» Helvetica the Movie

…is now on Vimeo!!

UPDATE: Hopefully you caught it while it was up.

» Glenn Beck is Misinformer of the Year

We may have a liberal tone hear at We Made a Blog but politics isn’t really our cup of tea. And so, we leave it to institutions like New York Times, BBC and Media Matters (and recently The Huffington Post, though I don’t know if anyone considers them an institution) to bring you your political content. Especially when they sum up our views so, so well. Thank you Media Matters.

»Mr. Bailey Goes to Washington

With the principles behind “It’s a Wonderful Life” and the righteous anger at politics as usual of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” the Huffington Post has taken on big banking. Move Your Money encourages Americans to take their money out of profiteering bailout banks and invest instead in community banks. It’s an open-source sort of movement, letting people take the banking crisis into their own hands and getting Wall Street out of their pockets.

Written by NotChandler
Found by Me

» Monday Morning Getaway | No6

The artist Jarbas Agnelli uses three techinques: video, photography and sound track to deliver a mind-soothingly simple presentation that asks the viewer to see beauty in the banal.

Artist: Jarbas Agnelli

Puppy Love

Artist Jeff Koons discusses the surprising inspiration for one of his most famous pieces, Puppy.

Courtesy: Art:21 blog

» Abott and Costello X 2009 = Kinetic Typography

When an artist reinvents a classic in a modern way, it can be tricky. This sketch in particular is so iconic, that one would be hard pressed to convince me that there is a good reason for messing  with it. But this updated version undoubtedly will resonate with today generation the way the original, black and white footage, might not.

Artist: James Zito

Critics Agree: Odosketch is Better Than Odometer

This is Gary. Its the second sketch I ever made on Odosketch, a site I can’t believe I just found out about. It records your entire sketch for you.

You create an account to save them and you can view the other, way more talented, sketchers on the site. The video playback does bring the artist out in the most amateur sketcher. Seeing all your hard work condensed and reduced into an animation drives you to keep adding more to the drawing in an effort to lengthen the video. The more you put in, the longer the video, and the more you put in the better the image generally gets. Secret educational experiment? Or stoned-doodle pardise? You decide.

» Skateboarding X Artistic Vison = DVS Wood Movie

We’ve seen it before. The skateboarding video that tries to be art also. Leaving you with underwhelming skating and overly blurred video. This is different.

The skateboarding is top-notch and super creative. The heaps of wood, trees, lighting and cinematography has this video teetering on the edge of art. Good job DVS.

Peep the making of DVS Wood

Artist info:
Director-Colin Kennedy
Director of Photography-Marc Ritzema
Art Director-Matthew Deak
Editor-Colin Kennedy
Visual Effects-Ryan Marcus

Music-
Air Castles
“Broken Watches”
Night And Day EP
Winter Hymns Records

» Black Dynamite

New York and a few other major cities are in for a treat. Black Dynamite is playing now!!

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