Monthly Archives: April 2010

Cre8ive Abstract, Popular Culture

Black Superheroes

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The Black Superheroes

Yes, they do exist, and have existed since the 1960’s or so – the first popular black super heroes such as ‘Falcon’, and ‘Black Panther’ were introduced to cater to different audiences that were emerging. Jumping forward, the most popular adaptation of a Black Superhero would have to be Will Smith’s portrayal of Hancock released in 2008. And with Hollywood’s fascination of imaginary worlds and characters, the releases of the Iron Man series, X-Men, Avatar, and Transformers, have resurged the comic book industry – whom we once thought was dying, but is surging as they are adapting their content to new mediums (such as Apple’s iPad).


Via Cynical-c.com

The Mighty Thor
Via goodcomics.com


The Falcon: The First Black Superhero by Marvel comics in the 1960’s


Black Panther
Via Black Super Heroes


Via Wired.com

For more information check out: http://www.blacksuperhero.com

Technology

BlackBerry OS 6 for Q3 2010

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BlackBerry 6 OS

Something for the BlackBerry phreaks to get hype about it; it does look like they have taken some cues from the iPhone OS and Android OS to make things more intuitive – has a much cleaner interface. This new OS should still appeal to BlackBerry’s base, and may appeal to those that want an iPhone-like experience – without the dismal AT&T service.  Only flaw with the ad is the bizarre dancing by the headless people – gets kinda weird after awhile.  One of the biggest features for the OS 6 is the much anticipated native browser – it is actually a real browser now, and has the ability to have multiple tabs(pages) open simultaneously.  A little late in the game, but hey, at least they are participating.

Here are some recent Smartphone market share statistis from comScore.com

Top Smartphone Platforms
3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2010 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2009
Total U.S. Age 13+
Source: comScore MobiLens
Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
Oct-09 Jan-10 Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers 100.0% 100.0% N/A
RIM 41.3% 43.0% 1.7
Apple 24.8% 25.1% 0.3
Microsoft 19.7% 15.7% -4.0
Google 2.8% 7.1% 4.3
Palm 7.8% 5.7% -2.1

Source: comScore

Social, videos

Ikea Heights

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IKEA Heights from DaveAOK on Vimeo.

“Friend of Epic Fu and general good guy Dave Seger is one of the creators of Ikea Heights, a melodrama (read: understatement) set in an Ikea store in Burbank, California. And I mean they literally film the show in an Ikea store without the store’s knowledge, and with customers milling about.

They produced the show for Channel 101, the grandaddy of all funny video sites created by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab that keeps on chugging along and discovering new talent. This is episode 1 of Ikea Heights. Check out the others on Vimeo (Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4) or at the Channel 101 show site.”

Goes to show that Guerilla film making is not only for the streets ….

Cre8ive Abstract

iPod Fan Art & Variations

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Table of contents for Creative Abstract

  1. Salience Eyes
  2. Funky Phresh Vinyl Toys 3
  3. Summer, suspended with Stills
  4. Some “Why’s”
  5. 8-bit Art
  6. Jay-Z Fan Art
  7. Missbugs
  8. Nu American Gothic
  9. New HP Commercials w/ Hip-Hop
  10. Winter Solace Art
  11. Kobe Bryant Fan Art
  12. Christmas Art
  13. iPod Fan Art & Variations
  14. Cold Wintery Art
  15. Lebron James Fan Art: Then and Now

iPod Art

Prior to 2001, Apple was a struggling computer manufacturer, trying to deal with Windows based machines and software; many have written them off, but they dropped the iPod in 2001, and it has to be one of the defining items of the 2000’s.  Since launching on October 23, 2001, the iPod has sold over 240 million units worldwide as of January 2010.  Here are some creative iPod digital art renditions.


Designed by Rebou91

Designed by Saiyan Queen Vega

Designed by Silph Creator

Designed by Kamijo

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Popular Culture, Social

The Influenced Economy

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The Influenced Economy

Sourced from Adweek:
“Social media specialist Vitrue, which aids brands in building their customer bases on social networks, tried to put a media value on such communities.
The firm has determined that, on average, a fan base of 1 million translates into at least $3.6 million in equivalent media over a year.”

This translates to the fact that the more followers and/or fans that you have on social networking sites, the more leverage or value one possesses. Which in turn suggests that advertisers should pay more for an ad on a profile page with 1 million followers, than a profile page that has 5,000 followers – creating an advertising economy of scale based on influence.   Seems like we are in high school all over again, but this “Influenced Economy” may be a viable way for social media companies to actually start making money, and have a real business model.

Sources: http://www.adweek.com