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I Drew 30 Different Dogs In A 30-Day Challenge
Reading Time: 3 minutesHello, I’m a Finnish artist Sofia Härö. I’ve always had a love for dogs as well as art. When I decided to combine these two, the result was #30canines art challenge.
Drawing 30 dogs in 30 days was a joy and a challenge. All of the drawings are done by hand, in ink and markers.
American Staffordshire Terrier Mix
The Great Dane
Black Lab pup
Shepherd
Lapponian Herder
American Staffordshire Terrier
Kleinspitz
Whippet
Swedish Vallhund
Malinois pupper
Norwegian Elk Hound
Dachshund
Kleinspitz
French Bulldog
Malinois
The Boxer
The old Golden Retriever
Dachshund
Pit bull
The tiniest Dachshund.
the American Staffordshire Terrier
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Artist Creates Large Scale Street Art Murals Across Europe, Makes Boring Buildings Interesting
Reading Time: 8 minutesWD (Wild Drawing) is an Indonesian muralist based in Athens, where he has lived for ten years. Widely known for his photorealistic murals that often address current economic, political and social issues locally and globally, his work on street art began in 2000 and did not stop.
He has held several solo exhibitions and has also participated in several collective exhibitions and international festivals in Europe, America, and Asia. His works have been included in books by famous Street Art publishers such as Thames & Hudson, Éditions Alternatives, and Lonely Planet.
His characters are beautifully executed and grace the walls throughout the European capital and beyond.
More info: Instagram
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
Artist spreads wonderful designs through the streets and you would love it if he lived in your city
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This Pessimistic Advertising Campaign Will Make You Think About The Way We Live
Reading Time: 3 minutesI created a fake communication campaign mixing the codes of advertising and the clichés of the end-of-the-world annunciators with a good dose of black humor. Ironic, offbeat and striking, this series of fake posters makes us challenge our certainties and forces us to look with honesty at our way of life and consuming habits.
In a world ruled by unbridled capitalism, and invaded by pervasive advertising, greenwashing and climate skeptics, this project also questions our passivity facing the major crisis threatening our planet and our way of life.
This project can also be summarized in a few words: We’re screwed anyway, so why not?
More info: parseerror.ufunk.net | behance.net
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
This pessimistic advertising campaign will make you think about the way we live
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Here’s How I Turned Our Formal Living Room Into A Home Office
Reading Time: 8 minutesWhen we purchased our home last year, we started out using one of our three bedrooms as a home office. Our plans were to eventually convert the unused formal living space in the front of the house to a home office down the road, as we have a bigger family room in the back of the house that we use as our primary living space. When we found out we were going to have a baby, I figured this would be a good time to tackle this project.
The space I ended up framing is a few inches over 8 feet wide and almost 12 feet deep. This ended up being the ideal size for us to fit two large 8 feet by 30-inch custom desks and still leave plenty of room for the dining area next to it. We already had an air conditioning/heating vent in the space, so I thankfully did not have to do any ductwork.
The full project took me a little over 4 months to complete, mostly doing work in weekends and evenings. In between, I tackled other projects like building a patio dining set and a greenhouse, so I definitely took my time with it.
Follow my full journey in the images below. Feel free to leave a comment or reach out if you have any questions and I will do my best to answer them. I’ve also answered a lot of questions already on Reddit, so be sure to check that out as well.
I used blue painters tape to mark off the space to get a sense of the size. The ceilings are 9.5 feet, but notice the slope in the front (that turned out to be an interesting challenge)
Since I’ve never done anything like this before, I took my time to model out everything in Autodesk Fusion 360. This was incredibly useful, as I knew all measurements beforehand
I bought 2×4 lumber at a local lumberyard in 8, 10, and 14 foot sizes. I also purchased the plywood I needed for the desks and upper cabinets (the latter which I still have to build)
After cutting everything on my new miter saw, I laid out the large wall on the floor before facing my fears and use a framing nailer to fasten it all
This is where math comes in. Thanks to the Pythagorean theorem, I couldn’t get the wall upright after framing. So I took off the top plate and clamped it off to the side and hoisted the wall up
Getting the wall in place was quite a chore, and my friendly neighbor helped me out. Took a lot of brute force, but we got it in place eventually and then squared it up
The smaller wall was much more manageable in size, but the sloped ceiling took a lot of measurements and trial/error to get perfect
After the framing, I bought 8 sheets of drywall at a local lumber yard (of which I only needed 5) and cut it up before screwing it in place
Drywall was another first for me, so I probably cut it into smaller pieces than I should have
After recutting the top piece at the sloped ceiling to go the full height, everything looked very clean…
…But then the drywall mudding began and everything turned into a huge mess again. A friend helped out with the taping and first layer, which is probably why it looks decent in the end
Drywall was definitely my least favorite part of this project. A lot of sanding and layering on the mud made a huge mess. Lesson learned for next time: cover the floor first
This is after a few days and 4 layers. Everything was smooth and square
The little wall was a bit more of a challenge to mud completely smooth, as the existing wall wasn’t 100% square to the exterior wall. I had to compensate with more mud. Next up, the door in the background!
Installing the door was quite easy, except for pushing it in place. We went with 8 foot high french doors, which are super heavy
The drywall cleaned up nicely with just some warm water and rags. Starting to look more and more like a room!
