The Creature

February 27, 2010 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment 

The Creature

The Creature

Demons Dance Alone

January 31, 2010 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment 

Demons Dance Alone

Demons Dance Alone

I just listened to an old album of a once favorite band The Residents with this title while looking at this picture – a perfect match.

No Japanese Blog is complete without a monster!

January 7, 2010 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment 

Japanese Monster

Strange Japanese behavior can probably simply be explained by looking into a typical Japanese toy shop and what they sell to children. Like this “toy”. Of course, I also could not resist buying it.

The “Picken”

November 5, 2009 by Juergen Specht · 1 Comment 

A cross between a Pig and a Chicken is called a Picken.

The Picken

The Picken

When it comes to Dinosaurs, the Japanese are losing their edge…

October 27, 2009 by Juergen Specht · Leave a Comment 

I just found this footage of a new animatronic Gomora suit being tested in a parking lot at Pink Tentacle, but I must say, I am not impressed.

Exhibit A:

Now lets compare it to the latest in dinosaur animatronic as evidenced in a recent TV show in Germany.

Exhibit B:

Guess the Japanese still could learn a thing or two ;)

The making of “Jurassic”

September 15, 2009 by Juergen Specht · 1 Comment 

Believe it or not, the following picture was not made with Photoshop, in fact it was entirely made within the possibilities of my Nikon D700 and the creative usage of 2 flashes. Its part of the longer series “Jurassic” (some artistic nudity ahead!).

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I had the original idea back in 2007 and even asked for advice in D1scussion, but it took me more than 2 years until I found the right model and location to actually realize this idea.

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