#Matt Ferguson Artist

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PREQUEL JUNKIES, REJOICE!! -- BOUGHT MY TICKET FASTER THAN THE PODRACE AT BOONTA EVE.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1350x2000 -- Spotlight on"STAR WARS: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" 25th Anniversary poster design by Matt Ferguson, returning to theaters on May 3, 2024 to commemorate the film's latest milestone.

OVERVIEW: "Every saga has a beginning, including that of poster artist Matt Ferguson and his relationship with "STAR WARS: The Phantom Menace." It started with the original theatrical release in 1999, which followed a huge buildup — it was the first "STAR WARS" film since 1983’s "Return of the Jedi" — and level of anticipation seen by few movies. For 15-year-old Ferguson, living in Sheffield in the UK, the hype was real.

PART 1: “I was actually doing work experience at the time in an office through school, and I remember just being so excited about the new "STAR WARS" movie,” he tells StarWars.com. “I went out and bought this Darth Maul action figure on a lunch break and everybody else was just so excited for it. And then we got to go see it. And I can remember I just loved it.”

PART 2: Fast forward 25 years later, and Ferguson — still based in Sheffield — has been tapped to create the official poster to mark the film’s quarter-centennial milestone. It follows his anniversary art made for "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," and will be seen in theaters around the world as "The Phantom Menace" returns to cinemas starting May 3.

PART 3: The poster is a beautiful image, featuring Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and a regal Queen Padmé Amidala, with Darth Maul’s piercing eyes looming over everything. Earth tones drive the painting, from the twin suns to Jedi robes, in a significant change from his earlier "STAR WARS" work. For Ferguson, the idea of what the poster would be came surprisingly easily.

PART IV: “The key thing is to go on the memory of the film. These are anniversary posters, so it's kind of like, what's my personal memory of the film when it was coming out — almost like, before it came out.” And one specific element plays a big part in Ferguson’s memory.

PART V/END: “The color comes into it a lot for me,” he says. “So there's reds and golds, and I remember a lot of the marketing at the time and a lot of the stuff in toy shops, because I always liked action figures and things, was that kind of color. So that was the thing that I keyed on for this one. I wanted that rich, warm color.""

-- STARWARS.COM, "Matt Ferguson on His Stunning Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Poster," by Dan Brooks, published February 12, 2024

Source: www.starwars.com/news/matt-ferguson-the-phantom-menace-25th-anniversary.

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Transformers: Music from the Original Animated Series Vinyl.

This a new and improved release of the first G1 score vinyl released in 2018 now as a double vinyl with 42 tracks from seasons 1,2 and 3 plus two new tracks. We also have our first look at the new front and back cover art by artist Matt Ferguson.

To top it all, the new Transformers Theme Tune 40th Anniversary Remix used during the last fanstream is also available via  Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Qobuz.

You can find the Amazon listing below, but it’s pre-orders are not live yet.

Transformers: Music from the Original Animated Series Vinyl

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - Created by Matt Ferguson 

You can follow this artist on Instagram and Twitter.

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An American Werewolf in London's original international poster, the artist of which is unknown, has been remastered by Matt Ferguson from original scans for reproduction by Vice Press.

24x36 screen prints, limited to 100, will be available for £50 (approx. $64), and 16.5x23.4 find art prints, limited to 2,000, will be available for £30 (approx. $38). They go on sale this Thursday, August 17, at 1pm EST.

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ELLIOTT  BARMBY     —      30  .  she  +  they  cis  woman  .  queer  .  professional footballer  .     fc  :  ayo  edebiri .

tl;dr   :   from  a  poor  family  ,  daughter  of  a  single  mother  ,  elliott’s  story  is  a  common  one  among  footballers  who  made  it  .  discovering  her  talent  from  an  early  age  ,  her  hard - working  mother  ,  despite  how  uncertain  the  path  ,  encouraged  her  to  follow  it  ,  her  drive  coming  to  fruition  the  moment  she  was  recruited  by  arsenal  fc’s  female  league  at  thirteen  .  owner  of  unbridled  skills  ,  from  the  dawn  of  her  childhood  they  knew  talent  was  nothing  without  effort  ,  and  that  placed  her  in  an  honored  spot  within  the  sport  .  with  a  few  seasons  spent  in  france  ,  she  missed  home  enough  to  come  back  ,  her  career  still  thriving  despite  her  decision  to  settle .

traits   :   committed  ,  skilled  ,  charming  ,  sympathetic  ,  measured  ,  idealist  ,  obstinate  ,  oblivious  ,  hotheaded .   virgo  sun  ,  lawful  neutral  alignment  +  sanguine  temperament .

MATT  HIDAKA     —      27  .  he  +  they  cis  man  .  bisexual  .  street artist  +  muralist  .     fc  :  kento  yamazaki .

tl;dr   :   an  orphan  from  the  beginning  of  his  existence  ,  as  a  boy  he  always  was  allowed  more  freedom  than  the  girls  whom  he  grew  up  with  .  this  ,  of  course  ,  permitted  him  to  constantly  roam  the  streets  ,  where  he  learned  crafts  and  arts  that  made  him  earn  money  ,  and  that  realization  changed  him  forever  somehow  .  he  was  now  able  to  buy  candies  and  colorful  sneakers  ,  and  people  really  liked  every  new  thing  he  had  to  show  .  he  grew  up  into  a  fine  man  ,  gentle  with  others  but  recalcitrant  with  authority  figures  .  these  days  he  keeps  working  on  the  streets  as  an  artist  ,  his  nimble  form  bringing  circus  magic  and  talens  to  his  preferred  stoplight  .  he  ,  too  ,  from  time  to  time  ,  gives  the  city  colors  with  an  anonymous  mural  and  lives  in  an  old  house  he  forcefully  occupied  with  other  people .

traits   :   pleasant  ,  hard - working  ,  skilled  ,  daring  ,  eccentric  ,  pragmatic  ,  volatile ,  impulsive  ,  headstrong .   leo  sun  ,  chaotic  good  alignment  +  choleric  temperament .

