mostly stuff that came from my brain. cesarkuriyama.com twitter var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-23106740-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @cesarkuriyama)http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc09vhdgPO1qzk7t0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thingsmagazine.tumblr.com/post/33729817455/helmet" target="_blank">thingsmagazine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Helmet</p> </blockquote> <p>sick</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/33822289032http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/33822289032Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:57:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbnbipzcsl1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>there are literally thousands of incredible experiences happening at any given second at </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BurningMan" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=66963842167" target="_blank">Burning Man</a><span>… it’s impossible to convey… everyone’s experience ends up being totally different… I wanted to share one of my absolute personal favorites… biking way outside Black Rock City for several miles & stumbling on a movie theater at the farthest depth of the deep Playa… </span></p> <p><span>I assumed it just “looked” like a movie theater… but when I tried to open the door, it did open… and I was immediately greeted by a bellhop that asked “can I interest you in some concessions for the movie?”… I said “ummm… wow… sure… ah… Snickers?”… he handed me a KING SIZE snickers bar and said “Enjoy the show!”… I crawled under a tiny set of black theater drapes… and inside was a movie screen that rivaled those of indie movie screens in NYC… better in fact… I caught the 4am showing of The Wizard of OZ… when the movie ended, we walked out and the sun had just started rising in the distance… it felt like real life magic… </span></p> <p><span>(I just found their kickstarted campaign which includes better photos: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fkck.st%2FQRghne&h=iAQEyiX7Y&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><a href="http://kck.st/QRghne" target="_blank">http://kck.st/QRghne</a></a><span> )</span></p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/33254578124http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/33254578124Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:54:24 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltdhl4GrMR1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>my first test of the new iPhone 4S low light sensitivity.  whoa.</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/11696236795http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/11696236795Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:24:39 -0400iPhone 4Slow lighttest<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lowkivLafo1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>When I was in Nashville, I couldn’t help but see a connection here…</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/8051036019http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/8051036019Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:54:31 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm1pp5Fvtm1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>just stumbled upon this… the original character designs for Poppy, drawn by the talented Adam Levine… (Memorial Day weekend 3 years ago, we shot most of “Long Gone” for Fat City Reprise, the music video I directed for them… 450,000 views just on vimeo <a href="http://bit.ly/mM8SYW" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/mM8SYW</a>  )</span></p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/6029577291http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/6029577291Tue, 31 May 2011 01:53:29 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm1eixGqjr1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>gave a TED talk!  http://bit.ly/iMZFNl  </p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/6022949076http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/6022949076Mon, 30 May 2011 21:52:00 -0400<a href="http://blog.ted.com/2011/05/25/the-power-of-one-second-qa-with-cesar-kuriyama/">I gave a TED talk!</a>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/6022869050http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/6022869050Mon, 30 May 2011 21:50:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lljf1mvEAa1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m 4am planking at the New York Public Library</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/5692316316http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/5692316316Sat, 21 May 2011 04:46:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll9eujvwCG1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A week ago I got the biggest news of my life :)  http://bit.ly/TEDfinals</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/5526190550http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/5526190550Sun, 15 May 2011 19:06:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkjvv1d8sM1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Obviously I had to make this right now.</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/5123610102http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/5123610102Mon, 02 May 2011 00:16:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkh3og3D6e1qdzr32o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>2011: what I see when I take out my phone now…</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/5072305671http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/5072305671Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:12:16 -0400<a href="http://atatforamerica.tumblr.com/post/4394511190">AT-AT for America: The Dream: An AT-AT for America</a>: <p><a href="http://atatforamerica.tumblr.com/post/4394511190" target="_blank">atatforamerica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img align="middle" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQNLGsYI823Tw-8SS-NazGv4huBEZspogI8hhpafdqj4xY5e8Ij" alt="One dream, One America, One AT-AT" width="283" height="178"/></p> <p>NERDS OF AMERICA:</p> <p>We were once a country that made things: giantmetal cars, Hoover Dams, non-AutoTuned popular music.</p> <p>But now we are stuck in an economy in limbo, surrounded by our Internets, our hipsters and our arguing politicians.</p> <p>Nerds, I have a great idea to make America great…</p> </blockquote>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/4556136107http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/4556136107Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:22:49 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj3fmzHo6m1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>during a wedding??  inappropriate??</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/4319843929http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/4319843929Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:30:33 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21424177" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><h6 class="uiStreamMessage"><span class="messageBody">reel of my best 3D lighting/compositing work from the past several years</span></h6></p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/4162801107http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/4162801107Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:59:16 -0400reel20113Dlightingcompositing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lguj8qgQfa1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Been collecting un-recyclable bottle caps for a while!.. thinking I’ll make 8-bit art? or maybe you have a better suggestion??</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/3375101606http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/3375101606Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:02:50 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgfji4LXKy1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>this happened spontaneously a couple of years ago… and it was glorious!!</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/3225998227http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/3225998227Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:44:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lflc2aYPOJ1qdzr32o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lflc2aYPOJ1qdzr32o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lflc2aYPOJ1qdzr32o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lflc2aYPOJ1qdzr32o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lflc2aYPOJ1qdzr32o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lflc2aYPOJ1qdzr32o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lflc2aYPOJ1qdzr32o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lflc2aYPOJ1qdzr32o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>HOTH NYC!!! My talented friend and co-worker at Charlex, Colin McGreal, created/posted these great images on his facebook page during that amazing blizzard 3 weeks ago here in NYC.  I feel they deserve to be seen by all NYC/Star Wars fans!</p> <p>his website: <br/><a target="_blank" href="http://www.colinmcgreal.com/"><a href="http://www.colinmcgreal.com/" target="_blank">http://www.colinmcgreal.com/</a></a></p> <p>original photo credits:</p> <p>AT-ST : Globalhiphopbattles.com<br/> Taun-taun : Joseph O. Holmes<br/> Probe Droid: John Loomis<br/> AT-AT: UPI<br/> Ion Cannon: Postdif<br/> Luke: Pamela Hall<br/> Wampa: msnbc<br/> Troopers: have no idea where I found that one</p> <p>He was inspired by Henry Hargreaves</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/2926864134http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/2926864134Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:15:46 -0500star wars hoth new york city Blizzard 2010<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18439821" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>our latest animated short at CHARLEX hits 400,000+ views in just a week!  Tomorrow Night we celebrate!</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/2726479500http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/2726479500Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:16:06 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/2416897" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Music Video I directed 2 years ago.  436,000+ views!</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/2726402325http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/2726402325Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:06:24 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/puOkxxA3ecg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>TIME-LAPSE of the party I threw to bring in the New Year!  9 hours in 4.5 minutes.</p>http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/2726382304http://cesarkuriyama.tumblr.com/post/2726382304Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:03:58 -0500