Phil Noto’s fine art prints and comic book illustrations have a very nice aesthetic reflecting his past experience at Walt Disney Animation. His sexy vintage spy girls can be bought as prints on his website or you can try to pickup his out of print book ‘Jet Seven’.

“While attending the Ringling School of Design, Phil Noto began his career as an intern at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida. After two more years of illustration study, he returned to Disney Animation as a clean-up artist. His credits there include The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, and Lilo and Stitch.”

Visit: http://www.notoart.com/

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Unfortunately Grafik magazine is no more. ‘The current owners of Adventures in Publishing (the company which publishes Grafik) have decided to liquidate the company, so unfortunately we are unable to print the magazine for the foreseeable future.’  It’s a shame that the magazine has had to stop but hopefully it will return.

Visit: http://www.grafikmag.com/

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These illustrations by Dan McPharlain take me back to the book jackets and record covers I used to find in the local library. I love the grainy airbrush style and flat compositional elements that are slightly like cell shading.

Homepage: http://www.danmcpharlin.com/

Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmcp/

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adidas has teamed up with  Lucas Film  to push their Star Wars Originals collection. They’ve just released this two minute advert which features Snoop Dogg, Daft Punk, David Beckham, Jay Baruchel, Ciara, and Noel Gallagher in the Mos Eisley Cantina Scene from Star Wars. Snoop Dogg reaching for his Light Sabre is definitely one thing I thought I’d never see!  The advert doesn’t feature any trainers, just a few instances of the Adidas logo on T-shirts. See the video over the fold.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zd_khk6zXo

Star Wars.com: http://www.starwars.com/vault/collecting/adidas_cantina/index.html

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I just caught up with the content on The 99% and enjoyed some of the videos I’d overlooked. If you’ve not visited the site before it’s a great source for inspiration, productivity and creativity from a very diverse group of professionals. The talk given by Michael Bierut last year was really interesting (video below the fold).

Visit: http://the99percent.com/videos/6056/michael-bierut-5-secrets-from-86-notebooks

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Visiting Taschen’s website just broke the news that Dennis Hopper died yesterday at the age of 74 following a battle with prostate cancer. As a fan of Blue Velvet and Apocalypse Now I was sad to hear of his death but glad looking  at his obituary to see what a rich and varied  life he had as an artist.

Visit BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10191448.stm

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Brilliantly eerie oil paintings by Austrailian artist Jeremy Geddes. The Cosmonaut series features suspended and drifting cosmonauts in urban and abstract environments. His style of oil painting on linen and board is very realistic and often slightly disturbing. A weird mix between reality and sci-fi.

Homepage: http://www.jeremygeddesart.com/
Blog: http://jeremygeddesart.blogspot.com/
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We’ve recently been working with Locutio Voice Technologies and TomTom to release the first in a series of licensed Star Wars voices for the TomTom GPS. The first product release is the  Darth Vader VoiceSkin which launched on May the 4th (Star Wars day) and has been received really well. The voices are all authentic and produced by Locutio in partnership with Lucas Film. The Voices also include real sound effects from the original Star Wars films. A great project to be involved with.

There are two viral videos below the fold so click ‘continue reading’ to watch them, Darth Vader in the Recording Studio is very funny! Here’s a quick sample of the on device audio:

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Visit: http://www.voiceskins.com/celebrity/darth-vader.html

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Nike have definitely ramped things up in a big way for the 2010 World Cup. This 3 minute advert has just rolled out online to great acclaim. Directed by Hollywood director and producer Alejandro G. Iñarritu (21 Grams, Babel), the film shows split second moments and how timelines in a match can go in two directions for both football players and fans.

Visit:  http://vimeo.com/11935203 | http://www.nike.com/nikefootball/home/

The Dark Lens project by Cedric Delsaux has been a work in progress since 2005 and linked many times online. A new set of images has been released which made me revisit the project. An amazing combination of photography shot in Paris, Lille and Dubai combined with elements of the Star Wars universe.

Visit: http://www.cedricdelsaux.com/ and World Famous Design Junkies article

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