DOMINIQUE  LÉAUD     —      40  .  she  +  her  cis  woman  .  lesbian  .  chef  +  sommelier .     fc   :   rebecca  ferguson .

tl;dr   :   the  last  and  only  daughter  of  an  old  money  ,  legendary  wine/growing  family  from  the  north  of  france  ,  dominique  grew  up  among  luxuries  and  was  never  denied  anything  .  as  the  youngest  of  five  siblings  .  the  eyes  and  exigencies  of  her  family  were  hardly  ever  there  ,  which  allowed  her  to  be  whoever  she  wanted  and  go  wherever  they  pleased  .  however  ,  her  family  business  was  always  an  interest  ,  although  not  from  an  ambitious  optic  ,  but  from  a  passionate  one  .  she  became  a  chef  from  the  cordon  bleu  at  the  age  of  twenty - one  ,  two  specializations  hanging  from  her  sleeve  .  she’d  been  working  on  improvising  the  business  through  her  combination  of  knowledge  ,  heightening  the  quality  of  their  wines  by  offering  a  whole  culinary  experience .

traits   :   resolved  ,  alluring  ,  clever  ,  competitive  ,  forthright  ,  seductive  ,   insensitive  ,  petulant  ,  spoiled .   sagittarius  sun  ,  chaotic  evil  alignment  +  choleric  temperament .

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NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Rewatch:    “Body Stitchers”

The basics:  Alleged artists and confirmed killers the Body Stitchers are back.

Written by:  Adam G. Key & Frank Military

Adam George Key co-wrote "Monster" with Frank Military, "Searching" with Kyle Harimoto and “Land of Wolves” with Justin Kohlas.  Key also played LAPD Officer Harrison in four episodes in seasons 11 and 12.

Military wrote or co-wrote "Little Angels", "Deliverance", "Lockup", "The Job", "Greed", "Betrayal", "Crimeleon", "Vengeance", "Out of the Past" Part One, "Rude Awakenings" Part Two, season four’s finale "Descent", season five’s premiere "Ascension", "Allegiance", "Spoils of War", "Black Budget", "SEAL Hunter", "Rage", "Unspoken", "Unlocked Mind", "Revenge Deferred", "The Seventh Child", "Crazy Train", "Uncaged", "The Silo", "Monster", "Line in the Sand", season ten opener "To Live and Die in Mexico", "The Patton Project", "Better Angels", "False Flag", "A Bloody Brilliant Plan", "Code of Conduct" "Raising the Dead", "Through the Looking Glass", "Indentured" and “Down the Rabbit Hole”. 

He also appeared as Donald Kessler in "Raising the Dead" and several other episodes in photos.

Directed by:  Suzanne Saltz directed "Outside the Lines", "Murder of Crows", "Sundown" and “MWD”.

Guest stars of note:  Alicia Coppola as FBI Senior Special Agent Lisa Rand, Rob Nagle as Albert “Al” Barrington/Plague Doctor, Tobias Jelinek as Bobby Griffin/Wolf, Matt Kelly as Justin Tucker/Clown are all back from “Monster” - that delightful Easter Sunday season nine episode.  Teya Patt as Cindy Ferguson/Faceless Mask replaces Kerrie Blaisdell who played this role in “Monster”.  Richard Gant as Raymond Hanna is back from “Game of Drones”.  JD Cullum as FBI Forensic Psychologist Mark Collins, Derrick A. King as Michael Jeffries, Adrian Elizondo as Philip Guerrero and Antony Del Rio as Alexander Hughes.

Our heroes:  Try, try, try again.

What important things did we learn about:

Callen:  Away on assignment – he always misses these wacky Body Stitchers. Sam:  Pulled away from the case for a terrorist threat in San Pedro. Kensi:  Not thrilled to be dealing with Cindy Ferguson again.    Deeks:   Not thrilled by any of this. Fatima:   Working late. Rountree:   Heard about the Body Stitchers case in the Academy. Kilbride:  Wants the team to stop whining about losing the bad guys the first time and get them this time.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen:   Absent. Sam:   Cleaning up after Arkady in Sam’s own backyard. Kensi:    Working with Agent Rand for a lot of the episode. Deeks:   Working with Sam for a lot of the episode. Fatima:   In charge of freeing the Body Stitchers almost victim. Rountree:  Catches a Body Stitcher on his own. Kilbride:  Warns the team that they can help on this case as long as NCIS doesn’t need them.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange?  No mention today.

Who's down with OTP:   Not a lot of OTP time today.

Who's down with BrOTP:  Not a BrOTP episode either.

Fashion review:   Black, long-sleeve tee for Sam.  Kensi has on a wine-colored long-sleeve v-neck tee.  Deeks wears a very pale blue/nearly grey henley.  Fatima is wearing a purple turtleneck.  Rountree has on a charcoal grey pullover sweater under a denim jacket with a leather collar.  Admiral Kilbride is in his usual three-piece suit with a pale blue dress shirt and a blue tie with a darker blue paisley tie.   