Before painting, I actually took the time to lay down plastic drop cloth. This is after the coat of primer
Two coats of white paint later, everything was neat again. It turns out we didn’t have any of the existing ceiling paint, so I improvised with something that was close enough
I looked at the existing trim and figured it was simple to recreate. A quick trip to the hardware store and some standard MDF trim later, I got everything to match
Now that the wall is done, on to the desks. As per the design, I made 3 cabinets underneath each desk out of 3/4 inch plywood
Here you can see all 6 cabinets. The one without the middle shelf is the cabinet for my full tower PC
For the top, I laminated a 3/4 inch sheet of walnut plywood to a cheaper one to create a 1-1/2 inch sturdy desk top
I applied iron-on walnut edge banding to hide the plywood edges. The notches in each top are so the curtains can hang down without bending around the desk top
I applied 4 coats of satin polyurethane to the tops (1 coat on the bottom) with some light sanding in between each coat for a super smooth and durable finish
I primed and painted the cabinets white. I used an enamel paint, which was self-leveling. The end result is a very smooth and hard surface, but it took about a week to fully cure
Here is my wife’s desk installed. I retro-fitted some toe-kicks underneath to raise her desk a bit, as the initial height was too low for her
At this point we started moving everything down. One problem remained: not being able to close off the space
I cut some 3/4 by 1/2 inch strips from left over 2x4s to become the window trim. Here you see the difference between big-box 2×4 (right) and the quality 2×4 from the lumber yard
After cutting everything to length and mitering the corners, everything was ready for paint (after more sanding)
I bought an HVLP sprayer, as I had more things to spray for the nursery in the end. This saved a lot of time and got a very smooth coat on everything. Here you see the primer on the framing strips
I glued and nailed in the strips on 3 sides and then cut the 4th strip to exact length to fit in snugly
Here you see the 4th strip installed, and nail holes filled with wood putty
And after the 1/4 inch glass panes were in, this project was a wrap! My wife just had her baby shower and I’m excited about finishing this before the baby arrives
There’s a lot of light from the big window in the home office and all the interior windows and french doors really let that light through to the dining space
I added RGB LED strips to the back of each desk for some subtle lighting while in the office
Here’s how it looks
Here you can see my wife’s smaller PC allowing for more storage. I also swapped the chair casters with rollerblade style rubber ones to preserve the floor
While the walls are not insulated, the thick glass and strips underneath the doors isolate the room plenty for our purposes
Ta-da!
Thanks for following along! Feel free to ask questions or leave other comments!
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Chocolate Expert Guesses Cheap VS. Expensive Chocolate, Teaches Us A Lot Along The Way
Reading Time: 4 minutesI love shopping for chocolate and I love devouring it even more. Sometimes, however, it’s quite hard to choose what to get, since I lack the required knowledge that would guide me towards a satisfying purchase. During times like these, the price is the main guideline. But chocolatier Amy Guittard has recently appeared on Epicurious to teach us that there are many more things that indicate the quality of these heavenly delights.
Epicurious has presented Amy with a random selection of chocolates from different manufacturers, concealing all of the information about them. Employing only her taste, she did her best trying to tell which of them were cheap and which were expensive. And there couldn’t be a better person for the job. Chocolate is in Amy’s blood. She works at Guittard Chocolate Company, founded by her great-great-grandfather Etienne Guittard in 1868.
In the mid-1800s, Etienne was planning to leave his home in France to try his luck in the US, hoping of striking it rich at the California Gold Rush. The man, however, didn’t have the mining supplies for the job, so he packed a lot of delicious chocolate from his uncle’s factory to trade. When Etienne noticed how much the wealthy miners were willing to pay for his premium treats, he knew he had discovered another kind of gold. He sailed back to France, finessed his craft and returned to San Francisco in 1868, to open Guittard Chocolate on Sansome Street. In addition to chocolate, Etienne also sold coffee, tea, and spices. And the rest is history.
“Our craft is as much about making beautifully tasting chocolate as it is about supporting the people and preserving the places behind what we make,” the company writes on its website. “As the fifth generation joins the company, we continue to find ways to support, explore and grow with our extended family of customers, co-workers, farmers, and suppliers.”
Scroll down to check out how Amy’s blind-tasting went!
More info: guittard.com | Instagram
Chocolate is in Amy Guittard’s blood. She works at Guittard Chocolate Company, founded by her great-great-grandfather in 1868
Image credits: Susie Wyshak
In the mid-1800s, Etienne Guittard left his home in France to try his luck in the US in hopes of striking it rich during the California Gold Rush
Image credits: Guittard Chocolate Company
Etienne had brought chocolate with him, hoping to trade it for mining supplies
Image credits: Guittard Chocolate Company
But wealthy miners were willing to pay him plenty for his premium treats
Image credits: Guittard Chocolate Company
He returned to France, to train with his uncle, a chocolatier, and in 1868, Etienne was again in San Francisco, where he opened the Guittard Chocolate Company
Image credits: Guittard Chocolate Company
Recently, Amy shared her immense knowledge about chocolate while blind-tasting a random selection of products from different manufacturers
At first, she tried baking chips, comparing their color, flavor and other characteristics
Later, Amy tasted milk chocolate, pointing out the quality of their dairy and the roughness of the edges
When Amy compared white chocolate, she gave a lot of attention to cocoa butter
When trying cocoa powder, the chocolatier looked for lingering flavor and whether or not there was a burnt taste
Finally, dark chocolate. Amy was searching for (the lack of) air bubbles and whether or not the pieces satisfied her hunger
Watch the video below to check out the results!
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I Create Robots And Other Contraptions For Fun
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy name is Terry. I like to make things (constantly). Here are some of the things I have made over the years.
I just make these things for fun, no other reason. I am interested in all the sciences, and sometimes incorporate those interests into my work. An example of this would be the robotic humanoid I’m trying to build. He unintentionally looks way creepier than intended! Anyway, hope you like the other things made.
