Leviathan

After slowly working on this one over the last few weeks I am finished Leviathan, the moment before destruction of a tall ship by a gigantic Sperm Whale.  For some reason this image is very light here so if you want to see the colours as I intended them to look visit my Facebook page @awolfillustrations.

Here is the original hand drawing that this one started out as. It is on A3 card stock and is a combination of graphite, coloured pencil, ink and acrylic paint. It is for sale so if anyone is interested email me with an offer.

Documentary Trailer MIDWAY: Message From the Gyre

The trailer for the short film documentary Midway: Message From the Gyre shot by Seattle based photographer Chris Jordan shot this film over multiple visits to the Midway Atollo, an island isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  It shows the plight of the Albatross and how they are dying off due to the consumption of plastic.  Midway Atollo, although in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and fairly isolated from human development (the population is about 60 people and just over 300 visited last year) the negative environmental impact from humans is heavily felt with the Island being located in the North Pacific Garbage Patch or "Garbage Island."  Nearly half the size of Australia this collection of half submerged plastic is collected in the middle of the ocean by the swirling currents of the Pacific.  Click here for more information.  Chris Jordan is currently looking for money to complete this film and for distribution but says it will be released in 2014.


MIDWAY a Message from the Gyre : a short film by Chris Jordan from Midway on Vimeo.

Edward Burtynsky's Watermark Documentary Trailer

Watermark is a trailer for a documentary due in early 2014 that is the latest collaboration of photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal.



Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer that shoots large format photographs of sweeping views of large industrial landscapes such as scrape heaps, quarries, industrial refuse, mine tailings, and other grand vistas where environment, humans, and economy converge.  He travels the world and has made many trip to China and India in the last two decades to document the rise of these economic powers and the alteration of the landscape is subject in the documentary Manufactured Landscapes (2006).



Here are a few examples of Burtynsky's works from throughout his career from verious locations around the globe.

MAN

MAN from Steve Cutts on Vimeo.

An animation by Steve Cutts which shows mans journey dancing through life as a killing, polluting, narcissistic whirlwind.

Halt Over Fishing

Surveying the Rift

The True Cost of Oil

Photographer Garth Lenz talks about the real costs and affects of Canada's Tar Sands

Save the Delaware

SAVE THE DELAWARE from JFOX on Vimeo.

Photos of 11 Man-Made Disasters

Japanese Tsunami

Here is a new video that surfaced on youtube recently filmed from inside a car as the Tsunami swept over the Japanese coast.



Here are some more news reports and clips from the following week after the March 11 Earthquake and Tsunami that followed.











Here is a collection of photographs that show the aftermath and destruction.  Click on the image below to see the whole series.

Redefining Growth

Life After Growth - Economics for Everyone from enmedia productions on Vimeo.

The Tree Hotel

Located in Northern Sweden just shy of the Arctic Circle, The Tree Hotel was completed last year. There are 6 different rooms, all designed by different architects, were created to coexist as a part of nature itself. The Mirror Cube, the Bird’s Nest, the Cabin, The Blue Cone, the UFO, and A Room with a View are all suspended amoung the pine forest.

A Link? Never.