Music:   “Gravy Train” by Lettuce is playing while Raymond is having breakfast.

Any notable cut scene:   None today.

Quote:  Sam:  “I'm just a government employee.  Explain it to me.” Ferguson:  “He's a great master, like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Renoir.  These humans who changed the world with their imagination and a pencil.” Sam:  “So Vincent is a master artist?” Ferguson:  “Yeah, Vincent, like Vincent van Gogh.  Uh... You know?” (mimics cutting her ear) Sam:  “Yeah.” Ferguson:  “He's the great master behind the bodies.  It's his vision.  We're just his apprentices, learning the art.” Sam:  “The art of sewing bodies together?” Ferguson:  “God. Isn't it beautiful?”

Anything else:    Lots of previously-s from “Monster”.  And the weirdos are back doing weirdo things.  This time with extra self-importance.

Raymond is having breakfast, listening to tunes when Sam walks in with a cigar butt.  Raymond feigns ignorance but there are four others in the backyard.  Raymond starts to call Callen – obviously an investigation must be started.  When told Callen is out of town, Raymond suggests bumping it up to the SecNav.  Seems the cigars don’t belong to Raymond – he doesn’t smoke.  But Arkady does.  Raymond made a friend not to Sam’s liking.  The family fun is interrupted by a call – Sam’s being called to the office.  Leaving, Sam bars Arkady from the house.

Rountree is waiting as Kensi walks into the office.  Agent Rand from the FBI called.  Kensi speaks highly of Rand and asks why Rand called.  Rountree tells her about the “legendary” case while he was in the Academy about killers who make Frankenstein monsters out of their victims.  There was scuttlebutt Rountree heard about another agency being involved in the case.  Kensi said they were all in a dark place after the case.

Up in Ops, Kensi and Rountree join Deeks and Fatima.  Agent Rand is on the big screen.  In a different Zoom box is Special Agent Zachary Collins from the BAU.  The FBI heard the group is back in LA.  Rand sends Fatima some pictures from a the “Body Stitchers” last crime scene.  It freaks Fatima out a little and Rand apologizes. 

Rountree asks for a motive.  Collins explains the killers think they are creating some kind of art and make money selling the event as art on the dark web.  The money gives the killers the freedom to move around largely undetected.  Collins thinks the motive is also sexual – the killers meshed violence and sex together as young people and are acting on it. 

The Body Stitchers have been seen in the US, Central and South America.  The FBI has gotten close several times but just missed.  Deeks asks why.  Collins tells the group – including an arriving Admiral Kilbride that the killers aren’t stupid.  They set up, do their thing and move on.  They avoid common ports of entry and regularly purchase new identities on the dark web.

The Admiral puts his foot down – this is not a military related action, the OSP’s involvement will be limited.  If NCIS needs the team or a team member, they’re out of the case.  Rand is fine with that – the OSP is the only agency ever to interact with the killers.  As advisors or part of the task force, the FBI wants NCIS to offer whatever they can.  Kensi tells the Admiral the case is unfinished business for the team.  No, it is unfinished business for the FBI, he replies.  Deeks brings up Lt. Commander Weir but Lt. Commander Weir was a random crime victim and not killed because of his service.  Kensi brings up how he was killed and the Admiral relents – NCIS will be mildly involved.  Rand is grateful. 

Sam, Kensi and Deeks arrive at the crime scene.  Rand is there with the dead guy and Collins from BAU.  Collins introduces himself as Mark Collins which is weird since he was Zachary Collins about five minutes ago.  Sam asks when did the FBI figure out the killers were back in LA.  Rand explains a woman named Staci Campbell was murdered.  Suspect Michael Jeffries got a text with photo of all the body parts used to sew the “art” together.  Sam notices freezer burn on the dead people’s shoulder.  That makes sense to Collins – if they don’t have enough parts to sew together, the killers have to preserve the parts they do have.

Kensi asks about Jeffries, who is in custody but there isn’t much to hold him.  He’ll likely be cut lose in a few hours since a judge turned down their warrant request to search Jeffries’s apartment.  He was only seen with the dead woman a few hours before her death – that’s not enough.  Sam, Deeks and Collins are off to interview Jeffries, Kensi and Rand are teaming up.

Just after the men leave, a young female FBI agent has something to show Kensi and Rand.  There was a locked room, now opened.  Inside are a lot of dead bodies.

While Collins is interviewing Jeffries in interrogation, Sam is in the main room of the boatshed talking about how the four people in the case lied right to his face.  They killed people and sewed them back together.  “And we had them.”   The Admiral arrives and wants Sam to stop “wallowing in the fact that you missed something” and tell him what Sam learned.

Sam said the killers knew exactly how to manipulate the investigation.  Deeks chimes in that the killings themselves, the planning, the execution – “the intelligence was off the charts.”  They did not present themselves as smart.  Collins joins the group.  Jeffries knows the FBI and NCIS have nothing so he’s going to be released soon.  Sam asks about Jeffries, who doesn’t really work, just short-sells stock online.  He has no connection to the killers, just lives in the same building as murder victim Staci Campbell.

Fatima pops up on the plasma to connect Kensi and Rand.  The only person to see Campbell and Jeffries together is the super in their share apartment building.  They are going over to interview the super now. 

The Admiral tells Sam and Deeks to remember who they are, put the past in the past and “get this thing done.” 

