Brain Bank (8/30)

I read a blog entry today that was all about showcasing examples of creative and unique resumes. Most of the people using these resumes work in one creative field or another so these resumes are a perfect way to showcase their creativity and imagination while still getting all of the normal resume stuff out there to employers. This particular image is from a foldable resume printed on cardboard. I think these are amazing ways to get your name out there and stick in people's minds.

Brain Bank (8/29)

I found this image on a blog post about this artist who makes amazing portrait carvings into discarded phonebooks. This particular image is Jimmy Carter and I think they are all amazing and awe inspiring. I love finding alternative and unique media in which people practice their art and creativity and this one is one of my favorites. The artist found such an awesome material in which to carve these images and they work perfectly.

Brain Bank (8/28)

I found this image from a website that is full of customized toys. The person who makes these customized toys created a set of Victorian Era Marvel super hero action figures and this particular action figure is of a Victorian Era Captain America. As I've posted about before, I'm very much into re-imagining stories, characters, settings, etc. in alternate genres or time periods and this is no exception. I love this minute man-esque Captain America; things like this always spark my imagination and just make me stare in awe.

Brain Bank (8/27)

This is an image of a modded xbox 360 that takes on the look of iron man. I love the way iron man looks and I think it transfers very well to the xbox facade. I love the color and the chrome look and I really love the blue glowing circle on the side of the xbox too.

Brain Bank (8/26)

This is an image of a new facade that someone built onto an original generation GameBoy. What I love about this is that it combines two of my favorite things, the genre of steampunk and game boy. I love all things steampunk and this is no exception. It makes everything look better because it's amazing to think of the possibility of such advanced technology being created using simple mechanical structures.

Brain bank (8/25)

This is an image that I found on a blog post featuring photo manipulation art. All of the images came from a particular artist who works primarily in photo manipulation. This is an image of a landscape and trees that has been manipulated and digitally enhanced to be very stylistic. To me it resembles starry night by Van Gogh.

Brain Bank (8/24)

This is the image that I found on an article featuring a new television being developed that features both 3D stereoscopic images and a touch screen interface. What I really find inspiring about this television is that it represents the future of home entertainment. We are moving toward a time when everything becomes completely interactive in every way and is connected to everything else and even if this particular television doesn't catch on, it still represents the direction we are heading.

Brain Bank (8/23)

http://yourmindblown.com/post/988135623/after-making-1-4-billion-crayons-crayolas-senior

This brain bank is not based on any sort of image or video, this one is based on an article I read tonight about Crayola. It turns out that Emerson Moser, Crayola's senior crayon maker for over 37 years is colorblind. I love hearing stories about these extreme cases of irony, it inspires me to read something like this.

Brain Bank (8/22)

http://www.ufunk.net/en/humour/star-wars-en-version-vieux-film-muet/
This is a link that I found tonight to a clip someone made turning a scene from The Empire Strikes Back into a silent film. It's been converted to a black and white film reel style with the light saber duels sped up and all dialogue written in text between actions. I love the combination of genres and the remediation that goes on here. It's really inspiring to see these two such different elements melded together.

Brain Bank (8/21)

This is a digital illustration that I found on a blog featuring art by Jeremiah Humphreys. I think his illustrations are amazing and so inspiring. What I find really inspiring about this picture is the mood it evokes in the viewer. It makes me think of adventure and the beginning of a long journey.

Brain Bank (8/20)

This is a "digital graffiti" image that I found on another blog tonight. I'm a huge fan of actual graffiti written on public places, like walls, billboards, buildings, etc. I love the combination of classic graffiti art with three dimensional modeling. That combination is really inspiring and amazing... it makes for some really stunning visuals.

Brain Bank (8/19)

This is an image that I found while working on a project for another class. This is a poster that was made for Amnesty International's letter writing campaign calling for the release of political prisoners. The ink of the pen is replaced by political prisoners who are seemingly trapped inside the pen as ink and as the pen writes and ink is freed, so are the prisoners. I love the concept; I find it really inspiring because it is such a perfect representation of what the campaign is trying to get across to the people.

Brain Bank (8/18)

This is from a story that I've read a few times over the past several years. It's a story about these sonar detectors located deep in the ocean at a few different places. During the summer of 1997, these detectors detected a really loud, low frequency sound several times that is much louder than any known animal on earth can produce. Scientists speculate that the animal that can make such a loud noise must live in the deepest parts of the oceans and be much larger than a blue whale. I find this story really inspiring because it just makes my imagination go wild with possibilities of the things that could be creating this sound.

Brain Bank (8/17)

I found this image on a blog featuring minimalist posters representing different super heroes. As with the minimalist celebrity posters I talked about a few days ago, I really find these posters amazing. The most inspiring thing about these posters is the fact that just a few shapes and colors can capture the essence of a super hero and make it completely recognizable.

Brain Bank (8/16)

This is a photograph of Berg Eltz, a castle located in Germany near the Rhine river. I found this photograph on a blog showcasing the 10 most beautiful German Castles. The Berg Eltz is 850 years old and completely unscathed and preserved. I love all things that have to do with German culture or language so naturally I really enjoyed the photographs of these beautiful German castles. I love the way they were built and it is really inspiring to know that something so beautiful could be built so long ago and still stand complete.

Brain Bank (8/15)

This image was found on a website featuring Complexity Graphics by a graphic artist named Tatiana Plakhova. She creates these amazing colorful, geographic designs on a solid black background. She makes these images that could be fantastical creatures living at the bottom of the sea or as microscopic organisms. I find these images very inspiring because while they all look very similar, they all have striking differences that make each one unique.

Brain Bank (8/14)

I found this image tonight on an article on a website that is highlighting silhouette photographs. I really love the idea of using silhouettes in photography. I love silhouettes because they remove all of the little details of the subject matter and allow you to focus solely on the wonderful shapes the subject makes. And the contrast of the bright light behind the raven dark shadows is always really pleasing to the eye.

Brain Bank (8/13)

I found this image on a blog post about some celebrities represented in minimalistic illustrated images. Obviously this image represents Larry King. What I love about these images is how just a few shapes and colors can capture the essence of a celebrity and make that person instantly recognizable even though the image is missing most of its details. It takes a lot of talent to accentuate just the right features of a person to make a minimalistic image that recognizable.

Brain Bank (8/12)

This is a photograph that I found tonight of a crazy sea storm with lightning flying all in and around it. What I like most about this photograph are all of the amazing colors and how they interact throughout the image. I love the way the darker colors of the background contrast with the bright bolts of lightning in the foreground. I also love the composition of the photograph, how the water spout is mainly positioned toward the left side of the iamge and the lightning flies in all directions around it.

Brain Bank (8/11)

I found this image on a blog tonight and I just think it is really cool. I love the idea of finding new images within other images. This skull within a flower is really amazing aesthetically and it has a really creepy and deep message as well.