YUCCA art magazine issue #6
To the reader “Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso
Ordinary Robot Class 2138 The Teacher enters room and looks around; all of his pupils are sitting down quietly. He opens his briefcase and pulls out a tablet, a few small mechanical parts and his own invention: a sonic screwdriver. After brief moment of preparation he turns on the projector. Teacher: Good morning students. Students: Good morning, Mr. Pi Teacher: Did everyone finish their homework for today’s class? Students: Yes, Mr. Pi. Teacher: Great, lets go one-by-one. To remind you, the subject was: build a robot with two moving arms that can pick up objects. You had a basic RX-7 body and a few joints that can be attached to it.A student raised his hand and said: Billy didn’t make his robot. Teacher: Billy is that true? Billy: I got sidetracked. Teacher: Then you have nothing to show? Billy: Not with arms... Teacher: Then what does it have? Billy: Feet The Teacher stopped, surprised. Feet were the subject was for next year. Moving arms were easier to design than the balancing process and self re-adjusting algorithm that was only available in RX-9A.
Teacher: Show me Billy pulled out the RX-7 body, which sure enough, had the joints connected below the body. It looked a little bit like a headless chicken. He put the robot on the table before the teacher and looked at him. Teacher: Billy, it doesn’t walk, it’s just a statue. That isn’t the assignment. A student from the back chimed in: He is always cheating on assignments! Teacher: Billy. I’m going to ask your parents to come in with you after school. You can’t just point the joints underneath the body and call them feet. Also, what is this microphone doing here? Billy: It’s the robot’s ears Teacher: So now you are trying to tell me that you actually programmed it for listening as well? Billy: Not exactly... Billy pulled out a small mono speaker from his pocket and turned it on, first there was no sound, but slowly, the faint sounds of a piano began playing, as the melody grew it morphed into a combination of piano and rhythmic beats. Suddenly the robot’s joints twitched, the movements were not smooth, more like some kind of intensive mechanical jump. As the song playing from the speakers built in volume and cadence, the robot’s moves became smoother and less noisy until it looked more and more like the robot was breakdancing. Teacher: Why is it doing that? Billy: You didn’t give us enough memory to store move patterns. Teacher: Yes, I know I didn’t. But how did you get the robot to dance? Billy: I was just playing with it, when I realized that grabbing objects can self-evolve to something that is balanced by musical patterns. The Robot danced, it started doing some different moves, calibrating it’s own mistakes and readjusting till its movements become perfect. The students stood and watched in shocked silence, no one wanted to disturb this beautiful image of most perfect dance they’ve seen in their lives. by Zan Gato
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Randy Mora
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Brian Miller
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Benjamin Flouw
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Tim Bower
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Goro Fujita
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Vadim Borisenko
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Mika Suutari
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Randy Mora www.randymora.com
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For Bienestar Magazine
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For the 50th anniversary edition of Diners magazine (Colombia)
Illustration commissioned by Show Media (UK) for one of its publications, The Quarterly Magazine For Bienestar Magazine. The article makes a review of several movies and documentaries that have addressed infectious diseases...
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For the February issue of Diners Magazine For Bacรกnika Magazine
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For The Guardian Magazine
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Beware the Tech Utopia. For New Statesman magazine, a piece about the advances in technology not necessarily being beneficial to our daily lives
Illustration for the cover of IMPRONTA, a publications catalog by Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
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For The Guardian & The Observer
For The Guardian & The Observer
Br ian Miller www.orlincultureshop.com
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My name is Brian Edward Miller and
in me the notion of hard work (“perfect
I’m the Owner, Artist, and Illustrator
practice makes perfect.”), dedication,
behind the Orlin Culture Shop (OCS
and growth through perseverance.
for short) based in Erie, Colorado. The
I also attribute my sense of
OCS represents an amalgamation
professionalism to my father who was
of influences born out of an eighties
dependable and respectful in all the
driven childhood, a family legacy of
dealings I witnessed. My mother, a DOD
artists and craftsman, and over a
worker by profession, was a passionate
decade of experience as a creative
artist and crafter who taught me the
professional.
value of exploration within the arts.
