Buttery biscuit base

I had completely forgotten about this until Greg said the magic words on tonight’s Master Chef. Pure genius. This is never going to get old.

Paper cut Game of Thrones

These intricate paper cut Game of Thrones characters are an on-going project by Emma Jackson, an excellent illustrator and friend of mine. She’s just completed her degree at Falmouth University and the degree show opens to the public today. If Falmouth wasn’t so far and I hadn’t already visited briefly last week I’d love to go down and see the graphic design and illustration degree shows. Alas, Falmouth is 300 miles too far away.

Davos Seaworth

Jaime Lannister

Robb Stark

Daenerys Targaryen

You can buy these and other paper cuts/print at Emma’s etsy store.

The Magic Roundabout

I could make many more fake road signs and not get bored. I could make a project of it… this one was simply for Asparagus Feet, but potentially more to come.

The dragons are here

An excellent bit of advertising for Game of Thrones Season 3 – the event I’m most excited for in March, even more so than my birthday (although technically the first episode of Season 3 airs on the 1st of April in the UK). I am currently re-reading the third book in preparation.

Dragons can also be found on buses – I’m assuming these are only in USA.

Dexter

Just finished Dexter season 5, I am now all up to date. Stumbled across these posters, as you do after browsing Dexter's facebook page after watching it all. They are awesome.

Need to watch S1 again.

One per season. Designed by Ty Mattson, who has a splendid portfolio - in fact I think I blogged his Lost posters, as well, before.

Game of Thrones

Over the past two days (plus Friday last week) I watched pretty much the full first season of Game of Thrones. I'd previously watched the first episode in April, before I went back to uni. Luckily my parents recorded the whole series for me, as it's shown on Sky Atlantic in the UK, and I've been able to watch them all back to back.

The title sequence is pretty darn awesome.

In fact, the whole series was awesome. I am was/am hooked. As a lover of the medieval fantasy genre anyway (need to read/watch Lord of the Rings [I mean again, not for the first time]), it was perfect.

EDIT: Check out this amazingly detailed map of the 7 Kingdoms.

Masterchef Synthesthesia

This is one of the best things I have ever seen/heard on the internet. It helps that I love Master Chef but I reckon I'd enjoy it even if I didn't. Genius.

The best job in the world

Two D&AD black pencils were awarded to Sapient Nitro in Brisbane for its Best Job in the World campaign for Tourism Queensland, which turned a classified ad into an elaborate and hugely successful PR campaign for the region. ~ via Creative Review.

Lost posters

Some very nice Lost poster by Mattson Creative.
http://mattsoncreative.com/blog/2010/01/18/lost-posters/

Fringe 80s opening titles

I've just watched the much anticipated (at least for me) latest episode of Fringe, after it's been away for a month of so.

The episode is mostly all set in 1985 and so they re-did the title sequence to match. Which I thought was brilliant. Here's the normal title sequence, and now for the new one:

Fringe

I am addicted to Fringe. It is quite simply brilliant.
The opening titles are pretty nice too: