Awesome Artists Issue #2: belldandies

9 October 2009 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Eye Candy

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flatness is god.

I think is it is pretty common feature now on igeektrooper to spotlight the work of some very talented artists. This this around, it is my turn and I wanted to feature an artist I have been following for couple years now. Known as belldandies (aka. adi.s.) on DeviantArt, belldandies is a brilliant graphic arts who work features vector-style graphics with simple (but deep) color schemes. Unfortunately, even after hours and hours of searching, there is very information about who belldandies actually is. Other than the fact that he resides in San Francisco, the rest is pretty much a mystery.  Some of the most popular work he has done is based on comic and sci-fiction characters. He has given characters such as G.I. Joe’s Baroness, X-Men’s Jean Grey and Storm, and Dave Steven’s The Rocketeer the “belldandies” treatment. belldandies’ vector art style is beautifully elegant and haunting while his meticulous use of various levels of red and black gives the art a vibrant personality. If the world was flat, belldandies would be king.

Hit the jump to see more of belldandies stunning work!

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Epic DIY: Fallout 3 AER9 Laser Rifle by Volpin Props

9 October 2009 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Eye Candy, Fans Strike Back

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What would you do if you were knee deep in baddies in a post-apocalyptic Washington D.C.?  Freakin’ shoot everything that moves of course! Your weapon of choice would have to be the military grade AER9 laser rifle, which is also the weapon used by “The Brotherhood of Steel” and the “Enclave” in Bethesda Game Studio’s epic action RPG, Fallout 3.

What?! You don’t have an AER9 laser rifle? Go make one then! Over a span of 30 hours, Master craftsmen and graphic artist, Harrison Krix of Volpin Props (located in Atlanta, Georgia) designed and fabricated a full scale replica of the AER9 laser rifle out of wood. WOOD I say!!! Even though it is not made of titanium like in the game, Harrison’s wooden replica is quite wicked to look at. Due to Harrison’s amazing attention to detail and “heavy weathering” painting technique, the finished product looks like the real thing.

I am quiet envious of Harrison as the best thing I ever made of wood was an pencil holder (which ended up being used as an ashtray) in woodshop class in middle school. My hat helmet off to you Mr. Krix for your amazing work! Hit the jump to see a closer in depth look to how it was made!

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Puff! the Magic iPhone App (I Feel Dirty…)

8 October 2009 Eric Kwun | Posted in: FACEPALM, Fans Strike Back, I Heart Collectibles

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While I was eating lunch, I was browsing through one of my favorite blog sites (toplessrobot.com) today to come upon an iPhone app that made me go “WTF!” and at the same time made me want to take a shower to get clean from the perverse nature of it. Introducing, Puff!. Originating from Japan, this little iPhone app lets the user interact with a pretty gal on the screen. Unfortunately, the interaction requires the user to either blow into the screen or rub the screen upward. Now you may ask, what exactly does these actions do? Well….errr…. I’ll let you find out for yourself. Hit the jump to see Puff! in action and make sure to turn the shower on before you do cause you definitely need it.

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Taiwan’s Transformers Military

8 October 2009 Eric Kwun | Posted in: BREAKING!, FACEPALM, This is Epic!

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If this Taiwan, you be dead.

Taiwan… Why are you so bad ass? In an attempt to promote and celebrate Taiwan’s Recruitment Center of National Armed Forces, Taiwan released a 60 second commercial featuring the country’s various armed forces such as the army, air force, and navy. To make it more interesting and “hip”, the commercial also features a ton of Transformer-like mechas. It is pretty obvious that this is a blatant rip-off of Michael Bay’s Transformers, but who gives a shit. I am only disappointed that the United States military didn’t think of this first. On a sidenote,  if Taiwan DID have a fighting force of mechas, would they become a global military threat? I think not. If these mechas are anything like the toys or electronics Taiwan produces, most likely they will fall apart and crap out after two or three days. USA! USA! USA! Hit the jump to see this crazy commerical!

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Geek Chic: Robots Are Perverted. Lonely Robot Dirty Mind by injosh

8 October 2009 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Geek Chic

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Men and women think about sex ALL the time. Apparently, this is also the case with robots like Transformers and Gundams. Threadless.com designer/artist Joshua Winship Carpenter (AKA injosh) from Flushings, New York created a bitchin’ piece called “Lonely Robot Dirty Mind”. Here we have a Gundam/Optimus Prime mash-up lookin’ robot thinking about the “A” and B”s. What a perv.

The tees are available for both men and women and the designs are printed on navy American Apparel tees. Comfortable!

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It’s the Great Darth Vader Pumpkin!

7 October 2009 Eric Kwun | Posted in: BREAKING!, Eye Candy

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Gawd damn I love October and Halloween! It was a matter of time before Star Wars jack-o-lantern pictures were going to start flooding on the web. An arts and crafts store in Roseville, Minnesota had on display a life size statue of Darth Vader and Jedi Master Yoda made of carved and painted pumpkins. Other than the perverse way that Lord Vader is holding his lightsaber and that fact that it looks like someone punched him right in the face, my hat helmet off to the artist. It was a good try.

Source: gizmodo

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Lightning, Snow, and Vanille. OH MY! Final Fantasy XIII Play Arts Kai

7 October 2009 Eric Kwun | Posted in: I Heart Collectibles

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Let face it. We all have been waiting for Square Enix to release Final Fantasy XIII for 35434384 years now and every time we get so close to the release date that we can actually smell the scent of Lightning’s shampoo, Square Enix pulls the rug from under us and slams us with more news of delays and what not. Well, considering Final Fantasy XIII is NOW scheduled for Spring of 2010, we get some better news with Square Enix’s release of Final Fantasy XIII Play Arts ~Kai~ action figures. Releasing late February, Square Enix Products (the merchandise division of Square Enix) is planning to release 3 action figures and 1 vehicle. The first wave of FFXIII action figures will Lightning, Snow Villiers, and Oerba Dia Vanille (These names make me crave ice cream for some reason).

Square Enix’s Play Arts -Kai- figures are an improved version of their popular Play Arts action figure series. With a larger scale, a greater attention to detail, more articulation points, and additional parts, these are their finest action figure yet. Based on Final Fantasy XIII, the highly-anticipated role-playing game coming to the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 in Spring 2010, these figures of Lightning, Snow Villiers, and Oerba Dia Vanille feature detailed sculpts taken directly from Square Enix’s CGI designs. Window box packaging.

If you are a collector of Square Enix toys like I am, you already know that their action figures are one of the best THE BEST action figures on the market. SQEX’s attention to detail and craftsmenship is top notch and the quality of their products is unmatched in the market. Shit, not only do I have to wait for the game, now I have to wait for these figures. Thanks SQEX. BAH!

Hit the jump to see a close up of these bitchin’ collectibles!

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