Modern Renaissance. Celebrities in Classic Art Paintings Nice to see you, our dear readers! As usual, every Tuesday we present you the captivating post dedicated to the works of one author, but today we want to show you something special. Not long ago I have found the cool series of works that were submitted by various artists to the contest Modern Renaissance. Portrait of Julia by Koosricardo Holy Matrix by Xported Penelope Cruz by Mandrak Hugh Jackman as a Painter by ziazan Jack Nicholson by ToothFairy Jane Fonda by macwithfries Jim Carrey by Hans Memling by PhantomPain Johnny Depp by Ziaphra Jude Low by Alimoha Lady Angelina by MA1947 Laughing Connery by CraigMc Portrait of Portman by CharlesFBI Robert (Durer) Plant by xd3333 Rossetti’s Nicole by Stella63 The Letter by MA1947 Tom Cruise by Terrence Uma Turman by Mandrak Anne Hathaway by MA1947 Brad Pitt by RJMiller De Niro by Onanymous Elvis by MA1947
Top Secret Compartments Here’s a set of 17 Secret Compartments, which are hidden in cars, houses, books and even coins. I think most people (including myself) have a fascination with secret compartments, hidden doorways and such-like. Here are the rest if the images. Enjoy… Hidden Stairway Compartment Drawers Above: Hidden Staircase Compartment [link]. Hidden Sunken Driveway Above: Hidden Secret Garage in Garden [link] Hollow Coins Above: Secret Compartment Hidden in Coin [link] Secret Space Under Stairs Above: Secret Space Under Home Stairway [link] Secret Watch Compartment Above: Secret Compartment Wrist Watch [link] The Classic Hollow Book Compartment Above: Secret Compartment Hidden in Book [link] …and one for an iPad: Above: Secret iPad Book Case [How to make one of these: © link] Truck Compartment Above: Dodge Ram lockable compartment for fishing rod or rifle [link] Secret Room Please Stumble this Post: Above: Well, this is more of a room than a compartment, but it’s still secret! Surprise Ring Compartment in Book
How To Draw A Wave | Club Of The Waves This art tutorial, kindly donated by surfing comic strip illustrator and surf artist Bob Penuelas covers how to draw a wave the Wilbur Kookmeyer way! If you're like me, then you've probably spent a lot of time in high school class daydreaming and doodling a thousand perfect cartoon waves in your notebook. It's safe to say that ninety percent of us surfers have a habit of scribbling perfect waves whenever a pencil is in our hands. Remember, there are millions of ways to draw a wave and hopefully with these simple pointers you'll find a million more. Drawing a basic wave The following illustrations and captions by Bob Penuelas take you through the basic steps of drawing a wave… Step 1 Sketch in the basic shape of the curl, spray, foam and base of the wave. Step 2 Add an extra line running parallel and below the curl line to define the thickness of the lip. Step 3 Add a flow line starting at the lip and curve it around to suggest roundness of the liquid lip. Step 4 Add the rest of the flow lines.
40 Photoshop Tutorials On Rain Showers and Water Drops - Smashing Magazine Advertisement With fall just around the corner, designers are looking for ways to complement their work with fall imagery like water droplets, rain on leaves and fall rain showers. Including rain or water drops in a scene can be a nice effect because water is a very compelling element. As you’ll see in the tutorials below, water drops and rain can completely change the dynamic of a design or photo. Adding the illusion of water and rain to photographs using Photoshop can be a bit tricky. Here are other collections of Photoshop tutorials from Smashing Magazine: Water Drop Tutorials Basic water drops5 An excellent tutorial showing how to make artistic, realistic water drops. Designing a war movie poster6 A step-by-step tutorial that teaches how to design a dark movie poster with water drops. The Making Of “Our Future”7 It is not really a tutorial, but the designer’s description provides some insight into how this poster was designed. Artistic rain effect11 Create a complex composition with rain.
15 Awesome Chemistry GIFs You don’t need to watch Breaking Bad to know that chemistry is pretty awesome. Below, we explore our favorite 15 chemistry GIFs and the science behind them (when we could figure it out): Melting Metal With Magnets The Science: The copper wire has a significant amount of AC electricity running through it, causing it to act like a really strong electromagnet. In the metal slug, eddy currents form due to the magnetic field the copper wire is causing while the copper wire has high frequency AC flowing through it. The metal slug’s electric resistance causes a portion of the electric energy to turn into heat, but the heat builds up until the metal slug becomes white hot and melts. Orange LED Light In Liquid Nitrogen The Science: When an LED is immersed in liquid nitrogen, the electrons lose a lot of thermal energy, even when the light isn’t turned on. Awesome Chemistry GIFs: Heating Mercury Thiocyanate Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed By Potassium Iodide
Worlds Greatest Wedding Cakes Few things are more important on a wedding day (apart from both partners turning up; the ring being secure; and nobody objecting during the ceremony) than the cake. Very few weddings are without such a centrepiece. It's just a shame that so many couples opt for the same traditional, boring designs when there is so much opportunity to impress and surprise the guests. Here are 30 brilliant examples, to be used as inspiration for your own big day. Above: A wedding cake fit for an action hero. Above: An illustration of things to come? Above: There's nothing like brutal honesty wrapped in a Portal nod to begin a marriage. Above: A wedding massacre. Above: A show of vanity so incredible as to be impressive. Above: A wedding cake fit for geeks. Above: The most unappetising wedding cake I've ever wanted. Above: A work of baked art. Above: For Stargate fans only. Above: Good news everyone! Above: A cake for the Lego lovers amongst us. Above: Binary deliciousness. Above: Nothing is safe from Steampunk.
TetraBox Light by Ed Chew Liquid to Light Designer Ed Chew takes a green step in the right direction with the TetraBox lamp, a light object made from discarded drink packets that would have otherwise ended up in landfills already packed to the brim. The design is achieved by unfolding the packets and refolding them into hexagonal and pentagonal sections that are then pieced together to form a geodesic sphere or any other desired shape. Here, the Epcot-like ball makes an attractive overhead light and casts an impressive web of shadows and shapes on the surrounding space. Designer: Ed Chew 26+ » Frgmnt Da sich Schriftengestaltung generell damit befasst, wie alle Elemente der Zeichen im Ganzen ausgeformt sind, stellt die »Frgmnt« die Gegenfrage: auf welche Elemente kann generell verzichtet werden? Einen Ausgangspunkt liefert eine Studie über die Merkmale für die Identifizierung von Groß- und Kleinbuchstaben der Universität Victoria und der Universität Montréal. Basis ist die weit verbreitete Schriftart »Arial«. Aus dieser werden alle Groß- und Kleinbuchstaben (ausgenommen Umlaute und Ziffern) mit wechselnden Unschärfen und Kreispartikeln belegt. Die Auswertung ergibt, welche Elemente jedes Buchstabens am wichtigsten für die Wiedererkennung ist. Da die »Frgmnt r« jedoch – wie auch die wissenschaftliche Studie – die Wiedererkennung jedes einzelnen Buchstaben untersucht, ist sie im Text kaum lesbar. Die zwei Schnitte »Frgmnt b« und »Frgmnt s«, können beliebig überlagert werden, da sie alle in ihrer Laufweite gleich sind.
Tumblr Unique Wineglass Posted on December 28, 2009 by saya Uh…who would ever suppose that the odd item is actually a wineglass? And what is more surprising is that the wine doesn’t spill out at all. You know why? Designer: Kyouei Design Making a Frabjous George W. Hart is a professor at Stony Brook and is one of our favorite artists, making a wide variety of stunning geometric sculptures. On his of his many works that has particularly captivated us for some time is a sculpture called Frabjous. When we realized that George had posted a template for this sculpture we dropped everything, grabbed the cardboard and hot glue, and raced to build our own. You’ll need papercraft type building materials: Paper, cardstock, or cardboard, and tape or glue. You can download the PDF template for Frabjous on its web page. The sculpture is made out of 30 identical pieces, with this S-curve shape. Cut out your template at your scale of choice. You need 30 pieces so this can *ahem* take a while. Big hint for cardboard: replace your blade often. Once you have all the pieces, then comes the challenging part, putting it all together. The first hint about construction is to look at the corners. The parent shape donating its symmetry is a simple dodecahedron.