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Wednesday 11 December 2013

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Saturday 2 November 2013

Anytime is ice cream time by Steve Cutts

Animation created in After Effects looking at life from the perspective of an ice cream. Music by Omega Clash.

Thursday 17 October 2013

See the other planets here: http://www.vimeo.com/channels/theplanets More at http://www.andymartin.info & http://www.twitter.com/handymartian "The kids on Planet Nine discover that the mix of superpowers and peer pressure is an accident waiting to happen." This is the ninth animation from my ongoing illustration project 'Handymartian's Illustrated Aliens'. You can follow the progress of this project at http://www.illustratedaliens.tumblr.com/ where I am uploading a new alien illustration every day, building up to a monthly illustration of their planet. This planet was created during September 2013. Purchase a print of the planet here: http://www.society6.com/Handymartian/Planet-Nine_Print

Tuesday 15 October 2013

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Sunday 29 September 2013

Good Books - Metamorphosis by Buck

It is not very often that we have the opportunity to create a graphic equivalent of a drug fueled rant bringing all of our collective skills to bear. And it is almost unfathomable that we could actually do something like this and benefit a good cause. The Buck team dug deep, channeling our inner gonzo, to direct and produce this homage promoting Good Books, the online bookseller that passes all its profits through to Oxfam. A big thanks to String Theory in NZ for bringing us this script, Antfood for their amazing audio stylings, to Thor for giving his voice and to all the artists who made this something we are proud of. Visit: http://www.usegoodbooks.com DISCLAIMER: What you will see is an entirely fictional and completely unendorsed representation. [Though we humbly suggest Hunter S Thompson might have liked it.] We are devoted fans paying homage. No disrespect is intended. CREDITS Concept by String Theory Directed by Buck Creative Director: Ryan Honey Executive Producer: Maurie Enochson Producers: Nick Terzich, Alyssa Evans, Emily Rickard Coordinator: Ben Tucker Associate Creative Director: Joshua Harvey CG Supervisor: Doug Wilkinson Animation Director: Steve Day Art Director: Joe Mullen Designers: Joshua Harvey, Joe Mullen, George Fuentes, Trevor Conrad, Jenny Ko, Jon Gorman 2D Animators: Joe Mullen, Harry Teitelman, John MacFarlane, Jamal Otolorin, Joshua Harvey, William Trebutien, Matt Everton, Taik Lee, Tristan Balos, Regis Camargo, Kendra Ryan, George Fuentes, Trevor Conrad, Jahmad Rollins, Matthew Wade 3D Artists: Jens Lindgren, Timm Wagener, Kai Wang, Joao Rema, Albert Omoss, Joshua Harvey, Christine Li, Kelsey Charlton, Ana Luisa Santos Compositors: Nick Forshee, Alex Perry, Joshua Harvey, Joe Mullen, Moses Journey, Matt Lavoy, Jenny Ko, Helen Hsu, Elizabeth Steinberg, Adam Smith Music and Sound Design: Antfood Voiceover Artist: Thor Erickson Software: Flash, After Effects, Maya Client: Good Books Agency: String Theory

Wednesday 11 September 2013

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Tuesday 10 September 2013

Land by masanobu hiraoka

Directed by Masanobu Hiraoka Music & Sound design: Aimar Molero http://www.aimar-molero.com/ Voice: Marina Herlop

Sunday 25 August 2013

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Tuesday 20 August 2013

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Sunday 18 August 2013

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Saturday 17 August 2013

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Sunday 11 August 2013

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Thursday 8 August 2013

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Tuesday 9 July 2013

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Friday 5 July 2013

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Sunday 23 June 2013

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Thursday 20 June 2013

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Sunday 9 June 2013

You're unlikely to finish reading this article

Have you ever loaded an article, intended to read it, but not even made it past the first paragraph? You're not alone. According to Slate columnist Farhad Manjoo, only a small number of internet readers are reading web articles to the end, and he has the statistics to prove it. Teaming up with web analytics company Chartbeat, Manjoo analyzed how Slate's website visitors interacted with its content, identifying that more 38 percent of readers immediately "bounced" — meaning they left without reading a single thing on the page. Of those that stayed, half of them didn't make it past the first 100 words. Manjoo also explores the correlation between scroll depth and social media sharing and identifies where and when people are likely to...

