Award Winning Video: LOOM by Polynoid – spellbinding, chilling and creepy digital animation from Germany

Yet another cool thing to come out of Germany.  This is a stunning piece of digital animation.  It was recently awarded “Best International Animation Short Film” at the Monterrey International Film Festival as well as “Best Animation” at Eksjö Animation Festival 2011.  Polynoid is the design / storytelling loving collaboration of Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, [...]

Highlight, ultra cool find: Dominic Elvin – artist & designer – source pod for cyberpunks anywhere out of time

Highlight, ultra cool find: Dominic Elvin – artist & designer – source pod for cyberpunks anywhere out of time. So a friend of mine posts a video on my Facebook page about an artlab collaborative called Futur Fusion.  I click play and like what I see.  And what I see is an easy glide into [...]

Audio Visual Candy: Entering The Stronghold by Matthias Müller & Denny Schneidemesser

Beautifully rendered animation with emotive soundscape. I’d like to have this blurring through my lounge during a night of heavy intoxication. Make sure you watch full screen. Music by Denny Schneidemesser, visuals by Matthias Müller Thanks to A Strangely Isolated Place for the find.   More David J Rodger? God Seed ¦ Dante’s Fool ¦ [...]

Art: James Cauty – Riot in a Jam Jar

A rather cool portrayal of how we’re given the right to protest in the UK, or rather, how that right is “contained”. See more posts like this – click David J Rodger – DATA . Cos he's a cool MoFo. James Cauty creates riot in a jam jar http://davidjrodger.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/art-james-cauty-riot-in-a-jam-jar/— David Rodger (@davidjrodger) June 01, 2011

Go from aspiration to inspiration. 10 top tips about writing from science fiction & dark fantasy author David J Rodger

I’m not claiming that my experience and advice is in any way special or unique; but it’s real, from the heart and is how I pushed through all the barriers to achieve my dreams.  So here’s 10 top tips that you hopefully find useful.  I’d like to think that some of them help nudge your [...]

Dark Art: Occult #wallpaper – Devil, by Jason Engle

Part of a series of images from the shadowy fringes of the Internet.  Visuals that stir my sense for the eerie and macabre. What I like about this image is the ambivalence about his nature, regardless of the title bestowed upon him; angelic wings and a stormy yet ethereal sky above his head.  Perhaps it [...]

Press update: Examiner.com runs an interview with David J Rodger author of Yellow Dawn RPG.

I had the pleasure to encounter this chap, Michael Tresca, during an interview with Examiner.com.  I talk about my early experiences of gaming and what led to the creation of Yellow Dawn. I give my personal view on the world of Yellow Dawn – about Zombies and Orcs, concepts that occur within the post-apocalyptic world, [...]

IAN: if this is your name you’re going to want to know about That Ian Bloke

Have you ever realised that as an Ian… you’re everywhere! Check out the website and sign-up to learn more about the upcoming launch. Sadly, my name’s David, so I’m not invited. (0)(-) Djr More David J Rodger? God Seed ¦ Dante’s Fool ¦ Iron Man Project ¦ Edge ¦ Dog Eat Dog

Spooky, creepy and eerie: photo manipulations by Tebe Interesno

I found these by random. They conjure an immediate and fantastic atmosphere. Great work.       Photo Manipulations by Tebe Interesno: see full gallery here   More David J Rodger? God Seed ¦ Dante’s Fool ¦ Iron Man Project ¦ Edge

Spanish Cinema: Limits of Control – nestling in the grooves of my mind

I saw this film the other week and it continue to linger with me.  Stylistically wonderful, the story is very thin and yet… it works.  It’s a film that needs patience and the awareness that you may not experience a wow at the end. But I’m very glad I watched it.  Great sound track too. [...]

The changing face of women through 500 years of art.

Captivating and beautifully done. More David J Rodger? God Seed ¦ Dante’s Fool ¦ Iron Man Project ¦ Edge ¦ Yellow Dawn RPG

Liquid Metal – like sorcerer’s clockwork alchemy or aspect of some Mythos entity…

Technology that could be sentient or organic. Love it. Freaky, creepy or just downright sexy. You decide. Source: http://www.iwasaway.com/

The secret world of the microscopic – stunning photomicrographs

Spike Walker was awarded the Royal Photographic Society’s combined Royal Colleges medal for his ‘outstanding contribution to photography and its application in the service of medicine’. A retired schoolteacher, Spike produces photomicrographs in his garage, which he has converted into a laboratory See gallery of images here (Guardian)

Living in Flames Chapter 26, and the temporal turmoil of messages from the beloved dead

¦ dialling in from Sky Bunker ¦ 22:02 GMT, Friday 3rd September 2010. Listening to Clan of Xymox on vinyl from 1985. Deep into chapter 26.  Big reveal session going on.  Mythos and a centuries-old occult horror rising up from the sub-plot to loom as pinacles of madness and horror above the shocked, sanity blasted [...]