Electrolightz will be featured in an upcoming documentary film called Electro Wars. Here is the trailer:

The Electro Wars Final Trailer from Stephen Alex Vasquez on Vimeo.

It is unquestionable that the Electro genre has reached a broader American audience in the last two years. I am determined to document the scene and its participants, show the inner workings of the genre and what it will eventually evolve into. The notion to document this genre was conceived in 2008 after reading a blog post with the same title ‘Electro Wars’ featured on the Hipster Runoff. The post was a sarcastic outlook on electro/house artists in the United States and Europe, and their impact on mainstream music here in the United States. I [...]

So I’ve been a little behind on catching up on my blogrolls. I revisited Evil Buttons today to find what is THE creepiest Coraline doll I have ever seen so far:

That is one doll that I don’t want staring at me in my apartment.

This is one of the many reasons I am sad that I’m not at GDC this year:

Nintendo is making a big deal of upcoming Nintendo DS game WarioWare D.I.Y. at this year’s Game Developers Conference, handing out miniature Warios that are not only easy to build, but make a great distraction when people are trying to post.
Curse you, papercraft Wario.
(via Kotaku)
I WANT HIM.

Here’s what you might have missed last week:
• Alice in Wonderland Event – Hollywood, CA
• GameSpot Interview with Alice Game Producer
• Juggalo News
• New Alice in Wonderland Scene: “Clothe This Girl”
• White Rabbit & Chesire Cat Posters
• Forrest Progression Stills from Alice in Wonderland
• The Knave of Hearts Progression Stills
• Alice in Wonderland Scenes from the Movie
• The Red Queen Progression Stills
• ChatRoulette: To Catch a Predator

Here is a set of Red Queen progression stills from Alice in Wonderland:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 1 of 6. The Red Queen is filmed against a green-screen background using a high-resolution 4K digital camera so her head can be enlarged without compromising image quality. The chair she sits in is green so that it can later be replaced with its digital counterpart. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 2 of 6. Using proprietary tools especially built for these tasks over the course of the production, the Queen’s head is enlarged, and her neck and chin are seamlessly blended into the collar of her costume. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression [...]

Here are some progression stills of the Knave of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 1 of 3. Imagery of Stayne, the Knave to the Red Queen, is placed into a preliminary CG environment of the throne room. In the background are basic computer-generated models representing set pieces that have not yet been given final texture or color. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 2 of 3. A number of techniques were created to allow the animators at Imageworks to place the photography of Cirspin Glover’s (Stayne) head onto a fully computer-generated body. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Final Film Frame. Progression still 3 of 3. In the [...]

Here are some progression stills of a forrest scene from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 1 of 5. The shot of Alice in Tulgey Woods–home to the Chesire Cat–begins with Mia Wasikowska photographed on a green-screen stage. Shadowy lighting is already being used to help blend the real-life actor into her computer-generated surroundings. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 2 of 5. Artists at Imageworks, take the green-screen photography and place it in a low-resolution CG model of the environment. Shadows help to integrate Alice, even with the most basic colors and shapes of the rough model. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 3 of 5. [...]

So just in case you haven’t seen them yet, here are the White Rabbit and Chesire Cat posters from Alice in Wonderland that were recently released:

Here’s what you might have missed last week:
• Alice in Wonderland Video Game Trailers
• Electrolightz at the Heat Festival
• Tweedles Sketch by Tim Burton
• Another Set of Characters from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
• Tweedles and Underland Progression Stills from Alice in Wonderland
• Prison Break… The Game?
• The Tweedles Progressions
• Kirsten Dunst is Turning Japanese?

Soooo last Friday was the Alice in Wonderland Ultimate Fan Event in Los Angeles. Since I’m pretty tired right now and need to be up early to work and make it through my usual case of the Mondays, I’m not going to write some ridiculously long entry.
Long story short, my friend/co-worker Beth and I had a splendid time, it was wonderful seeing Bree for a hot minute, saw some amazing costumes, got some nice shots, and ended my night with a free drink (thanks, Swords!) and shabu shabu.
Here are some photos:
They transformed Hot Topic into Wonderland for the event.
The best costumes I saw all night! Bravo!
For more photos from the event, visit my Flickr set here.
Oh, and for you lucky [...]