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Friday 7 June 2013

Everything You Need to Know About Gmail's New, Super-Confusing Layout

If you haven't heard yet, Gmail is rolling out a new tabbed interface for the inbox on both desktop and mobile. At first glance, this looks great for email organization. On further inspection, these new tabs are confusing as hell. Here's how to make sense of the new tabs and customize them for your own filters.

How the New Tabbed Interface Works

<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFf7dlewJus'> </a> Google describes the new tabs as a way to "put you back in control so that you can see what's new at a glance and decide which emails you want to read and when." You get five optional tabs, described by Google below. Google automatically sorts your inbox into these tabs using its special algorithms (essentially matching many of Gmail's existing <a href='http://lifehacker.com/5780132/gmail-smart-labels-are-automatic-inbox-filters-for-mass-messages'>Smart Labels</a>, which automatically filter incoming messages): <ul> <li>Primary: person-to-person conversations and messages that don't appear in other tabs</li> <li>Social: messages from social networks, media-sharing sites, online dating services, and other social websites</li> <li>Promotions: deals, offers, and other marketing emails</li> <li>Updates: personal, auto-generated updates including confirmations, bills, receipts, bills, and statements</li> <li>Forums: messages from online groups, discussion boards, and mailing lists</li> </ul> You can also choose to force starred emails from all tabs to display in the Primary tab (in addition to the other tab). <h4>How to Enable and Use the Tabs</h4> To enable the new tabbed view, go to the Gear icon and select "Configure inbox." Once you do that, you'll be prompted to choose which tabs to enable and Gmail will start doing its magic, auto-sorting your inbox. You can drag-and-drop emails from one tab to the next; when you do that, Gmail will ask if you want to create a filter for that sender to send messages in the future to that tab. Handy! It doesn't, however, move existing emails into that tab. You can also create your own filters to send emails into specific tabs, as we'll see below, but that's tricky if you don't understand how the new tabs differ from Gmail's existing labels and which messages get sorted into tabs. <h4>Why the Tabs Are So Confusing</h4> The tabs do give you a convenient way to automatically sort your inbox according to Gmail's preset categories and get notifications at a glance for when new emails come in. However, the tabbed view introduces a new, not-so-clear element in Gmail called "categories." <img alt="Everything You Need to Know About Gmail's New, Super-Confusing Layout" height="174" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18q31yrvwkj3xjpg/ku-medium.jpg" width="300"/> The tabs are based on these new categories. When you create a filter, in addition to being able to label a message, you can now categorize it as: Personal, Social, Updates, Promotions, or Forums from a drop-down box. These, as you see, match the tabs. The problem is, you already have labels that also match these categories. Gmail, for example, adds Social Updates, Promotions, and Forums as SmartLabels in the left menu. The "Notifications" SmartLabel corresponds to the Updates tab (I wonder why they didn't just call the tab Notifications), but SmartLabels are not the same as Categories. Gmail's pre-designed SmartLabel filters makes it seem like that, but they're really two different things. I also noticed one problem where certain messages would show up under a SmartLabel, but not a category. For example: Some auto-labeled "Notifications" didn't show up under my "Updates" tab. It turns out the tabs only include emails from your inbox, not archived emails. In other words, the tabs are really just another view of your inbox. You can have more emails in the corresponding label than in the tabs if some of those emails are archived. So, a few things we've discovered from testing: <ul> <li>If you have filters for daily deals emails and similar emails that would get categorized by Gmail as "Promotions" but have it set to skip the inbox (archive them), you won't see them in the Promotions tab unless you change those filters. The same goes for the other tabs.</li> <li>If you want to filter messages into a specific tab, you'll have to use the new "Categorize" option, not the labels.</li> <li>Gmail has added a new "Categories" label in the left menu with sub-labels for the categories, which match the tabs. In other words, all the messages under specific tabs are also in the corresponding Categories sub-label. Tip: If you want to briefly switch away from tabbed view and see all the emails at once across all the tabs, click on the Categories label.