Banksy Inside « The Drop Kings
The mysterious Banksy just released some new paintings on his website. You heard it right, Banksy painted on a canvas. All Banksy fans will appreciate. Here are a few of my favourites.
artwork by lawrence yang
*UPDATE* - I've been working on a new site so haven't been keeping this up to date -- in the meantime if you'd like to see my latest work, please find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. And as always, you can email me with any questions! Thanks, Lawrence Prices for original work ranges from $200 to $1000. Please email me for more details. Limited edition prints are also available here. "Encounter" - ink and watercolor on paper - 20" x 16" - SOLD "Hydra" - sharpie on bristol- 24" x 17" - not for sale "Aqua Teen Triptych" - ink, watercolor and pastel on paper - each panel is 3" x 12" - SOLD "Tiny Space Ghost" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - SOLD "Tiny Space Ghost" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - $100 "Tiny Zorak" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - SOLD "Tiny Brak" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - SOLD "Rooster Tree" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 9" x 12" - $450 "Invasion" - gouache on mat board- 8" x 10" - $300
Dear Pixar: Leave 'Toy Story' alone
Because there is perhaps no longer any such thing as an untouchable or sacred property in Hollywood, not that there were many in the first place, Toy Story 4 is happening. It’s not surprising, what with 2010’s Toy Story 3 opening to near universal acclaim en route to crossing the billion-dollar mark worldwide. But for some viewers, it’s depressing all the same; for a franchise that started as a means of putting Pixar Studios on the map in 1995, heralding Disney’s new renaissance, audiences have come to feel an intimate connection with a film about friendship and sentient toys that also just happened to launch its own massive toy craze. This is ironic given the first film’s message about the importance of remaining loyal to one’s simple childhood diversions, even as toys were getting flashier and more elaborate with every passing year of the ‘90s. Perhaps most cynically (and appropriately), Disney revealed the film’s planned 2017 release in the midst of a conference call last week.
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11.20.11: A Weekly Gallery of Images
Accidental Mysteries is an online curiosity shop of extraordinary things, mined from the depths of the online world and brought to you each week by John Foster, a writer, designer and longtime collector of self-taught art and vernacular photography. “I enjoy the search for incredible, obscure objects that challenge, delight and amuse my eye. More so, I enjoy sharing these discoveries with the diverse and informed readers of Design Observer.” Editor's Note: All images are copyright of their original owners.
Is Pixar's Run of Greatness Over?
I’ve written before (more than once, I’m afraid) about the dispiriting decline of Pixar over the past few years. After a run of success over its first 11 films unparalleled by anything else in contemporary cinema—a run that culminated with the astonishing trifecta of WALL-E, Up, and Toy Story 3—the studio seems largely to have lost its way. It began with 2011’s Cars 2, the leading contender for the worst Pixar film to date. Things improved with Brave the following year, and then regressed again in 2013 with Monsters University. This summer proved to be the first since 2005 in which Pixar did not release a feature at all: The Good Dinosaur, which was slated for release in May—having already been relocated from a 2013 date—was pushed back yet again, until late next year. Which is a long way of saying that this week’s announcement that Pixar will be releasing another Toy Story installment in 2017 strikes me as very bad news indeed. The future slate looks still grimmer in this regard.
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Tackle Any Issue With a List of 100
The List of 100 is a powerful technique you can use to generate ideas, clarify your thoughts, uncover hidden problems or get solutions to any specific questions you’re interested in. The technique is very simple in principle: state your issue or question in the top of a blank sheet of paper and come up with a list of one hundred answers or solutions about it. “100 Ways to Generate Income”, “100 Ways to be More Creative” or “100 Ways to Improve my Relationships” are some examples. “One hundred entries? Bear with me: it’s exactly this exaggeration that makes the technique powerful. When starting your list you may believe that there’s no way to get it done. Unlike the related Idea Quota tool — whose primary goal is to acquire the habit of coming up with ideas — the goal of a List of 100 is to take your mind by surprise. Ground Rules There are only two simple principles to keep in mind when making Lists of 100: 1. This is the one crucial element for the technique to work. 2. 1. 2. 3.
What Google’s New Study Tells Us About Why People Go to the Movies
Nobody likes feeling irrelevant, and when steering people towards good movies and away from bad ones is part of how you make a living, it’s more than a little dispiriting when it seems no one’s listening. But if the grosses for Trans4mers and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 weren’t enough, now here’s this: Google conducted a study, analyzing nearly two years of search data, to determine what makes frequent moviegoers choose which movies they’ll see. As you may have guessed, the carefully composed missives of yours truly (and my critical brethren) don’t really figure into the equation. The study, which Google conducted with Millward Brown Digital, was focused on “how moviegoers research and choose the films they watch.” Now, the wording of this statistic should be carefully parsed, as that 39 percent figure is apparently a portion of the already narrowed-down demo of “moviegoers who use video sites to look for more information about a film.”
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50 Life Secrets and Tips
Memorize something everyday.Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment. Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options.Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions.Those who are heavy-set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are taken away from them or lost. Possessions do end up owning you, not the other way around. Read “Zen and the Art of Happiness” by Chris Prentiss.This book will give you the knowledge and instruction to be happy at all times regardless of the circumstances.
What ‘Mockingjay–Part 1′ Misses by Glossing Over Katniss’ Trauma
Throughout much of Mockingjay, the third novel in the Hunger Games series, the unraveling of Katniss Everdeen’s mind takes over the page. Even from the beginning, she strokes a pearl that Peeta found in the arena in Catching Fire and often repeats variations of her mantra: “My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. For the reader, Collins’ seesawing from another deeply violent or traumatic event for Katniss to still more pages of Katniss tweaking out as result of that event, can be enervating, even irritating. Finnick utters these words in the new film adaptation, too (Mockingjay–Part 1), but his statement has lost a little of its impact for the audience, mostly because onscreen we’ve seen less of Katniss’ messed-up mind. It’s a good adaptation. So, yes, seeing the story unfold onscreen improves the pacing of the book, adds more nail-biting suspense, and avoids getting mired in the minutiae of recovery from trauma.
