WORD OF THE DAY! 5/3/13!

multiverse theory [muhl-tee-vers-theer-ee]
noun
1. Also called the metaverse, it is the hypothetical and seemingly infinite number of multiple possible universes (including the universe we inhabit) that comprise everything that can and does exist across the entirety of space, time, matter, energy, and the other physical laws that are present.

EX. Some day I'll go into further detail about my thoughts on this metaphysical subject but, for now, I'll wait until you play and finish Bioshock Infinite.

SOURCE

WORD OF THE DAY! 1/14/13.

violence [vahy-uh-lens]
noun

1. Swift and intense force.

2. Rough or injurious physical force, action, or treatment.

3. An unjust or unwarranted exertion of force or power, as against rights or laws.

4. A violent act or proceeding.

5. Rough or immoderate vehemence, as of feeling or language. 
6. Damage through distortion or unwarranted alteration.

EX. "Violence- the cause or solution to all of life's problems." -Mr. Rogers or Gandhi... I don't remember.

SAILORMOON WTF? WORD OF THE DAY! 10/17/12.

Kevin Wada's Page

bishoujo [bee-shoh-joh]
noun
1. Japanese. Literally translated as "beautiful young girl", it is a term used to refer to beautiful and young girls, usually under university age.

EX. Pictured above is an amazing piece of Kevin Wada's fanart of the bishoujo characters of Sailor Moon wearing battle armor instead of their traditional sailor scout uniforms.

Linked below are some random Sailor Moon videos that are weird and entertaining:

SAILOR MOON JAPANESE THEME

SAILOR MOON GERMAN THEME

WTF WEDNESDAY! SAILOR MOON LIVE-ACTION TV PILOT?!

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/29/12.

barbaric [bahr-bar-ik]

adjective

1. Without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive.

2. Of, like, or befitting barbarians: a barbaric empire.

3. Crudely rich or splendid: barbaric decorations.

EX.  "...the training of these poor creatures to turn them into fighting machines is simply barbaric -- barbaric." -Robert Byrd (D-WV).

While, a controversial individual, accused of racism and involvement in the KKK in the past, his quote from the Michal Vick dog-fighting case really stands out because of the sincerity of it and...the fact that it sounds like a quote from a movie. Heck, I wouldn't have been surprised if that was a quote from the end of the very hypocritical conclusion to Pokemon: The First Movie.

BARBARIC!

BTW, Pokemon are technically animals and then they're technically not. From the anime, it is pretty clear that they're sentient creatures and, within their universe, pokemon seem to be okay with the situation and their fights are more about sparring than anything. In reality, of course, you could argue that these fights would not really knock anyone out, that the pokemon would be injured or killed, or you could even point out some of the weirder bits of pokemon lore, but that doesn't change that within its own universe...it all works.

POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/26/12.

Ukiyo-e [oo-kee-yo-eh]
noun
1. Japanese. Literally translated as "pictures of the floating world". A Japanese woodblock print or painting depicting everyday life.

EX. The picture above and the following pieces are all depictions of classic Nintendo characters in Ukiyo-e fashion. Please check out the artists tumblr by clicking the link below:

JED HENRY

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/25/12.

exquisite [ecks-kweh-zit]

adjective

1. Of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence.

2. Extraordinarily fine or admirable; consummate.

3. Intense; acute, or keen, as pleasure or pain.

4. Of rare excellence of production or execution, as works of art or workmanship.

5. Keenly or delicately sensitive or responsive: an exquisite ear for music.

EX.  Sometimes, once in a while, and upon a time, through the sea of crap that is in fanart and fanfiction, you find something...exquisite.

WORD OF THE DAY! 6/16/12.

Rockwellian [rawk-wehl-ee-uhn]
adjective
1. Related to or sharing stylistic elements/themes of the the 20th Century American illustrator, Norman Rockwell, whose work presented a sentimental view of every day life and a celebration of American values.