More info: Instagram
This is a cloud lamp I made. When it’s turned on it flashes and plays a recording of a thunder storm
Here’s a video of it in action:
This is David, and a prototype hand I’m working on for him
David checking out his new hand… I think he liked it:
David at an early stage
This was how I intended David to look originally. I need to get his eye lids added
I made a breakfast machine one too, here’s how it works:
And a beer delivery system:
This is the head of an automaton magician I’ve been building for aaaaaages. I’ve broked it more times than I care to mention
His inner workings
The beginning of his cape
A video of him moving about. This was the first “human” automaton I build, so his movements are a bit off. I like how creepy it is though:
This little dude uses ultrasound to see! He is fully autonomous and drives about my house avoid all my other crap
This is my Van De Graaf generator that I built for static voltage experiments
If conditions are right, I can get some excellent sparks off it. I still need to measure, but it will be in the high thousands, because it hurts!
This was a simple owl automaton I made for my niece
And a video of it working if you’re interested:
An autonomous robot I built from stuff from Poundland
Bucket-bot driving about my attic/lab in action:
This is Assisto-Bot I made him for various different things… he’s mostly impractical though:
This was the sci-fi cannon. It fired flash cotton. Completely harmless, but looked really cool. It makes a cool sound charging up because of the old camera capacitor I used to build it
This a short gif of a Butane Boomer I made. I liked how the flame moved round the tube
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This Artist Combines Funny Titles With His Bird Paintings, And You’ll Be Surprised How Relatable They Are
Reading Time: 8 minutesMatt Adrian is perhaps best known as the man behind ‘MincingMockingbird’, a humorous collection of fun and delightful art for your home and life. The reoccurring theme of his work is birds, a subject the artist captures in lush acrylics, with tones of the paintings varying from cute to strange and sinister. However, the key aspect of Adrian’s work is not the detailed feathers or subtle body brushstrokes, but the genius juxtaposition of pieces and their titles. As Matt Adrian himself explains, the titles put together with his work are meant to compare “the purity of nature with the banality of modern human existence”.
Based in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, California, Matt Adrian has created many pieces dedicated to birds, ranging from the daily, almost mundane ones we see, to their more exotic and colorful cousins. Throughout the years, he has published a number of books, each focusing on a different series of bird art.
Creeping from the corner of the canvas, or standing bold stretched across the paintings, the many feathered subjects naturally draw attention, whereas the titles add personality and shift our pre-existing idea of the piece.
More info: Matt Adrian
THE DREADFULLY DELIGHTFUL EXISTENCE OF SEMI-SPECTRAL THINGS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
DEFIANTLY EFFERVESCENT IN THE FACE OF THE SIXTH EXTINCTION
Image credits: Matt Adrian
MOM DRAGGING ME TO HER TOPLESS MAID APPOINTMENTS AFFORDED ME A FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO THE WORLD OF MOPES AND SH*THEELS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
A FINANCIALLY UNSTABLE MESS, BUT AT THE LIQUOR STORE THEY CALL ME MA’AM
Image credits: Matt Adrian
STRESS EATING AS SELF-EXPRESSION
Image credits: Matt Adrian
A SUDDEN POINT OF CONVERGENCE
Image credits: Matt Adrian
THE BOY DETECTIVE WHO GAVE UP SOLVING NEIGHBORHOOD CASES TO SIT AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES IN A CLOUD OF HIS OWN STINK
Image credits: Matt Adrian
IT HAD SEEMED SUCH INNOCENT PLEASURE
Image credits: Matt Adrian
COUP DE GRACE AS A PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
Image credits: Matt Adrian
FAIRY STORIES AND LEGENDARY TALES TOLD IN THE DARKEST OF DYSTOPIAN NIGHTS, ON THE SHORE OF A RISING SEA
Image credits: Matt Adrian
HAD I BUT HANDS TO PUT ABOUT YOUR THROAT
Image credits: Matt Adrian
KEEN-BRAINED AND PATIENT
Image credits: Matt Adrian
PROLONGING REVENGE THROUGH REINCARNATION
Image credits: Matt Adrian
I WILL PUT YOU DOWN AS A SOFT MAYBE
Image credits: Matt Adrian
IF YOU CLONE ME, MY FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO KILL YOU ALL
Image credits: Matt Adrian
THE EXHIBITION OF UNNATURAL INSTINCTS AMIDST THE DEATH THROES OF DEMOCRACY
Image credits: Matt Adrian
PURIFYING ANGEL OF THE DECOMPOSING CARCASS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
WHEN I WAS INVITED BACK TO HIS PLACE, I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR MORE THAN A TOUR OF HIS FOR-PROFIT FERRET HOSPICE
Image credits: Matt Adrian
CHASING THAT HALLUCINOGENIC HIGH UNIQUE TO EXPIRED MEXICAN INSECTICIDES
Image credits: Matt Adrian
I TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY, THAT WE WOULD MAKE IT SOMEHOW, BUT IF SHE EXPECTED ME TO TAKE A SACK LUNCH TO WORK IT WAS OVER, GODDAMMIT
Image credits: Matt Adrian
MIXING A SEANCE WITH CHARADES SEEMED LIKE A FUN IDEA BUT OH CHRIST WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
Image credits: Matt Adrian
SOVEREIGNTY BESTOWED BY A SUBLIME AND ANCIENT PROCESS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
STARTING TO RETHINK MY WELL-INTENTIONED EFFORT TO STRIKE UP A CULTURAL CONVERSATION WITH THE CAPS LOCK CROWD
Image credits: Matt Adrian
HIGH, WIDE AND HANDSOME
