Steampunk Monkey Nation, Illustrations of Primates in Military Gear by Chet Phillips

By Justin Page on September 18, 2013

“Gundersonne”
Steampunk Monkey Nation is a series of illustrations by Austin, Texas-based artist Chet Phillips featuring primates dressed up in military gear. Prints are available to purchase online at his Etsy store, ChetArt. Previously, we’ve written about Chet and his creative collections of artwork.

Each of these stalwart monkeys and apes utilize specific weapons, clothing and support equipment in order to complete their challenging and dangerous tasks and missions.

“McCrackendish”

“Thorncastle”

“Pinionbolt”

“StarkSparrow”
images via ChetArt
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Homemade Remake of the Joker’s Deadly Pencil Trick Scene in ‘The Dark Knight’

By Justin Page on September 18, 2013

The Joker’s deadly pencil trick scene from Christopher Nolan’s 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight has been given a homemade remake in this new Cinefix episode of Homemade Movies. It was directed by Pasadena, California-based animator and musician Dustin McLean of DustFilms. Previously, we’ve written about his ongoing series of homemade remakes.

In this mini scene from The Dark Knight, the Joker shows Homemade Movies how to make a pencil disappear.

Here are the side by side comparison and behind the scenes videos from CineFix: