Two “untooned” images from pixeloo recently made the rounds around the Internet: Homer Simpson and Mario. Now, they’re at it again with Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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So this ended up taking quite a bit longer than the last 2 even though I had expected a pretty easy time with it. I was able to complete the face relatively quickly but the real challenge was everything from her neck down. Trying to piece together parts of a body from multiple photos on top of a highly disproportionate body was pretty difficult. I considered only doing the face but I predicted pitchforks and torches if I chose that route. Creating the sequins took a bit of time too. I recently saw some camera effects in a music video I tried to duplicate too with the streaked brightness which I gave a shot here to add to the whole realism.

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High-resolution Version of Jessica Rabbit

So one day I picked up an NES Zapper (gun) and went “woah, that would make a cool lamp!” So… after playing around…

I gutted one… who knew this is what they looked like inside?

Then I stumbled around for ideas for the base and shade.  A regular cartridge was too small a base, so I measured one and made a 1.5 scale replica out of cardboard, and screwed the gun to it.  I weighted it with stones, and then tackled the shade.

I picked up a $2 shade at the re-store, a pack of fun foam, and voila!  After hours and hours of cutting pixellated shapes, I was done!  A little dab of glue to secure the shade, and… ta dah!

I want one of these, especially if you can pull the trigger to turn it on and off.

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From nin.com:

as a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com.

the music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. your link will include all options - all free. all downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.

for those of you interested in physical products, fear not. we plan to make a version of this release available on CD and vinyl in july. details coming soon.

Like last time, this album is being released under a creative commons license, allowing it to be shared and remixed, as long as it’s not for commercial purposes. Thanks again, Trent!

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At first, my decision was an easy one, one that would be made on price alone. The least-expensive version of the XBox 360 (the “Arcade” system) is roughly $280. The least-expensive version of the Playstation 3 is roughly $400. Plus, I soon discovered that if I purchased an XBox 360 along with GTA IV from BestBuy.com, I would receive a $50 Best Buy gift card for free, essentially bringing the price of the XBox 360 down to $230… what a deal! I couldn’t pass that up.

I quickly made my purchase on Monday, April 27th, 2008 and selected store pick-up for both the console system and video game. Shortly after placing my order, I received a series of e-mails from BestBuy.com letting me know that my $50 gift card was getting ready to ship, GTAIV would be ready for in-store pick-up on April 29th, and that the XBox 360 Arcade would be ready for pickup on April 28th, since the store was closed when I placed the order. Fair enough. This was shaping up to become the easiest game release ever. I had everything pre-ordered for store pickup, so no waiting in line and no worrying if they’d run out of copies before I got my hands on one. Boy, was I wrong about that.

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It’s fanboy week on Deal or No Deal. Tonight (April 28), Star Wars takes over the popular game show adding stormtroopers and models posing in slave Leia costumes… with Darth Vader as the banker!

Then, on Wednesday (April 30), Hellga, Titan, Mayhem, and Wolf from the new American Gladiators join in a 2-hour special episode of the show.

With DoND’s recent failed attempt at finally having a million-dollar winner (they had up to half the cases with $1,000,000 in them and still no success), it’s becoming increasingly clear that the show needs gimmicks to continue to draw viewers, since we all now realize that it’s nearly impossible to actually win big. Regardless, I’ll be tuning in this week… or at least recording and fast-forwarding through it.

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From attractionsmagazine.com:

We now have a complete 49-minute video online of Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde’s presentation on the history of Animal Kingdom given at 9:45am on April 22, the park’s 10th anniversary.

The presentation was delivered in front of cast members and fans at the theater that houses the Finding Nemo Musical stage show.

Click here to download the video from our videos page.

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From attractionsmagazine.com:

Disney’s Animal Kingdom celebrated its 10th anniversary today with a morning ceremony in front of the Tree of Life featuring Imagineer Joe Rohde and Dr. Jane Goodall. After the ceremony, we had a chance to talk to Rohde and Goodall about Animal Kingdom and their favorite parts of the park.

You can download a high-quality video of the complete ceremony and interviews by visiting our video page.

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From go.com:

The Walt Disney Studios is launching Disneynature, a prestigious new production banner that will literally go to the ends of the earth to produce major big screen nature documentaries, Studios Chairman Dick Cook announced.

In the great tradition established by Walt Disney himself, Disneynature will offer spectacular entertainment about the world in which we live. The significance of the new banner goes beyond the studio, with The Walt Disney Company embracing this new initiative around the world through a number of its businesses, including publications, licensing, parks and educational outreach. Disney veteran Jean-Francois Camilleri, who has served as senior vice president and general manager for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures France will head the new unit. Disneynature will be based in France, where Camilleri and his team will oversee the initiation, development and acquisition of high quality feature projects.

Among the first films to be released domestically under the new label will be Earth, from award-winning British producer/director Alastair Fothergill, whose credits include the landmark Planet Earth series for the BBC and The Discovery Channel and The Blue Planet. Earth, which is produced by BBC Worldwide and Greenlight Media and co-directed by Mark Linfield, will take us on a tour of our home planet as we’ve never seen it before. It will be narrated by renowned actor James Earl Jones and will premiere theatrically on Earth Day, April 22, 2009. The film will also be released under the Disneynature banner in Latin America.

To go with the information about the upcoming documentaries, Disney has created a fabulous web site that really gives you that “big screen” feeling on your small screen at home. Not only does the site contain a clips and information from the upcoming new documentaries, but also a look back at the history of Walt Disney’s “True Life Adventures” series of nature films, including a brief interview with Walt himself. The site is definitely one to check out.

Link to Disneynature web site

From attractionsmagazine.com:

During the Q&A session, Christopher Lloyd revealed that he had, in fact, voiced his BTTF character, Doc Brown, for The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios. He stated that the crazy, wild-eyed doc would be making a brief cameo appearance, as a Simpsons character, near the beginning of the new attraction.

Bob Gale also mentioned that they are seriously considering adding the Back to the Future: The Ride flim to the Blu-Ray release of the movie, which does not yet have a release date.

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The Top 3 candidates for Disney’s first-ever Chief Magic Official have arrived in Orlando and will begin engaging in various competitions tomorrow.

Below is the schedule for the CMO events around Walt Disney World for the next few days, in case anyone wants to try to see and/or take part in the various competitions:

Thursday, April 17:
8am - Stroller Derby - Skyway Stroller Parking in Fantasy Land
11:30am - Noon - Throw In The Towel. This is a non-public event, shot in a resort room for the web.
2pm - The Loudest Crowd - Main Street, MK.

Friday, April 18:
10am - Know The Show - Epcot Tip Board
2pm - Make A Face - AK, Lower Bradley Falls.
Time unknown - Shadow the Dream Squad.

Tuesday:
8am - Selection Ceremony, MK Rose Garden.

It appears that the 8am events will take place before the Magic Kingdom opens, so they are likely not going to be open for public viewing, unless Disney allows early entry for them.

We have been told that the CMO Selection Ceremony on Tuesday will be broadcast live on DreamCMO.com. Voting to select the winner of the contest is currently ongoing at the web site as well and will continue through Monday, April 21. Videos of the competitions will be posted there over the next few days.

Thanks to Kenny (”the pirate” - one of last year’s Dream Job winners) for sending in the schedule.

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