EX. The delightful Megaman fanart above displays a Rockwellian scene of two kids sharing an E-tank, while the boy's robotic companion watches.

WORD OF THE DAY! 5/16/12.

via Halolz

recruitment [ri-kroot-muhnt]

noun

1. The act or process of obtaining new members for an organization, occupants for a position, or individuals for a job.

2. Physiology. an increase in the response to a stimulus owing to the activation of additional receptors, resulting from the continuous application of the stimulus with the same intensity.

EX. Team Rocket recruitment is blasting off at the speed of light.What could go wrong with an organization ran by the new Chancellor of Kanto? Just look at those stylish black uniforms and red 'R' symbols. Nothing bad has ever happened involving youths wearing black uniforms, with red symbols on them, and a license to pick on anyone they please. 

Plus, look at the sweet Pokemon you will get if you join the greatest organization ever and help us birth a new nation. 

Male & Female partners preferred, but there is no discrimination based on sexuality in Team Rocket. Seriously. Like none. Wink wink. Nudge nudge.

WTF WEDNESDAY! TEAM ROCKET IS BACK!

 WTF WEDNESDAY PRESENTS

TEAM ROCKET IS BACK!

My old friend Matt "Mapp Pears" Pierce AKA SAKKET AKA pugfarts has made some interesting animation over the years. In particular, some of his most popular videos involve Pokemon characters, in particular Wooper, but today's subject video focuses on combining his most disturbing invention with everyone's favorite inept villains, Team Rocket. You can watch it by clicking the link above, or if you want to see his other pokemon related videos, click one of the many links below.

GO AWAY WOOPER!

POKEFRIENDS! STARRING WOOPER!

MAGIKARP!

HAYDUNN IS A PRETTY COOL GUY!

Maybe its just me, but every time I see one of his videos pop up on my subscription feed I feel my heart do a happy little cart wheel. In a style that emulates the most bizarre lows of Japanese animation with the most delightful highs of shows like Adventure Time with Finn and Jake and  The Misadventures of Flapjack, his cartoons are almost always guaranteed to make someone in the room uncomfortable. But hey, if you find whimsy and gleeful exuberance to be uncomfortable than why are you watching cartoons to begin with?

WINGO!

His Deviantart Page.

WORD OF THE DAY! 3/29/12.

grand dame [grand-deym]
noun
1. An older or elderly women of aristocratic or noble bearing.
2. A woman regarded as the most prominent, experienced, or venerable member of her profession.
3. A female expert.
4. A middle-aged or elderly woman who is stylish and highly respected.

EX. Pictured above, is a lovely portrait of several Disney princesses aged, gracefully, according to the age of their film's debut to 2012, and shows how classic Disney princesses would evolve into sophisticated grand dames from their humble roots.

"The brief was to portray Disney princesses enjoying a little tea party but they all had to be portrayed the same age as their respective movies (for example Snow White would be 75 years old, Aurora 53, Belle 21, Rapunzel 2 etc). " - Taija Vigilia

[ Taija Vigilia's DeviantArt ]

[ Via io9 ]

WORD OF THE DAY! 1/27/12

schematics [skeh-mat-ikz]
noun
1. A structural or procedural diagram/design.

EX. The above schematics of a Pokéball explains the technical processes that allow a pokéball to function, as well as the different varieties of pokéballs one may find across the various regions of the Pokémon world, their values, and specialized functions.

The process that allows pokéballs to operate is adequately summarized in the second diagram. Such devices have two functions; the transfer of matter into energy and the management of complex data storage.

Every time you capture a Pokémon or return one to a pokéball, the creature is, in fact, destroyed or deconstructed. Their genetic structure and experiences are turned into energy, the energy is store in complex processors in the poké ball and when you release a Pokémon, the creature is reconstructed by turning energy into matter that is, for all intensive purposes, the same creature that the ball deconstructed.

