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I just saw this on Yahoo!

They’ve switched out their lightbulb icon for a CFL. Does this qualify as being more green? It would help a bit more if they got rid of the energy burning white background and maybe went with a more energy efficient color scheme

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No, I wasn’t there. In fact I had no idea it even happend until today when someone sent me a link to a Flickr gallery showing it. I really like this project, very creative. After seeing this, I’m inspired to do something similar with Stormtroopers. I think the troopers would be a fun take on this concept because there are millions of them and they all look the same (except for maybe a badge or shoulder pad showing rank). I think it’s time the troopers got a little individuality, even tho they are all just clones.

Official Star Wars Blog: The Vader Project at C4

More info here: Taking a tour of the Vader Project

Star Wars Flickr Love

Really great concept using a Stormtrooper helmet, Young Stormtroopers In Love. Nice work Red and Jonny.

The Real World: Darth Vader.

More Vader!

Last but not least, Star Wars Origami!

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I’ve seen this animation trick done a few times, and it gets me everytime. I think it’s really cool, but I still can’t figure out how you would do some of these tricks (like the rail slide) with stop motion.

If anybody out there has any idea how they do it, or better yet can link to a "making of" movie or article, I would really appreciate it.

I just added a new feature to the blog. If you have a webcam, you can now leave me video comments. If you go to leave me a comment or read the comments, you’ll notice a widget, from flixn.com, at the bottom that will let you interface with your webcam. After recording, it spits out a code snippet that you can then paste into the comment box and it will post your video into the comments.

Test it out, leave me a message, I’m curious hear (and see) what you have to say.

How many designers out there have run into this situation before? I know I have.

This animtion has been floating around for a little while now, I decided to repost it for those who haven’t seen it yet. I’m not sure where it came from originally, props to the creator!