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Love Mattress: Modern Sleeping Bed for Couples Sleeping entwined with another is a novel concept, but there's always the problem of that extra arm. Where does one put it? Mehdi Mojtabvi's Love Mattress offers a simple solution for the chronic limp arm that often results from sleeping while wrapped in a prolonged embrace. Mojtabvi has studied the embracing styles of couples while in bed and has confirmed what we all know -- that having your arm flattened under your partner's body for prolonged periods of cuddling isn't exactly comfortable. What's more, it may even prove detrimental to your health! Technically speaking, it puts abnormal pressure on the muscles, blood vessels and nerves, and over time can result in a condition termed "radial neuropathy," whose symptoms include weakness in wrist dorsiflexion and finger extension. Finally, an answer to this age-old predicament has arrived! So, say goodbye to that slack arm. Found at red dot.

Optical Illusions » Blog Archive » Body Art – Hand Animals These have to be some of the best examples of hand art I’ve ever seen. Great fun to look at for the kids and a real example of how to disguise your hand as an elephant, eagle or tiger. Click the main post for the full set of pictures. TLC Family &How to Draw Flowers and Plants& Flower Image Gallery Publications International, Ltd.Learn how to draw a rose and other flowers and plants with our step-by-step instructions. Bring out your inner artist as you learn how to draw a rose. See more pictures of flowers. From the deepe­st valleys to the highest mountains, flowers and plants can be found in all shapes, sizes and colors. On the following pages, you can bring out your inner a­rtist as you learn how to draw flowers and plants. The easy, step-by-step instructions on the following pages will teach you how to draw everything from daisies and daffodils to strawberries and spider plants. Each drawing begins with a few simple shapes printed in red ink. The following steps also show the earlier drawings in black and the new marks and shapes in red. A blank space near each step lets you practice your drawing skills. When you have finished, use a pen or fine felt-tip marker to darken the pencil marks that make up the finished drawing.

Portrait paintings by Danny O’Connor (aka DOC) “Concentrating mainly on figurative and portrait subject matter, his influences include comic books, graffiti, illustration, and character design. With a strong graphic element visible in his work, O’Connor uses a wide range of media including acrylics, spray paint, ink, paint markers, and household gloss and emulsions. O’Connor has exhibited alongside some of the worlds leading Urban artists such as Banksy and Adam Neate as well as other gallery shows across the UK.” Danny O’Connor: website Via: beautifullife.info

Conrad Maldives Rangali Island's unique underwater suite (NOT photoshop) "Zombie Infested Wasteland" Fine Art Print by Karl Gookey Would your best friend go back for you when the zombies attack? If no, I think it might be time to get some new friends! Great for a friend or family member that loves all things undead! Tags zombie, typography, blood, paper, texture, grime, gritty, gore, undead, realistic, bloody, gory, zombies, wasteland, apocalypse desktop tablet-landscape content-width tablet-portrait workstream-4-across phone-landscape phone-portrait How to Draw Celtic Knotwork The old method These instructions can be followed with pencil and paper or using any computer based drawing or drafting program. I have used Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, and AutoDesk AutoCad for various projects, but my favorite is Corel Draw. This method, like most, begins with drawing the grid. The second step is to draw in the diagonals. Next draw in the connecting curves that will become the edges of the knotwork. This is the step that most people have the most trouble with: deciding where to "Break the Grid". So, where do we put these spaces to make an aesthetically pleasing design? Here is how I do it:: I CHEAT! 1). Or 2). But back to the tutorial. Follow the diagonals until you come to a red line. OK, now that you spent all of that time drawing the grid, the diagonals and the breaks, erase all of it except the knotwork path that we darkened in the last step. For this step a computer graphics program comes in real handy. We're almost there!

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