Image credits: Matt Adrian
WITNESS TO MELANCHOLY SPECTACLES IN THE LAND OF THE RISE OF MAN
Image credits: Matt Adrian
EXISTENCE TASTES SWEETEST BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL
Image credits: Matt Adrian
GRANDPA USED TO WHIP QUARTERS AT ME AND SCREAM “PULL THEM OUT OF YOUR EAR YOURSELF”
Image credits: Matt Adrian
BENEATH MY SKETCHY AND STILTED NARRATIVE IS A LONGING FOR LONELINESS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
IN THE BEGINNING, WE CALLED IT LOVE
Image credits: Matt Adrian
MOMENTS WHEN MY GAZE GOES VACANT
Image credits: Matt Adrian
THEY SAY YOU SHOULD NEVER MEET YOUR HEROES, YET HERE I AM AT HALF PAST FOUR IN THE MORNING, HOLDING A TASER AND ZIP TIE HANDCUFFS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
AN UNEXPECTED AND EXTREMELY HEATED ARGUMENT WITH HER AMAZON ECHO REGARDING FLUSHABLE WET WIPES HAD LEFT HER SHAKEN AND UNNERVED
Image credits: Matt Adrian
WRITING NOVELS SOLELY FOR THE DEDICATION PAGE DRAMA
Image credits: Matt Adrian
OVERDRESSED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED
Image credits: Matt Adrian
BEING DIGESTED WITHIN TOOTHED WHALES IS FOR SUCKERS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
INAPPROPRIATE AND UNSETTLING STORIES FOR THE SWIFT SILENCING OF A PRECOCIOUS CHILD
Image credits: Matt Adrian
THE 56-ACRE NO-KILL SANCTUARY FOR OPRAH’S EX-ASSISTANTS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
TRICKERY AND DARK MAGIC
Image credits: Matt Adrian
I OFTEN FALL PREY TO THE POPULAR FALLACY KNOWN AS POSITIVE THINKING
Image credits: Matt Adrian
I HAVE HEARD MY PRAISES SUNG IN SCREAMS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
INSTRUMENTS OF DEFENSE AND ATTACK
Image credits: Matt Adrian
IN THE LEAF LITTER, SOMETHING TRIES TO HIDE ITS OWN HEARTBEAT
Image credits: Matt Adrian
THE DE-EXTINCTION MUSEUM OF BIOLOGICAL RESURRECTION
Image credits: Matt Adrian
JAYWALKER ON THE STREET, DIAGONAL SLEEPER IN THE SHEETS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
SHE NEVER LOOKED LOVELIER THAN WHEN STUMBLING UP TO A LATE NIGHT DRIVE THRU AND STARTING AN ALTERCATION
Image credits: Matt Adrian
SHE DRUNKENLY APPROACHED ME IN A BAR, ASKED IF I WOULD “DO HER A RUDENESS”—AND YOUR MOTHER AND I HAVE BEEN TOGETHER EVER SINCE
Image credits: Matt Adrian
OH MY GOD DAMN
Image credits: Matt Adrian
TENDING THE WEEDS IN A WATERY GARDEN
Image credits: Matt Adrian
THREATS AND VIOLENCE
Image credits: Matt Adrian
HERO WAS PERHAPS TOO STRONG A WORD, BUT I HAD BORNE THE BRUNT OF A DITCHWEED BLUNT
Image credits: Matt Adrian
THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES MEAT GETS CAUGHT IN THE GEARS OF THE GRAND MACHINERY WAS A SMALL CONSOLATION
Image credits: Matt Adrian
I ASSUMED BETTING ON UNDERGROUND AMISH BUGGY RACES WOULD BE HARMLESS ENOUGH, BUT I HIT A LOSING STREAK AND NOW I’M IN DEEP WITH THE CHINBEARDS
Image credits: Matt Adrian
DAKOTA HAS RECENTLY PROCLAIMED THAT SHE IS A REINCARNATED 15TH CENTURY SERIAL KILLER, SO I’M CANCELING ALL SCHEDULED PLAYDATES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Image credits: Matt Adrian
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New Banksy Artworks Keep Popping Up All Over New York City, And Here’s What People Found So Far
Reading Time: 3 minutesKnown for his satirical style and political remarks, Banksy never misses an opportunity to make a statement. Murals of this iconic graffiti artist have been popping up all around New York City for a while now, and 2018 is no exception.
His latest piece rests on an abandoned gas station, located in Midwood, Brooklyn. It portrays a man who appears to be a real estate developer, stock-lashing and driving away a group of people. Capitalism aside, Banksy continues to comment on political issues as well. Another popular mural he produced in 2018 addresses the imprisonment of Zehra Doğan. She was sentenced by a court in Turkey to two years and nine months in prison for painting an image of the destroyed Kurdish-majority city of Nusaybin, obliterated by the Turkish government forces.
Scroll down to check out the latest from Banksy and let us know in the comments if you think he’s still on point!
More info: Instagram
Gas station in Midwood, Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn
Image credits: banksy
Image credits: Benjamin Sutton
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A seal balancing a balloon on its nose, gas station in Midwood, Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn
Image credits: Benjamin Sutton
Image credits: Benjamin Sutton
Image credits: Benjamin Sutton
Mural Protesting the imprisonment of Turkish artist Zehra Dogan, Bowery Houston Wall in Manhattan
Image credits: banksy
Image credits: banksy
This is the painting of Zehra Dogan, for which she was sentenced to nearly three years in jail
Image credits: Zehra Dogan
The painting was projected above the mural
Image credits: Frank Franklin II
Rat at 14th Street and Sixth Avenue
Image credits: banksy
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Raise the drawbridge, Hull
Image credits: banksy
Image credits: banksy
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Artist Challenges Himself To Add One Character To Fight Scene A Day Until It Gets Too Big To Upload On Twitter
Reading Time: 5 minutesTo improve, artists need to step out of their comfort zones, to balance on the edge of failure. Bafta-winning writer, director, and animator Tom Gran has set out to do just that – he has been creating a fight scene since the beginning of 2018 by drawing one character per day, and it’s already massive!