In interview, Deeks just stares across the table at Jeffries while Sam sits near the door.  Jeffries is about to speak when Sam tells him to “hold that thought.”  Deeks talks about the smell of the sea around them, the ocean breeze and how these things hide a cold, hard truth.  Jeffries tells them he did not kill Campbell.  They were neighbors but he never touched her.

That’s not the truth, Sam tells Jeffries.  Deeks explains that Jeffries is surrounded by frustrated and angry agents from several government agencies.  “We’re hungry and you’re the only thing on the menu,” Sam says.  Jeffries is keeping up – the kitchen is closed, he didn’t kill Campbell.  Deeks brings up his connection to the killers, killers who executed a member of the US Navy.  That’s federal lock-up. 

Sam pushes the idea that they have proof that Jeffries has provided financial assistance to the killers.  Jeffries admits he’s a fan – “people love true crime and serial killers.”   He though the body parts came from grave robberies or morgues.  He didn’t think they were being killed for the art.

Outside Jeffries’s apartment building, Kensi and Rand approach Phillip Guerrero, the super.  He’s trimming some hedges in the building’s courtyard.  He liked Campbell, “good tenant, nice girl.”  Guerrero saw Campbell and Jeffries walk into the courtyard.  They were chatting about food delivery people leaving too many menus by the mailbox area.  As the conversation goes on, Guerrero brings up “Mrs. Jeffries”.  Rand thinks wife but it actually Jeffries’s mother.  She’s in bad health – an invalid after a partial stroke a month ago.  Guerrero drops off food deliveries from time to time – he likes her.

There is no response from Mrs. Jeffries after they knock on the door.   Guerrero lets himself in to see if she’s OK.  While he’s looking around, Kensi checks in with Rountree.  He’s trying to chase the killer’s money but it all leads to offshore accounts which are dead ends.  As Rountree finishes, Guerrero runs from the apartment, horrified and unable to breathe.  Kensi and Rand enter the apartment.  They find Mrs. Jeffries in the bathtub.  Kensi and Rand flee the premises when they get a whiff of sulfuric acid fumes.

Outside, Kensi provides the team an update.  The building has been evacuated due to the health concerns around sulfuric acid.  Guerrero breathed in too much and is getting treated.  Kensi assures everyone she and Rand ran out as soon as they understood what was in the air.  Collins notes that sulfuric acid is easy to find so tracing its purchase will be tough.  This fact annoys Sam. 

A titanium knee pretty much identifies the woman in the bathtub as Mrs. Jeffries.  Collins offers the idea that Jeffries killed her because she had incriminating info on her son.  This doesn’t work for Rand.  Based on the lack of damage to the bathtub, Mrs. Jeffries is likely dead only 12-hours.  Jeffries has been in custody for over a day.

Sam, Deeks and Collins ask Jeffries about his mother, why he didn’t mention an older, sick woman alone in his apartment while he was in custody.  Sam tells Jeffries his mother is dead and he seems genuinely surprised. 

Jeffries blames Collins for his mother’s death.  The killers would know the Feds were in town while they were planning their show.  He had a ticket to go but couldn’t because he was in custody.  The killer thought he was selling them out and since they couldn’t kill him, they killed his mother as a message.  Collins thinks Jeffries’s mother knew he killed Campbell and he paid someone to kill his mother.  Jeffries is willing to trade info on the dark web he has about the show for witness protection.

Rountree gets to the Body Stitchers’s website on the dark web.  It’s been cleaned out but they access to the e-mail server and will be able to track the killers to their next website.  Kensi calls in with Rand.  Mrs. Jeffries right hand was sawed off before she was put in the acid bath. 

Fatima found the new website with a new live video going out shortly.  Everything is password protected but she’s working her way in.  In the live stream, everything is set up but nobody is there.  The stream is coming from an abandoned movie theater in Woodland Hills. 

As the team is about to leave, a terrorist warning come in based on an OSP case in San Pedro.  The Admiral has to send something to deal with San Pedro since it is an NCIS priority.  Sam goes.  Deeks and Collins are off to Woodland Hills. 

Kensi, Deeks, Rountree and Fatima pull up with Rand and Collins leading the FBI.  SWAT is on their way but not expected for 30-minutes.  The teams can’t wait and enter the theater.   There are 16-theaters.  Everyone breaks off to clear their own theaters.  Fatima and Rountree are in five, Kensi is in theater six.  Deeks enters a theater on his own.  He’s worried the place is too big – too many places to hide.  He starts looking around as one of the FBI agents notes the comms in the theater barely work.

Outside of theater seven, Rand find the group at theater eight.  Kensi and Collins are on their way.   A shot is fired during the “art” event, dropping one of the killers on the stage.  Rand is as surprised as the killers.  She yells FBI and seems stunned that everyone runs.  One of the killers, Barrington, is chased by the young FBI agent who showed the team the dead bodies earlier in the episode.  Barrington drops his knife in his right hand but has a really small boxcutter in his left palm.  When the FBI agent tries to cuff the killer, he stabs her in the throat just as Collins arrives.  As Barrington flees, Collins calls for an EMT.

The young agent claims she’s fine so Collins goes after Barrington.  In a hallway, he runs into Deeks.  The two startle the hell out of each other.  They search as a team for Barrington.

In the theater, Fatima is having the planned victim released from the board he is strapped to with the help of the FBI.  Another FBI agent removes the mask of the dead killer – it is Bobby Griffin.  Everyone wonders who shot him.

Kensi finds Cindy Ferguson trying to escape and quickly cuffs her.  “You’re not getting away, again,” Kensi tells her.

