by Lori Dorn on (#4W5C6)
Taiwanese artist Hank Cheng creates exquisitely detailed miniature dioramas that are featured in an incredible range of scenarios that address both the real and the surreal. In one vignette, a (relatively) giant Unicorn Gundam invades a scale replica of Cheng’s apartment while another features a home with a mossy roof and rusting car in front....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Exquisitely Detailed Miniature Dioramas first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W5C8)
Street artist Ceser87 from Gran Canaria, Spain creates amazing, hyper-realistic graffiti letters that spell out his name in a variety of different ways. In doing so, he incorporates a wide range of illustrative styles into his art. His name could be spelled out in roses, as a cartoon character, in shrink-wrap bags or in a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Creates Hyper-Realistic Graffiti of His Name first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W5CA)
Digital artist rek0de creates absolutely incredible 3D renderings that interrupt the flow of established urban architecture around the world. Items as human faces, balloons, eggs, lemons, and even cephalopods and sharks are seemingly inserted into a building’s facade, changing it (online) forever. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Look Inside the National Audio Company, One of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredible 3D Digital Renderings Featuring Objects Inserted Into the Facades of Buildings first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W541)
Musician cubitsocks gave a rather ominous performance on a really creepy theremin made from a baby doll’s head. The baby’s head controls light input and frequency. It also provides a definitive stage presence for the performer. Photocell on the back of Baby’s head controls light input and frequency. Low light = low tone; high light...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Playing a Creepy Baby Head Theremin first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W543)
ReefIDFifer used fascinating underwater footage to show how the aptly-named coconut octopus (previously) puts its namesake shell to use. Whether it serves as a mode of transportation, a nice cozy place to sleep or protection from predators, it appears that an octopus and an empty coconut shell make a good match together. The Coconut octopus...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Coconut Octopuses Use Their Namesake Shell first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W545)
Experimental music composer Pietro Grossi of Studio Di Fonologia Musicale Di Firenze performed a medley of Paganini concertos through the CPU of a General Electric GE-115 computer. While the concerto sounds like a video arcade from the mid-1980s, this performance took place in 1967 (13 years before the release of Pac-Man) and was pressed into...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A 1967 Paganini Concerto Played on GE-115 Computer Sounds Like Pac-Man 13 Years Before it Was Released first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W547)
The person behind the online video store Nostalgia Video transformed his basement into a perfect replica of a 1980s video store. The videos from his immense personal collection are all stacked neatly on display shelves and even feature movie-size boxes of candy on the endcaps. He explains why he decided to do this on his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Movie Fan Turns His Basement Into a Perfect Replica of a 1980s Video Store for His Giant Video Collection first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W4T7)
Illustrator Kim Smith (previously) has quite cleverly reimagined the plot from the iconic holiday film Home Alone as a classic illustrated storybook that can be read aloud to the entire family. The brightly colored book features detailed scenes from the original film that have been interpreted in Smith’s distinctive style. Charming illustrations created in classic...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Home Alone’ Reimagined as an Illustrated Storybook first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W4T9)
Swedish sculptor and filmmaker Alexander Unger, aka Guldies, created brilliant stop-motion animation entitled “Utopia†made from 2500 still pictures of surreal shapes and forms made out of clay that constantly morph into other shapes and forms. Like his previous work, Unger created the figures himself. A Stop motion Animation consisting of 2500 still pictures, made...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Brilliant Stop-Motion Animation of Surreal Morphing Clay Figures In Constant Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W3MQ)
“UK Song Map†is a fascinating fascinating lithographic print by Dorothy (previously) that reimagines the streets of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland named after 1,400 geographically relevant song titles. Whether you’re a North Country Boy (The Charlatans) or a Southern Man (Neil Young), a West Country Girl (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) or...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Charming Vintage Style Map of the U.K. Made Up Entirely of 1,400 Geographically Relevant Songs first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W3CB)
