Tag: cool

Rainbow artist brightens world with creative lamps!

A number of local artists were displaying their work today at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. I happened to walk by their event, so I had to check it out.

A display of fun, super creative table lamps immediately caught my eye. I was looking at the multi-media artwork of Rainbow artist Clark Warren.

He’s been assembling these wonderful, whimsical lamps for thirty years, Clark told me. People he knows give him the figurines and other found objects that are incorporated into his wonderful “sculpture” lamps.

He turned one lamp on that looked like a steampunk contraption, and the light continuously changed color. I saw photos of other lamps, including one that rises strangely from a sewing machine. His creativity knows no limits! And he’s too nice!

I wasn’t surprised at all when I learned his work will be exhibited at the Oceanside Museum of Art sometime in 2025.

If you’re interested in the Light Expressions art of Clark Warren, I’ve posted a photo of his business card.

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Cool photo memories from August 2019.

Summer in San Diego is moving along. August has arrived!

As usual, a new month means it’s time to revisit blog posts from five years ago. During August 2019, Cool San Diego Sights featured some very unique and amazing stuff.

My photographs from back then include an epic mural depicting San Diego that few people see, an exhibition of very weird architecture inspired by UFOs, and jaw-dropping sand sculptures created by world-class artists!

Here come eight links to past blog posts that you might explore.

Click the following links to view photographs from five years ago:

Student posters celebrate Freedom of Speech.

Mural at Civita celebrates San Diego!

Great writing, reading celebrated at TwainFest!

Architecture inspired by nature . . . and UFOs!

Readers, writers gather for Festival of Books!

Cool new mural at 7-Eleven in City Heights!

Photos of 2019 Labor Day Stickball Tournament!

Amazing art at U.S. Sand Sculpting Challenge!

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More cool cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con!

Ms. Pac-Man cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con.

Not only is San Diego Comic-Con back in full force for 2024, but the cosplay you can spot around downtown, the Gaslamp Quarter and convention center is plentiful, and frequently amazing!

Here are more cosplay pics taken outside during Comic-Con 2024. Simply walking around randomly is like journeying through a wonder world of fantasy and imagination…

Feast your eyes on another collection of cool cosplay photographs!

Rubik’s Cube cosplay.

Wario cosplay.

Captain America cosplay.

Thor cosplay.

Doctor Octopus cosplay.

Deadpool and Wolverine cosplay.

Beetlejuice cosplay.

Hellboy cosplay.

Wolverine cosplay.

Mystique cosplay.

Spock cosplay.

Elektra cosplay.

Static Shock and Captain Marvel cosplay.

Green Lantern and Hawkgirl cosplay.

Power Rangers cosplay.

Animal the Muppet cosplay!

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A comics Mini Con to be held in San Diego!

A comic art Mini Con will be coming to San Diego on August 24th, 2024. The free event will be held at Southern California Comics at 8280 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #124, from 11 am to 5 pm.

Featured artists will be Jevin Loop, Kevin Tran, Phillip Quick, Action Figure God and Zander6comix. This morning at San Diego Comic-Con, Zander himself told me about this cool local comic event. We’ve met on a couple of occasions in the past while I’ve blogged about events around San Diego.

Come support great comic talent and have a fun time. Burgers and Fries will be on hand, too!

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San Diego Comic-Con fans enter toxic spill site!

In San Diego, hundreds of Comic-Con fans walked through a toxic waste site today. A truck hauling biohazardous material overturned overnight, spilling a slime-like blue substance in a downtown parking lot. The toxic waste is thought to have mutagenic properties.

Workers in pink hazmat suits and gas masks proceeded to open the rear of the truck, allowing curious Comic-Con fans to walk through it. Inside the tanker truck fans discovered all sort of cool toys adhering to the gooey walls! With any luck, these happy visitors won’t mutate into some sort of horrible monster or beast!

Yes, you’ve realized by now that I’m kidding. The truck and the blue slime are actually part of a Comic-Con 2024 offsite activation produced by MrBeast Lab. They make all sorts of cool toys.

When I exited the offsite, I got free swag! A monstrous miniature figurine!

I believe the offsite will be open throughout Comic-Con during the day. Look for it north of MLK Promenade and east of First Avenue, on the back side of the Bathroom Battlestation!

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Photos of cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con!

Red Hood and Starfire cosplay during San Diego Comic-Con.

A whole lot of very cool cosplay could be seen today, Thursday, outside Comic-Con 2024!

Here’s a collection of 29 photos. I spotted these creative costumes as I walked around downtown San Diego, the Gaslamp Quarter and the San Diego Convention Center.

Enjoy!

