friend and we were talking about comics. That's right comics cause well let's face it there awesome. He started talking to me about a program that would allow you to read comics on your iphone. So I thought why not let others know about this sweet app.

Panelfly which is a free app (App Store Link) let’s you purchase, read, and download your comics right from your iPhone or iPod touch. It has some of the biggest names in comics including Marvel and they have hundreds of titles to pick from. Panelfy’s has a well-designed interface which makes reading each issue as easy as possible. Now if you’re thinking that the iPhone or iPod touch is just to small then no worries. Panelfly will be available on the iPad in March of 2010 to give you a bigger experience.




Side note: Tycho Song "The Daydream" playing in the background.

These are some amazing sculptures by Claire Morgan. The time and skill level to complete these projects are compelling. The smallest details are very well thought out and it leaves you with wonder when admiring these pieces of art. At an early stage Claire developed a strong interest in the organic, in natural processes, and in the bodily connotations of natural materials. This formed the basis for her practice as an artist creating sculptural installations and it continues to influence her work at present. If you want to find out more information about Claire Morgan check out her site for more great work.

Belgian photographer Filip Dujardin makes images of unexpected buildings – that is, he "combines photographs of parts of buildings into new, fictional, architectonic structures," Mark Magazine explains.

From Mark Magazine:

Every montage, says Dujardin, is one project. It begins with an idea for a specific image. Often he starts off by building a model of the form he is trying to achieve – at first in cardboard, but he has recently discovered. He then goes on a photo safari, often just around the corner, to find suitable buildings "with a lot of the same things," so that they can be cut and pasted and serve as building material. In fact most of the fictional structures are buildings in Ghent, just re-sampled

All of his fictional buildings leave the mind to wonder into a world where this structures exist and are marveled for their design. It also makes you wonder if something like these can actually exist. Take a look at some of his work and let me know what it reminds you of when you gaze upon his structural masterpieces.











Via: BLDGBLOG

I found this really interesting project lead by Alan Woo on seeing if there were any stark similarities or contrasts within particular films. Pie aims to create an incredibly simple and concise baseline of comparison of films trough one particular trait: color say Alan Woo. The outcome is a number of triptychs comparing various films of particular trilogies, directors or genres. A program written in processing captures each frame of each movie and essentially creates a 'pie chart' of the colors contained within each film producing a simplistic and abstracted representation. Each poster includes the film title, year, director, cinematographer, running time and occasionally, various surprising/unsurprising similarities.

I found this very interesting and the depth in which he thought up this idea is pretty neat. The posters also have a very simplistic look but an in-depth background of how it came about.



Via: Alan Woo

I thought this was something I had to share with the readers of Damion DJ and Producer Blog. It is a 2010 pop up calendar designed by German designer Johann Volkmer.

I am unsure if he designed this calendar to show his amazing skills at crafting a pop up calendar for each month or he is looking to mass produce these calendars. Either way I would want one for my desk at work.

I would have to say though that his website is well designed and he shows pictures of each month and also shows you the making of one of the calendars. Even though the site is in German it is still pretty easy to navigate. If you want to see more pictures of the calendars check them out here.

faltjahr 2010 from yohann on Vimeo.

"In computer graphics and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDR is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows." - From Wikipedia.

If applied carefully, High Dynamic Range-technique (HDR) can create incredibly beautiful pictures which blur our sense of the difference between reality and illusion. HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography is a technique that is becoming very popular at the moment, an HDR photo is created using software such as Photoshop or Photomatix and produces images with more detail in the highlights and shadows.












Via: Smashing magazine,Wikipedia