Safety is definitely a huge factor if you are planning on getting a motorcycle. Well, considering there is a huge amount of customization going on for motorcycles, why not put your personal touch on your helmet as well. Especially if its something bad ass like an Iron Man custom paint job. Safety is definitely key, but you shouldn’t have to give up style. Just don’t be a douche and put some lame ass fluorescent colored plastic mohawk on your helmet. Thats just tasteless and… well I guess douchey.
Hit the jump to check out some geek motorcycle helmets.
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IGN resident geek gamer “hot girl”, Jessica Chobot put her boobies up for a great cause. Well kinda… In support of the Keep-A-Breast foundation to promote breast cancer awareness, Jessica had her goodies cast in plaster and Sony artist, Erik San Juan than painted the cast in the theme of God of War III who he actually worked on.
Several months ago, I was approached to work with IGN staff writer and videogame vixen Jessica Chobot on a project to promote breast cancer awareness, through a non-profit foundation called Keep-A-Breast.
Keep-A-Breast’s fundraising efforts include plaster casts taken from stars and then painted over by artists to be auctioned for charity. I was tasked with giving Jessica’s cast a “God of War” flavor as I am one of a few artists from different studios who will be working with Jessica to represent the video game community.
Jessica and Erik’s creation is on display at Gnomon Gallery in Los Angeles in an “Art of God of War III” exhibit and will be auctioned off in the near future. Boobs and charity? I’m down.
Hit the jump to check out more pix of Jessica and the GOW III “breast plate” art piece!
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Yesterday, AICN revealed what may be the conceptual artwork of actor Chris Evans in the Captain America suit for the movie. Many have speculate whether these were legit or not, but even with AICN claiming it is, there is still much to debate about. One thing fans are not debating over is how fucking rad the costume really looks. Staying true to the comics, the conceptual art of Cap sports the patriotic red, white, blue. Unlike, the X-Men movies, the costume designs were not “reimagined” for the big screen. Even after all that hub-bub regarding the legitimacy of the art, Collider dropped the conceptual art of actor Chris Hemsworth in the Thor costume. CRAZY! Comparing the two, it is obvious that the art was done by the same group and there is still no real official word coming from the studios or Marvel whether these are real, but you can only hope.
Iron Man can be a great example of a truly beautiful recreation of a costume from the comics. Adi Granov modern Iron Man artwork has been responsible for what we see in the theatres today. Of course an red and gold Iron Man suit seems a bit more realistic than a red, white and blue tights or a hammer wielding dude in a cape and helmet, but you have to believe that the creative minds behind these movies are going to do their best to make the films right. On the other hand, there was Elektra, Daredevil, Punisher War Zone, etc. etc. etc….. Orz.
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Sporting a pimped out Toyota Corolla Axio, Team Evangelion made their debut (back in early May) at the 3rd round of the Super GT racing series which was held at Fuji Speedway Circuit. Even with a highly respectable ninth place finish, the real crowd pleaser was by race queens, Noa Mizutani and Yuuna Chiba. Donning “race queen” version of the entry plug suits made famous in Gainex’s Neon Genesis Evangelion anime, these gals where the perfect duo to compliment the EVA Unit 01 inspired race car. Even the driver’s race suits are designed to look like Shinji Ikari’s entry plug suit as well. Lately, a lot of anime studios and merchandise companies has become very fond of sponsoring Super GT race teams so why not have Rei and Asuka cheering on their team track side? With these lovely cosplay race queens at the races, I doubt people will be paying much attention to the race. Just in case you were wondering, Noa is cosplaying Rei Ayanami (on right) and Yunna is Asuka Langley Soryu (on left).
Considering, I’ve been a huge fan of NASCAR and World Rally Championship, I kinda wish there was a possibility of something like “Team EVA” making it over to the United States. I would definitely be more interesting to watch in my opinion. I would rather look at couple cute race queens in sexy costumes versus some drunk ass douche in a sweaty fucking sleeveless shirt with a huge beer belly. Bleh~
Hit the jump to check out more pix of the race queens of Team Evangelion!
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Thunder, Thunder, THUNDERCATS, HO!
Following sad news over the murder of Stephen Perry (who was the original writer of the 80’s cartoon), there is some great news coming out of Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Animation is currently on the fast track in producing a brand new ThunderCats animated series for Cartoon Network. What interesting will be the fact that WBA will be hookin’ up with Japanese animation studio, Studio4°C for the new series. Studio4°C is the studio that contributed to Animatrix, Batman Gotham Knights, and Halo Legends.
“We at Studio4°C are excited to be in this creative partnership with Warner Bros. Animation to bring ‘ThunderCats’ to life,” said Eiko Tanaka, President and CEO, Studio4°C. “This collaboration combines the strengths of our two companies – high production values and great storytelling – toward reintroducing this classic fan-favorite to a new audience.”
This is definitely going to be a new type of ThunderCats and most likely be a bit different from what we remember from our childhood. It may concern many that an “anime” version of ThunderCats may not be as good as the original, but if you are aware of the quality of animation coming out of Japan, you can bet that these ThunderCats will be kickin’ some major ass. I wonder when the SilverHawks will get their turn…
Hit the jump to check out a teaser pix of the new ThunderCats and the official press release by WBA!
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