Category: Random
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The Great Gatsby VFX – Behind the Scenes that Made this Movie a Visual Spectacular
Thanks to the rise of digital effects, the images moviegoers think they’re seeing on-screen are often misleading. For blockbusters, the belief is that bigger and flashier is better, and with Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, that’s exactly what we got. However you felt about the most recent adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, most agreed…
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The Art of Deception: Chinese Man Tries to Board Plane With Pet Turtle Disguised as Hamburger
The South China Morning Post just reported that a man tried to smuggle his pet turtle through customs by hiding it in a KFC hamburger container and between two slices of a bread bun. Yes, really. The incident occurred on the morning of July 29, when a man, surnamed Li, was about to board China Southern Airlines…
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Lego Heroes – The Men of My Childhood by Kris Growcott
Lego men. If you haven’t had a childhood experience with at least one of the yellow little fellas then you’ve missed out on some pretty amazing memories. With their simple, happy faces, and basic movements, Lego men (and more recently women) have flown to the moon, sailed the seven seas, built bridges, raced cars, stormed…
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Spectacular Photography Created With a Drill, Paint, and Centripetal Force!
“Black Hole” by Fabian Oefner is a series of images, which shows paint modeled by centripetal force. The setup is very simple: Various shades of acrylic paint are dripped onto a metallic rod, which is connected to a drill. When switched on, the paint starts to move away from the rod, creating these amazing looking…
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Crocs in a Bath by Photographer Shannon Plummer
It’s often said that you shouldn’t work with kids or animals, but Shannon Plummer, photographer, seems to have mastered this and the art of photography with some of the most stunning animal photography we have ever seen. Shannon recently completed a charity calendar for The Australian Girls of Herpetology where she took photos of women…
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Photographer Murad Osmann Continues to Follow His Girlfriend Around the World
We recently blogged about Russian photographer Murad Osmann and his “Follow Me To” photo series (read HERE) where Murad takes the viewer on an intimate journey together with his girlfriend Natalia Zakharova who leads him around the world. Instead of run-of-the-mill tourist shots, Murad snapped pictures of his girlfriend taking his hand and leading him…
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Birds Made of Flower Petals and Leaves by Red Hong Yi
Known for her numerous art projects where images are created using everyday objects, artist Red Hong Yi has begun a new series of birds made with flower petals and leaves. You can see many more of her creative birds by following her on Instagram… and while you’re there, make sure you give @artFido a follow as well! Peacock…
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Sharknado? Caleb Brown has a more artful approach.
Sharknado is getting a lot of buzz at the moment. Why wouldn’t it? Sharks caught in a hurricane (yes apparently its a hurricane not a tornado. Sharkicane just doesn’t have the same ring to it) being flung all over Los Angeles. Sounds like an amazing premise for a movie. A TV movie. On a SyFy…
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When Art and Technology Mix – Realistic Painting Using an iPad by David Kassan!
In an age of post-abstract representational painting, Brooklyn-based artist David Jon Kassan‘s stark realism separates him from the pack. With a critical eye for anatomy, he expertly captures the subtle nuances of his subjects through the use of oil on panel, charcoal, and graphite in his life-size paintings and drawings. David recently tried his hand at…
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Colorful Macro Photography of Coral by Felix Salazar
LA-based photographer and composer Felix Salazar recently captured some wonderful macro photographs of several inhabitants in his salt water aquariums. The shocking variety of color in his macro photographs makes the coral look like digital renderings, but Salazar assures us that each is a unique photo selected from hundreds of attempts to get just the right shot as he…