Former 3D viz wiz looking for new and exciting ways to express myself using digital and traditional art forms.Tumblr (3.0; @brennanfruge)http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/08a445e54d2c0bdb94d80270e673d8f5/tumblr_mn45v9acu71r6em2wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>…tomorrow</p>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/50929553332http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/50929553332Mon, 20 May 2013 15:21:10 -0500daft punk<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/db0fbed109572cc7f325d4c2b0743c58/tumblr_mmj7jgPrKD1r6em2wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Final 3D Design project! Done!</p>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/50009266738http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/50009266738Thu, 09 May 2013 07:47:00 -0500masksarts and craftsart3d design<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FMcWDtV8k8I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post/49454625223/viral-video-of-the-day-girl-with-the-eyebrow" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2 class="pull-left title editable"><strong><span>Viral Video of the Day: Girl with the Eyebrow Trick Returns!</span></strong></h2> <p><span>YouTuber Sarah Ellen, known for her funny </span><a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/girl-with-a-funny-talent" target="blank">eyebrow dancing</a><span> talent, is back with a new video showing off her ability to match facial expressions with other people’s mouth movements using Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit “Sweet Talk” iOS app.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>How delightfully weird!  This girl’s got skills.  </p>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/49535768293http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/49535768293Fri, 03 May 2013 15:58:18 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/63823593" width="400" height="533" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.drawn.ca/post/47785399636/beautiful-dystopic-things-for-your-friday" target="_blank">drawnblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Beautiful dystopic things for your Friday.</p> <p>According to the description: <span>”</span><span>This film was made over the last two years in our evenings, weekends and days off. We had no budget but a lot of help from our very talented and generous friends.”</span></p> <p>See? Make your own way! It’s the best way, if you can swing it.</p> <p><em>(Also, the vertical format looked great on my iPhone, and I assume it would look good on tablets and other vertical things.)</em></p> <p>Everything I Can See From Here (by <a href="https://vimeo.com/63823593" target="_blank">The Line</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/48039153248http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/48039153248Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:36:12 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20366187" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/46952484503http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/46952484503Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:52:00 -0500motion graphicsvideoanimationComputer Animation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0e06654cf5b51d27665d2eb4b4fcac4d/tumblr_mkhss2Tpqv1qc0s10o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/46857175483http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/46857175483Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:42:01 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ebfa69dfcff0fa6773f104aaf211fbbc/tumblr_mjk77zvrsD1r6em2wo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>I made this for my 3D Design Class.  We were instructed to carve a replica of a small animal or human figure in soap and then introduce some form of Time Transformation to it. </p>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/45199778563http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/45199778563Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:57:35 -0500gifanimation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/89feaeb0d8cc7b50c66a15ae55520c44/tumblr_mg9kc2TfHr1s0x6lwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jeffsucks.tumblr.com/post/39934295568/autumn-by-tatyana-zabanova" target="_blank">jeffsucks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Autumn</strong> by Tatyana Zabanova</p> </blockquote>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/41819130605http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/41819130605Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:34:12 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e1f24669726fa0b8c9d7212a317d7f21/tumblr_mh54ypPYXi1qz6f4bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/41368831590" target="_blank">austinkleon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Girl with a Pearl Earring Selfie</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>The Vermeer mashup represents one of the internet’s many mysteries, and highlights some of the problems current and future researchers face when aiming to determine points of origin for creative works expressed on the internet and uploaded as an image file.</p> <p>The earliest reference to this piece I could find was March 5 2012, posted at the Clumsy Odd Stubborn Tumblr.[12] This post does not identify a source, nor the artist responsible. Later postings at other sites identified the artist as Mitchell Grafton, though with no link the artist’s site or original post source. The image achieved widespread exposure when it was posted by pioneer blogger Jason Kottke on October 18 2012.[13] Kottke clarifies that he has been unable establish an “airtight” source or attribution for this image.