He announced the challenge on the 1st of January and has been delivering ever since. Gran hasn’t given himself a time frame or anything like that. Instead, he claimed he’ll be expanding the scene until it gets so big, he probably won’t even be able to upload it to Twitter anymore. “I saw a bunch of other artists like Anthony Clark (@nedroid) doing drawing-a-day challenges over the last couple of years and wanted to try it myself,” Tom told Bored Panda. He also admitted that there were a few times when he forgot to draw a new character and had to cram them in seconds before midnight.
“It’s getting seriously hard to not repeat ideas and poses,” Gran wrote. His piece already features wizards, ghosts, dinosaurs, snake-men, and quite a few different guns. “My favourites are the baby ghosts holding up the sign at the top of the picture. They’re cool.” Scroll down to check out the gradually escalating process and let us know which character you’re rooting for in the comments!
More info: spinkickbros.com | Twitter
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…now fast forward to his latest piece, Day 72
To follow the process, visit Tom on Twitter
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Finalists Of The 15th Smithsonian Photo Competition 2017 Have Been Announced, And They’re Stunning
Reading Time: 14 minutesIt’s that time of the year again, when The Smithsonian Magazine announces the finalists of their hotly contested photo contest. Year after year, the contest continues to blow us away with the quality of entrants, with only the cream of the crop qualifying as the 60 finalists, narrowed down from over 48,000 submissions.
The submissions are split into 6 different categories, Travel, Altered Images, Mobile, Natural World, People, and The American Experience. We here at Bored Panda have compiled a list of the finalists, which you can check out below and choose your favorites. There is still time to vote for your choice to win the Reader’s Choice prize, you have until March 26th and can do it here.
So scroll down and prepare to be dazzled by these varied and masterful shots, and contribute by voting for your favorites in each category, it will be a tough task to choose just one!
Joy, Natural World Finalist
A seal pup enjoys the morning breeze on Düne Island in Germany.
Image credits: Erika Valkovicova
Sardines in the Sun, Natural World Finalist
Sardines emerge from a coral wall in cobalt waters just a few yards from the shores of Cebu Island in the Philippines. They move in a single undulating cloud of silver that twists, turns, shrinks, expands and wraps itself around any object that gets in its way. At times, it becomes a thundercloud, blocking out the sun or clapping violently as it suddenly flips its formation to evade a predator.
Image credits: Giacomo Marchione
Affection, Natural World Finalist
This is my favorite black skimmer photo that I have taken in all the years following a little-known colony. Every year I select a nest when the parent is on eggs, then follow that same nest until they fledge. I choose one nest because colonies are chaotic; you will miss some shots by pointing the lens at hundreds of birds. One morning I got into position and lay there for an hour until sunrise when a parent flew in directly to feed the baby. The baby was inches away from me, so I couldn’t get the feeding photo. However, after the baby gobbled down the fish, I captured it running up to the parent and displaying the behavior pictured.
Image credits: Thomas Chadwick
Red Chili Pepper Pickers, Travel Finalist
Countless chili peppers surround laborers in the Bogra district in the north of Bangladesh. More than 2,000 people work in almost 100 chili farms in Bogra in Bangladesh to supply local spice companies with chilies for use in their recipes. Chili peppers are a major part of the Bengali cuisine popular in Bangladesh and are used as part of a combination of spices for various meat dishes, including chicken and beef.
Image credits: Azim Khan Ronnie
Boatman, Travel Finalist
A boatman enjoys the leisure of reading a newspaper on his boat.
Image credits: Debashis Mukherjee
Making Incense, Travel Finalist
Decoratively dyed bundles of incense dry in Quang Phu Cau, a commune in Hanoi, Vietnam. In Buddhist countries like Vietnam, incense is an irreplaceable part of traditional festivals and religious ceremonies.
Image credits: Tran Tuan Viet
Go Deeper, Altered Images Finalist
Suburbia neighborhood swimming pool in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Image credits: Natalie Christensen
Renewal, Altered Images Finalist
This was shot in a pool and inverted upside down.
Image credits: Meaghan Ogilvie
My Post-Irma Street, The American Experience Finalist
This photo was taken right after Hurricane Irma hit Miami. This is my 5-year old son walking through our neighborhood.
Image credits: Sandra Portal-Andreu
Backyard, The American Experience Finalist
Curtis, Kate and Jude, siblings, lie in their backyard in Watford, North Dakota. 6 July 2017. The Long family has five children whom they homeschool. Western North Dakota attracted families from across the nation during the recent oil boom. Watford, like other rural towns in the region, is now facing unemployment and overdevelopment since the decline of the oil industry.
Image credits: Sarah Blesener
Outdoor Activities, Mobile Finalist
This photo was taken in Playa Tarará, Havana, Cuba at 5:30 pm. I was going to the beach with my family. It was really hot. I saw people playing squash. Oh my god I thought! How can they manage! The colors were really bright, and I was attracted by the shadows.
Image credits: Pier Luigi Dodi
NYC, Mobile Finalist
This picture was taken during the New Year holiday in NYC from the Roosevelt Island aerial tramway. Despite the rain, there is a festive mood in the frame. Raindrops resemble Christmas balls.
Image credits: Tatiana Borodina
A Belgian Angel, People Finalist
A man is going home after attending the Meyboom festival in Brussels.
Image credits: Alain Schroeder
Swimming, People Finalist
A refugee of the Democratic Republic of Congo swims on his back in the waters of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro.
Image credits: Fabio Teixeira
Care, People Finalist
Care goes beyond gender. I went to the small slum near to my house in the morning, and I saw that this man was feeding his grandchild while his daughter, the infant’s aunt, held him. It shows me something different than my society. In Bangladeshi society, care work is usually done by a female member of a family.
Image credits: Farhana Akther
Rain, People Finalist
Niloofar is an Iranian nomad girl living in the Babanajm nomad region south of Shiraz city in Fars Province, Iran.
