January 19th, 2009 Punya Mishra Posted in Art, Comics, Creativity, Design, Engineering, Evolution, Fun, Good | Bad Design, Philosophy, Representation, TPACK, Technology No Comments »
Scott McCloud is a pioneer in his field – the field of comics. (I had previously posted about him here). I just discovered (via Presentation Zen & Matt Koehler) a TED talk he had given back in 2005. It is a wonderful introduction to McCloud the man and his ideas. Worth viewing in full.
Of particular interest to me (given my TPACK leanings) is his idea of a “durable mutation” by which a old genre (that of comics) can realize its true potential given the capabilities of this new digital medium. This connection between form and function, style and substance is not easy to achieve, and McClouds ruminations on this issue are profound and inspiring. Watch the video, below:
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December 16th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Comics, Creativity, Engineering, Fun, Technology, Worth Reading No Comments »
Just came across this brilliant cartoon… just had to blog it!
September 10th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Art, Comics, Creativity, Design, Fun No Comments »
I Stumbled Upon PartiallyClips, a web-based comic strip based on clip art. The rules are simple, “No changes to the art from frame to frame … Never use the same clip in two strips. No repeating characters.” It it amazing just how well this works, despite these somewhat stringent limitations. Here are two of my favorites: Read the rest of this entry »