</li> <li>Now you'll have labels and categories with the same names. If you want to avoid confusion, you can just delete the old SmartLabels, since you can still access them through the categories in the sidebar. Alternatively, you could just hide them from the sidebar so they don't clutter it up.</li> <li>If you want to see the unread count for messages in the tabs, you have to click the Categories label name to expand the sub-labels. The tabs themselves only show when you have new messages, not the number of unread messages.</li> <li>Continuing on that theme, the unread count in the inbox label and browser tab only show the Primary tab number of unread messages, not all of your unread messages. <a href='http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/gmail/4Vn7xAWmdY4/9DwzujSP3dMJ'>That is by design</a>.</li> <li>As mentioned above, when drag-and-dropping across tabs, you can create a new filter for future messages. However, this doesn't work if you select multiple email messages and drag them, unfortunately.</li> <li>Confused yet? Gmail's SmartLabels aren't perfect, and neither are the tabs. Gmail has been consistently labeling some personal emails as Promotions and putting some promotional emails in the Primary tab for me. It also seems like there's a fine line between Social and Forums messages.</li> </ul> All of this said, it may be possible to harness the organizational power of the new tabbed interface to suit your needs better. <h3>How to Customize the Tabs with Your Own Filters</h3> As mentioned above, you can now create your own filters to categorize messages, thus putting them in one of these tabs. So if you have no use for the "Forums" tab, you can instead use it to collect messages from specific senders or keywords. Unfortunately, there's no way to change the tab name. The key is to make sure the filter doesn't overlap an existing filter that might counteract what you're trying to do. For example, you can't have "Skip the inbox" on a matching filter, otherwise it won't appear in the tabs at all (since the tabs are organization for the inbox). To customize the tabs: <ol> <li>Create a new filter for the messages you want moved to one of the tabs. (For example, since I have no use for the Social tab on my work email, I'm using it instead to store emails I send to myself from my personal email address. In the search box, I put in "from:[my email address]" and click the down arrow in the search box to find the "Create filter with this search" link.)</li> <li>In the filter options in the next screen, choose the category that matches the tab for the "Categorize as" option. (E.g., I chose "Categorize as: Social.")</li> <li>You'll also have to check "Exclude from SmartLabels" just in case Gmail tries to categorize your email differently (as it did for one of my test emails to myself). Then hit "Create filter."</li> <li>If you also want to prevent Gmail auto-categorizing other messages in that tab, you could also go into your Settings > Filters and scroll to the bottom for the SmartLabel Filters and disable or edit the corresponding filter. However, do this with caution, as it seems there's no easy way to restore the built-in filter. It might be better to configure Gmail's SmartLabels so they skip the inbox and thus skip your tabs. About.com's Email site has the <a href='http://email.about.com/od/gmailtips/qt/How-To-Configure-Gmail-Smartlabels.htm'>list of each SmartLabel</a> (e.g., "label:^smartlabel_promo" for Promotions). When creating your filter, search for that "label:^" term to filter it out as you'd like.</li> </ol> At the very least, the new "Categorize as:" filter can help you correct any Gmail errors when it comes to SmartLabels. For example, by creating a filter to categorize fellow Lifehacker editors' emails as "Personal," they now appear in my Primary tab, instead of, oddly, the Promotions or Forums one. They're still strangely "Smart"Labeled as Promotions, but at least they're in the right tab. Thinking about Gmail's new tabs, SmartLabels, regular labels, and filters can feel like you're trying to solve an annoying circular reference error in Excel. However, the new tabbed view might come in handy if you know how to harness it. And, if it's not for you, it's easy enough to <a href='http://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-the-old-non-tabbed-gmail-inbox-back-510493753'>get back the old, non-tabbed view</a> if you prefer that Priority Inbox or other option.<img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/lifehacker/vip/~4/5DTu1nRBTts" width="1"/> via Lifehacker