Image credits: SEYED MOHAMMAD SADEGH HOSSEINI
A Perfect Flutter, Mobile Finalist
I took this shot at Gangasagar Mela. The Gangasagar Mela is one of the biggest religious festivals of India. The patterns formed by the drying saree in the wind, as well as the light and shadow play, attracted my attention. I was able to complete it by adding the presence of a lone man.
Image credits: Sirsendu Gayen
Working in the Dockyard, Mobile Finalist
This ship just docked, and the man started cleaning the hull.
Image credits: Wiebe Dekker
Umbrella Market, Travel Finalist
When I went to take photos of an apartment, I saw a woman through market umbrellas.
Image credits: Thanh Tran
The King, Altered Images Finalist
Griffon vulture portrait
Image credits: Pedro Jarque Krebs
Bear and Salmon, Natural World Finalist
This brown bear successfully captured a salmon in Kuril Lake. There is no happier bear than a bear with a fresh salmon in his mouth! The bears at Kuril Lake are in a state of hyperphaghia, meaning they are always hungry. They must gain weight before the winter’s hibernation and catch up to 40 salmon a day to achieve that.
Image credits: Roie Galitz
Birthplace of Statue, Mobile Finalist
A sculptor shapes a statue from stone using his professionalism, strength, concentration, art and time.
Image credits: Aung Ya
Pinnacle of Existence, Natural World Finalist
Energy travels hundreds of miles across the ocean and comes to a dramatic end when it reaches our shores.
Image credits: Oreon Strusinski
The Window, Natural World Finalist
During my stay at a Costa Rican hotel, I noticed that red-eyed tree frogs flooded the gardens. As I approached this frog, it climbed into one of the holes in a leaf, as if it were sticking out a window.
Image credits: Salvador Colvée Nebot
Green, People Finalist
A vendor at a fun fair in The Meadows, Edinburgh
Image credits: Gareth Bragdon
Ray of Zeus, Natural World Finalist
On New Year’s Eve in 2016, a sea cliff collapsed near Kalapana on Big Island, Hawaii. A dramatic stream of lava, called a fire hose, started to shoot out of the cliff. Before the sunrise, I captured this dramatic picture, where the lava cascaded into the ocean, creating steam and lava bombs. The lava stream stopped in March 2017.
Image credits: florent mamelle
Yaks Beside Pangong Lake, Travel Finalist
Image credits: Yusuf Chiniwala
Rhino From Chitwan, Altered Images Finalist
There are about 600 rhinos in Chitwan National Park. It was a pure adventure to follow wild rhinos in their natural habitat. The main instructions, in case a rhino ran in my direction, were to climb a tree; if there was no tree, to run zigzags. The red color of the grass comes from my imagination.
Image credits: Tanya Sharapova
Simple Motions, Altered Images Finalist
Every summer I visit a village where I have two nice “girlfriends.” This photo is from a long series called “Simple Motions,” where the two Russian “babushkas” have fun with the hula hoop, play football or do their gym.
Image credits: Petr Lovigin
Lion’s Mane Jellyfish, Natural World Finalist
A lion’s mane jellyfish is lured by a rich plankton soup.
Image credits: Martin Prochazka
Downstairs, Travel Finalist
The Paul Loebe House is a government building in the Reichstag area of Berlin worth seeing. I had to wait a while for someone to come down the stairs, but the wait was paid for by this shot.
Image credits: Klaus Lenzen
Stepping Out of the Shadows, Mobile Finalist
A woman carrying a striped black and white umbrella passes some gates.
Image credits: Laurence Bouchard
Feliz Navidad, People Finalist
Cuba, Havana. I wandered through downtown. The city was slowly coming to life after Christmas celebrations and was preparing for the New Year. Suddenly I found myself at a small market. When I saw this butcher, sitting among large red pieces of meat dangling from acid-green counter, I pressed the shutter button automatically.
Image credits: Alexey Kharitonov
Rare, Mobile Finalist
This is Maggie. She has two rare chromosome duplications, one of which she’s the only child on record to have. This photo captures not only her vulnerability, but also the magnitude of the science for which we are so grateful. A little girl and her “Gigi” already way too familiar with hospitals and doctors offices than any child should be.
Image credits: Sara Jacoby
Seahorse, Natural World Finalist
Hippocampus denise, one of the smallest seahorses in the world, clings to the branches of a gorgonia along with shrimp that are well hidden.
Image credits: ALEX VARANI
Soul of the Winter Woods, Altered Images Finalist
A spotted deer stag on a cold winter morning in the forest
Image credits: Swaroop Singha Roy
Split Screen, The American Experience Finalist
Industrial ponds, property of Waste Management, Inc., New Mexico. Aerial image (shot from a plane at 1,000 feet).
Image credits: Jassen Todorov
Stairs, Altered Images Finalist
There are not many other animals as productive as sheep. They give us wool, milk, meat. Their memoirs are usually short. The pool of names is repeated every two years on our farm. We have already had two Queens, three Theos and four Fables.
Image credits: Adam Żądło
Seeing Double, Natural World Finalist
Gulls soaring over a beach cast precise shadows over the sand and water, seeming to double their numbers.
Image credits: Vikas Datta
Summit Eclipse, The American Experience Finalist
Mountaineers witness totality of the 2017 eclipse on the highest mountain in its path, 13,809′ Gannett Peak. Deep in the Wind River Range of Wyoming, reaching the summit requires two days of backpacking, a 12+ hour climb day, and crossing two glaciers.
Image credits: Jason Hatfield
After a Long Day, The American Experience Finalist
At the end of the night—after the after-party and the after-after-party—in, yes, the hotel lobby, the bride and groom finally retire to their room. This is the last glimpse of the bride before the door shut.
