Top 20 Articles / All Time. We’ve run the numbers and these are the top articles ever to appear on Colossal. These lists are not meant as a ranking of what we think is the “best,” but are rather a gauge of overall interest around the web based on traffic. Updated periodically. See also: Top Articles in 2013 | Top Articles in 2012 | Top Articles in 2011 1. One Man, 100,000 Toothpicks, and 35 Years: An Incredible Kinetic Sculpture of San FranciscoApril 23, 2011 Artist Scott Weaver spent over thirty years building this incredible kinetic sculpture of San Francisco using toothpicks. 2.
Yayoi Kusama’s legendary installation, Obliteration Room, where thousands of children were given stickers and unbridled freedom in a stark white room. 3. Guy Laramee carves sweeping landscapes and architectural structures from stacks of old books. 4. Magnificent pools of three-dimensional goldfish painted layer-by-layer in resin by Riusuke Fukahori. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. The world’s first pen that draws in three dimensions in real time. 12. The Photojojo Store!
The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World. [Editor’s note: In celebration of the holidays, we’re counting down the top 12 Flavorwire features of 2012. This post, at #1, was originally published January 31.] With Amazon slowly taking over the publishing world and bookstores closing left and right, things can sometimes seem a little grim for the brick and mortar booksellers of the world. After all, why would anyone leave the comfort of their couch to buy a book when with just a click of a button, they could have it delivered to their door? Well, here’s why: bookstores so beautiful they’re worth getting out of the house (or the country) to visit whether you need a new hardcover or not.
A gorgeous converted Dominican church gives the power of reading its due diligence. The World’s First 3D Printing Pen that Lets you Draw Sculptures. Forget those pesky 3D printers that require software and the knowledge of 3D modeling and behold the 3Doodler, the world’s first pen that draws in three dimensions in real time. Imagine holding a pen and waving it through the air, only the line your pen creates stays frozen, suspended and permanent in 3D space.
Sound like magic? Well it certainly looks like it, watch the video above to see the thing in action. The 3Doodler was designed by Boston-based company WobbleWorks who recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to sell the miraculous little devices that utilizes a special plastic which is heated and instantly cooled to form solid structures as you draw. Graphic Exchange - The blog of Mr Cup - graphic design, print, identity, products and more... This new deck by Joe White follow the Contraband one. You know Joe and his amazing detailed design as we work together on the (sold out) 2015 edition of the calendar and he designed the front cover. Every single playing card within the High Victorian deck was designed from scratch - even the Aces, Jokers, and court cards exude the grand excess of ornamentation quintessential to the Victorian era. In a word: breathtaking.
Antler is a deck designed by Tom Lane, who also creates this year edition of the front cover of the letterpress calendar! I contact Jeff Trish as I love his design of this deck, and I am pleased to say he participates in this year edition of the calendar too! As both Tom Lane and Jeff Trish participate in this year calendar I propose you 2 packs with the calendar (Deluxe or Normal) and their decks. Super Cool Watercolor Effect in 10 steps in Photoshop.
Last year I wrote a Photoshop tutorial for PSDTUTS showing how to create a very nice design using watercolor brushes. It was inspired by the work of guys such as Bruno Fujii, Margot Mace, Raphaël of My Dead Pony and Stina Person. This time I will create another effect but it will be using Masks and Watercolor brushesl; it's inspired by another great digital artist, the master Scott Hansen the mind behind ISO 50 and also some images from the Daily Inspiration. So in this tutorial we will use Photoshop, some brushes from Brusheezy and some stock photos. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document, I'm using 1920x1200 pixels.
Step 2 Add a new layer, fill it with white then make sure you have black and white for the foreground and background colors. Step 3 Let's add a nice texture. Place the image in the document on top of the other layers. Step 4 Now let's place an image in our document. Step 5 The image is hiding because of the mask. Step 6 Pick another Brush and paint again. Step 7 Step 8. Daily Inspiration #1306. WEBDESIGN-INSPIRATION.com | Web Design Inspiration Gallery. Typo/graphic posters. Today you inspired me. The Hungry Workshop | Letterpress & Design | Melbourne, Australia. Blog. Each year brings with it new challenges for web designers and 2014 is no different. In order to meet the diverse challenges that are thrown at you, your fundamentals need to be clear, but that’s not all. You need to be able to predict and identify these challenges and make sure you’ve a solution in place for them.
Web design is a domain that was always competitive, but it’s becoming more so over the years. As a designer, your talent will be judged on the basis of whether you were able to face down a designing challenge and come up trumps. This will help you differentiate your services from that of your competitors. Let’s take a look at some of the designing challenges you will face this year, and how you can not only survive them but also find a solution for them. 1.
We are seeing a growing need for website visitors to interact with the website. First take a look at what this site is doing: So, what should you do to meet this challenge? 2. Logo design is both an art and science. Read More. Olivier Dollé - Designer. - StumbleUpon. Spider - StumbleUpon. A selection of graphic projects.