John Lewis Christmas Ad

 

Video from youtube

I love the John Lewis advert this Christmas, it makes me smile everytime I watch it. Especially like the bit when he's hidding from the snowball fight. Worth a watch.

007

I can't wait for the new James Bond movie to come out! I do love a bit of Daniel Craig & the theme song by Adele is amazing too.

Jacqui Lee

Wedding Stationery for Hello Lucky, image from Jacqui Lee website

Illustration from Captain's Log series, image from Jacqui Lee website

Movie poster for Big Fish, image from Jacqui Lee blog

Illustration from the Jules Verne collection, image from Jacqui Lee website

Another find from website Hello Lucky is illustrator Jacqui Lee. She has a new collection of wedding stationery on the site which I think is beautiful, the example above shows a really nice approach to florals. Crossing over to her website you can see a lovely illustrative style & a lot of collaboration and variety of work. I've added a few of my favourites above.

Minimalist Superhero Posters

I've seen various minimalist posters doing the rounds, covering classic book, disney films at many more. This series has made me smile, another super hero theme for the blog. The posters have been designed by student Calvin Lin & are available to buy. It highlights how iconic are favourite super hero's are. I've posted 3 of my favourites above, I think the Batman one is really clever. Great work! 

Images taken from Hi Consumption

Game of Thrones

Image from Art of the Title

Image from Art of the Title

Image from Art of the Title

Image from Art of the Title

I was a bit of a couch potatoe over the weekend and watched the entire first series of Game of Thrones. I loved it and have become addicted to the second series. I thought I'd share with you the amazing title sequence, its a magical animation/render that tells the story of the different lands within the programme, with each new episode the map expands. If you like the sound of it why not watch it here, enjoy.

To Do List

Meet More People - Stop being an unsocialable hermit

Travel More - Definatley

Take a Class - I could think of a few inspiring ones

These images are from a beautiful 2 min animation by Motion & Graphic Designer Yaniv Friedman. The short video called "To Do List" highlights all of the things that we should or shouldn't be doing to live a more rewarding & inspired life, I may have to take him up on some of the points - especially "Travel More". I couldn't embed the video so click here to see it on Vimeo.

Fantastic Mr Fox

I've been spending Sunday afternoon watching the delightful Fantastic Mr Fox with the voice of the lovely Mr Clooney. Its a great film for a bit of light hearted fun in front of the TV with a bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup to battle a weekend cold, and the style of the animation is great, the characters really come to life & its quite funny too - there must be something about talking animals.