Image credits: Geoffrey Giller
Hunting, The American Experience Finalist
Local hunters look for a fallen mourning dove during their weekly Wednesday hunt in Taylor County, Texas.
Image credits: Evgeny Feldman
Bow Girls, The American Experience Finalist
Three girls stand with their bows outside of Travis Archery in Woodbourne, New York.
Image credits: Stephanie Foden
Untitled, The American Experience Finalist
“I can cry in front of them, I can tell them my secrets. I buy them things and they calm me down. I just feel comfortable around them,” says twenty-six year old Lisa Schalm as she poses for a portrait inside of her bedroom in Brockport, New York, on Oct. 11, 2017. Lisa suffers from depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder and said that these reborn dolls are the only solution to help calm her symptoms. A reborn doll is a manufactured skin doll that has been transformed by an artist to resemble a human infant with as much realism as possible.
Image credits: Brittainy Newman
Backflip Submission, The American Experience Finalist
A wrestler does a backflip off the ropes of a wrestling ring in an attempt to defeat an opponent.
Image credits: Dan Fenstermacher
Intersection, The American Experience Finalist
This photo took place in Washington, D.C., during the Women’s March on January 21, 2017. Officer Dixon is seen on duty, serving and protecting, during the event. The scarf she is wearing belonged to her late grandmother, affectionately referred to as “Boots” by those close to her.
Image credits: Cappy Phalen
Roman Goods, Travel Finalist
This stand is set up near Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta and caters to the tourists lined up to look through the keyhole that hosts a view of Saint Peter’s Basilica.
Image credits: Nile Vincz
In the Desert, Travel Finalist
ATVs driving fast and furious in the deserts of Southern California. Aerial image (photographed from a plane at sunset).
Image credits: Jassen Todorov
Leather Drying in Dhaka, Travel Finalist
A woman at work on the street near a leather factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. These pieces of leather will become wallets, belts or parts of shoes and sell throughout the world.
Image credits: Erberto Zani
Breakfast at the Weekly Market, Travel Finalist
In northern Vietnam, people come to the weekly market to exchange goods and culture. They usually wake up very early to go to market and have breakfast here.
Image credits: Thong Huu
Ronja on the Day of Her Confirmation Ceremony, People Finalist
Ronja grew up as the only girl on the remote and enigmatic island of Mykines, the westernmost of the Faroe Islands and home to some of the richest bird cliffs in the world. Her confirmation was the first to be celebrated in Mykines since 1962 because no young people had lived permanently on the island since then.
Image credits: silvia varela
El Clot (The Hole), Gypsy Wedding, People Finalist
El Clot (The Hole), is an apartment block in Valencia’s historic El Cabanyal neighborhood that has been under threat of demolition for 20 years. Gypsy families have occupied and restored some of the empty apartments in El Clot, where they live in poverty and under threat from law enforcement.
Image credits: Jorge López Muñoz
Barbershop, People Finalist
A barbershop in Maramba, Livingstone, Zambia
Image credits: Oleksandr Rupeta
The Girl on the Swing, People Finalist
A girl swings in summer.
Image credits: Viara Mileva
Salt Field Workers, Altered Images Finalist
These are women who work in a salt field in Vietnam. I altered the image to black and white and made the background black to emphasize the women.
Image credits: Matty Karp
Life Directions, Altered Images Finalist
At one of white limestone quarries in Minya, Egypt. It’s the shaping phase. There’s a machine called “El fasalah” that the laborers here are using to cut and partition the mountain into stone blocks.
Image credits: Nader Saadallah
Behind the Wall of Sleep, Altered Images Finalist
I listen to the sounds that surround me. I do not hear voices, the mist surrounds me, I just feel.
Image credits: Rosita Delfino
3/11, Mobile Finalist
A man cycles past Tatsuo Miyajima’s “Counter Void” installation in Tokyo.
Image credits: Laurence Bouchard
Shadow Highlight, Mobile Finalist
A couple of ladies are passing in front of graffiti.
Image credits: mohammad mohsenifar
Beat the Heat, Mobile Finalist
Kids beat the heat of summer by enjoying the water play area in a mall in Cebu City, Philippines.
Image credits: Philip Am Guay
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Man Uses Sunlight To Burn Image Of Fallen Soldier Onto A Piece Of Wood
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy name is Michael Papadakis, International Sunlight Artist living and working in Southern California and I use an array of mirrors and lenses to focus the sun’s powerful rays into Art.
More info: Instagram
Man uses Sunlight to Burn image of Dog onto a piece of wood!
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Tape Art Installation: Dimensionalizing The Corner At Wiretap Brewing In Los Angeles
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTape Installation at Wiretap Brewing in Los Angeles: Dimensionalizing the Corner, 2018 by artist, Darel Carey
Bending space with perception: Line sequences in varied configurations create an illusion of dimension. I call this Dimensionalization. Two dimensions can be perceived as three, and vice versa.
More info: darelcarey.com
Tape Art Installlation by Darel Carey
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I Used The Power Of Nature To Create These Paintings
Reading Time: 2 minutesThose paintings drawn by natural phenomena. Those works projects emotion of nature.
Sunlight drawing
Lighting drawing
The moment lightning hits my canvas
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Rain drawing
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You can see how I created them in the video below:
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Three Little Sisters Recreate Oscar-Nominated Movie Scenes With Their Mom, And We Can’t Get Enough
Reading Time: 5 minutes“One family’s journey through the best picture nominees.” This is how the author of “Don’t call me Oscar” herself describes the project.
Seven years ago Maggie Storino, a mother-of-three, received a black tutu for her baby girl and took a picture of it, inspired by the Oscar-nominated movie “Black Swan.” The feedback was amazing, and that’s how it all started.