A similar process is used in the Star Trek transporter system and Willie Wonka's Shrink Machine.

WORD OF THE DAY! 12/30/11

figment [fig-muhnt]
noun
1. a mere product of mental invention; a fantastic notion.
2. a feigned, invented, or imagined story, theory, etc.

EX. "Oh, bother. It appears are old friends have found their way through three secure checkpoints, Christopher Robin." Pooh stared at the blinking red dots that scattered across the 360 degree circle of panels around himself and his companion.

Christopher Robin looked down at his former figment with a satisfied frown, "Don't worry, my silly old bear." He looked at his watch, "Calvin and Hobbes won't be reaching their honey if I have anything to say about it."

kizer180's Deviantart

WORD OF THE DAY! 12/26/2011

steampunk [steem-puhngk]
noun
1. a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced technologies and machines based on the steam power of the 19th century and borrowing from the visual style of a specific historical era- usually between the 18th and 20th centuries.
2. a subculture inspired by this literary and media subculture.
adjective
3. having qualities related to the subgenre.

EX. I recently got to check out some some awesome steampunk art in the form of this Disney art posted above and below. Have a very steampunk Boxing day!

Check out the artist's page here! 

WORD OF THE DAY! 12/14/11

sacrilegious [sak-ruh-lij-uhs]
adjective
1. pertaining to or involving the violation, pprofanation, or theft of anything sacred or held sacred.
2. being guilty of violation, profanation, or theft of anything sacred or held sacred.

EX. At the sacrilegious Last Supper of Arceus, AKA Pocket Monster God, he and his disciples sat eating poffins and berries. And while they were eating, he said, "I will tell you the truth, one of you will betray me."

Mewtwo sighed, "Fine, it'll probably be me. I'll just go sod of to my poke-Death Star now."

MIXED BAG. LEGEND OF ZELDA ARTS!

WEEKLY ROUND-UP! 12/5-12/11 2011

WEEKLY ROUND-UP:

"WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH" WEEK

7. WORD OF THE DAY! 12/11/11. Trifling.

It has been a month since we dived into Skyrim. I've put a day or more worth of hours into the game and I still haven't scratched the surface of the Nordic homeland. It is the most immersive single player game on the market, right now, and if you don't have it...WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!

WARNING! After a good six hour session of Skyrim you may look down at your hands, expect an inventory menu to pop up, and then expect to be able to equip an Elven War Axe in your right hand and a Conjure Atronach spell in the other.

6. WORD OF THE DAY! 12/7/11. Feat

Captain Strong needs to return to DC Universe tomorrow. If US-1 was good enough for an awesome cameo with a space-traveling semi, than I want to see an immortal sailor man who runs on "sauncha" and fights alongside Aquaman. Steal my idea theoretical comic book writer or artist reading this!

5. WORD OF THE DAY! 12/6/11. Voracious

I always wondered if Link ate the hearts of his enemies to regain his strength, but always assumed the faeries healed him in exchange for being released. I am a big fan of fantasy from the monster or minion perspective as you can see in the little short vignette provided as an example.

4. WORD OF THE DAY! 12/10/11. Dark horse.

You can tell I am psyched about the article writing that I'm going to get back to over break. Its been a while since I wrote entire articles about my words of the day, and the two big ones I did this week were a lot of fun to write. If there are any heroes you'd like to see me research and feature, leave a comment below.

And Booster Gold is the man.

3.  WORD OF THE DAY! 12/9/11. Facade.

The world needs more Superman. The character has received a lot of flak for two primary reasons: he is not as a cool as Batman and he is a big target. The golden standard of super heroism, Superman is as timeless a character as Batman, and deserves to be given the same treatment that Batman has received in his various evolutions. 

Some cynical people out there want gritty and dark super heroes and claim that the altruism of older super heroes is ridiculous. But to quote Superman, "What's so funny about Truth, Justice and the American Way?"

