DEFA ART x Cali Green

Keep your eyes open and be on the look out for this guy! No, not the three-eyed monster in the painting above but for the Artist who masterminded this wicked Cyclops - Verdell Wright aka DEFA. DEFA is another example of the talent that is emerging from the world of "street graffiti" and kickin down the door into the main stream contemporary art world - "Kick in the door, waiving the 44," in other words they are taking over. Check out our post on KAWS for more talented Graffiti Artist turned Pro Artista.

It looks like Dude in the picture has something on his mind? He is probably thinking the same thing you are - "where can I get my eyes and hands on some of this stuff?" Well DEFA's Art is on display right now at Cali Green in Santa Barbara. Cali Green is a small boutique apparel company inspired by the diversity and creative freedom of Cali living! The designs encompass a mixture of art, music, sports and youth culture while focusing on creating merchandise using environmentally friendly materials that leave less of an impact on the environment.

Check out the picture below showing how Cali Green gets down with supporting artist! The artwork in the picture are some the pieces on display by DEFA at the boutique in downtown Santa Barbara.

Last but not least another close up of DEFA's work. Want to see more? Go check it out for yourself - I can't put the entire exhibition up for ya. G0 get exposed! If your under-exposed and need some art in your life - check out the Downtown LA Artwalk every second Thursday of each month! You can also check out the creative concotion of culture, music, spirits (alcohol) and live art that goes down Thursday nights @ R-Bar in K-town - brought to you by your friends at Puma! I will leave ya with a few words from the Artist DEFA - "Get rich or die painting!"

Disney Samples...Disney!

We all know that Baloo from the Jungle book looks very similar to Little John from Robin Hood (well, they are both bears) but this little video delight shows just how similar certain animated sequences in some classic Disney films are...i.e. they just traced it! Love the video editing - really brings the point home!



Source: Cinematical

"Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea" - Movie Trailer

The new trailer for Hayao Miyazaki's (Studio Ghibli) new film "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea" is finally available to watch online, albeit in Japanese! From the acclaimed director of "Spirited Away" and "Howl's Moving Castle", this new tale tells the story of a five year old boy and his friendship with a young goldfish girl who wants to be human and a part of his world. Sounds familiar? Well, it's loosely inspired by Han's Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid". It premiered at the Venice Film Festival yesterday, but has been a box office hit in Japan taking well over $91 million in its first month of release.

Check out the trailer below - don't understand what they're saying but the cute animation and music certainly brought a smile to my face!



Source: Reuters

BBC Sport's Olympics Coverage - Meet Monkey

Keeping with the Olympics theme, Monkey and his friends above are the faces of the BBC's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The promos and music were created by the guys behind the Gorillaz - Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, based on their stage play "Journey to the West", adapted from a classic Chinese folktale of the same name.

Check out the short animated sequence below, where Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy head on a "Journey to the East" for BBC Sport this summer:

Source: BBC Sport - Olympics