Woodworker Paul Jackman of Jackman Works (previously) quite humorously set about transforming dozens of wooden pallets from Carolina Shoe into 1,000 handmade pencils. Aware of the work in front of him, Jackman very calmly cut and recut the wood into smaller and smaller stacks, added in the pencil leads, glued top and bottom together before...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Woodworker Amusingly Transforms Dozens of Wooden Shoe Shipping Pallets Into 1,000 Handmade Pencils first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W3CD)
Timothy and Aurélia Sanders of Curious Charts (previously) have partnered with IMDb to create a colorful, interactive poster made up of mini-posters for the Top 100 Movies Bucket List as ranked by the IMDb community. The poster also comes with a highlighting pen to rate the film after its been watched. It was a designer’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Interactive IMDb Top 100 Movies Bucket List Poster first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W3CF)
screenshot via “The Magic of Chess†“The Magic of Chess†by Jenny Schweitzer-Bell is a short insightful film in which young children at the 2019 Elementary Chess Championships in Nashville, open up about what the game of chess means to them. Each child offered charming, unencumbered insight far beyond their years, about the game. Filmed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Young Chess Players Offer Charming Insight Into the Game in the Short Film ‘The Magic of Chess’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W3CH)
Dutch music vlogger Paul Davids welcomed fellow musician Adam Neely (previously) to the studio in order to do a side-by-side comparison of a True Temperament (TT) “squiggly fretted†neck on Strandberg Boden guitar with a custom, straight-fretted Fender Telecaster. They both found the TT neck to be light, easy to play and found the intonation...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Side-by-Side Comparison of a Squiggly Fretted True Temperament Guitar With a Custom Fender Telecaster first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W3CK)
In a bubbly episode of Vox Almanac, correspondent Phil Edwards explores the stilted origins of animation and how the introduction of the rotoscope made movement appear more natural. The rotoscope, invented by Max Fleischer in 1915, gave animators the ability to trace directly over film footage. This, in turn, allowed them to translate the movements...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Rotoscope and Cab Calloway Changed the Way Animated Characters Move first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W32G)
Linguists at the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) have spent the past ten years documenting the wide array of languages spoken within New York City and found that an amazing 637 languages and dialects are found within its five boroughs. With these remarkable results in hand, the organization created a beautiful map showing in which neighborhoods...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Map Showing the Wide Array of Languages Spoken Throughout the Five Boroughs of New York City first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W1HY)
Animator and felt artist Andrea Love created a brilliant stop-motion animation that showed her preparing a full breakfast of eggs, coffee, and toast – all made out of wool. Love showed the eggs being cooked on a coil-burner stove that turned red when on and back to black when it was turned off, the coffee...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Preparation of Breakfast Items Made Out of Wool Captured in a Brilliant Stop-Motion Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W1J0)
In 1987 filmmaker Todd Graham overlaid the soundtrack from the iconic 1979 Francis Ford Coppola film Apocalypse Now with scenes from Winnie the Pooh cartoons to make the brilliant short film “Apocalypse Poohâ€. In doing so, he created one of the earliest mashups ever. This odd combination shows how the playful mood of the innocent...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Digital Remastering of Todd Graham’s Brilliant 1987 Winnie the Pooh Mashup With ‘Apocalypse Now’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W1J2)
In a report for Cheddar, video producer Mika Chance explains the concept of visual pollution, the age-old argument that takes place when new technology (electric lines, trolley cables, wind farms) requires a physical presence within the actual landscape, the history of blocking such technology on the local level and why some believe that visual pollution...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Why Cell Phone Towers Turned Into Fake Trees first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W1J4)
HipDict is a brilliant crowdsourced dictionary that invites users to submit their own words and/or phrases with their own definitions. Once the submission is accepted, the word and/or phrase definition becomes part of the dictionary and is elegantly posted to Instagram. The crowdsourced dictionary. Submit your definitions now! The responses range from the very clever...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Crowdsourced Dictionary With Very Clever Definitions first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W1J6)