2.WTF WEDNESDAY PRESENTS MAN'S LIFE: THE FRAGILE MALE EGO OF THE GREATEST GENERATION

It really was a lot of fun finding all these ridiculous magazine covers and captioning them for you guys. Perhaps I was a little hard on the men that subscribed to these magazines, because I think if they reissued these into a collection I would buy it in a heart beat. Is it ridiculous, chauvinistic, and basically socially wrong in every sense? You bet. But it's also hilarious.

1. MIXED BAG. MY POKEMON FANART!

I am pretty proud of silly little scribbles that I drew last Thursday. It was a lot of fun drawing pocket monsters in my cartoonish style. If you're wondering why I didn't color them-- its a mix of laziness and a oddball pleasure in grayscale art. I'd like to draw more of these pokemans over break and maybe I'll color some of them. Heck, maybe I'll make it a challenge to post at least one pokemon a day on my blog. Just gotta wait to get a head start. Also, pokemon themed christmas cards for my friends. Huzzah!

WORD OF THE DAY! 12/1/11

brawny [braw-nee]
adjective
1. muscular; strong; beefy.


EX. The brawny Meat Boy is on a quest to save Bandage Girl from the evil Dr. Fetus.

WORD OF THE DAY! 11/30/11

espirit de corps [e-spree-de-kawr]
noun
1. a sense of unity and common interests and/or responsibilities, as developed by a group of persons closely associated in a task, cause or enterprise.

EX. The Dohvakiin and the Hero of Time quickly found an espirit de corps to help stop the spread of Alduin's terror across the Kingdom of Skyrule! Also, in the fact that they never talk except to shout in combat. HYAAAH! FUS DO RAH!

 JAPANESE SKYRIM TRAILER!

SKYWARD SWORD! FALLING TRAILER! 

MIXED BAG. Chibi Doctors 1st to 11th

DAILY ROUND-UP. 9/7/11

Here are some things that got my attention today. (Oh and Happy Birthday Pop!)


PORTAL 2 WHEATLEY PUPPET!

This video is a few days old but, after seeing it again for about the sixteenth time, it is still one of the coolest things among cool fan things made by Portal fans. I am blown away by this puppet, this video and honestly, if this puppet maker doesn't already have an awesome job, I'm looking at you Henson Studios and/or Disney, she should!

Here is also a link to a blog detailing the design and building process.

FURIN COSPLAY BLOG!




DND FOR 8 YEAR-OLDS!
A Dad plans a Dungeons and Dragons birthday for 8 year-old son? Check. He makes custom characters with awesome and easy to understand sheets? Check check. He shares them with us like its no big deal? DAD OF THE YEAR. (Dads are awesome.)

This is awesome and proves D & D is great for all ages. I love the way these characters are drawn and the way their powers are characterized. This really goes above and beyond the call of Dad duty. Bravo.






POKEMON FIELD GUIDE IN THE STYLE OF DARWIN!
Today has just been an awesome day in fan-art. These sketches, done in the style of Darwin's field guides, complete with diagrams, observations, but unfortunately no samples, is awesome.

I really love realistic Pokemon art, as it shows a more mature and fantastic version of the cartoon monsters we all love. I chose Hippowdon because of the interaction with nature. Check it out.






SYMPHONY OF SCIENCE- THE QUANTUM WORLD!

I am a huge fan of the Symphony of Science. This is great for anyone look for a sweet techno remix or for someone who sees the beauty of the universe through the sweet lens of science.





PORTAL 2 SPACE TRIAL!

SPAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCEEEE! WEEEEHAHA!



BULBASAUR'S SOLAR BEAM!
Gotta love sweet anime moments!






10 TO AVOID XAVIERS SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED!
Not even a passing mention of the biggest danger of all. TEENAGE ANGST! CLAWS COME OUT  MY HANDS! THESE WOUNDS THEY MUTANT HEAL!

GINYU FORCE! SPACE COSPLAY!