the ad is split into four sections, each one half a page (so the whole print ad takes up 2 pages). each quarter of the ad is for a different home released game. each quarter of the ad has artwork related to the game being presented but also repeated the artwork of a man's face, wearing something that looks akin to 3d glasses, reflecting imagery from each game. in each picture the man's face is coloured differently. this first section of the ad is for arkanoid. the face is coloured naturally. the hair is blonde or white. to the right is a short vague description of the game and some artkanoid artwork, showing a paddle, bouncing a ball toward some blocks.

this section of the ad is for a game called slap fight. this time the man's face has green skin. to the right is a short vague description of the game and artwork showing a space ship in battle.

this section of the ad is for a game called game over. again, the face is coloured naturally, although still differently from the arkanoid section of the ad. to the right is some art from the game box art, showing a the top of a man and woman decked out in futuristic armor/gear. someone is holding a space pistol.

this section of the ad is for a game called athena. the man's face is psychedelic greens and blues and shadows. to the right is a short vague description of the game and artwork, depicting a scantily cladded female protagonist battling a large horned creature that looks like a minotaur.

print ad, imagery (1987) archive.org/details/Comm...

Comic of the beetle from the cover of Massive Attack's "Mezzanine" meeting the crab from the cover of The Prodigy's "Fat of the Land".

Hi this joke is for me

”Engineers have developed an device they call a ‘hammer’ which is far more effective at pounding nails than a human fist.”

From: Bobby's Girl (1985), dir. Toshio Hirata, Madhouse/Project Team Argos

A famous piece of animation by Takashi Nakamura

hoooooly shit

(as a donkey walks by)

ah the noble donkey!

(donkey moves out of earshot)

foolish beast

Incredible sequel. Edge of my seat!

The book Inside UPA is a visual tour of one of the greatest animation studios of all time. With its author's permission, we've shared the whole thing online for free.

Our latest issue dives into the book and UPA's place in animation history: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/stepping-i...

Goofy Darkstalkers Sprites Redraw

lol like the owl from NIMH

honestly, when other guys are thinking about rome,

i feel like the yankees are obsessed with playing baseball. almost every day they’re like oh, we’re gonna play a baseball game, or like oh, we’re gonna wear baseball uniforms today. and it’s just like, okay

I hated acrylic and loved oil. start with zorn palette as you only need 4 tubes imo!

Cisco Heat clean artwork used for arcade ad flyers and for the cover of the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Amstrad CPC releases around the world. Image depicts a race between police cars with one being a more traditional 80s style car and the other a red sport car, in the streets on San Francisco. There's another traditional one further behind. An electric cable car can be seen to the left with some people aboard cheering, and some greenery behind. Some buildings can be seen also on the left with a Jaleco billboard atop one of them and some high rise buildings further in the distance. Some colored balloons can be seen flying towards the sky.

The artwork of Cisco Heat used for arcade ad flyers and for the cover of the #ZXSpectrum, #Commodore64, #CommodoreAmiga, #AtariST, #MSDOS, and #AmstradCPC releases around the world. Removed logos/text, applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch combo. No clue on the artist, any info let me know!

I'm gonna say this one today because I just remembered how endless it felt to draw the vegetation.
My tribute to Stalker, a favorite movie.

From Clickhole's "Incredible! We Asked These Astronauts What It’s Like To Be In Space," Barry Wilmore: You never know true beauty until you see Earth from space, or true terror until you hear someone knocking on the space station door from outside. You look through the porthole and see an astronaut, but all your crew is inside and accounted for. You use the comm to ask who it is and he says he’s Ramirez returning from a repair mission, but Ramirez is sitting right next to you in the command module and he’s just as confused as you are. When you tell the guy this over the radio he starts banging on the door louder and harder, begging you to let him in, saying he’s the real Ramirez. Meanwhile, the Ramirez inside with you is pleading to keep the airlock shut. It really puts life on Earth into perspective.

One of the very best from Clickhole

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

there is exactly one person using ai video correctly and it's thelastsmoke tumblr account

this would make for such a cool visual effect

you think this is a joke but I do genuinely think this, it is also a joke though

An image of a figure in armor, crowned helm, and cape. The figure is wrapped in a banner pulled tight by their hand. The figure is framed in cascading text, symbols, and graphics - smeared and distorted as if run repeatedly through a broken printer.

//THE_COMMANDER//
(S)TEEL> (SP)HERE.1
LUCKY.NO_308

Class Illustration for Realis
kickstarter.com/projects/crum/realis

very good april fools gag from whoever designed this

USA accidentally enacting the most radical renewable energy subsidy in history. They really are #1

heist!

youtu.be/7clSE4IdzaU?...

An excerpt of an interview with art historian and critic David Sylvester which i think feels relevant to the environment artists find themselves in the digital/social media/algorithmic content age

a white out outline of a person in front of a tilted screen and coming with shards coming out of it, a cd flying through the air, the keyboard floating at an angle, 1's and 0's also floating, a ringed planet and space and stars in the sky. there is a straight line leading into where the eye sockets would be with a star at the end where their brain would possibly be. generally abstract.

illustration, the timelord's handbook, a clue book & companion manual for time bandit: the arcade adventure (2010) archive.org/details/harr...

Bill Sienkiewicz

Bill Sienkiewicz