Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
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Never has this webspace solicited votes for anything. That changes immediately.
Above the text, black metal guitar god Olaf Thundarsson beckons you to immortalize him in an action figure toy. Olaf -- the brainchild of my pal Phil Balsman, aka Ballsy Balsman -- needs more votes before embarking on ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
As sort of a half-ass ode to bygone days of colleague Crayola obsession -- yielding an Internet Explorer toolbar name [GoldenRod] and an affectionate company clique known as "Grandpa B and the Goldenrod 5" -- I share this visual crayon chronology from Weather Sealed, basically showing the number of Crayola ...
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
So some musical "outfit" -- C-Mon & Kypski perhaps? -- are soliciting the help of anyone with a webcam to help "finish" their new music video.
It seems fairly straightforward: visit oneframeoffame.com; a frame from the video is provided; YOU copy it -- mimic what you see, and, ahem, strike a pose -- ...
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.
Slow moving but breathtakingly gorgeous. HD, fullscreen it.
Full CG architecture and nature never looked more, um, (vibrantly) natural; although while gradually seeping into the surreal.
To delve into this further, visit The Third & The Seventh site and view the shorter Compositing ...
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Jeremy Mayer assembles humanoid sculptures using only typewriter parts, fitting them together without any glue or welding. (via Laughing Squid)
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Mail Me Art is a fairly simple concept. Create a piece of art that can be mailed then mail it to:
Mail Me Art
37 Thames Court
Victoria Avenue
West Molesey
Surrey
KT8 1TP
United Kingdom
There are some stipulations, but that's basically it. The project's first round is done and a book of several submissions has been ...
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Liu Bolin paints himself to blend into his surroundings; to become invisible, you could almost say.
He's in this last picture too. (Look closely.)
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Take a peep at some gnarly cardboard characters created by Bernie Burns.
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
Ran across FontCapture, a service that will turn your handwriting into a font, usable on both Windows and Mac computers. Just print out a form, fill it out, scan it and upload to the FontCapture site. Magic is worked, then you can download your custom font and install it.
I would ...
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Learn Something Every Day is dedicated to just that, learning a fact everyday. There's no write up on the site about the site, but I reckon those running the place get facts submitted and then do a drawing to go along with the fact and present one each day.
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