With each passing year, the quality and intricacy of the photoshoots grew and now the main models, Sophia, 7, Sadie, 5, and Sloane, 2, are real pros at channeling their movie counterparts.
Below you can find some of the amazing recreations from the past few years, including reenactments of this year’s nominees, such as Shape of Water, Dunkirk and Get Out. What was your favorite? Let us know in the comment section.
More info: dontcallmeoscar.tumblr.com | Instagram
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, 2017
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, 2017
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LADY BIRD, 2017
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DUNKIRK, 2017
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DARKEST HOUR, 2017
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LA LA LAND, 2016
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ARRIVAL, 2016
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LION, 2016
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HELL OR HIGH WATER, 2016
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HACKSAW RIDGE, 2016
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MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, 2016
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MOONLIGHT, 2016
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HIDDEN FIGURES, 2016
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FENCES, 2016
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SHAPE OF WATER, 2017
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GET OUT, 2017
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THE POST, 2017
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PHANTOM THREAD, 2017
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BRIDGE OF SPIES, 2015
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MADMAX, 2015
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ROOM, 2015
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SPOTLIGHT, 2015
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THE MARTIAN, 2015
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THE REVENANT, 2015
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BROOKLYN, 2015
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THE BIG SHORT, 2015
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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, 2014
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THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, 2014
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AMERICAN SNIPER, 2014
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BIRDMAN, 2014
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WHIPLASH, 2014
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THE IMITATION GAME, 2014
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AMERICAN HUSTLE, 2013
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12 YEARS A SLAVE, 2013
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PHILOMENA, 2013
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THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, 2013
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DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, 2013
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HER, 2013
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NEBRASKA, 2013
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LINCOLN, 2012
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SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, 2012
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LIFE OF PI, 2012
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ZERO DARK THIRTY, 2012
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ARGO, 2012
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I Painted LOTR Characters On A Pair Of Boring White Heels
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is one of my favourite and probably the most time consuming pair of shoes I have painted.
I am an artist based in Perth, Western Australia and my work predominantly consists of custom hand-painted shoes.
More info: Facebook
Start off with a pair of blank (boring) shoes…
Gandalf
Gollum
Frodo Baggins
One Ring
Legolas
The Journey
Gandalf
Quotes
Adventure
Edge Of The Wild
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This Guy Continues To Paint Pop-Culture Characters Into Old Thrift-Store Paintings (New Pics)
Reading Time: 13 minutesDave Pollot (previously here and here) is a US painter who brings new life to old and forgotten art. He buys thrift store paintings and perfectly “enhances” them with pop culture symbols, giving a cool, nerdy spin to what’s dusting away inside cracked frames.
“Most are prints or lithographs,” he told Bored Panda. “Any scratches or marks are carefully touched up and then my own visions are added.” Before focusing on repurposing discarded thrift art, Dave painted more ‘serious’ architectural paintings and landscapes. Now, however, he’s completely devoted to his new passion.
“Concepts range from pop culture to dada themes. What was once destined for a landfill is now an appreciated piece of art and conversation piece.” Luckily, it’s still an ongoing series so there should be more of these to come!
More info: davepollot.com | Etsy | Facebook | Instagram
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3D Drawings That I Create To Confuse People (Part 4)
Reading Time: 3 minutesI am a self-taught, 32 year old guy from Serbia. Actively engaged in drawing less than 5 years. They said that I always had a talent for drawing, but I didn’t have interest for this.
I started drawing portraits and it was hard, there were great artists which in this holy will never achieve (maybe one day), so I decided to draw something different, something rear. 3D is something what people like and I want to be the best at this. I am using colored pencils, markers and pastel. Inspiration is everywhere, just need to catch it.
More info: Facebook
3D Basketball ball in real size
3D Spider-man
3D Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo playing on my desk
3D Eagle flying
3D Cowboy hat
3D Nintendo GameBoy, real size drawing
3D HP laptop, real size drawing
Some of my drawings are in bird’s-eye view like this Magnum Revolver
And some of them are from the Star Wars like this Han Solo’s Blaster
Here we can see how it’s looks like normal and how it’s looks like inverted
Here we can see real human heart on paper…or it’s just one of mine drawings
Some of my drawings are enlarged like this sharpener
and some of them are reduced like this 3D spaceship
You know this little fella from Guardians of the galaxy, 3D Groot
Just one 3D yellow highlighter
Sometimes I like to draw cartoon characters, to make 2D looks 3D
And sometimes I like to draw athletes like this UFC fighter
3D Wooden Sleigh
My new 3D model, Harlso the Balancing Hound
3D Black Skull
3D Thor’s hammer
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DIY Fairy House That I Made From Trash
Reading Time: 3 minutesHi, in this tutorial I show you how I made a fairy house lamp recycling some cardboard from an old box, egg cartons, pizza boxes, toilet paper tubes and two plastic bottles.
The only bought materials I used are the acrylic colors, the hot glue and the P.V.A. glue (less than 3$ in total). It took me about ten days to finish, including the drying time. Let me know what you think!
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After cutting the bottom of a bottle, I glued a piece of cardboard to it like this
By gluing old magazines to the bottle, I made the “foundation” of the house
I also used old egg cartons to make it sturdier
When the foundation is ready, it’s time to move further
Creating a carcass of the house using some cardboards and old pizza boxes
Making sure everything is stable
Gluing another bottle to the side of the house
This will be our little cell!
Taking care of the windows
Then, I poured some hot water onto the egg boxes and mixed everything together with PVA glue
I carefully applied the mass I’ve got onto the entire house
It should look something like this
Adding the final touches
Making the stairs…
…and the roof
Last but not least – painting everything!
Ta-da!
This is how the finished DIY fairy house looks like
You can see the entire process in the video below:
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