I designed the above illustration other day as I was testing out some cool photoshop brushes from Brusheezy.com.

The first brush I used was a cloud brush, and a really good one at that. You can get is HERE. The second brush I used was a vine brush which is how I got all of those nifty swirly lines in there. You can get that HERE. Lastly, I used these grunge brushes for the edges and that dirty look. Get them HERE. [Continue Reading]

I just started using my Xbox Netflix subscription again so over the past 3-4 days I’ve streamed 3 different foreign films that I’d like to briefly share. Maybe it’s my lame attempt to become more cultured and find some fantastic films that are outside of the Hollywood mainstream of big budget extravagance. Or maybe I just like reading movies instead of understanding what characters actually say. Either way, in these three films at least, it’s clear the foreign films are particularly good at displaying (and playing with) raw human emotion. This is not to say that American films don’t ever do this, but here it seemed different. [Continue Reading]