Carved Book Landscapes by Guy Laramee (click images for detail) For the better part of three decades multidisciplinary artist Guy Laramee has worked as a stage writer, director, composer, a fabricator of musical instruments, a singer, sculptor, painter and writer. Among his sculptural works are two incredible series of carved book landscapes and structures entitled Biblios and The Great Wall, where the dense pages of old books are excavated to reveal serene mountains, plateaus, and ancient structures. So I carve landscapes out of books and I paint Romantic landscapes. Laramee’s next show will be in April of 2012 at the Galerie d’Art d’Outremont in Montreal.
Corpse Run 157: Subtleties of language | Crispy Gamer Is it weird that I referenced the Elder Scrolls dragon alphabet to actually spell out "penis" in dragon-ese? Am I a messed up individual? Yes, but by god I'm thorough. Quick note: reader Jake pointed out that the archives section should be flipped, so that the newest comics would appear on top and make navigation easier. Story time! I turn around and let her know that I was with someone else at the moment, and would be with her as quickly as possible, as I was the only one in the department at the time. The first, and much nicer customer allowed me to leave, whispering to me "good luck, she sounds awful" as she left. "Alright, ma'am," I said, and took her to the blu-ray aisle. I showed her the cheapest. Now, I don't know about you, but I've never really found myself in a situation where words like "best" and "cheapest" are used to describe the same thing. I explained that I had shown her the cheapest because she asked me to, to which she responded, "SHOW ME THE BEST." I did. 1. 2.
One Dead Tree (20 photos) - My Modern Metropolis - StumbleUpon It's a familiar tale you hear all the time. What starts out as an accident turns into something amazing. So it was for Kevin Day, a graphic designer who's created a beautiful and moving story about one dead tree. For over five years now, Day has been photographing the same tree on different days, through different seasons and in different lighting conditions. His most popular shot was taken one very early morning on August 18, 2005. The unretouched photo, with the sun peeking through the tree's core, became his inspiration. Another one of his most popular photos he calls African Sunset. I was able to get in touch with Day to share ask him some questions. See the full set at Flickr. Kevin Day Other Inspiring Photo Series:Taxicab Bokeh (12 photos)Inside the World's Coolest Cockpits (6 Vehicles)Turning Everyday Moments Into Movie Scenes (12 photos)Capturing the Perfect Kiss (8 pics)
Historically Hardcore - Amazingly Awesome | Viral WTF - StumbleUpon Historically Hardcore: a series of promo posters designed by Jenny Burrows and Matt Kappler as part of a portfolio project. The Smithsonian was unaware of their creation until the clever ads went viral, at which point the Smithsonian asked Jenny to remove them from her portfolio or edit out any mention of the esteemed museum. Download the high-res pdfs from here. Illustrator Rob Dobi Thinks Your Scene Sucks! Jun 19, 2011 / Category : Misc / 22 Comments We are all victim to the atrocities of today's many scenes and subscenes. Whether you choose to accept it or not, this reality affects us all in one way or another. This crescendo crazed composer is hard to define by looks alone. The Nintendocore fan refuses to let go of the video games from his youth, however, his dedication leaves him trapped in an 8-bit world in his parents basement without a warp pipe to escape. Armed with his boots and braces, this working-class hero is ready for a fight after a long night of sing alongs and pbr with his friends fred perry and ben sherman. Just when you think things couldn't get much worse than electro-ska, black polka metal, or christian punk, the crunkcore scene comes along and makes everything else look perfectly acceptable. To most thrash fans, the "big four" consists of Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. You sir, are grizzled! Here is "a message to you rudy"- give it up!
15 Amazing Animated Short films - StumbleUpon We all love short animated films, but creating short film is very hard task. Putting whole story in 5 to 10 minutes is not easy. Can you imagine? I bet you will love these short animated movies, do let us know your favorite one, also feel free to share your favorite short film if it’s not present in the list. Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Oscar-nominated film of ‘Granny O’Grimm’, directed by Nicky Phelan, produced by Brown Bag Films, and written/voiced by Kathleen O’Rourke. Oktapodi (2007) In Oktapodi, these two cuties help each other escape the clutches of a tyrannical restaurant cook. This Side Up – A Short Animation by Liron Topaz A naive music-lover’s patience is tested on his quest to download music online, as his perspective on technology completely changes. Oxygen Oxygen tries to make friends on the playground. “Heavenly Appeals” a short film by David Lisbe After many millennia of being tortured in Hell, Raymond K. Marcelino and Bartolomeo: Bye Bye! Bunny Animation The Passenger Alma
Amazingly Creative Drawing Vs Photography | Weird Pictures, Wonderful Things - StumbleUpon This wonderful work has done by a very talented Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer Ben Heine. This creative artist was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He Studied graphic arts and sculpture and I also have a degree in journalism. Lets take a look at some of his awesome works that he calls “Drawing Vs Photography” or “Imagination Vs Reality”. At the right moment - part 5 (16 pictures) - StumbleUpon Cool and funny photos taken at the right moment from the right angle. Previous part: At the right moment – Part 4 Via: [Perfectly Timed Photos] and [Fishki.net]
Designers Spin Spidey-Worthy Webs From Packing Tape Packing tape has gotten MacGyver out of many a jam, but he never managed to make an entire home out of the stuff. So he could probably learn something from Viennese/Croatian design collective For Use/Numen. The team uses nothing but packing tape to create huge, self-supporting cocoons that visitors could climb inside and explore. Installed three times in the past year, the next deployment will be next week from June 9–13 at DMY Berlin's International Design Fair, which is now in its 8th year. The installations, which look like the work of horrifyingly large arachnids, grew in scale and scope as the year progressed, first deployed inside a small Croatian gallery, then an abandoned attic during October’s Vienna Design Week. At the last installation inside Odeon, a former stock exchange building in Vienna, the group used nearly 117,000 feet and 100 pounds of tape.
Starter Pokemon Set Made To Order Amigurumi by GeekyCuteCrochet Awesome pictures from around the world | Vivi The Mage - StumbleUpon Someone sent me these in a chain email, it was horribly formatted. I also do not know who made the comments, or how accurate they are. I take zero credit in the pictures, I just wanted to compile them nicely for all to see. The world’s highest chained carousel, located in Vienna, the height of 117 meters. Thor’s Well – “the gates of the dungeon.” Emerald Lake in the crater of an extinct volcano. Restaurant on a cliff on the east coast of Zanzibar.Depending on the tide the restaurant can be reached both on foot and by boat. Office of Selgas Cano in Madrid Desert with Phacelia (Scorpion Weed). Balloons in Cappadocia, Turkey. Dubai. And this is the view down These trees grow in the forest near Gryfino, Poland. The border between Belgium and the Netherlands in a cafe Twice a year in the Gulf of Mexico rays migrate. In the resort town of Skagen you can watch an amazing natural phenomenon. In the Chinese province of Shandong is a bridge across the Gulf of Jiaozhou. Day and night. Family photo Share!
Tree Illusions & Illusion & The Most Amazing Creations in Art, Photography, Design, and Video. - StumbleUpon Photographer Zander Olsen adds a white wrap around trees to create a visual relationship from the actual vegetation to surrounding landscape. Photos © Zander Olsen Link via Urhajos EVOL's Rural City EVOL's amazing building stencils in the unlikeliest of places. This was done as part of MS Dockville. For more of his work in this series, check out the Dresden warehouse. artist: EVOLlocation: Hamburg, Germany