</p> </blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://www.3pipe.net/2013/01/Vermeer-mashup-girl-with-camera.html#more" target="_blank">Three Pipe Problem: Alteration and invention - Raphael, Vermeer and the mashup</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/41373755372http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/41373755372Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:00:55 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/acb8c85c3681cfdcc7ca8e5b52bb350a/tumblr_mgorrdo6wV1r6q94do8_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Marc Giai-Miniet | Posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9f81632e1b037dac968eecf1c0706354/tumblr_mgorrdo6wV1r6q94do4_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Marc Giai-Miniet | Posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a6bb1d6ad45d7f96a16c496b0199a363/tumblr_mgorrdo6wV1r6q94do5_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Marc Giai-Miniet | Posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8cabd8314d6f7157a0830cd29b93bbb/tumblr_mgorrdo6wV1r6q94do1_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Marc Giai-Miniet | Posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e13c3a3350f12489042b87af28945215/tumblr_mgorrdo6wV1r6q94do2_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Marc Giai-Miniet | Posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ba1c97f881410e8c178b232c5a464b68/tumblr_mgorrdo6wV1r6q94do9_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Marc Giai-Miniet | Posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/af6ac94123b9a0cbd773f3c0e104f1f5/tumblr_mgorrdo6wV1r6q94do7_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Marc Giai-Miniet | Posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f292848c74d469159794ca1dbd5287f3/tumblr_mgorrdo6wV1r6q94do3_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Marc Giai-Miniet | Posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/51be13c89ac25629724b9852f282f4e9/tumblr_mgorrdo6wV1r6q94do10_500.jpg"/><br/> Artist Marc Giai-Miniet | Posted by devidsketchbook.com<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://devidsketchbook.com/post/40625602714/mysterious-tiny-rooms-by-marc-giai-miniet-french" target="_blank">devidsketchbook</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>MYSTERIOUS TINY ROOMS BY MARC GIAI-MINIET</strong></p> <p>French artist <strong><a href="http://www.marc-giai-miniet.com/" target="_blank">Marc Giai-Miniet</a></strong> (Born in 1946 in Trappes) makes some of the most incredibly detailed (and disturbing!) dollhouses that we’ve ever seen. Marc started creating these disturbing shadowbox dioramas rather late in his career, recurring themes include libraries, furnaces, laboratories, submarines and intestine-like tubing in lonely, decaying spaces.</p> </blockquote>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/40682325053http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/40682325053Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:56:58 -0600<p><img alt="image" height="683" src="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/vicky_moon_1.jpg" width="500"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://www.brennanfruge.com/blog/vicky_moon_2.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://www.brennanfruge.com/blog/vicky_moon_3.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://www.brennanfruge.com/blog/vicky_moon_4.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://www.brennanfruge.com/blog/vicky_moon_5.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://www.brennanfruge.com/blog/vicky_moon_6.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://www.brennanfruge.com/blog/vicky_moon_7.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://www.brennanfruge.com/blog/vicky_moon_8.jpg"/></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://devidsketchbook.com/post/38224499685/the-beauty-in-expired-la-by-vicky-moon-ca-los" target="_blank">devidsketchbook</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p><strong><span>THE BEAUTY IN EXPIRED LA</span> BY  VICKY MOON</strong></p> <p>CA, Los Angeles-based photographer <strong><a href="http://www.behance.net/VickyMoon" target="_blank">Vicky Moon</a></strong> - <em>“Expired L.A. is an on going series of my exploration of Los Angeles at night. Every building is unique and captivating, as well as the individual color shifts each building creates with every exposure. I am fascinated by the drama that is created by the night sky and seek the beautiful in the over looked; I find the mundane to be extravagant and I find the beauty in the expired; This is my Los Angeles.”</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/38960420301http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/38960420301Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:27:00 -0600Vicky MoonphotographyL.A.Los Angelesartneon<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_38562786744" src="http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/38562786744/audio_player_iframe/brennanfruge/tumblr_mfg6h5p4541r6em2w?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fbrennanfruge%2F38562786744%2Ftumblr_mfg6h5p4541r6em2w" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/38562786744http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/38562786744Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:36:00 -0600The NeighbourhoodSweater Weathermusic<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w6Vv2z-QiAI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.pacificrimmovie.net/" target="_blank">Pacific Rim</a> - Giant robots, fighting giant monsters, directed by <span>Guillermo del Toro??  I’m in!  </span></p>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37842911909http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37842911909Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:05:48 -0600videoMovie TrailersPacific RimGuillermo del Tororobots<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/53043267" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37832614253http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37832614253Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:35:34 -0600Chinatime-lapsevideo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/76cad63ee7f7e2a41701878c9d391a42/tumblr_mexddbtXTi1r6em2wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chunkyupchuck.tumblr.com/post/29009459209/vasili-zorin" target="_blank">chunkyupchuck</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Vasili Zorin</p> </blockquote>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37791504217http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37791504217Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:51:11 -0600artIllustrationVasili Zorin<p><a href="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/david_kaplan_01.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="334" src="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/david_kaplan_01_500.jpg" width="500"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/david_kaplan_02.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="334" src="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/david_kaplan_02_500.jpg" width="500"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/david_kaplan_03.jpg" target="_blank"><img height="334" src="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/david_kaplan_03_500.jpg" width="500"/></a></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://devidsketchbook.com/post/37414539488/amazing-photos-of-night-sidelhorn-switzerland" target="_blank">devidsketchbook</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>AMAZING PHOTOS OF NIGHT SIDELHORN</strong></p> <p>Switzerland, Zurich-based landscape photographer <strong><a href="http://www.mylandscape.ch/index.html" target="_blank">David Kaplan</a></strong></p> <p><em>(Photos shot in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidelhorn" target="_blank">Sidelhorn</a> is a mountain of the Bernese Alps)</em></p> <div><em><br/></em></div> </blockquote>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37791299373http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37791299373Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:46:45 -0600artphotographySidelhornDavid Kaplan<p><img height="667" src="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/evgeny_kiselev_01.jpg" width="500"/></p> <p><img height="750" src="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/evgeny_kiselev_02.jpg" width="500"/></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://devidsketchbook.com/post/37551467773/evgeny-kiselev-russia-saint-petersburg-based" target="_blank">devidsketchbook</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>EVGENY KISELEV</strong></p> <p>Russia, Saint Petersburg-based Artist, Illustrator <strong><a href="http://www.ekiselev.com/" target="_blank">Evgeny Kiselev</a></strong> - <em>“The diverse work of <a href="http://www.behance.net/ekiselev" target="_blank">Evgeny </a></em><em><a href="http://www.behance.net/ekiselev" target="_blank">Kiselev</a></em><em> oscillates between the rigors of symmetry and prolific excess. Several compositions begin with vivid tiled patterns that are mirrored again and again until they can no longer be contained and are forced to push beyond the confines of their logic. Others, emerge from a single outline that manifests the controlled lawlessness of the work. Each piece achieves a complexity of color and layer that continues to build infinitely into the space of the page creating a warping spatial depth”</em></p> <div><em><br/></em></div> </blockquote>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37790914179http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37790914179Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:38:04 -0600artIllustrationEvgeny Kiselev<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdk7agmWtX1rihhm8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37790751917http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37790751917Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:34:23 -0600<p><img alt="image" height="499" src="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/juancarlos_paz_01.jpg" width="500"/></p> <p><img alt="image" height="500" src="http://brennanfruge.com/blog/juancarlos_paz_02.jpg" width="500"/></p> <p>see more of Juan&#8217;s work on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29146556@N02/" target="_blank">Flickr</a></p>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37790666333http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37790666333Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:32:00 -0600artJuan Carlos Paz GómezIllustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e3d3caef81a20591482ea98b0232bef0/tumblr_mewb6iGzJk1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post/37789291439/photorealism-of-the-day-emily-by-emily" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2 class="title editable"><strong>Photorealism of the Day</strong></h2> <div class="js-postdescription post-description is-collapsed editable"> <p><em>Emily</em> by <a href="http://cargocollective.com/EmilyBurns" target="blank">Emily Burns.</a> Oil painting.</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Wow. </p>http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37789638065http://www.thisblogisretroactive.com/post/37789638065Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:08:29 -0600trompe l'oeilfine artartoil paintingsEmily Burns