While riding a New York City nostalgia train that was celebrating 115 years of the subway system, photographer Sandi Bachom met two teenagers who were fascinated with the routes of the buses and trains of the subways throughout the city. One of these boys who goes by the name LEGO MTA Subways had actually recreated...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post LEGO Model of a Classic MTA R42 M Subway Train first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W18D)
Philadelphia artist Drew Leshko crafts incredibly detailed miniature models and facades that show the grittier side of transitional neighborhoods due to gentrification in his beloved city. Not only does Leshko recreate nostalgic storefronts, but also those items that adorn such businesses such as ice machines, wooden pallets, and garbage dumpsters. Each of these items is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredibly Detailed Miniature Models That Document the Grittier Side of Transitional Philadelphia Neighborhoods first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4W18F)
Australian filmmaker Steven Newland created a magnificent smoke-breathing Godzilla Christmas tree. This “Treezilla†was complete with blinking red eyes, a fantastic roar, and a big mouth with pointy teeth. Newland accomplished this arboreal feat with several trees and fairly common household-ish items. The Godzilla Christmas Tree! Made out of 4x Christmas trees, 10m chicken wire,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Magnificent Smoke Breathing Godzilla Christmas Tree first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VZRE)
Russian artisan Arty of Elmarto has created a really yummy looking, multi-colored, glowing doughnut with sprinkles sign that’s made of unbreakable neon style LED tubes. The neon is mounted on a flexible silicone frame, making it able to withstand a bit more than the original version. The Donut sign is made from sections of multicolored...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Unbreakable LED Neon Doughnut Sign first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VZRG)
Wizards of the Coast has teamed up with Adult Swim to bring together the legendary tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with the messy, narcissistic but ultimately well-meaning world of Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith. The result is the appropriately named Dungeons and Dragons vs Rick and Morty boxed set. Needless to say, anyone playing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Iconic Role-Playing Game Dungeons & Dragons Meets the Narcissistic Genius of ‘Rick and Morty’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VZRJ)
In 2014 we wrote about Thai cosplayer Anucha “Cha†Saengchart of Lowcostcosplay and the incredible pop culture costumes he creates from common household items. Since then Saengchart has continued his mission to ingeniously recreate characters from the everyday items he has around the house. Related Laughing Squid PostsProlific Cosplayer Magically Transforms Himself Into a Variety...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Ingenious Budget Cosplayer Uses Household Items to Create Pop Culture Costumes at Minimal Cost first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VZRM)
Talented yarn artist Allison Hoffman (previously) has created an absolutely adorable crocheted and stuffed version of the mysterious Baby Yoda from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian. Who even is he? He’s adorable and that’s all we need to know for now. This pattern instructs you how to make a life-size stuffed baby alien creature with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorably Huggable Crocheted Baby Yoda first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VZRP)
With the widely publicized announcement of the Tesla Cybertruck, filmmaker filmmaker Andrew McMurry of Nukazooka (previously) decided to poke gentle fun at the design with a design of his own, the Tesla Triangulator. This handy remote control device turns anything whatsoever into a “neo-cubistâ€, mostly bullet-proof version of itself. Excited about the Tesla Cybertruck? Well,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Tesla Triangulator Remote Control Device That Turns Anything Into a Neo-Cubist Version of Itself first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VZRR)
Bad Lip Reading (previously) has returned with more of their parody of Stranger Things. The clipped responses, task-oriented plotlines and nonsensical conversation makes the first season of the popular Netflix series seem more like an amusing 1980s sitcom than the creepy mystery show it is. In this week’s episode, Mike investigates a crime, while Nancy...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Hilarious Bad Lip Reading of ‘Stranger Things’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VZEW)
Data Is Beautiful (previously), a Ph.D. student and self-described data geek who enjoys making visualizations as a hobby, created a colorfully animated timeline video that plots the most popular television series worldwide (“with significant bias towards US markets through 2002â€) from 1986 through 2019. The information about each show, gathered by various sources, moves seamlessly...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Timeline of the Most Popular TV Shows (1986-2019) first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VZEY)