Thursday 6 June 2013

How I Taught Myself to Code in Eight Weeks

To a lot of non-developers, learning to code seems like an impossibly daunting task. However, thanks to a number of great resources that have recently been put online for free— teaching yourself to code has never been easier. I started learning to code earlier this year and can say from experience that learning enough to build your own prototype is not as hard as it seems. In fact, if you want to have a functioning prototype within two months without taking a day off work, it’s completely doable.

Below, I’ve outlined a simple path from knowing nothing about software development to having a working prototype in eight weekends that roughly mirrors the steps I took.

Introduce Yourself to the Web Stack (10 Minutes)

The presence of unfamiliar terminology makes any subject seem more confusing than it actually is. Yipit founder/CEO Vin Vacanti has a great overview of some of the key terms you’ll want to be familiar with in language you’ll understand.

Get an Introductory Grasp of Python and General Programming Techniques (1 Weekend)

Learn Python the hard way : Despite the title, the straightforward format makes learning basic concepts really easy and most lessons take less than 10 minutes. However, I found that the format didn’t work as well for some of the more advanced topics, so I’d recommend stopping after lesson 42 and moving on.

Google’s Python class : Read the notes and / or watch the videos and do all of the associated exercises until you get them right—without looking at the answers. Struggling through the exercises I kept getting wrong was the best learning experience. I would have learned far less had I just looked at the answers and tried to convince myself that I understood the concepts.

These two resources are somewhat substitutable and complementary. I recommend doing the first few lessons from both to see which you like better. Once you’ve finished one, skim through the other looking for concepts you aren’t fully comfortable with as a way to get some extra practice.

Get an Introductory Understanding of Django (1 Weekend)

Work through the Django tutorial.

Delete all your code.

Work through the tutorial again, from scratch.

The first time I went through the tutorial I inevitably ended up just following the instructions step-by-step without really understanding what each step did since everything felt so new.

The second time through I wasn’t as focused on the newness of the concepts was better able to focus on understanding how all the parts work together.

Get a Deeper Understanding of Python/General Programming Concepts (2-4 Weekends)

Udacity’s intro CS class: Udacity’s courses are generally 7 session classes (2-3 hours per session) that you can at your own pace. (I’m a huge fan of Udacity’s pedagogy and recommend the intermediate programming class or the web development class as follow-ups to this two-month curriculum.)

Unit 1 of MIT’s intro CS course : Really well taught and surprisingly approachable.

Again, I would sample each and see which you like the best. I ended up doing both but that was probably overkill.

Practice Building Simple Web Applications (1 Weekend)

Work through a few of the exercises in Django by example. These exercises don’t hold your hand quite as much as the Django tutorial but they still provide a fair bit of guidance so I found it to be a nice way to start taking the training wheels off.

Build Your Prototype (1 Weekend)

Build a prototype in just one weekend? Yes, you’ll be embarrassed by what it looks like (I sure was) but that’s the whole point.

That’s it. Eight weekends (or less) and you’ve gone from zero to a functioning prototype. Not so daunting after all is it?

Author's Note: It goes without saying that there's a huge difference between the relatively cursory amount of knowledge needed to build a simple prototype (the focus of this post) and the depth of knowledge and experience needed to be a truly qualified software engineer. If you want to learn all that it takes to build modern web applications at scale, getting professional web development experience at a fast-growing startup like Yipit is a great next step. If you’re smart, hard-working, and passionate about creating amazing consumer web experiences drop us a line at jobs@yipit.com—we’re always looking for great people to join our team.

How I Taught Myself to Code in 8 Weeks | Yipit Django Blog

David Sinsky started at Yipit without any prior coding knowledge. Before long, he was a full developer contributing features directly into the code base.

Yipit collects local deals and online sales from thousands of sources and puts them in one place. Over 1 million people use Yipit to get a daily digest of the deals in their city and the online sales from the stores they follow.

