Network Network!

A very useful online Creative Network site - updated by Chichester Artists.  A whole directory of contacts and goings on for: Dance, Art, Craft, Design, Film, Literature, Music, Photography etc etc!

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Theatre Design

Here’s a useful site – showing a pretty big selection of current Set Designers work… great for some inspiration every now and then.

Theatre Design Competition

The OISTAT Theatre Architecture Competition (TAC) is an international ideas competition, aimed at students and emerging practitioners, which is organised every four years by the Architecture Commission of OISTAT (International Organisation of Scenographers, Technicians and Theatre Architects). For more information on the activities of OISTAT please see:www.oistat.org

CJ’s Blog Space

Welcome to the never ending blog roll CJ

Scorpion Costume

This Instructables tutorial gives some great advice for making costume special effects and prosthetics. Check out Marshon’s other tutorials for more on working with latex.

3D Printing Used For Film Costumes

Parts of Iron Man’s and Whiplash’s costume for Iron Man 2 were created using 3D printing technology. The pieces were so light that Robert Downey Jr was comfortable in his costume for hours.

Design for The Russian Pavillion

The Russian Pavillion has been designed by P.A.P. ER Architectural Team and resembles a fairy tale city. The irregularly shaped white buildings are decorated in red and gold patterns that conjures up magic. And then there’s the fantastical interior …

Do you feel lucky, Steampunk?

Planning an antique Sci-Fi extravaganza look here for inspiration – a bunch of Steampunk gadgets to populate your daily life.

Arthur Rackham

With the upcoming Alice in Wonderland exhibition by the theatre design students I’ve been reminded of a great inspirational figure for illustration – Arthur Rackham

In one of the featurettes on the DVD of Pan’s Labyrinth, and in the commentary track for Hellboy, director Guillermo Del Toro cites Rackham as an influence on the design of “The Faun” of Pan’s Labyrinth. He liked the dark tone of Rackham’s gritty realistic drawings and had decided to incorporate this into the film. In Hellboy, the design of the tree growing out of the altar in the ruined abbey off the coast of Scotland where Hellboy was brought over, is actually referred to as a “Rackham tree” by the director.

Inspiring Dance

Check out the YouTube channel of choreographer Kjersti Alverberg to see some breathtaking dancing and design. Her own website is here.