Creative League

The Known Universe

I can never wrap my head around how big it all really is.

Sort of a modern update to Powers of Ten, minus the micro.

Posted on 02/05/2010 by CL Intern

3D, Motion |
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Pepsi “refresh”… not so fresh.

The folks at Pepsi decided to take one of the most unique and creative videos on the web, and use it for their new “Refresh” campaign.

The ORIGINAL music video, “Sour,” that went viral on ‘09:

… and the “new” Pepsi spot that blatently plagiarizes it:

For shame. (You may also notice a “wee planet” in the Pepsi spot.. taken from a Flickr set that also went viral on the blogosphere in 08-09)

Posted on 02/04/2010 by CL Team

Industry, Motion |
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Matthew Lyons Illustration

Planet 4570

Go ahead and visit 21-year-old Matthew Lyons’s illustration blog and keep in mind this is student work. And it’s brilliant.

Posted on 02/02/2010 by CL Intern

Hitler responds to the iPad

Another good one. This has been parodied so many times, it’s an “official” internet meme at KnowYourMeme.com

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Paul Julian was an essential figure in the cartoon world, creating many backgrounds for Warner Bros animations in the 40’s and 50’s. Here is some art from a rare children’s book he illustrated called Piccoli. You can find more of his stuff from that book here.

Posted on 02/01/2010 by CL Intern