Thor, Loki and Hela cosplay.
I asked if this is Scarecrow cosplay, but I got a shake of the head.
Rogue cosplay.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 cosplay.
Raven cosplay.
Star Wars cosplay.
Cinderella cosplay.
Rogue cosplay.
Mad Hatter cosplay.
My Hero Academia cosplay.
Batman with Beetlejuice cosplay.
Indiana Jones cosplay.
Grogu armor cosplay.
Jack in the Box cosplay.
Daredevil cosplay.
Cobra cosplay.
The Incredibles cosplay.
Marvin the Martian cosplay.
Dungeons & Dragons cosplay.
Star Trek cosplay.
Star Wars cosplay.
Zatanna cosplay.
Spider-Man with pirate hat cosplay!
Wolverine cosplay.
Warhammer cosplay.
Iron Patriot cosplay.
Spock cosplay.
Wolverine cosplay.

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Evolved apes rule San Diego at Comic-Con!

It’s day one of San Diego Comic-Con 2024. This morning I walked into the Forbidden Zone at the free Comic-Con offsite Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes not knowing what I might encounter. I found a very cool activation, and evolved apes that rule!

Waiting in line for this activation, located on MLK Promenade, took perhaps 15 minutes, and was definitely well worth it. If you’re a fan of any of the ten Planet of the Apes films, starting with the classic Charlton Heston movie in 1968 (my favorite–best movie ending ever), you’ll absolutely love what you find!

There are lots of props and models and costumes and photographs from the movies, and then a live falcon for a cool photo op, believe it or not! Then you can learn how to walk like an ape, as actors have done in the making of these films. You use crutch-like arm extensions and it’s not as easy as you’d think. At the end of the activation there’s a photo booth, and you can snag a free poster.

Check out some photos. In the darker areas, my camera doesn’t perform terribly well, so I guess you’ll have to go see everything for yourself! Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is open 10 am to 7 pm during Comic-Con 2024.

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Fun photos of a walk on Preview Night day.

A fierce dragon mural was the first thing I spotted on my Wednesday afternoon walk in downtown San Diego. It’s the day of Comic-Con 2024 Preview Night, and the action was picking up outside the San Diego Convention Center as you’ll see in my upcoming photographs.

That toothy dragon, by the way, was being installed in front of the Super7 shop, where they have a special Dungeons & Dragons theme this year.

Okay! On with the photos! Read the captions…

More graphics and activity inside the Sonic the Hedgehog Speed Café on Wednesday! Tomorrow Sonic himself will be making an appearance!

Fandom PARTY banner now hanging at the Hard Rock Hotel.

SpongeBob wasn’t squirting passersby…yet!

A peek over the fence of the Petco Park Interactive Zone. That’s one big hand!

The Petco Park Interactive Zone is taking form.

Many faces now appear behind FX.

The IMDb Boat’s big screen is active.

Balls now fill the A.V.A. FEST ball pit!

Lots of people are carrying swag bags as they walk about.

Photo ops everywhere, including at the Dragon Ball offsite.

Cool Comic-Con 2024 swag bag.

OMG! It’s Chucky!

The Bathroom Battlestation is being set up. Hopefully people don’t sit inside playing games on their phone for long. Other people have to go, too!

Barb’s Bashroom.

Looking down MLK Promenade past the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes offsite.

Star Wars rebel pilot and his super cool Star Cruiser poses for photos!

The Crow poses in Gaslamp Square with his own movie poster!

Moxxi’s Borderlands bar entrance has appeared at the Hard Rock Hotel.

A line has already formed for the Unknown Comics Pop Up Store.

Captain America must have been here!

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Building the Circus Maximus in San Diego!

The ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium Circus Maximus is presently being built in San Diego! Workers are putting the structure together in downtown San Diego’s Gaslamp Square!

Admittedly, this Circus Maximus might be more of a minimus, seeing how it’s vastly smaller than the Roman ruin. It’s going to be a super cool offsite during Comic-Con 2024!

Comic-Con fans who enter the stadium (which I previously and mistakenly assumed was the Colosseum) will get to actually ride simulated chariots! While hundreds of tiny Romans cheer!

The whole experience promotes Peacock’s new series Those About to Die. As you can see in the next photo, the new Gaslamp Square video screen operated by MTS is showing an advertisement for the Roman gladiator show.

Circus might also describe activities outside Comic-Con once the international pop culture convention begins. Massive crowds and loads of craziness! The good kind!

UPDATE!

Whoa! Check it out! Later on I saw this…

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Rings of Power found in the Gaslamp Quarter!

What would you do if you found a magic ring from Middle Earth? Would you place it on your finger? Would you eventually fall under the power of Sauron?

Well, some Rings of Power can be found in San Diego during Comic-Con 2024! You can see them near the Gaslamp Quarter, Historic Heart Of San Diego archway!

Some large, very cool looking building wraps are being applied to the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp across Fifth Avenue from the Hard Rock Hotel. They promote The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime.

I’ll take more photos as these building wraps approach completion and post them in an update below!

UPDATE!

The wraps appeared nearly finished the following morning. I took the following photographs under less than ideal light conditions, so I had to radically adjust contrast and brightness. But the darker images are fitting! After all, darkness will bind them!

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