Reading List

Before I go through the CV, I thought I would try to get my reading list for the year put up.

Artists + Collectives

deviant-art.com in general but in particular, kept watching puncturedscrotom and fealasy, two big influences on me.
eegra.com
seibei
robert carter's site, Crackedhat
Nathan Bedows' blog
The transport tycoon's nds rom homebrew forum
NDSthemes (can post art for nintendo ds backdrops)
conceptart.org
john kricfalusi's blog
newgrounds
andrews-corner
lazy gamer blog
aniboom
Starcraft II concept art
World of Warcraft: Lich King page (The animation on that page is beautiful. Though, it's Blizzard so I wouldn't expect anything less really)
ffconpendium
Bert Simons paper sculptures
pown.alluc.org (This is a good source of gif meme animations, the linked one being one of the best just because it's an incredible bit of hand drawn animation, but others such as this one and this one are eye-poppingly awesome too. This one is also worth a watch even if it is pretty anti-woman so don't listen if you're sensitive. You sissy.)
cereal killers
Fable Concepts from Lionhead
fredgperry videos
dreweurpeo
awn forums
gameartisans
fatheads
shawn barber
control freak's blog
john hedley
animark
Declan Mccullagh
fazoom
mike wieringo
sketchhole
spreadshop
jabberywocky animation
celaction
vgcats
eat22
d-toast
MUGEN
Tado
Jon Burgerman's Blog
lostfish

And the Artists from my Sidebar.

Journals and References

Grafitism
Juxtapose
Computer Arts
The Comics Journal
DRAW!
Association of Illustrators
alluc.org
4colorrebellion
grafiknoise
ektopia
youthoughtwewouldntnotice
a soviet poster a day
grumpy gamer
Axis
viscom breakfast blog! Woo! Represent!
eegra
gimp
character designs
character design blog
fecalface
kotaku
web reference
ultimate-guitar.com (if any tutors can play the song linked then some serious kudos for you)
BBC motion gallery
Channel 4 careers
Mandy.com
Gumtree.com
ign.com
dvdinmypants
artsjobs
1337g33k
baxaart.com
comicworldnews
lulu
manga revolution
illustrator techniques
Cat and dog Midi's
Wavelength
gamingsteve.com
Eye Magazine
Ubu
Wonderland
Design Collector
Elsevier Medical Journals
Creative Review
animate!

And the journals from my sidebar.

Books

Marvel: The zombie Event
Colussus comics
Droop by Bob Selby
Beasts! by Jacob Covey
Dr Simpo's Wacky Rider
Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi
Good-Bye by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Palestine and many other smaller comics by Joe Sacco
Black Hole by Charles Burns
Goodbye Chunky Rice and Blankets by Craig Thompson
Cats by Jeffrey Brown
Ghost stories by M R James
We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Schriver
Cartoon animation by Preston Blair
The system of objects by Jean Baudrillard
Death 24x a second: Stillness and the moving image by Laura Mulvey
Jacques Lacan by Sean Homer
The animator's survival kit by Richard Williams

Films/Programming

Solstice
Alot of Tex Avery cartoons
*blacksataguni's avatar key-animation
Chuck Jone's Now Hear This
Ralph Bakshi's 'Hey Good Lookin', 'Coonskin', 'Fritz the cat'
Bakshi and Kricfalusi's 'Mighty Mouse'
Ren and Stimpy: Adult Show!
Penn & Teller Bullshit!
Smile
First Person Shooter
History of Videogames
Robot Chicken by Seth Green and Matt Seinriech
Adult Swim
The Day of the Triffids
Flight of the Conchords
House
Family Guy
American Dad
The Simpsons
Alot of documentaries on psychological disorders found in aluc.org's documentary section
Thundercats!
The Indiana Jones trilogy. And that film that came after them.
Them
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi


Music and Music Videos (I'll just put in stuff I've been influenced by this year)

Primus
Nick Cave (Weeping Song)
Leonard Cohen (Closing Time) Cohen doesn't move enough in videos for the passion of his music
katakana22's Sexytime compilation
The incessant Drum and Bass from next door.
Dethklok
Procul Harem
The Knives
Crowded House (Don't Dream it's over)
TV on the Radio
I am Kloot
Elvis Presley
Elvis Costello
Granddaddy
Liquid Tension Experiment
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Cyndi Lauper
Night Ranger (Sister Christian) you're motorin'....

Thats enough for the more significant pieces. If I think of anything else, I'll jot it up.