NOW with a NEW and IMPROVED formula! Enjoy!
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Saria makeup and costume with Brittany Lauren
Hello A Bit of Geekers, it's time for another Look post with Brittany Lauren of Monsters & Mayhem! This week brings you the makeup, costume, and wig of Saria from Ocarina of Time. I assembled this costume for myself a few years ago for Halloween and it dovetailed nicely as a makeup look for the website.
Saria cosplay. Dat Kokiri.
Brittany did an amazing job of creating smooth, glowing makeup to complete the faerie-ish aesthetic of the Kokiri...
Monday, June 25, 2012
Moonrise Kingdom film review (hint: it's positive)
Moonrise Kingdom movie poster. Source.
Last weekend I watched Moonrise Kingdom, a quirky film from Wes Anderson that follows the story of two twelve year olds who fall in love and decide to run away together. The film is set in 1965, on a cluster of islands off of the New England coast. The cast of characters is stellar with the inclusion of Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, and Edward Norton, as well as newcomers to the scene Jared Gilman and Kara...
Friday, June 22, 2012
Pixar's Brave inspired paper sculpt!
Around April of this year I decided that I wanted to have a Brave paper sculpt to debut today for the release of the film! The idea was exciting and all, but I wasn't sure what the final piece was going to look like. I spent plenty of time searching through promotional art and screen shots, as well as trailers for the film. Ultimately, stylized art pieces from Pixar pushed me to my final direction.
I'm still fairly new to the paper sculpting scene, and this piece has been my most ambitious yet! The intricate nature of the logo, plus the multiple stacked layers, was an incredible challenge. I hope that you enjoy this piece, and I can't wait...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
8-bit makeup with Brittany Lauren!
A few weeks ago on Twitter I shared a photographic sneak peek of an exciting adventure with a makeup artist named Brittany Lauren. She had an interesting and unique video game/8-bit look in mind and wanted to team up with A Bit of Geek to bring her mind's eye image to life!
I'm excited to finally be able to share the full look with you all, including in-progress photos that Brittany compiled into a video. I also tossed a few questions her way so...
Monday, June 18, 2012
One mature game, hold the violence please.
Last week an interview with Warren Spector started making the rounds, and in it he insisted that the gaming community needs to stop being in love with ultra violent games. I agree that the obsession could be reigned in for a lot of reasons, but I have one that is personal and, as I can recall, I've never seen addressed anywhere before.I want mature, immersive games. I'm interested in well-rounded characters, interesting back stories and gorgeous...
Friday, June 15, 2012
Have you joined Club Nintendo yet?
Maybe someday I'll own them all.
Frequently, Japan gets a lot of amazing things that are never sent over to the Americas. Club Nintendo was one of those things until 2007; once announced, gamers around the nation rejoiced at the thought of untold treasures.
Over the past five years I have redeemed many prizes with great joy and affection. My most recent acquisition is a stunningly handsome grey t-shirt adorned with nine 8bit renditions of...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
You want to go to Meltdown Comics.
On Monday night I had the great privilege of attending Harmontown in Hollywood at a comic shop called Meltdown Comics. I'm going to dub this my second real LA experience, you can read all about my first one if you'd like. Can it count as an LA experience if it's in Hollywood? I think it can. I never even know where I am when I'm in the city because of all the different neighborhoods and cross overs. I was on Sunset Boulevard. That probably doesn't...
Monday, June 11, 2012
Garden inspiration - The Gaming World
I came home from my job yesterday and was feeling a little glum. Before hunkering down in bed while watching 'The Office' I decided to check on my garden. I thought a little daylight and plant love would have cheered me up. Turns out, I was right!
Tomato!!
I noticed my first tomato growing! Such a joyful moment. I immediately felt cheered up and moved around the garden. What else did I find? A plump strawberry and the starts of two spinach seeds!
I'll...
Friday, June 8, 2012
No flipping the bird (upside down) - Twitter's new design.
You know those days where you're trawling the internet, just cruising around and hoping to find a cool picture of Benedict Cumberbatch in otter form, or hilarious gifs of Alison Brie, and instead you come across an article about a company being incredibly uptight? You know, like how Twitter is being about their logo redesign.
Am I in trouble now?
Every so often people bring up the fact that 'Legos' isn't a word. In fact, 'Lego' should always...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Awesome Nintendo announcements from E3!
E3 is always such a crowded, messy in-take of information. Among the main presentations, companies are also releasing little bits of information in other places online. It's difficult to keep up with everything! Nintendo had a great presentation though, so why don't we focus on that?
I thought it was pretty strong, they hit a lot of important marks! There was plenty of information on the Wii U, as well as exciting new titles for both the in-depth...
Monday, June 4, 2012
Aggression from gaming, or aggression from losing?
Recently I've been playing a lot of Kingdom Rush, and it plucks heavily at my stress/aggression mind strings. I generally don't play tower defense titles because they become exponentially difficult and the repeated attempts to win, causing repeated failures, makes me extremely flustered.
Whenever video games get me angry I can't help but think of the multitude of articles linking aggression to violent games. I get a little curious and confused though,...
'My Neighbor Totoro' paper sculpt!
Heyo! Here's my finalized 'My Neighbor Totoro' paper sculpt! It took me the better part of three days and I could not be happier with it! I talk about it a bit in my most recent video, and photographic reproductions of it are now available for sale in my Etsy shop!
Paper sculpting is a relatively new interest for me, but I already feel so much happiness and satisfaction from it. I have a new piece in the works that I can't wait to reveal to everyone!...
