Tim Burton Exhibits Artwork at MoMA: One step closer to my Tim Burton hair doll!

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WIRED.com recently ran a Q & A article on their website with my biggest idol, the wonderfully dark, Tim Burton where he discussed his new exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.  The exhibit is comprised of numerous sketches, paintings, storyboards, props, cartoons, and puppets created by the director himself.  The WIRED article isn’t very long and doesn’t go into great detail, but it’s just enough for those of you who, like me, find yourself cyberstalking Tim Burton.

Wired: Not many directors have retrospectives of their artwork and illustrations. How did having a fine arts background influence your directorial visions?

Burton: The films I grew up loving were very visual. They were the kinds of things that get etched in your memory. To me, film is a very visual thing, so I’m very grateful for my animation background. It’s kind of everything. It’s art, it’s design, it’s film. At that time all I wanted to be was an animator, but through the backdoor you learn how to do everything else. When you make an animated film you have to act it out, design the layouts, shoot it, and edit it. It was a great overall experience.

Wired: What’s your creative process? Do you find yourself doodling and suddenly you’ve got a character for a movie?

Burton: The whole sketching and drawing process to me is the equivalent to how some people write notes. I’ve never really felt like a writer. It was always a visual thing for me. With Jack Skellington, for example, that was just a doodle I kept drawing over and over and over for no apparent reason.

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Furniture of the future allows you to look stupid and uncomfortable at the same time.

I often enjoy looking at conceptual art work, ranging from buildings to household items. Naturally, when I came across this article about futuristic furniture designs, I was hooked. Some of these look pretty stupid and painfully uncomfortable, but there are a few in here I wouldn’t mind owning. I have no idea how that glow in the dark sofa would work, but I can imagine one hell of a night having “the sex” on it, barely guided but by the light of a million radioactive fibers.

I bet if you had enough sex on that couch, you would become an X-Men.

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Who hasn't wanted to sit inside a giant period?

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See the rest of the furniture designs here.

My talented Boyfriend #1

I have to say that I probably have one of the most talented boyfriends in the world. I am not just saying that because he is violent and has that rare sleeping disorder where one walks around the house stabbing at random. Being that I love his work and the nerdiness that is his mind, I am going to be featuring some of his work as he creates it. Considering all the bad news that seems to permeate our daily lives, nothing perks up the soul like Harry Potter fan art… right, right?

Oh shit, here he comes and he looks to be in stabbing mode.