Justin Tucker, the fourth killer, runs right to where Rountree is searching.  Tucker pulls out a big knife, which Rountree insists he drop.  An elevator ping and opens, giving Tucker a way to escape.  Rountree tries to get to the elevator before the door closes but doesn’t make it.  On comms, he warns everyone that Tucker taking the elevator down.  Collins says he’s nearby but the elevator barely moves before Tucker shuts it down.

Outside the elevator, Rountree and Rand try to talk Tucker into surrendering.  Rand demands a cellphone.  He wants to speak to Vincent, the last living master.  Rountree and Rand have no idea what he’s talking about.

Deeks is in a projection room when he hears Collins call “Agent down.”  Deeks finds Collins, who says Barrington stabbed him in the neck.  With the comms are failing, Deeks goes after Barrington when Collins says he’s alright.  Deeks finds a fire exit and starts making his way down.

In the theater where all the killing was going to go on, Fatima with Kensi and Deeks are talking to Alexander, the man who nearly was killed.  She has photos on her phone of the Body Stitchers and Alexander recognizes a few of them but wonders why they don’t have a photo of the main guy – “Master”. 

Cutting a deal, Tucker will come back to the NCIS/FBI floor and turn himself in if he can speak to Vincent.  He does go to the NCIS/FBI floor where he cuts his own throat in front of the NCIS and FBI teams.

Kensi has a very tough talk with Ferguson, who the FBI dropped off at the boat shed.  Ferguson doesn’t know Michael Jeffries but she’s not interested in talking to Kensi.  Talking to Kensi takes time away from the beautiful places like the Taj Mahal and not the prison cell she will call home for the rest of her life.

Out in the main room of the boatshed, Sam is back with Deeks, Rand and Collins.  The reason to call Sam away was a paperwork issue.  Collins doesn’t think Ferguson will offer up anything – she’s too committed.  While they have to cut Jeffries loose – no real reason to hold him – Jeffries lawyered up and the lawyer wants him in witness protection.  Deeks thinks that’s the next best thing to having him in custody.  Sam wants a chance to speak to Ferguson.

Ferguson remembers Sam.  He asks to speak to her without Kensi and Kensi is happy to leave.  Reintroducing himself, Sam tells Ferguson she’s being turned over to the FBI.  Ferguson doesn’t care and Sam knows that – because she’s “stupid.”  Ferguson doesn’t like that.  She really doesn’t like when Sam tells her Vincent is in custody and spilling everything he knows.  He gets time off any sentence for every crime he helps the FBI solve – crimes that will put her in prison for decades.  Ferguson doesn’t believe him but Sam says it is a done deal.

Sam would like to Ferguson explain the whole idea of Vincent being her master.  He isn’t her master, Ferguson explains, they aren’t a “cheesy cult.”  Vincent is a great master like DaVinci or Michelangelo – a great artist like Vincent Van Gogh.  Ferguson shows off her ear and pretends to cut it off.  She is an apprentice to a great master learning their art.  It is “affecting” and Sam agrees – he’ll never forget what they did.  Ferguson goes on about their art making them immortal, gods and how they’d die for Vincent.

At home, Sam is enjoying a nice dinner with his father.  Raymond jokes that he’s cooking great meals hoping it will keep him in Sam’s house.  There’s a WBA middleweight fight that night – Sam thinks the two of them should watch together but Raymond has other plans.  A honking horn outside the house is Arkady, who knows he isn’t allowed to come inside.  Raymond is off to play poker and drink some fine whiskey.  Sam isn’t happy about this.  Raymond is annoyed – he’s happy, he has a friend and someplace fun to go.  He plans to live whatever days he has left as full a life as he can have.  Raymond hits up Sam for a few hundred dollars – he’s joking.

Just after Raymond leaves, Rand calls.  She’s sure they missed something.  Jeffries’s mother was dead for at least 48-hours based on the blood lividity tests.  He killed her – Jeffries wasn’t in custody at that time.  And if he removed his mother’s hand, he’s part of the Body Stitchers.  Sam wants another crack at Jeffries, who is being taken to an FBI safehouse in San Diego by Collins.   Sam calls with an apology to Fatima but he needs her help.  She has Kaleidoscope searching the cameras around the theater.  They are looking for video of Barrington leaving. 

Saying “Dementia can eat my shorts,” Raymond returns home with a large wad of cash.  He throws it to Sam, who was snoozing in the living room.  When Raymond leaves for bed, Fatima texts Sam – “You need to see this.”

There is video of Barrington leaving the theater through a back door.  There is someone wearing a dress shirt holding the door open for Barrington.  A flashback shows a wounded Collins getting up and letting Barrington out of the theater.

In a car, Collins is joined with Barrington, who is sure the entire state of California is looking for him.  Collins tells Barrington he updated the killer’s profile saying Barrington is likely to return to his home in Orlando.  Collins plans to have him on a beach half-way around the world.

Sam contacts Rand with questions about Collins.  Rand met Collins during the Body Stitchers case.  He’s profiled many serial killers, a logical addition to the team. 

In Collins’s car, Jeffries joins Barrington and Collins with a “gift from his mother, I thought she could give us a hand” – it’s a cooler.  Collins is relieved they got rid of the amateurs – Griffin, Tucker and Ferguson – who were only going to get them caught.  Another flashback shows Collins killing Griffin from the theater’s projection room. 

The plan is for Barrington and Jeffries to lay low for a good long time.  Collins gives them envelopes with new identities and $10,000.  There will be more cash when needed.  Down the road, they will reunite and change their art.  Make a body with three arms, five legs and a head growing out of its stomach.  “What would Picasso or Dali do?”