I was born and raised in Colorado
She was fearless in her willingness to
and was nourished artistically as far
try her hand at new endeavors and
back as I can remember. My father, a
quite adept when it came to picking
professional musician for the Air Force
up new things. It was always her voice
Academy and photographer, instilled
that gave pragmatic encouragement
The Totes Adorbots are a cuddly bunch of robots... with the power to destroy worlds
to everyone in the household whenever we doubted our ability to grow as artists or to set goals and chase after them. My grandparents, hard working farmers, railroad workers, and homemakers, made crafts such as woodworking, leather working, quilting, and more, a natural part of their lives. They instilled in me a rich appreciation for sustainable crafts which hearken back to our Country’s golden years. Today, with a family of my own, the
God willing, much further forward. My goal is to provide quality illustration and story telling with the
concept of ‘artistic legacy’ has taken
professional hard working ideals my
on new meaning with the added
family modeled to me and to chase
responsibilities accompanying my
down that elusive vintage aesthetic
attempts at being a loving husband
which played such a powerful role in
and father. While the OCS was
my childhood.
made official in 2011, its foundation stretches much further back and,
www.orlincultureshop.com/about
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2014 Illustration for Opera.com
Illustration for the 2014 LabelExpo Americas, through the Tarsus Group
1st set of illustrations for the 2014 LabelExpo Americas, through the Tarsus Group
75th Anniversary Commemorative Poster for Sugar Bowl Resort
Cover and spot illustrations for the Nov 路 2014 issue of Variety magazine
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Robot Workshop 路 2014 路 Activity book published through Penguin US
Ben jam in Flouw www.penguin-boy.com
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A tribute to one of the best superheroin in Gotham!
I’m a french freelance illustrator based in Paris. I work for feature films, TV shows, advertising and editorial in companies such as: Cartoon Network / The Amazing World of Gumball; Gaumont animation; Onyx Films; The Mill; Psyop; Picasso Pictures; La Station Animation; TimTom Films. Benjamin Flouw
PRAIRIE Personal project
SEAGAZING Inspired by reading “Lord of the Flies”
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD A series of illustration about the way I used to fantasize childhood as a kid who watched a lot of american movies and sitcoms
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ARCTIC PARTY All the artic pals partying with Dj Polarbear and his boombox!
Tim Bower Dead Writers’ Bedrooms
www.timbower.com
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Ernest Hemingway
Truman Capote
Tim Bower became a commercial artist at age 10, when he won a national contest for Hygrade’s Ball Park Franks. Since his mom wrote the winning copy (“I like Ball Park Franks because they’re plump like my little brother”), and he drew the accompanying picture, (a chubby anthropomorphic hotdog-boy), illustration seemed a natural calling. Since the contest’s prize, a 3-speed Columbia banana-seat bicycle, had about the same monetary value as today’s average spot illustration, he’s been pretty much treading water ever since.
Flannery O’Connor
J D Salinger
Virginia Woolf
Henry Thoreau
Lewis Carroll
Goro Fu jita 30min Speedpainting
www.chapter-56.blogspot.com
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I was born in Japan and moved with my family to Germany when I was two and a half years old. I have been fascinated by drawing ever since I was a little child. After finishing highschool I founded a company called “Quaintix� with a friend of mine for graphic design and programming work. Meanwhile I got interested in 3D animation and started to play around with cubes and spheres. In 2002 I left Quaintix and I started my studies at the German Film School for digital production. My passion for animation grew stronger and drawing remained as a hobby. During the 3 years I spent there, I gained a lot of experience in many areas like the whole 2D and 3D filmmaking process from the initial Idea to the finished piece, working in teams, digital painting etc. I graduated the German Film School in march 2005 specialized on 3D character animation. Since then I was working as a freelance character Animator and Visual Development Artist on feature films and tv comercials in Germany. In 2008 I moved to the United States. Currently I’m working as a Visual Development Artist at DreamWorks Animation in Redwood City. Goro Fujita
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Vadim Bor isenko
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Mika Suutar i www.mikasuutari.net
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Insomnia / “Dreamer ll”
Insomnia / “Night (moon) will forgive us”
My name is Mika Suutari and I am a self-taught photographer. I live Nurmijärvi about 30 kilometers away from Helsinki. I started taking pictures in 2007 when I bought my first digital SLR camera. I love being in the nature under a clear starry sky or on a field in the morning mist listening to nature’s sounds. In those moments I forget everything else and only concentrate in taking pictures. Recently I have started adding some elements to my images to convey a particular mood or a message. However, a good picture is born out of a great moment, good lighting and the vision of the photographer. I love the pictures where is a lot of mystical atmosphere and I try to get the same atmosphere with my photos. you can watch my pictures:
My site
Flickr
1x.com
“Night meets the day”
Insomnia / “My apocalypse”
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Insomnia / “Sleeples”
Insomnia / “Dreamer”
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Insomnia / “I wil find you”
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“Same old barn”
“Silent”
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