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About The Author - My name is Stirling McLaughlin. I am married. I am an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator. The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer. I have lots of ideas. I have a baby girl named Nika Bean. I live in New York City. When I was in college, they put me on TV because I wore a mask and yelled at people. I have a reality show that I wil be starting… any day now. - See My Portfolio
In case you missed it, this is a viral video for Absolut Vodka. I find it odd that a viral video can have a roaring tiger graphic and yet still be to subtle.
Now if they could only come up with a Takashi Murakami tablet…
About The Author - My name is Stirling McLaughlin. I am married. I am an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator. The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer. I have lots of ideas. I have a baby girl named Nika Bean. I live in New York City. When I was in college, they put me on TV because I wore a mask and yelled at people. I have a reality show that I wil be starting… any day now. - See My PortfolioHi all. Flat Ben here. You may have heard of Flat Stanley. Well, I’m kind of like him. I just spent the last week with my Aunt Dawn and Uncle Stirling in New York City. I can’t wait to tell you all about the things I did while I was there. I just hope I can remember it all! Here it goes…
Continue reading ‘Flat Ben Takes Manhattan!’
About The Author - My name is Stirling McLaughlin. I am married. I am an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator. The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer. I have lots of ideas. I have a baby girl named Nika Bean. I live in New York City. When I was in college, they put me on TV because I wore a mask and yelled at people. I have a reality show that I wil be starting… any day now. - See My PortfolioCopywriter Kate Lummus and I (along with invaluable support and insight from Misplaced Planet’s Shaun Boyle and Benni Pierce) created a TV spot that we had hoped would send us off to Southern France for a week of all expense paid, sunburned, glory.
Well, that didn’t happen Continue reading ‘Yes we Cannes? Sadly, no.’
About The Author - My name is Stirling McLaughlin. I am married. I am an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator. The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer. I have lots of ideas. I have a baby girl named Nika Bean. I live in New York City. When I was in college, they put me on TV because I wore a mask and yelled at people. I have a reality show that I wil be starting… any day now. - See My PortfolioSomeone (we don’t know who) nominated this video from Misplaced Planet to be in the Director’s Cut series. Check it out and see what you think.
Continue reading ‘Misplaced Planet on MetaCafé!’
Ben Kenney, famous rock star and long time personal friend (see what I did there?) has a new video out for his song “Eulogy”. In the video Ben plays the song “live” by playing each track in front of a camera and them combining them all in split screen. Check it out.
Continue reading ‘Ben Kenney “Eulogy”’
Earlier this week I wrote about Brian Savelson, a film maker and self styled animator who has been tearing around the globe promoting his award winning short “Counting Water”. Today I bring you another piece from Brian. This time it’s a music video from Band of Horses for the song “Is There a Ghost”.
Brian is showing himself as an exceptional and versatile storyteller. I can’t wait to see his next project!
About The Author - My name is Stirling McLaughlin. I am married. I am an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator. The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer. I have lots of ideas. I have a baby girl named Nika Bean. I live in New York City. When I was in college, they put me on TV because I wore a mask and yelled at people. I have a reality show that I wil be starting… any day now. - See My PortfolioDespite the Writer’s strike, Lost will return on Thursday, January 31st.
I, for one, am giddy.
Here is the Season 4 Trailer.
About The Author - My name is Stirling McLaughlin. I am married. I am an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator. The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer. I have lots of ideas. I have a baby girl named Nika Bean. I live in New York City. When I was in college, they put me on TV because I wore a mask and yelled at people. I have a reality show that I wil be starting… any day now. - See My Portfolio
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best… especially when they are so painstakingly executed.
Brian Savelson took some construction paper, some sand, and a digital still camera and turned it in to a masterpiece of stop motion animation. He accomplished all of this with almost no formal animation knowledge or experience. Just Brian, his camera, and a mind boggling attention for details.
Ironically the story centers around a woman who loses site of the big picture when she gets lost in the details. Clearly Brian, and his masterful script, has not.
Anyway, enjoy.
Anyone who knows me knows that I am crazy for wikis. I have a wiki devoted to my family’s genealogy. I have a wiki that I use for collaborating with coworkers. I even have a wiki that I use to keep notes on my various half-baked screenplays. So recently when I came across this Wikipedia band name game, well, you can imagine my excitement!
Sufjan Stevens, if you are reading this, I think I have your next concept album.
This has been circulating around a number of forums recently. I’m not sure where it originated. I certainly can’t take any credit myself. Therefore let us assume that, like Wikipedia, this is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
Here is how it works…
1. Go to Wikipedia. Select “Random article”.
This is your band name.
2. Select “Random article” again.
This is your album title.
3. Select “Random article” fifteen more times.
Those are your track titles.
This is what mine looks like:
Band Name:
Govind Swaroop
Album Title:
Sangihe Scops Owl
Track Listing:
5. Huthwaite
6. Hebron
8. La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, Quebec
9. USS Pickens (APA-190)
11. Ryan’s Rock Show
12. Hattiesburg (Amtrak station)
13. Captain Paul Ames
14. Sydney cockle
Enjoy!
About The Author - My name is Stirling McLaughlin. I am married. I am an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator. The opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer. I have lots of ideas. I have a baby girl named Nika Bean. I live in New York City. When I was in college, they put me on TV because I wore a mask and yelled at people. I have a reality show that I wil be starting… any day now. - See My Portfolio
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