epershand: Text: "Brendon, look at all of the ponies." (Look at the Ponies!)
epershand ([personal profile] epershand) wrote2011-11-13 02:24 pm

Fluff diversion: High-contrast bandom pic/videospam

IT IS TIME FOR A FLUFF DIVERSION.

This post started out as a comment in [personal profile] roga's past art class prompts. But then it got somewhat large, both in the sense that there are a bunch of things in it and in the sense that parts of it are layout-destroyingly large.

So here it is, as a post on its own, properly behind a cut tag and everything!



Uh, so high-contrast black and white photos are kind of a Thing of mine lately? Especially when they are of this one band...



(ESPECIALLY THIS ONE HOMG IAN)














BUT I DON'T ONLY HAVE PANIC. HERE, HAVE SOME JAMES MOTHERFUCKING DEWEES


OR SOME BOB FUCKING BRYAR


Actually the whole WTTBP video has some really effective use of contrast. Let's stop and watch it, although it will have to be this lyrics version because the official one doesn't allow embedding--WTAF?


BACK TO THOSE PARTICULAR DUDES FROM THAT ONE BAND, um, I totally think you should draw this one! But possibly not the best one to show to your class?


Actually in general whenever anyone says "high-contrast black & white" these days my brain jumps to our buddy Shane Valdes. Let's take a look at some of his work, shalllllllll we?

Like.... his video for "Kill Tonight" (at least I THINK it's his? I can't find attribution anywhere but it's very much his style)


And also "In the Days" from the Live in Chicago DVD

in the days... from Shane Valdes on Vimeo.



(Hey and also the COVER of Live in Chicago)


But he doesn't just do high-contrast black-white for Panic! He also does it for the Black Cards!

Black Cards - Club Called Heaven from Shane Valdes on Vimeo.



Black Cards "Club Called Heaven" from Shane Valdes on Vimeo.



and Butch Walker! (ok, the contrast is just a little bit blown out here, hardly to the Valdes norm)

Butch Walker & the Black Widows - Summer of 89 from Shane Valdes on Vimeo.



Butch Walker / Pretty Melody by Shane Valdés from Shane Valdes on Vimeo.



Also this dude.

ITCH EPK from Shane Valdes on Vimeo.



Uh and this dude and his elephant friend? There are more black-and-sepia bits than black-and-white bits here but he still pushes the contrast way up. And from 2:20 on there's this OMG ALL THE CONTRAST I AM PLAYING WITH IT OMG section.

trevor from Shane Valdes on Vimeo.


roga: coffee mug with chocolate cubes (Default)

[personal profile] roga 2011-11-13 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
THIS ONE BAND. I THINK I KNOW IT. omg so much pretty *_____*. Also SHANE <3 I have not watched his stuff in a while <333.

I will be honest one of the reasons I did not ask for a specifically Panic prompt is that I don't know if I can paint them for three hours without feeling totally embarrassed and grinning like an idiot and then showing the result to family and friends without flailing silently. SEE ALSO: your pics of Brendon. But I APPRECIATE THIS PICSPAM SO VERY MUCH *____*.
girlpearl: frank iero's mouth and hands adjusting his tie (cloning is creepy)

[personal profile] girlpearl 2011-11-14 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Um thank you for your service. <3 <3 <3
girlpearl: brendon urie hugging spencer smith and beaming with rainbow hearts (guy love)

[personal profile] girlpearl 2011-11-14 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Also, although I have absolutely no idea what the context for it is, your icon is bringing me glee.
girlpearl: pete wentz & bebe rexha laughing (pete & bebe got the giggles)

[personal profile] girlpearl 2011-11-14 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Madam, you have improved my life.
melusina: (pstump bedroom eyes)

[personal profile] melusina 2011-11-14 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
SO much to love here and so desperately needed. . .Thank you!!
cesy: "Cesy" - An old-fashioned quill and ink (Default)

[personal profile] cesy 2011-11-14 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for this - I really needed something to cheer me up, and this helped.