Lucas the Spider shared with his good friend Fly that he discovered he had a new skill to add to his growing list of talents — jumping. The animated big-eyed arachnid was so proud of himself that he began enumerating all that he’d accomplished thus far, including building and playing a beautiful harp, performing a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Lucas the Spider Adds Jumping to His List of Talents first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VVZ5)
In a wonderfully touching holiday advertisement for Xfinity that premiered on Thanksgiving Day 2019, E.T. returns to Earth 37 years after he said goodbye to his beloved friend Elliot (Henry Thomas). During their separation, Elliot grew up, got married and had a couple of children. While the children are playing in the yard, they encounter...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post E.T. Returns After 37 Years to Reunite With a Grown Elliot and His Family in a Touching Xfinity Holiday Ad first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VRXA)
Musician Sam Edelston performed a truly unexpected, badass cover of the iconic Ramones song “I Wanna Be Sedated†on a tabletop electric dulcimer. Edelston performs acoustic and electric covers of all sorts of popular, rock and folk music. And he certainly doesn’t shy away from punk, heavy metal and classic rock songs either. Nor does...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Unexpected Badass Cover of the Iconic Ramones Song ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’ Played on Electric Dulcimer first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VRXC)
Designer, visual artist and director Lucas Zannoto (previously) has brilliantly taken terminology that describes various states of emotion and visualized each cliché with adorable 3D animated characters that act out the literal interpretation of each phrase. Included in this list are “mood swingsâ€, “crossed eyesâ€, “bouncing backâ€, “squares have feelingsâ€, “facedown†and of course “emotional...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Emotional Clichés Literally Interpreted in 3D Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VRXE)
Japanese artist Ayako Nakamura crafted an impressively fierce folklore dragon with a fringy tail that makes noise with the wind to watch over a house on the island city of Uruma, Okinawa where the Shimada Art Festival takes place. The artist wove the body of the dragon out of kuba, a sturdy textile that is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Fierce Dragon Woven From Palm Leaves With Kinetic Noise Making Tail Keeps Watch Over Okinawa Home first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VRXG)
Filmmaker Lance Krall of Picture It Productions, who previously turned the tense relationship between Arya and The Hound into a spinoff sitcom, quite ingeniously reinterpreted the popular Disney+ series The Mandalorian as a trailer for Sergio Leone inspired Spaghetti Western. Krall cleverly matched the font for the exclamatory Italian copy to that from films of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Mandalorian’ Ingeniously Reinterpreted as a Trailer for a Sergio Leone Inspired Spaghetti Western first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VRKX)
With the surging popularity of “Baby Yoda†(previously) from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, a narrater from Looper figures out the backstory regarding the unknown species that includes Yoda, Yaddle (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace) and Baby Yoda. The aforementioned characters represent the three times the species has been represented in Star Wars film and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Backstory Behind Baby Yoda’s Species first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VRKZ)
While snorkeling near Zanzibar the German traveler behind Dive&Discover captured amazing footage of a camouflaging octopus who changed color, texture and shape in order to match the varying underwater flora encountered while traveling around to different spots on the ocean floor. Octopus changes colors, texture and shape. See a stunning Slow-motion of color changing. Seen...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Camouflaging Octopus Changes Color With the Ocean Floor Surroundings in the Waters Off Zanzibar first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VRM1)
In a very season-appropriate video, the always witty Ze Frank hilariously narrates the deepest thoughts, memories and opinions that cats and dogs have about the holidays. One interbreed couple talks about when one of them consumed tinsel, a dog complains about a prickly massage his well-meaning feline partner is giving to him and a couple...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Cats and Dogs Express Their Deepest Thoughts, Memories and Opinions About the Holiday Season first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VQ4C)
“Blown Away†is a stunning series of sculptures by British artist Penny Hardy. Each sculpture is that of a life-sized human made out of discarded machine parts. These recycled parts were strategically positioned to make it appear that half their bodies have been blown away by a severe wind. While the sculptures are completely static,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Human Sculptures Made Out of Discarded Machinery Parts That Look Like They’ve Been Blown Away first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VQ4E)
