Wednesday, September 28, 2011

OH MY GOD ... REALLY? BRIDLEMAIDS!

This is no joke here people. This right here is an actual billboard made by the hub (a children's channel) for the hit show My Little Pony Friendship is Magic in the same style and format as the hit Rated R comedy Bridesmaids
Though I look at this I actually understand why this was made. The new  My Little Pony Friendship is Magic has become a fan base for not only it target audience, which are girls between the ages of 6 to 10 maybe, but it also has a fan base of both girls and boys of any age. Hence the new internet term Bronies.  And  Bridesmaids is an R rated movie which makes it look as though it's target audience are women, but form the actual movie poster is says "from the Producers of Superbad, Knocked Up, and 40-year-old Virgin"  which are looked at as guy movies.
Regardless of whether or not either of these movies are meant for men or women, I have friends that have watch all of these movies and enjoyed all them both in a guys point of view and a girls point of view. and the same can be said for this cartoon. i believe that the hub were aware of the crazy fan base this show has been getting and wanted to make an advertisement that the old and male fans know about it too in a some-what mature and funny way... or it could just be that they wanted to be ironic.
i actually look at this as art because it made me think. Not only dose it make me laugh seeing cutesy characters look like that there in the hood or something. but it made me think of the parallel fandom of both this cartoon and the movie that the billboard is portraying.          
           

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Artist Alley!

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/aalley

 at this website there are six bilp.tv videos where we see Doug Walker of the ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com go around at anime conventions looks at some of the art pieces form  anime fans and young artist on what they drew, why they did it, where they learned it, and what there style is.

There go animate and then ther REALLY GO ANIMATE.

This is an interesting look at how there are different looks to amateur animation programs. there's the one that looks simple and then there's the one that can go beyond the limits and can make it so professional.   

Alan Moores ARTIST Talks!









These videos explain how the artist that have worked with famous comic book writer Alan Moore.  In this they both draw a sample of a character of the book that they worked with. Kevin O’Neil draws Mr. Hyade from the league of extraordinary Gentlemen, and Melinda Gebbie draws Dorothy from Lost girls.  As you watch them when they get there screen time they go into depth on why the charter is has these certain physical features and gives us background on what this character is suppose to represent in the story there in. I find this interesting because Alan Moore is the one you usually gives details about what the panel or character should look like, but this time were getting it from the actual artist.