April 25, 2013

Things to Click on

The Internet is full of infinite beauty and horribleness... (mostly horribleness)
Here's some nice stuff that's caught my fancy as of late:

Been watching some interesting documentaries lately:
This was a great doc that starts out about female superheroes in comics but then expands into a greater discussion about women's representation in popular culture and media. 
http://wonderwomendoc.com/

This was an eye opening documentary about five youths that were coerced by the police to admit guilt for a very serious crime they didn't commit.
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/centralparkfive/

Anita Sarkeesian's first video game video!
http://www.feministfrequency.com/2013/03/damsel-in-distress-part-1/
If you don't know the story behind this upcoming video series... please watch this video:
http://www.feministfrequency.com/2012/12/tedxwomen-talk-on-sexist-harassment-cyber-mobs/

Okay now some art stuff:
Did you see Emily's amazing cover for Paizo?:
http://fabledearth.blogspot.com/2013/03/animal-archive.html
Here's a post about the process:
http://fabledearth.blogspot.com/2013/04/animal-archive-process.html
I love how "fantasy" this head covering looks:

I'm a huge fan of Frederik Storm's 3d work. He's really pushing those shapes!
http://storm.cghub.com/images/

Wanna know what it looks like to wring out a wet towel in zero gravity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFPvdNbftOY

The new Neil Blomkamp movie, Elisium looks amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIBtePb-dGY

That's it, happy clicking!

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