OnelargeprawnI don’t know much about graphic design but I do know what I like. And I love the art of Tadanori Yokoo. The 73-year old graphic designer is widely recognized as one of Japan’s most successful and influential artists.
Yokoo’s interests in mysticism and psychedelic art shaped his work and in the late 60s, he created a number of eclectic posters. Take a look at some of them below – click the embiggen.
See more after the jump.
Toronto-based jam comics collective Team Society League is made up of Aaron Costain, Zach Worton, and John Martz. They draw comics of questionable merit. See some in the gallery below.
Find more at Team Society League.
[via Drawn!]
After a hectically busy day, the night shows no signs of letting up. Whilst I try to gather the remains of my sanity, here are some after-dinner links.
In a cool concept by UK-based design studio Young, Learn Something Every Day posts some interesting facts accompanied by cute sketches. If nothing else it’s a fun way to burn a few minutes of your day. See some facts below.
If useless information can be mistaken for intelligence, then I feel smarter already ;-)
Find more trivia at Learn Something Every Day.
[via Buzzfeed]
It’s no secret that we’re fans of movie trailers here at Onelargeprawn, and I had intended to post these individually during the week. But now, for the sake of brevity and for your watching pleasure, I present to you Friday’s Mega Trailer Blowout! Admittedly there are only five trailers, but it took a mega-effort for my lazy-ass to compile this shit together. A simple thank you will suffice ;-)
Hit the jump to see trailers for Bronson, Zombieland, Dorian Gray, Inception, and Transforminators.
In one of the most striking music visualizations I’ve seen, the video for the single “Soy Tu Aire” by Spanish band Labuat lets you use the mouse to control the movement of an inked line as it moves across the canvas. The site records your effort and at the end of the song, you can re-play it.
It’s beautiful stuff. Check out Soy Tu Aire and let us know what you think.
Taking a turn for the bizarre, Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs got together with turntablist DJs the Scratch Perverts to make a head-spinning short film that takes beat creation to a scientific level. Check it out.
Visit Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs for production stills.
[via The Awesomer]
Paper War is a tower defense game that has you smiting enemy intruders with using your manhood, and by manhood, I mean a pencil. At the start, there is one type of tower available to you, but as the game progresses you’ll unlock new ones and more devastating pencil colours.
Play Paper Wars at Kongregate.
[via Zoomdoggle]
Receiving universal acclaim over at Metacritc, Batman: Arkham Asylum sees the dark knight trapped in the iconic psychiatric hospital by the Joker, who intends to throw a party with Batman as the guest of honour. With no option but to fight, Batman must use his gadgetry and ass-kicking abilities to battle Gotham’s worst villains, and ultimately unravel the Joker’s plan.
Batman: Arkham Asylum is expected to release in South Africa on September 9th and is priced from R604 (Kalahari.net). If your funds are running low or you just don’t feel like paying for the game then I’ve got good news for you. Our buddies over at PS3Blog are running a super competition where you could stand a chance of winning Batman: Arkham Asylum for Playstation 3 AND The Dark Knight on Blu-ray.
The competition ends on September 7th and is only open to South African residents. See the full deets at PS3Blog.
I’ve just received the best advice of the day. When you’re stressed out or having marital problems, the solution is low-tech and much much cheaper than a trip to the psychologist and a handful of Lorazepam. Check it out.
Durban folks, you me LOL!
[via the PS3ZA member Jakez777]