Category Archives: Art

Star Wars Dogfight with Drones!

Corridor Digital created this amazing Patreon-financed video of an X-wing fighter battling 2 TIE fighters and a TIE Advanced x1 (the kind Vader flew in Ep. IV) using in-house resources that include a 3D printer, drones, GoPro cameras, and home computer-level … Continue reading

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The honeymoon ends when the last bangle breaks

This colorful photo was the Wikipedia Image of the Day a few days ago and I loved the ritual described in the caption: Photograph: Muhammad Mahdi Karim Bangles on display in Bangalore, India. These rigid bracelets are usually made from metal, … Continue reading

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Japanese Unveil Super Cool Dinosaur Suits

Basically a cyber-suit or an animatronic costume, it is operated from the inside. So far it is part of a traveling show called Dino A Live. Here’s their press conference: In Japanese and including shots of their feathered versions: 造形や企画を手掛ける「ON―ART(オンアート)」は10日、全長8メートルの巨大な人造ティラノサウルスを報道向けに公開した。人が中に入ってハンドルなどで操縦しており、ロボットではなく大きな着ぐるみのようなものだという。現在は13体の恐竜を所有しており、2018年に倍以上に増やす予定だ。将来は恐竜のテーマパークをつくりたい考えで、映画「ジュラシック・パーク」のような体験も夢ではなさそうだ。 If … Continue reading

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The Amazing Art of Perfectionist Adam Hillman

Visual artist Adam Hillman is completely obsessed with arrangements and aesthetics. He spends hours putting items in the perfect positions so he can take incredible photographs of mundane things. His His ideas are simple, but they’re also extremely satisfying. Source: … Continue reading

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Shawn Coss’ Art Raises Mental Health Awareness 

Shawn is adding more of these on FB over the next few weeks, visit his page for more. Source: Shawn Cross #Inktober at Facebook

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Tiffany Baze’s Make-up Should Keep You Up at Night

Okay, here is 17 year-old Tiffany wearing her regular look. A nice looking, very pretty young lady. Like many young women her age she is obsessed with make-up. Unlike the rest, she is a twisted genius. Try to remember that picture is … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Artoo/aka Kenny Baker

  The British actor who played R2-D2 in the Star Wars films has died at the age of 81 after a long illness. Kenny Baker, who was 3ft 8in tall, shot to fame in 1977 when he first played the robot character. … Continue reading

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Jerry Garcia’s Letters to Vogue Model Kim Alexis, 1982

Letters from Jerry Garcia to Kim Alexis, 1982 In the summer of 1982 Grateful Dead vocalist Jerry Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) wrote a letter to Vogue cover model Kim Alexis who he’d met in New York. The letter is in two … Continue reading

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Robert Rauschenberg’s Goat to travel to United Kingdom for first time in over 50 years

LONDON.- Robert Rauschenberg’s iconic work Monogram 1955-59 is to travel to the UK for the first time in over half a century as part of Tate Modern’s upcoming retrospective of the artist, opening 1 December 2016. Monogram is a classic example of … Continue reading

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Women of NASA Get LEGO-sized Tribute | Popular Science

You can probably name a handful of astronauts and astrophysicists, most of them male. Throughout grade school, their names are repeated in history books: Buzz, Neil, Gus… what about the women who set many of these missions into motion? The … Continue reading

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