The ideas and ramblings of Brett Bean and Justin Rodrigues See more of our artwork @- Brett Bean - Justin RodriguesTumblr (3.0; @thethink-tank)https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/d653da499d079298e559662ebaf4be94/tumblr_mfcarg9VBu1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/51ba53ebaf910aaab999e5101cd7b851/tumblr_mfcarg9VBu1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“ROBOTS!” -Don Hertzfeldt <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Xo_w7vE50">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Xo_w7vE50</a></p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/38391592895https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/38391592895Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:18:51 -0500<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/aff3effbefe0a86fd9be6ce76ba3567e/tumblr_mf6pwnxZMi1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/888e0c2905b8af04defbee4952277c15/tumblr_mf6pwnxZMi1rnoioio2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Figgy, the Harbinger of Doom</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/38153560584https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/38153560584Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -0500<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md8xuy7A5X1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md8xuy7A5X1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both.” <br/> ― G.K. Chesterton, <em> William Blake </em></p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/35371565042https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/35371565042Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:40:08 -0500<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc40te6TCd1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc40te6TCd1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>He would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was–a woman. </p> <p>                                              - <a href="http://www.litquotes.com/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Washington%20Irving">Washington Irving <br/></a>                                                            The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/33858817034https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/33858817034Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:22:23 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb2m94aZuZ1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb2m94aZuZ1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This week’s Think Tank: Anthropomorphic pirate.</p> <p>The English language has some wonderfully <strong>anthropomorphic</strong> collective nouns for the various groups of animals. We are all familiar with a "Herd of cows", a “Flock of chickens, a "School of fish” and a “Gaggle of geese”. However, less widely known is: a “Pride of lions, a "Murder of crows” (as well as their cousins the rooks and ravens), an “Exaltation of doves" and, presumably because they look so wise, and a "Congress of owls”. Now consider a group of Baboons. They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates. And what is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not … a “Parliament”. A PARLIAMENT OF BABOONS!</p> <p>- Author unkown</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/32464603253https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/32464603253Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:36:39 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mao7ftoBsK1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mao7ftoBsK1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A wretched hive of scum and villainy -George Lucas</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/31947101334https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/31947101334Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:50:16 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma9a93eHK71rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma9a93eHK71rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly….Especially a mutated one.</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/31418818669https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/31418818669Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:27:03 -0400brett beanjustin rodriguesconcept artcaterpillarcharacter design<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zmttshih1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zmttshih1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A Centaur has a man-stomach and a horse-stomach. And of course both want breakfast. So first of all he has porridge and pavenders and kidneys and bacon and omlette and cold ham and toast and marmalade and coffee and beer. And after that he tends to the horse part of himself by grazing for an hour or so and finishing up with a hot mash, some oats, and a bag of sugar. That’s why it’s such a serious thing to ask a Centaur to stay for the weeekend. A very serious thing indeed.</p> <p>-C.S. Lewis</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/31061519275https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/31061519275Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:22:00 -0400brett beanjustin rodriguesthe think tankcentaursconcept artcharacter designillustration<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9mphoSD3h1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9mphoSD3h1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“Brother to a Prince and fellow to a beggar if he be found worthy.”</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/30592817699https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/30592817699Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:51:24 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8rhwyLb2g1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8rhwyLb2g1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.</p> <p>-Michealangelo</p> <p>Our first maquette sculpture here at the think tank.<br/> </p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/29427536399https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/29427536399Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:22:09 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86qkuZFCD1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86qkuZFCD1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Zombie King</p> <p>“They’re coming to get you Barbara!”<br/>     - Johnny</p> <p><br/></p> <p><br/></p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/28630780642https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/28630780642Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:19:42 -0400zombie kingbrett beanjustin rodrigues2dbeanzombies<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7s24vkxmt1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7s24vkxmt1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span class="firstword">Dolls</span> of voodoo all stuck with pins, one for each of us and our sins.</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/28061984838https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/28061984838Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:05:18 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m72jeyrSEl1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m72jeyrSEl1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Vlad “the impaler” Dracul</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/27078809445https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/27078809445Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:20:57 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6cb4egvaG1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6cb4egvaG1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>FREEZE FRAME!</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/26083495195https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/26083495195Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:24:13 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m61246L6x41rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m61246L6x41rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“Interior. Church. Day. Fozzie: ‘They don’t look like Presbyterians to me.’”</p> <p>The newest member of the Electric Mayhem</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/25652409546https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/25652409546Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:36:00 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mpbsxkne1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mpbsxkne1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mpbsxkne1rnoioio3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession. <br/> <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/johnsteinb114029.html">John Steinbeck</a> </p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/25118283624https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/25118283624Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:33:28 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5b3feBaEL1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5b3feBaEL1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5b3feBaEL1rnoioio3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can’t speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees."  -Qwatsinas</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/24683616503https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/24683616503Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:06:49 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4wnoosFAg1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4wnoosFAg1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“A mermaid found a swimming lad,<br/> Picked him for her own,<br/> Pressed her body to his body,<br/> Laughed; and plunging down<br/> Forgot in cruel happiness<br/> That even lovers drown.” - William Butler Yeats</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/24147973668https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/24147973668Thu, 31 May 2012 17:00:24 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jikoLsHQ1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jikoLsHQ1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jikoLsHQ1rnoioio3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><div align="left"> <p>I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines.</p> </div> <div align="right"> <p>CLAUDE SHANNON, <em>The Mathematical Theory of Communication</em></p> </div>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/23681521928https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/23681521928Thu, 24 May 2012 14:41:11 -0400<img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46dppzioS1rnoioio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46dppzioS1rnoioio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46dppzioS1rnoioio3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Elements: Explosives, Water, and Fire</p>https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/23233222491https://thethink-tank.tumblr.com/post/23233222491Thu, 17 May 2012 12:27:24 -0400