Rand tells Sam that Collins and Jeffries never made it to the safe house in San Diego – they were due hours ago.  She’s worried something happened to Collins.  Reviewing Collins’s interrogation of Jefferies, Sam sees Collins run his hand through his hair and showing Jeffries his ear.  Sam flashes back to Ferguson and her Vincent Van Gogh remarks.  Sam tells Rand that Collins is Vincent. 

What head canon can be formed from here:  “Monster” was a really well done episode that was also a one and done hour.  No need to stop on USA or ION when you see it is rerunning there.  It was clever (if disgusting) and rarely does the team get beaten by the bad guys at the end.  There was also the introduction of Spencer Williams and all that would unfold in the Mosley storyline.

This wasn’t that.  A little lighter on the gore, though only a little, a lot more muddled in the storytelling.  Hated the idea that what we thought were these clever psychopaths were actually just lemmings following a serial killer who was working for the FBI.  It takes away the accomplishment of the “Monster” episode.

Always happy to see Rand but Collins (with three names here – Zachary, Mark and eventually Vincent) was going to be one of two things – the red-shirted member of the team or one of the killers. 

Did like the Sam and Raymond storyline bracketing the episode.  Raymond putting his foot down about living his life the best he can as long as he can was good to see.  Sam has his father’s best interests at heart but Raymond lived a long life and planned to enjoy what he had.

Also liked that Rountree learned about the case in the FBI Academy.  A reminder how much younger he is than the rest of the team that participated in the case.

Kudos to Callen who missed both of these episodes with the Body Stitchers. 

Episode number:     The third episode of season 14.  Episode 305 overall.

[legionofpotatoes]

Speaking of influence on your style in the last post, care to talk about that a little more (or if you have before do you make remember where)? :) Who and what influenced you on your artistic journey, what helped lead the way to develop your style that we love very much and the artwork you create? I'm always glad to see artists and artworks I haven't known before and I'd love to hear about who is/was important to you.

That's sweet of you to ask. I've talked about this, yes, and I feel like I give different answers each time :D been making digital art for over a decade now, and professionally illustrating for at least three. Obsessed over loads of artists both alive and dead in that time, so for the sake of keeping it brief I'll mention contemporaries that I think are my biggest current inspirations? Some of these are illustrators, some are poster artists, all kick ass.

This is gonna turn into a follow-these-people list of recs; if you like alternative illustrated posters with striking color choices, check out Courtney Martin, Matt Ferguson, Tracie Ching, Rory Kurtz, and Olly Moss for obvious reasons. If you're curious to see the type of value grouping and creative compositions I chase after, they're the measuring stick.

If you're interested in what drives my passion for travel posters, see the work of Beverly Arce, Danielle Sylvan, Claire Hummel, or just the entire lineup of 59parks.net;

And for my personal illustration heroes check out Marie Bergeron, Natalie Dombois, Roma Gewska, Sam Hogg, Sibylline Meynet, or even folks who hang around here like @eleonorpiteira and @celialowenthal and @bunabi and @jdebbiel who I hope won't mind me putting them on blast. They're all so incredibly good at many-many different things that I selectively study and obsess over.

That last part is a good way to summarize my entire approach to contemporaries tbh; I live and breathe the joy of seeing these incredible artists put out banger after banger, but you won't see me wholesale ripping one of them off necessarily. It's more of a granular search for interesting bits and pieces I can deconstruct and assimilate. And that sort-of results into what's called my style? I guess?

Either way, go follow all these cool people please!

[tofuart]

A watched pot, or is it a watched P.O. Box, never boils?

Go out of town for a bit and when you come back the post office box is overflowing.  I even had to wait at the counter to pick up the overflow.  All sorts of mail art including incredible artist stamps and a new, handmade, artists book of Ryosuke Cohen’s Brain Cells too.  Amazing!  This is a list of the artists shown here: 

Peter Müller – Germany

Fleur Helsingor – California

Pamela Gerard (California)

Debra Mulnick – Idaho

Artist in Seine (aka Dean Marks) – France 

Birgitta Jonnson – Sweden

Heather Ferguson – California

Matt Ferranto – New York 

The Sticker Dude – New York 

Nancy Bodkin – California 

Keiichi Nakamura – Japan

Maria Quiroga – Argentina 

Jack Latteman - Cascadia Artpost – Oregon 

Gregg Biggs – Museum of Unclaimed Ephemera – California

Jürgen Greissbach – Germany 

Ryosuke Cohen – Japan

Mindaugas Žuromskas – Lithuania 

[dorianroark]

This week’s DC obsession is an artistic tribute to the various Batmobiles, created by Matt Ferguson.

All of them are amazing but the Micheal Keaton themed image is my favorite. Incorporating the explosion of Ace Chemicals into the Batsignal put it over the top.

