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I saw this featured a while ago on 4 color rebellion and have just recently started reading it.
It relies on popular culture “wackiness” including references to doctors, the irish, ninjas, lumberjacks, and gorillas. However, it’s fairly well-written (overall) and doesn’t come off as trite.
Conclusion: Freaking Hi-larious.
A very slight update to my previous post. I decided to make the console feature identical to the current PSP and got rid of the second analog stick.
I also played around with moving the start and select buttons to between the dpad and four-button-layout, but decided against it. I’m not sure if they are used for music playback control (and should be accessible when the unit is closed)… plus it looked stupid 
Update: Pictures of the back of the unit, and the unit when closed, are in the previous post.
It had to happen eventually! After my multiple previous Nintendo DS redesigns and my XboxMove concept handheld, and with rumours of a new model PSP floating about the ‘net, I had to give the PSP a virtual makeover. I hadn’t bothered with a PSP redesign before because… well.. frankly, it’s already pretty damn sexy.
I decided to make this one a (much more practical) clamshell design, but tried to keep the style very close to the original PSP. After spending some time working with images of the original PSP, I don’t actually think Sony’s design is going to age well. That logo and silver circle on the back in particular… it’s so… 2005.
As you can see, I’ve recessed all the controls and changed the analog button (often complained about) to an analog stick, moved it somewhere useful (another common complaint), and added a second stick (everyone’s PSP dream!). The control layout is the same as the Dual Shock 2 controller, so that should keep people happy 
So there it is. I like how the unit looks when closed, but there is something that irritates me about all that empty space when the unit is open. I feel like adding another screen…
Thoughts? Comments? All are appreciated.
A size comparision to the real PSP and individual images of the open console, front, and back are after the jump.
Update: Fixed images (dpad down arrow and playstation logo).
Update: Fixed “promotional flyer” image (the console was the wrong size!).
http://www.global.yamaha.com/design/tenori-on/
From the website:
Media Artist Toshio Iwai [creator of Electroplankton] and YAMAHA have collaborated to develop a new digital musical instrument for the 21st century, TENORI-ON.
There is a video on YouTube of Iwai demonstrating the device at a recent conference. The “performance” part of the video starts around halfway through and it is absolutely amazing.
Not sure how I feel about this painting.
The colours aren’t right, the eyes are too far apart, the nose is too long, and the whole thing has a flat feeling to it… but, it’s the first thing I’ve painted for a while now and that feels good.
It was also a fairly brief effort only involving an hour or so Sunday morning and another hour Sunday night. So, I could probably put it’s shortcomings down to polish… although that’s not quite right.
I think the real problem was that I was not very confident. This is rather apparant in the “flatness” of the image. It doesn’t feel right to put bold change in colour down on the canvas, but it needs to be there. Something I need to keep reminding myself about painting is the need to be resolute: if you see it, paint it.
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