Tag: video
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The New York Times Takes Us to the New 7 Wonders of the World with 360 Videos
As part of their “Daily 360,” The New York Times has released a series of immersive videos exploring the New Seven Wonders of the World, offering viewers the experience of visiting the architectural marvels themselves without having to fly 5000 miles. Back in 2007, the seven monuments were announced after a seven-year poll that included…
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Video Captures the Mesmerising Wonder of a Murmuration of Starlings
During the winter of 2014/2015, Dutch filmmaker Jan van Ijken captured the absolutely gorgeous sight of a murmuration of thousands of starlings taking flight at dusk and creating an incredible air show with incredible agility and grace as they flew in sequence with each other. A longer version of this film entitled “The Art of…
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![This is How You Gift Wrap a Puppy Pirate [VIDEO]](https://static.artfido.com/2014/12/How-to-wrap-a-puppy-2.jpg)
This is How You Gift Wrap a Puppy Pirate [VIDEO]
In the lead up to Christmas, one of the most viewed and shared videos on the interwebs showed us how to gift wrap a cat. You can see it HERE. In his own hilarious version, Puppy Pirate has just posted a video showing us how to gift wrap a dog. Although it appears a lot more bribery was…
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![Amazing Time Lapse Footage of Jim Thalassoudis Painting “The Skipping Girl” [VIDEO]](https://static.artfido.com/2014/11/Time-lapse-image.jpg)
Amazing Time Lapse Footage of Jim Thalassoudis Painting “The Skipping Girl” [VIDEO]
We’ve previously written about Jim Thalassoudis (see HERE and HERE), and continue to be amazed by this talented Australian artist. When we last wrote about Jim (see HERE), he had just completed a project with APositive where he brought his Skipping Girl painting to life using augmented reality. “Little Audrey: The Skipping Girl” is also the subject of…
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Inventor Spends 5 Years Trying to Determine if Vermeer’s Paintings Are Color Photos
It has long been suspected that some of the old masters may have relied on optical devices such as the camera lucida to help with scale and proportion in their paintings, leading to more lifelike interpretations of landscapes and portraits. Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor and computer graphics specialist, became obsessed with one such painter:…
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para l l el, An Eerie Short Film That Imagines Cities Around the World Without People
“para l l el” is an eerie short film that depicts cities around the world devoid of people. The film was created by Claire and Maxime of Menilmonde. They explain how they made the film in this post on their website. Click on PLAY in the below video and bring on the weekend! And don’t forget, if you’re…
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Artist Breathes New Life Into Old Disney Scenes By Painting Over Them
Most people bristle at the prospect of seeing updates or remakes of their favorite childhood books, shows or movies. Digital artist and Illustrator Tyson Murphy, however, has recreated a few scenes from a couple of classic Disney movies that will, despite their new look, reignite your love for the classics. To create the two remakes…
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![An Amazing Short Film Called “Icons” [VIDEO]](https://www.artfido.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/6ea15b3bea7cb27.jpg)
An Amazing Short Film Called “Icons” [VIDEO]
They say “a picture is worth a thousand words”. On that basis, this spectacular short film entitled “Icons” is worth too many words to count. In conjunction with the Sunday Times, The Making of Icons chronicles a number of past and present day icons all shot in a single piece of film. Directed by Us, “Icons” is…
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Video Shows How Quickly Model Can Be Manipulated Using Photoshop
It’s no secret that beauty industry uses Photoshop to touch up images but this video created by Global Democracy in 2011 shows a more than just a little bit of touching up. The model’s hair, neck are legs are lengthened, her bust is enhanced, her stomach is trimmed down and her skin is lightened. Her eyes…