[iffltd]

                         A l t e r n a t i v e    M o v i e    P o s t e r s

                                 S T A R    T R E K   (volume   o n e)

                         S T A R    T R E K   the Motion Picture

                                           by Christopher Shy

                       S T A R    T R E K  II  The Wrath of Khan

                                              by  Neil Davies     

                   S T A R    T R E K  III  The Search for Spock

                                                by Bob Peak 

                    S T A R    T R E K  IV    The Voyage Home 

                                               unknown artist

                       S T A R    T R E K  V  The Final Frontier

                                              by Colin Murdoch

            S T A  R    T R E K  VI  The Undiscovered Country

                                             by Steven Chorney

                                 S T A R    T R E K    Generations  

                                        by Stormy 94 (on DeviantArt)

                                S T A R    T R E K    First Contact

                                              by Ken Taylor 

                                S T A R    T R E K    Insurrection

                                       by JT00567 (on DeviantArt)

                                   S T A R    T R E K    Nemesis

                                             by Matt Ferguson

                                             S T A R    T R E K

                                          by Aurelio Lorenzo

                             S T A R    T R E K    Into Darkness

                                             by Kyle Lambert

                                   S T A R    T R E K    Beyond

                                              by Rich Davies

[pixalry]

Mad Max: Fury Road - Created by Matt Ferguson 

You can follow this artist on Instagram and Twitter.

[anibal11]

FIGS// ANATOMY OF A CHAMPION (DC) from LANA SENAOUI on Vimeo.

Team USA for FIGS Olympics campaign.

Director: Lana Senaoui Production Company: ProdCo Founders / EPs: Ian Pons Jewell & Zico Judge EP: Jon Adams Head of Production: Sam Levene Producer: Kat Armour-Brown PM: Lottie Aspinall Post producer: Ann Mykhailenko

Agency: Mother London CCO: Felix Richter Creative Director: Derek Man Lui & Tomas Nathan Coleman Copywriter: Michael Swinburn Agency Producer: Sam Rendle Short

Client: FIGS CMO: Bené Eaton Senior Director of Brand Marketing: Sabrina Tager Senior DOP (Film & BTS): Sam Pepke

Service Production: Freenjoy / US Unit Line Producer: Lisa Arianna Production Manager US: Kent Youngblood 1st AD: Paul Chaupout 2nd AD: Kevin Jackson 2nd Unit DOP: Iain Trimble

Editorial Company: Shift Post Editor: Paul O’Reilly Color grading: @nadia.khairat Music: by Phil Kay Sound design: Khaled Hamdy

Wardrobe Stylist: Ann-Marie Hoang Makeup & Hair Makeup Artist: Dee Sandella SPFX Makeup: Lawrence Mercado & Chloe Sens Hair: Lauren Rennells

VFX: Time Based Arts Executive Producer: Josh Robinson Producer: Jo Gutteridge Assistant Producer: Lily Barron 2D Lead: Richie White & Timo Huber 2D Team: Matt Shires, Ria Shroff, Danny Peoples, Liam Doyle, Manolo Perez, Ross Ferguson & Grant White Design: Stephen Ross

Additional VFX:
Telitsyn Dmytro
Kostiantyn Kokariev Mastering: Vitalii Konovalenko

Storyboard artist: Christelle Halal

[heypetu]

FIGS// ANATOMY OF A CHAMPION (DC) from LANA SENAOUI on Vimeo.

Team USA for FIGS Olympics campaign.

Director: Lana Senaoui Production Company: ProdCo Founders / EPs: Ian Pons Jewell & Zico Judge EP: Jon Adams Head of Production: Sam Levene Producer: Kat Armour-Brown PM: Lottie Aspinall Post producer: Ann Mykhailenko

Agency: Mother London CCO: Felix Richter Creative Director: Derek Man Lui & Tomas Nathan Coleman Copywriter: Michael Swinburn Agency Producer: Sam Rendle Short

Client: FIGS CMO: Bené Eaton Senior Director of Brand Marketing: Sabrina Tager Senior DOP (Film & BTS): Sam Pepke

Service Production: Freenjoy / US Unit Line Producer: Lisa Arianna Production Manager US: Kent Youngblood 1st AD: Paul Chaupout 2nd AD: Kevin Jackson 2nd Unit DOP: Iain Trimble

Editorial Company: Shift Post Editor: Paul O’Reilly Color grading: @nadia.khairat Music: by Phil Kay Sound design: Khaled Hamdy

Wardrobe Stylist: Ann-Marie Hoang Makeup & Hair Makeup Artist: Dee Sandella SPFX Makeup: Lawrence Mercado & Chloe Sens Hair: Lauren Rennells

VFX: Time Based Arts Executive Producer: Josh Robinson Producer: Jo Gutteridge Assistant Producer: Lily Barron 2D Lead: Richie White & Timo Huber 2D Team: Matt Shires, Ria Shroff, Danny Peoples, Liam Doyle, Manolo Perez, Ross Ferguson & Grant White Design: Stephen Ross

Additional VFX:
Telitsyn Dmytro
Kostiantyn Kokariev Mastering: Vitalii Konovalenko

Storyboard artist: Christelle Halal

[ohgeephoto]

FIGS // ANATOMY OF A CHAMPION (DC) from Nadia Khairat Gómez on Vimeo.

Team USA for FIGS Olympics campaign.