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Wednesday 5 June 2013

Kittens Doing Escher

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Wednesday 29 May 2013

This 20-Minute Supercut Of Cinematic Video Game References Is A Saga

<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6OT5D2M6VeA'> </a> Hollywood sure does love a good video game reference, as evidenced by this remarkably thorough supercut of cinematic video game references and arcade appearances edited by <a href='http://www.buzzfeed.com/travisrandg'>Travis Greenwood</a> and <a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/brettramone'>Brett Roberts</a> for <a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/Slacktory?feature=watch'>Slacktory</a>. I cannot even begin to imagine the research that went into this. That must've been fun. They even managed to get <a href='http://kotaku.com/5893643/in-this-hilarious-dystopian-future-gang-wars-are-fought-with-dance-dance-revolution'>The FP </a> in there!<img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kotaku/vip/~4/XYw-gF7f5xI" width="1"/> via Kotaku

New Anita Sarkeesian Video Calls Out Gaming's 'Women in Refrigerators'

<a href='http://www.feministfrequency.com/'> Feminist Frequency</a> blogger/video host Anita Sarkeesian is back with the second in her "Tropes vs. Women in Games" series, in which she analyzes sexist tropes in video games. The <a href='http://bit.ly/WxfAEL'>first video in the series</a> looked back at the origins of the "Damsel in Distress" trope, focusing mostly on Nintendo games. The new video puts more recent games under the damsel-scope. Heads-up: The video contains spoilers for a lot of games. Sarkeesian has posted a list of games mentioned in an annotation at the beginning of the video. Sarkeesian first gained national attention when she launched a <a href='http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/566429325/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games'>Kickstarter campaign</a> to raise money for the series and was subsequently subjected to a <a href='http://kotaku.com/5923224/rather-than-hide-from-the-hate-her-gaming+and+sexism-series-is-geting-online-anita-sarkeesian-wants-to-expose-it'>prolonged, intense online harassment campaign</a><a href='http://kotaku.com/5989286/heres-anita-sarkeesians-first-tropes-vs-women-in-games-video'>.</a> That harassment inadvertently contributed to her massive Kickstarter success—her goal had been to raise $6,000 and she wound up with almost $160,000. Sarkeesian later <a href='http://kotaku.com/5980335/anita-sarkeesians-first-tropes-vs-women-in-games-video-may-come-out-next-month-but-her-tumblrs-live-now?tag=anitasarkeesian'>explained to Kotaku </a> how the extra money helped her increase the project's scope; that initially resulted in some delays, but she now appears to be full-steam ahead. Give it a watch. Update: It appears that the video has been pulled from YouTube. We're looking into what's going on and will update when we know more, or when there's a new version of the video online. Update 2: Sarkeesian has addressed the issue <a href='https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/339493333929959426'>on</a> <a href='https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/339493774390607873'>Twitter</a>: <blockquote> Looks like my harassers abused YouTube's flag function to get my new Tropes vs Women video removed. Not the first time it's happened. We are looking into the issue and will update you all as soon as we know the full story and can get the video restored. </blockquote> Update 3: The video has been restored. Sarkeesian <a href='http://twitter.com/femfreq/status/339506260867170304'>says that she appealed YouTube's Terms of Service takedown action</a>, apparently successfully. Update 4: YouTube has attributed the brief takedown to human error, sending Kotaku the following statement: <blockquote> "With the volume of videos on our site, sometimes we make the wrong call. We have an <a href='http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=185111'>appeals process</a> in place for users, and when it's brought to our attention that a video has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it."</blockquote> On a phone call, a YouTube spokesperson explained that all YouTube content is screened by their staff, though not always immediately after the videos are posted, and that while a high number of flags can cause a video to move up the list for review, flags alone can't get a video pulled. <img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kotaku/vip/~4/Wv7zBxfxItc" width="1"/> via Kotaku

Wednesday 22 May 2013

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Saturday 18 May 2013

Oh Hey, It's a Naked Man on a Scooter, Carrying a Crucifix

It's not everyday you see a naked man riding a scooter with giant cross.

Warning: This article has content some readers might find objectionable.

Last month, Kotaku brought word of a Beijing man who ran through the streets nude while carrying a sex doll. Online in China, the images soon went viral, and one Chinese blogger compared the incident to a real-life Temple Run.

This month, the same gentleman returned; however, this time he was carrying a huge crucifix. According to Chinese social networking sites, he was once again spotted in Beijing's Wangjing area, which is known as the city's Koreatown and which also houses many tech companies.

The Chinese media even reported this latest incident by the "Wingjing Streaker". Besides the dash, there was also a buck-naked moped ride. Both with a giant crucifix.

Last night on social networking site Sina Weibo, a man Li Binyuan admitted that he was the Wingjing Streaker. "I've done this about ten times," Li admitted. "So far, only six times have been recorded and put online by spectators."

Photos of the Wangjing Streaker started to go viral in China last month.

Li, a graduate of the prestigious China Central Academy of Fine Arts, works as an artist in China. He's still young and is still trying to make a name for himself. But this isn't necessarily an art project per se—though, it certainly does have elements of performance art.

"At first, it all started because I was bored and this seemed fun," said Li. "Later, it just became something to do." Li said that he had hit a wall with his work and was frustrated. He needed a release, and for him, streaking fulfilled that.

"Every time I finish a run, I always check online to see what people online are saying about me," said Li. "The internet creates such a wonderful way to interact, and I really want to see what others think of this thing I'm doing. It makes conversation online."

Li's art can break the public and private spaces in arresting ways. For example, in 2010, Li had himself filmed on the subway in China as he brushed his teeth, washed his face, and then lathered up to shave his face with a razor. He even brought a bottle of water, a cup, and a bowl so he could gargle and wash up after he finished. All this occurred on a crowded subway. Onlookers either ignored Li or took digipics.

While there's probably no law against brushing your teeth or shaving on a train, public nudity is a crime in China. Li doesn't think what he did was wrong, adding that when people are stressed out, they need to cut loose. A Beijing lawyer named Liu Xiaoyuan is quoted as saying this is illegal, but added that since the incidents occurred at night (and perhaps didn't disturb the peace), criminal charges are unlikely.

After admitting he was the Wangjing Streaker, Li wrote online this was the last time he will run naked in public, saying, "I'm done. Bye-bye."

北京の韓国人街に「十字架を担いだ全裸の男」、深夜街を駆け回る姿が目撃される―中国報道 [新华网]

望京再现男子扛十字架裸奔 [组图]

一号线上 [东方视觉]

Eric Jou contributed to this article.

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Friday 17 May 2013

This Model Truck Is a Japanese Arcade...On Wheels!

Spotted by Frankie from Hobby Media , this intersting "Game Box Truck" model is a mobile arcade. For my money, a vehicle with arcade games sure beats an ice cream truck!

Model's art is above, and here is a look at the acutal piece:

The 1/24 scale "Game Box Truck" is priced at 1890 yen (US$18) and will be out this June in Japan.

Check out more on Hobby Media. Links below.

Aoshima Game Center: il camion salagiochi! [Hobby Media]

Aoshima: GameCenter Truck - Fiera di Shizuoka 2013 [Hobby Media]

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Yuko Shimizu's art is like a cooler version of your wildest dreams

You've probably admired the work of award-winning artist Yuko Shimizu before — her art has adorned some covers of Vertigo Comics' The Unwritten as well as some great book covers and illustrations at Tor.com. But when you see a bunch of her gorgeous work all in one place, it's pretty mind-blowing.

Shimizu posted a new portfolio recently over at Behance, showing her work illustrating everything from steampunk to lush fantasy to space opera — and it's all united by a particular design sense as well as bright, thrilling imagery.

Check out some of our favorite images below, and tons more at the links. [Yuko Shimizu at Behance, via Comic Book Resources]