Alex Pardee

Recently, I have been paying alot of attention to the art being produced by our cousins across the Atlantic ocean; Alex Pardee in particular. He has invented this sick, cruel, twisted horror-esque fairy-tale world where he is the master. Scary as it may sound, he is a hardcore artist. He has more personal work on his WEBSITE than anyone else and judging from interviews, he also seems like a pretty safe guy.



This is what his WEBSITE had to say about Alex:
"Alex Pardee’s unique style is one conceived through watching years of horror movies, writing graffiti, and listening to gangster rap. His work best represents that of avibrant undead circus sideshow. Final pieces are often brought to life by translating random shapes and colors into signs of torment and absurdity. By juxtaposing these two conflicting moods, Alex makes his works more personal to his viewers, forcing them to project their own feelings and emotions onto each character in his twisted universe.



After months of hospitalization and many futile attempts at seeking out professional help in his early teens, Alex finally overcame his battle with severe depression and anxiety through his own form of therapy: art. His love for drawing and painting spawned from his fascination with the grotesque images of Garbage Pail Kids and Tales from the Crypt comics. For years Alex used sketch drawing and graffiti as an emotional outlet.
Since his first book release in 1999, Alex has devoted every minute of his life to creating an entire universe of characters and monsters. In the past five years he has continued to release books like The Secrets of Hollywood and the popular Bunnywith series. The comics have spawned an entire plush line, calendars, and art exhibitions.



Alex Pardee’s devotion to his art has gained the attention of Warner Bros., Reprise Records, Upper Playground, Hurley International, RIDE snowboards, DefJux, and more. In 2004 he was tapped by the gold-selling rock group The Used to design the artwork for their album, In Love and Death."




See more of his amazing and insane quantity of work on his WEBSITE
All Images copyright of Alex Pardee.

Custom NES Phone

You can find mods and hacks for any product you wanna try and make or customise nowadays and this NES controller cellphone was my favourite invention this week so I wanted to share it with you.




You can learn all the steps to make this little beauty HERE.

Cannondale Fold away Bike

Usually, fold away bikes can end up looking a little strange and inefficient with tiny wheels and spindly seats. Cannondale have tried to come up with the solution for the image conscious rider. The Jacknife prototype also loses the traditional bike chain and uses a hydraulic drive train instead. You can read the full report HERE. Otherwise just pray that this gets put into production.





Source Via Boing Boing

Webcam Robot

Ever wanted your webcam to suddenly wander off in the middle of a live teleconference? Thinkgeek have come up with a cool little package...The Robot Webcam. It has a resolution of 640X480, the yes can light up to illuminate you in darkness and the bot comes with a microphone too. I really like this idea even though the specs aren't that great, the concept is still very cool and it only costs $20 USD!



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Retro Games Animation

Was searching for retro games on Youtube when I found this little gem! A film maker known as PES made this great minute and a half stop-frame animation of some classic arcade games of the past. Amazingly animated!

Conor Harrington

If you live in London, then you will definitely know about this artist, but if you don't, you do now! I first saw Conor Harrington's work about 2 years ago and have been a fan ever since. His skills at Realism are untouchable and the great thing is that he can do it with a tin of spraypaint just as easily as a brush. Mix it up with some abstract lines/shapes and you got a winning formula IMO.






Check his WEBSITE to see more amazing work, both on the street and in the galleries.
All images Copyright of Conor Harrington.

$98,000,000 SOLD!!!

I can't believe it! Someone or something has gone and bought Davros Hirst's skull-turd from hell!

"The artist’s London gallery, WHITE CUBE, announced today that an unnamed “investment group” has purchased the bauble for the original asking price of $100 million, nearly a month after the unsold piece was removed from display. It has now officially become the most expensive piece of modern art ever sold. The gallery also noted that Hirst retained an ownership stake in the piece and that (surprise!) the gallery planned to re-sell the piece at a later date, at which point the skull will probably break its own sales record."

You can read the original post HERE.
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Marka 27 Minigod Previews Exclusive

The Previews Exclusive

The Suru Platinum Exclusive

Awesome toy design by the super cool Marka 27.

"August is coming to an end and time is running out to get your hands on the Midnight Edition Minigod Vinyl Figure by Marka27. The long-awaited 16" figure comes with a full range speaker and has an integrated amplifier for increased speaker power -- all the better to bump your music! A lone 9 volt battery will power the speaker and amp. The figure will has a minijack connector (seen on the bottom left-hand side) providing compatibility with any music device with a headphone jack such as an ipod, cd player, boombox, laptop or desktop. This Previews Exclusive is limited to 300 pieces worldwide."

You can read a great interview of Marka27 HERE.

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"Teleport" Canvas by Dkoda

A new canvas by Dkoda using spray paint for background, and a mixture of acrylics and poster pens for the character.

Paper Bumblebee

An incredible paper rendition of the Bumblebee Transformer by a Chinese papercrafter. Using only KFC buckets and Orion custard boxes, he has done a pretty amazing job at making this robot poseable and stand upright.....




Thanks to Ninjascience for the link! A connoisseur of the Mecha-Arts.
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Beardy Man Radio Beatbox

Ok..so the harmonica below is pretty cool..but this guy is like the Optimus Prime of Vocal transformation. All Hail The Beardy Man..seriously...he should do a radio show..I'd tune in for real!!!

I thought that Rahzel was the illest of all beatbox cats..but this guy blows em all away..especially his melodies which seamlessly merge with his uptempo beats....a true genius...!

Original Vid on YouTube

Harmonica BeatBox

Check out the skills of this one man "duo", combining the melody of a harmonica whilst simultaneously beatboxing! Wild! It's great to see these niche forms of music continually developing with people such as Yuri Lane pushing the boundaries! He'd be great to have at a party!

Original Vid on YouTube