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Final Meals Photographer Henry Hargreaves has recreated and photographed the final meals of some of the nation's most infamous killers and psychopaths before they were executed on Death Row. How to draw faces Eyes are the windows to the soul but to nail a portrait you’ve also got to get the frames, bricks, door and drainpipes right. We asked a range of artists how to draw a good face… Wherever possible, draw from life “A face is a 3D object, so it’s better to do it from life than from a photo, because a photo is already flat,” says illustrator Emma Reynolds. “If you can go to life-drawing, that’s the most useful thing you can do.

Psychology of Color [Infographic] Perhaps no choice is as vital to marketing as color. Whether you are selecting the color for a product or for your email marketing campaign, color has tremendous impact on all of us. Subconsciously, we associate different colors with different things. The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places In The World - StumbleUpon Many people doesn’t know, and didn’t even heard about these famous abandoned places. Many of these places are really something amazing, but they are also really sad when you take a closer look at them. On the folowing list, you can see abandoned planes, abandoned ships, as well as the abandoned houses, and so many other things, that are really amazing and magnificent. So, check out these amazing abandoned places photos.

Food Republic: Heineken Cube: Would You Drink Beer From A Square Bottle? With boxed wines becoming more common on store shelves these days (and wine on tap at bars, even), clearly the notions of how our favorite beverages come packaged are changing. But while wine almost inevitably ends up in a glass before reaching your lips, how would you feel about drinking your beer from a bottle that more closely resembles a single-serving milk carton in its shape and size? Related: Food Republic Craft Beer Power Rankings Still in its concept phase (meaning, it's not happening yet -- but the idea's out there), Heineken's Cube concept provides a square bottle that's more efficient and economical for stacking, packing and traveling with bottles of suds, both from distributor to store, as well as in your home fridge. The concept, created by the French industrial designer Petit Romain, actually recalls an earlier rectangular-shaped Heineken bottle developed by the Dutch brand in 1963, which was intended to be recycled and used in construction. Got beer?

Free High Resolution Textures - About Lost and Taken "Caleb Kimbrough of Lost and Taken is one of the leading authorities when it comes to textures." - Steven Snell of Vandelay Design Hello, my name is Caleb Kimbrough and I run things around this joint. Aside from making the textures here on L&T, I also create content for design blogs and magazines around the world. I actually get to make textures for a living, how cool is that? In my spare time I enjoy good music, good beer, and good company. Psychedelic Science This past weekend, the Psychedelic Science 2013 Conference, co-hosted by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), took over two floors of the Oakland Marriott City Center, with attendees spilling into bars and waiting areas. Though the illicit thrill of psychedelics (written in rainbow letters on the conference bric-a-brac) was dampened somewhat by the staid surroundings of the convention center, recreational drug users and academics alike networked at a conference that UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology David Presti deemed “extraordinary.” Over five days, researchers discussed their clinical studies with LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, ayahuasca and other psychedelic drugs, and focused on the drugs’ therapeutic benefits.

Your Creation Museum Report Yes, finally, ladies and gentlemen, I present you with your Creation Museum report! Thank you for your patience. Our report today has two parts: The first part is a photographic tour, with all the snarktasticness you’ve been no doubt hoping for. Click on the first picture and cruise on through. It’s long — 101 pictures — but, hey, you guys paid top dollar, so I don’t want to skimp.

Smartass Responses to Signs Everywhere there's signs. Blocking out the scenery and shaking my mind. Let's face it, we live in a society of signage and a large number of them are imperial and unnecessary! Light Grey Art Lab: CALL FOR ART : Macro & Micro Nature! Hey! We have a new call for art! Finally! EDIT: Thanks to everyone that submitted links to our Macro & Micro call for art! The call for art is now closed! Outsourcing Your App Development As part of your marketing and promotions, you stumble upon a great idea to market your services: create an app that would help you strengthen your brand and keep you at the top of your customers minds. As with any other buy or rent decisions, you may want to consider letting third-party app developers create your apps for you. Why It Makes Sense to Let Other People Create Your App for You 1. You get to save money. There are a lot of costs that you must pay for when you develop your own app.

www.journalfen.net/community/bad_penny/9422.html The Cassandra Claire Plagiarism Debacle -- Part V (post 1) The Cassandra Claire Plagiarism Debacle Contents, Part V: The brawl: The FanFiction.Net forums ; FanFiction.Net moderators' journals ; ParadigmOfUncertainty ; The SugarQuill forums ; cassie_and_rhysenn and HP_Fanfiction ; Email: Michela Ecks and Pamela Dean plagiarize : verb take (the work or idea of someone else) and pass it off as one’s own. — DERIVATIVES plagiarism noun plagiarist noun plagiarizer noun. — ORIGIN from Latin plagiarius ‘kidnapper’, from Greek plagion ‘a kidnapping’.

Incredible Living Painting With Realistic Body Paint Usually, we admire that the artists can create characters vividly, while this time, we will introduce a different artist who turns living, breathing people into characters in oil painting. That is Alexa Meade. Alexa Meade is a 23-year-old artist based in Washington, DC area. She spent four summers interning on Capitol Hill and in 2008 was a press staffer on the Obama Campaign. She graduated in 2009 from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY with a bachelor’s degree in political science.

6 Steps To Creating A Knockout Online Portfolio As the Chief Designer of Behance, few people are better at identifying a great online portfolio than Matias Corea. While judging contests, looking for new talent, and conducting design research for Behance, he has reviewed thousands of creative portfolios on the web. To get some insight on what works (and what doesn’t!) when it comes to showcasing creative work online, I chatted with Matias about his observations and extracted six simple tips for building a knockout creative portfolio: 1.