Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Crazy Crimers 2 Show In Osaka
Crazy Crimers 2 is Japan's biggest graffiti show and showcases work for most of Japan's best writers: Zenone, OBS, Casper, Joe, Kress, Keone, Eater, Veryone, Titifreak, Suiko, Emar, Wanto & many more...
Lots more Pics [VIA]
Lots more Pics [VIA]
Japanese Machine Gun Camera
A 35mm WW2 Japanese Type 89 “Rokuoh-Sha” (made by Konica) Air force Machine Gun Movie Camera that they used for Training Machine Gunners. This could be mounted on the wing and controlled remotely (by the wires in the case) or mounted in the Waist Gunner’s position for hands on target practice.
See that yellow plastic like dome ? That would hold a stop watch which would be activated when the Trigger was pulled and because of a prism mounted near the end , the face of the watch would also be shown in the “Movie” it was shooting. This way a Gunner could be shown how long his bursts were and taught how to better handle the weapon.
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ASIMO Turns 10!!
The world's most advanced robot has turned 10!To celebrate, Honda is releasing a free app for iPhone and Android called Run With Asimo. Take a walk through Asimo's history and control him too!
Check out the video below which features the robot on a madcap dash through its own history.
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Searching For Paradise By Shuichi Nakano
Shuichi Nakano has produced a series of paintings depicting giant-sized animals chilling and grazing amongst Japan's urban sprawl. A very cool concept and a refreshing take on the monster-theme methinks.
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[VIA]Gojin Ishihara Book Art
Gojin Ishihara is a Japanese artist who specialised in macabre, scary and downright disturbed imagery for mainly childrens books in Japan during the 70's and 80's. If I was a child seeing this, I think that this artist would have given me nightmares for years to come! His illustrations are both grotesque & fascinating and had me actually thinking of trying to buy some of the publications he has worked on...
Check out Pinktentacle's post to see even more pages from his various publications...[VIA]
Kappa (river imp), Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters, 1972
Jorōgumo (lit. "whore spider"), Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters, 1972
Tenjō-sagari (ceiling dweller), Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters, 1972
Burning Hell (Illustrated Book of Hell, 1975)
Demons of the Orient (The Complete Book of Demons, 1974)
Kaiketsu Lion-Maru (sonosheet book, 1972)
Kaiketsu Lion-Maru (sonosheet book, 1972)
The secretary who spied for 18 years (from Spy Wars)
Check out Pinktentacle's post to see even more pages from his various publications...[VIA]
Kotobukiya S-Frame Arms Mecha Series
Under 23 BMX Flatland Competition 2010
My good friend in Japan, pro-rider Nao Yoshida organised the Under23 BMX Flatland Comp in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo over this weekend and holy s**t the quality of the riders was incredible!!! Check out Nao, who came 3rd and 2nd place Takahiro Ikeda, who imho should have won....
Naoto Hattori
Japanese born artist Naoto Hattori
"I try to express something from my inner mind. I like to see what’s really going on in my head, and then find something from the stream of consciousness and paint it. Sometimes it comes out very weird and twisted, but I like to paint exactly what I see with no compromises. That way I can explore my feelings and find something that I really want to paint."
More of Naoto's art here.
"I try to express something from my inner mind. I like to see what’s really going on in my head, and then find something from the stream of consciousness and paint it. Sometimes it comes out very weird and twisted, but I like to paint exactly what I see with no compromises. That way I can explore my feelings and find something that I really want to paint."
More of Naoto's art here.