Color artist Thomas Blanchard (previously) has created “The Other Sideâ€, a mesmerizing high-definition visual composition that imagines how human eyes process external information while going about their autonomic responses. Blanchard utilized paint, oil, inks, and soap to achieve this captivating effect. The Other Side is an idyllic way to get in the eyes. The retinas...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Mesmerizing Visual Composition Imagining What Happens on the Other Side of Human Eyes first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VQ4G)
Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cakes (previously) in Austin, Texas demonstrated how to capture the incredible cuteness of Baby Yoda (previously), the incredibly popular character from The Mandelorian, in a tasty modeled baked good. The only difficult part for Natalie was cutting the finished cake. I don’t want to do it I don’t want to cut...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make an Adorable Baby Yoda Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VQ4J)
Greg Olijnyk, an engineering graphic designer in Melbourne, Australia creates remarkably intricate and incredibly detailed sculptures made only with “cardboard, glue, toothpicks, scalpel blades, coffee, whiskyâ€. These sculptures are rather Steampunk in nature, utilizing the design and technological aesthetic of a bygone era with the unexpected flexibility of cardboard. Each sculpture is a kinetic marvel,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Intricate Kinetic Cardboard Sculptures Featuring Articulating Joints, Moving Parts, and Working Lights first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VQ4M)
Artist and student Jamie Green created a pair of surprisingly elegant fungi costumes. The first costume is that of a Macrolepiota Procera or parasol mushroom worn by artist Alyssa Russell, which he plans to use as one “small section†of his “very large mushroom thesisâ€. This series will be featured in my thesis “More Than...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Surprisingly Elegant Parasol Mushroom and Red Cage Fungus Costumes Created for Artist’s Mushroom Thesis first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VPVJ)
In an instructive video, Brett McKay of The Art of Manliness (previously) demonstrates how to whistle with your fingers. McKay explains each step thoroughly until he finally reveals his own method for emitting a commandingly loud whistle with his fingers in his mouth. With your fingers in your mouth, keeping the tip of your tongue...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Emit a Commanding Whistle With Your Fingers first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VPVM)
In Norway there exists a unique water sport entitled DØD Diving or Death Diving. With this sport daring divers leap from rather intimidating heights in the most freestyle manner possible, so long as an X is formed with the diver’s body along the way. The sport is both clumsy and fascinating at the same time....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Hilarious Narration of the 2019 Women’s Death Diving World Championship at Frognerbadet in Oslo, Norway first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VPVP)
In a manicured Ted Ed lesson written by Matthew Borths and animated by Nabil Buris, narrator Addison Anderson explains the difference between nails and claws. He further goes into which animals evolved to have nails instead of claws and how each form of hardened keratin serves a unique purpose for each animal. The primary difference...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Difference Between Claws and Nails first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VNN9)
With the fourth season of Rick and Morty underway Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take quite deftly compare the animated series with the classic 1985 film Back to the Future. They meticulously note how the stories align themselves in a number of uncanny ways, particularly in regard to generations, family and time travel....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Animated Series ‘Rick and Morty’ Is a More Extreme Version of the 1985 Film ‘Back to the Future’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VNE2)
Musician Tommy Lee Depp (previously) performed a truly mesmerizing cover of the classic Simon and Garfunkel song “The Sound of Silence†on a bass guitar with bright green strings. Depp not only captured the distinct melody of the song, but added in gorgeous hammer-on harmonics to enhance the rich sound of the instrument. Related Laughing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Mesmerizing Cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘The Sound of Silence’ Performed on a Bass Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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by Lori Dorn on (#4VNE4)
Animation channel Bebop, who previous made a yummy pizza out of LEGO bricks, created an amusing stop-motion animation showing everything involved with frying a rubber chicken. The cook first prepared the chicken by making it come to “life†through clay. Once the chicken was fully formed, its legs and heads were cut off and the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Stop-Motion Animation of Frying a Rubber Chicken first appeared on Laughing Squid.
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