Gnome Chompsky

Gnome Chompsky (a play on the name Noam Chomsky) is a garden gnome that played a small part in the computer games Half Life 2: Episode 2 and Left 4 Dead 2, both are sci- fi first person shooters.



Here is an excerpt form knowyourmeme.com:

Gnome Chompski was originally found in the 2007 game Half Life 2: Episode 2. Known then as the Garden Gnome, it had to be carried throughout the length of the game in order for the player to earn the “Little Rocket Man” achievement.

The Gnome then reappeared in the 2009 game Left 4 Dead 2 where he was given the name Gnome Chompski. On this occasion he had to be carried though the Dark Carnival campaign, which was easier, but still a bit tricky.

With the release of the DLC “The Passing” in 2010, it brought with it a set a mini game modes. When the fourth one, “Last Gnome on Earth” was released, this image was released on the official Left 4 Dead Blog.

I have not played either Half Life 2 or Left 4 Dead 2, so I do not know this little guy from actually playing the games. I found out about him because of a fan vid promoting a non-existent computer game, that looks like it would be pretty fun to play.

Watershell - Faerie Dub (Original Mix)

Those Who Hunt Elves

This is a manga and an anime series about three people from earth. A martial artist, an actress, and a trigger happy high school girl. They get transported to a world with elves and magic with their tank (yes like the army kind) but they lose the spell that will send them back to Japan; and this spell has split into five parts and have attached themselves to the skin of 5 elves, like a tattoo. So the three have to travel this world, fighting weird monsters as they go, searching for elves to undress so that they can go home.

I have not seen the whole thing, but it seems to be your average hormonal teenage boy anime. The dialogue is kind of cheesy and the art is mediocre at best. Though the plot is about a group of people searching the world to undress females, there is no nudity.

The manga was written by Yu Yagami.



Here's a fan summarizing the series in a few words. The outfit says it all.

And here's the first episode

Rosa Grueso (Nenúfar Blanco)

Grueso is a fairy artist from Spain that creates faerie dolls. She has a lot of really cool work so be sure to check out her galleries. http://www.nenufar-blanco.com/

And here is her Flickr profile http://www.flickr.com/photos/nenufar-blanco/

Neopets: The Darkest Faerie

This is a Play Station 2 role-playing game. Neopets is a website that allows users to create and care for virtual pets that live in the online world of Neopia. The video game is based on the website and takes place in Neopia. Two heroes must save the faerie kingdom from the dark faerie.

These are some in-game videos



Here's a player video with a few scenes from the game

This is the neopets website page for the game http://www.neopets.com/thedarkestfaerie/index.phtml

Melanie Delon

A fantasy artist who uses primarily Photoshop to illustrate her art. Her work is really beautiful, be sure to check out the rest at her site http://www.melaniedelon.com/

Dark Faerie Make-up

Here's a site teaching you how apply a 'dark faerie' make-up look. http://www.makeupgeek.com/tutorials/halloween-makeup-dark-fairy/

Here's the instructional video

The Faeries by William Allingham

William Allingham was an Irish poet who lived from 1824 to 1889. This poem in particular has played a bigger role in pop culture than you would think (if you thought there wasn't one)

From Wikipedia: The opening lines from Allingham's poem The Fairies was quoted by the character of The Tinker near the beginning of the movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, as well as in Mike Mignola's comic book short story Hellboy: The Corpse, plus the 1973 horror film Don't Look in the Basement. This same poem was quoted in Andre Norton’s 1990 science fiction novel Dare To Go A-Hunting.

The Faeries

Up the airy mountains
Down the rushy Glen,
We dare not go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And a white owl's feather.

Down along the rocky shore
Some make their home,
They live on crispy pancakes
Of yellow-tide foam;
Some in the reeds
Of the black mountain-lake
With frogs for their watch-dogs,
All night awake.

High on the hill-top
The old King sits;
He is now so old and gray
He's nigh lost his wits.
With a bridge of white mist
Columbkill he crosses,
On his stately journeys
From Slieveleague to Rosses;
Or going up with music,
On cold starry nights,
To sup with the Queen,
Of the gay Northern Lights.

They stole little Bridget,

For seven years long;
When she came down again
All her friends were gone.
They took her lightly back
Between the night and morrow;
They thought she was fast asleep,
But she was dead with sorrow.
They have kept her ever since
Deep within the lake
On a bed of flag leaves
Watching till she wake.

By the craggy hill-side
Through the mosses bare,
They have planted thorn trees
For pleasure here and there.
Is any man so daring
As dig them up in spite?
He shall find the thornies
In his bed at night.

Up the airy mountains
Down the rushy glen,
We dare not go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And a white owl's feather.

Here's a video of someone narrating the poem.

Tracy Cornette (Grimm Visions)

Tracy Cornette is a faerie artist that presents a modern take on traditional folktales and faeries through her photography. She's also compiled some of her work into small books or web comics, which you can check out, along with the rest of her work, on her site. http://www.grimmvisions.com/