Archan Nair

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Image courtesy of Archan Nair

I was introduced to Archan Nair through my favorite magazine, Computer Arts Projects. I think the above picture is amazing. Obviously, the photograph of the little boy makes a big impact on the picture, but the images surrounding his head and body add an entirely different level. I mostly concentrate on vector graphics, but I love the way photographs and illustration can work together. I think one of the things holding me back in this area is taking great photographs. I purchased an SLR last year, and it takes great photographs, but I know it takes something more. I’m not sure if it is lighting or photo manipulation, but the above picture is proof that a good photograph can become great. The question is how to accomplish that feat…

Johnson & Johnson Advertisement

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This is a Johnson & Johnson advertisement I had seen a few years ago that popped in my head recently. It is amazing how the brain works. Anyway, it has always been one of my favorites since the image of a toothbrush and dinosaur together is so counter-intuitive it makes me look and look. It is extremely well done. I like how they did not just stick the dinosaur in the middle of the toothbrush. The bristles act as limbs of a tree almost as the dinosaur peers through them. I wish I had more information about it, but as I mentioned, it recently came back into the forefront of my brain…for some reason…

D. C. Follies

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Sid & Marty Krofft have be getting some press recently because of the opening of Land of the Lost. After seeing them in a magazine, I was reminded of a favorite show of mine when I was younger, D.C. Follies. Now, I was much too young to understand some of the jokes on the show since it was political statire. Plus, it probably wasn’t all that good since it was taken off the air after only one season. The reason I call it a favorite is because of the puppets. They had live actors mixed in with puppets of famous people like Ronald Reagan, Elvis, Oliver North, and Richard Nixon. I just loved the look of the puppets since they were very accurate three-dimensional caricatures of the actual people. I’m surprised I even remember this show, but if you are interested, you can check all the episodes out on Hulu.