There are many reasons why I wanted this dope zine, but the top two are it’s about UFOs and it’s full of infographics. The number of Americans who believe they have been abducted, number of UFO Shapes reported in 2008, and the number of sightings a month are some of the inographics featured in the zine.
Among the infographics are various articles, quotes, illustrations, and photos dealing with UFOs. More often than not these articles, photos, and illustrations are distorted and blacked-out. This gives the viewer the feeling that we don’t have all the information, something that fits the zine really well.
You can pick up a copy of the zine on Vanessa Lam’s site for five bones.
I love animated gifs! Below are some really rad animated gifs collected from various sites on the interwebs. It looks like a mess of fighting animations below and I think that makes them even more amazing.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were an amazing inspiration to me growing up. I always imagined them kickin’ butt in the stick figure wars I drew as a kid. There have been many more TV shows and films since the ’87 animated series, most of them amazing. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that all the different incarnations of the turtles would team up.
Well they have, in Turtles Forever. Turtles Forever puts the original comic book turtles, the ’87 turtles, and the ’00 turtles together for one amazing adventure. The movie is really rad, you can check out the trailer below and for the time being watch the director’s cut of the movie here. Check it out if you get a chance.
Free Doodles IV is a zine of doodles that you can print out and make yourself. It’s super easy to make and only requires one sheet of paper. Find out how to make one below.
Second, download the zine. By the way you’re gonna need Acrobat Reader to view and print these files.
Third, constructing the zine:
I. Print the first page of the zine. If part of the zine is cropped rotate the way it’s printed. Also don’t select shrink to fit.
II. Print the second page on the opposite side.
III. Fold it. Rather than trying to explain how to fold it and fail watch this video, or this video, or this video.
There you go, you have yourself a one page zine. If you would like to contribute to future Free Doodles zines go here. Stay rad.
I really love projects that involve people making things everyday! Hey Studios started one of these projects earlier this month, Hey Characters.
Hey Characters is part of a Christmas calender Hey Studios is creating. The one below is of Miyagi San. Other characters they have illustrated include: Robocop, Hulk Hogan, and Sloth. New illustrations are posted daily till the 30th, so make sure you check back. They also have a ton of other amazing work, check that out if you get a chance.
Hand painted things are always amazing and inspiring! Matthew Dent and Benita Goder have started an amazing project, The Puzzle Shop, where they hand paint puzzles. I love how simple and amazing the idea is! The puzzles in the shop currently all cost around £15, which is really cheap for hand painted art. Matthew also announced today that other artists will be contributing to the project in 2010. Contributes will include Gemma Correll, Simon Wild, Ben and Fi O’Brien, Jason Devine, and Ollie Munden. I love when people get together for projects like this!