Director: Lana Senaoui Production Company: ProdCo Founders / EPs: Ian Pons Jewell & Zico Judge EP: Jon Adams Head of Production: Sam Levene Producer: Kat Armour-Brown PM: Lottie Aspinall Post producer: Ann Mykhailenko

Agency: Mother London CCO: Felix Richter Creative Director: Derek Man Lui & Tomas Nathan Coleman Copywriter: Michael Swinburn Agency Producer: Sam Rendle Short

Client: FIGS CMO: Bené Eaton Senior Director of Brand Marketing: Sabrina Tager Senior DOP (Film & BTS): Sam Pepke

Service Production: Freenjoy / US Unit Line Producer: Lisa Arianna Production Manager US: Kent Youngblood 1st AD: Paul Chaupout 2nd AD: Kevin Jackson 2nd Unit DOP: Iain Trimble

Editorial Company: Shift Post Editor: Paul O’Reilly Color grading: @nadia.khairat Music: by Phil Kay Sound design: Khaled Hamdy

Wardrobe Stylist: Ann-Marie Hoang Makeup & Hair Makeup Artist: Dee Sandella SPFX Makeup: Lawrence Mercado & Chloe Sens Hair: Lauren Rennells

VFX: Time Based Arts Executive Producer: Josh Robinson Producer: Jo Gutteridge Assistant Producer: Lily Barron 2D Lead: Richie White & Timo Huber 2D Team: Matt Shires, Ria Shroff, Danny Peoples, Liam Doyle, Manolo Perez, Ross Ferguson & Grant White Design: Stephen Ross

Additional VFX:
Telitsyn Dmytro
Kostiantyn Kokariev Mastering: Vitalii Konovalenko

Storyboard artist: Christelle Halal

[ulkaralakbarova]

Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction but struggle to adapt to each other’s worlds. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Sasha: Ali Wong Marcus: Randall Park Keanu Reeves: Keanu Reeves Harry: James Saito Veronica: Michelle Buteau Jenny: Vivian Bang Brandon: Daniel Dae Kim Tony: Karan Soni Ginger: Charlyne Yi Judy: Susan Park Quasar: Tsutomu Shimura Chloe: Casey Wilson 12 Year Old Sasha: Miya Cech 12 Year Old Marcus: Emerson Min 14/16 Year Old Sasha: Ashley Liao 14/16 Year Old Marcus: Jackson Geach 16 Year Old Veronica: Anaiyah Bernier Mr. Tran: Raymond Ma Mrs. Tran: Peggy Lu Barry: Simon Chin Denise: Panta Mosleh Kathy: Karen Holness Fast Food Cashier: Steven E. Rudy Paparazzi #1: Eddie Flake Paparazzi #2: Brian Cook PFA Doorman: Chris Hlozek Photographer: Neil Webb Southie’s Bartender: Nevin Burkholder Reporter: Sonia Beeksma Saintly Fare Host: JayR Tinaco Marty (Suits ‘n Stuff Salesman): Sean Amsing Server #1: Latonya Williams Server #2: Marco Soriano Simon (Tom Ford Salesman): Oliver Rice Waiter: Jason Canela Goat Guy: Peter New Coat Check Person: Byron Noble Another Reporter: Tyler McConachie Kitchen Worker (Enrique): Emilio Merritt Uber Driver: Jagen Johnson Uber Passenger: Yaroslav Poverlo Food and Wine Presenter: Ellen Ewusie Dim Sum Worker #1: Yue Lan Zheng Dim Sum Worker #: Tana Yu Dim Sum Worker #3: Rachelle Yu Dim Sum Worker #4: Chi Ying Cheng Dim Sum Worker #5: Xiao Qing Li “High Society” Lead Singer: Chelsea D.E. Johnson “High Society” Band: Kenan Zeigler-Sungur “High Society” Band: Adam Farnsworth-Lautsch “High Society” Band: Ashton Sweet Omar: Omar Khan Sous Chef: Juno Kim Maximal Patron: Kipp Glass Ramona (uncredited): Maddie Dixon-Poirier Elegant Guest (uncredited): Marcella Bragio Server (uncredited): Johnny Walkr Jr. …: Esther K. Chae Film Crew: Producer: Erin Westerman Director: Nahnatchka Khan Co-Producer: Michael Golamco Producer: Nathan Kahane Producer: Randall Park Producer: Ali Wong Editor: Lee Haxall Casting: Rich Delia Director of Photography: Tim Suhrstedt Costume Design: Leesa Evans Unit Production Manager: Brendan Ferguson Music Editor: Andrew Silver Sound Mixer: Mark Noda Art Direction: Cheryl Marion Music Supervisor: Trygge Toven Original Music Composer: Michael Andrews Stunt Double: Jackson Spidell Executive Producer: John Powers Middleton Production Design: Richard Toyon Music Supervisor: Toko Nagata Co-Producer: Brady Fujikawa Production Manager: Adrienne Sol First Assistant Director: Matt Rebenkoff Second Assistant Director: Lorie Gibson Stunt Coordinator: Dan Shea Associate Producer: Joanne Byon Assistant Art Director: Cherie Kroll Supervising Sound Editor: Becky Sullivan Set Designer: Angela O’Sullivan Set Designer: Austin Chuqiao Wang Set Decoration: Elizabeth Wilcox Assistant Set Decoration: Michael A. Billings Script Supervisor: Kristin Rapinchuk Music Editor: Ryan Castle Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Paterson Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jeremy Peirson Costume Supervisor: Janice MacIsaac Assistant Costume Designer: Kelsey Champion Makeup Department Head: Naomi Bakstad Makeup Artist: Megan Harkness Assistant Makeup Artist: Danielle Fowler Assistant Makeup Artist: Tanya Hudson Hair Department Head: Anne Carroll Visual Effects Producer: Guy Botham Visual Effects Producer: Rebecca West Visual Effects Supervisor: Jiwoong Kim Visual Effects Supervisor: Ricardo Marmolejo Visual Effects Supervisor: David Lebensfeld Visual Effects Supervisor: Grant Miller Visual Effects Producer: Matthew Poliquin Visual Effects Producer: Evan Davies Set Decoration Buyer: Audra Neil Movie Reviews: