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A post shared by Xi Ding (@xidingart) on Apr 5, 2018 at 5:07pm PDT Vienna, Austria caricature artist Xi Ding has created a stunning collection of illustrations that imagine well-known movie and television show characters as cartoons. Ding’s entire series of drawing are available to view on Instagram. A post shared by Xi Ding (@xidingart)...The post Artist Creates Wonderful Illustrations of Movie and TV Show Characters as Cartoons appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In Spring 2017, a reluctant little dog named Tasha who lives in Rossford, Ohio, really didn’t want to come inside when her human repeatedly called for her, so she ducked behind a terra cotta flowerpot near the driveway. Unfortunately for Tasha however, her pointy little ears betrayed her clever hiding place whenever she’d rise up...The post A Little Dog’s Pointy Ears Betray Her Clever Hiding Spot Behind a Flowerpot Near the Driveway appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Q channel demonstrates how to build a giant Coca-Cola F1 race car using Coke and Diet Coke cans, PVC pipe, and glue. To build this car we spent more 400 man/hours, near 1000 empty coke cans, used 5 different types of glue, more than 12 meters of pvc pipes and made really a lot...The post How to Build a Giant Coca-Cola F1 Race Car Using Coke Cans, PVC Pipe, and Glue appeared first on Laughing Squid.

INSIDER met up with special effects artist Joel Harlow to find out how Michael B. Jordan‘s intense Killmonger makeup process was created for the Marvel film, Black Panther. To play Killmonger in “Black Panther,” Michael B. Jordan had to be covered in 3,000 prosthetic dots. Makeup artist Joel Harlow created Killmonger’s hashmarks for the movie....The post How Michael B. Jordan’s Intense Killmonger Makeup Process Was Created for Black Panther appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Steve Onotera aka samuraiguitarist, who is a talented musician in his own right, offered a heart-wrenching list of guitarists who have overcome incredible adversity of different kinds, mostly through no fault of their own. Onotera’s list includes two-fingered Roma musician Django Reinhardt, Jewish musician Coco Schumann who survived the Holocaust because of his talent, the...The post A Heart Wrenching List of Legendary Guitarists Who Had to Overcome Great Adversity to Succeed appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Ossi Saarinen (@soosseli) on Jan 28, 2018 at 8:22am PST Wildlife photographer Ossi Saarinen, who is also a Geography student in Helsinki, Finland, spend a great deal of time taking photos of all sorts of wonderful creatures, but the photos that really stand out are those of a resident family of...The post Finnish Wildlife Photographer Captures the Many Ways That Foxes Use Their Faces To Communicate appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Double Negative, the British production house that created the VFX Oscar-winning dystopian, futuristic Los Angeles landscape of the film Blade Runner 2049, has released a remarkable behind-the-scenes VFX look at the 2014 film Ex Machina, which includes a visual breakdown of the scenes that show how Ava’s (Alicia Vikander) body was rendered, revealing both real...The post The Visual Effects Used to Create the Humanoid Robot Ava in the Oscar Winning Film ‘Ex Machina’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An adorable clowder of curious cats followed a vacuuming robot along its cleaning path until it scooted under the table and out of sight, except for one brave one who followed all the way through. Once hitting the wall, the little vacuum turned itself around and moved over to the next cleaning lane, which sent...The post A Clowder of Curious Cats Have the Same Startled Reaction to a Robot Vacuum All at the Same Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Best U Studio (@bestustudio) on Oct 23, 2017 at 12:12pm PDT The Ubarre is a really handy, stylish, sporty and portable U-shaped weight that was invented by Kodi Kitchen of Best U Studio. The simple, but unique shape of this weight allows its users to incorporated into a variety of workout...The post Ubarre, A Sleek Portable U-Shaped Weight That Can Taken Anywhere to Use in a Variety of Workouts appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a somatic episode of Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi who voices the animated Blocko explained the terrifying but harmless experience of sleep paralysis, the physiological reasons why it occurs, why some people see hallucinations during an episode and what can be done to stop these events from occurring. Usually, people wake up when their...The post The Physiological Factors Behind the Terrifying But Harmless Phenomenon of Sleep Paralysis appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet, who showed how to properly pick up a cat, graciously demonstrated how one should properly introduce themself an unfamiliar dog. Dr. Burstyn first showed what not to do before what should be done. If I want to approach a dog, I need to come down to their...The post A Helpful Vancouver Vet Shows How to Properly and Safely Introduce Yourself to an Unfamiliar Dog appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Prissy and Pop?? (@prissy_pig) on Apr 28, 2018 at 12:44pm PDT While planning for Priscilla the pig’s fifth birthday, she and all her siblings, including bestie Poppleton once again loaded themselves up into a red shopping cart and comfortably nestled inside with their good pug buddy Pigtail while their human went...The post Four Pretty Pigs and a Pug Nestle Cozily Inside a Cart While Their Human Shops for Birthday Supplies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Brian Hopjins of Martian Archaeology created a funny compilation video, from footage found in the NASA archive, of Apollo mission astronauts tripping and falling over on the surface of the moon. via reddit ‘Shoot For The Moon’, A Touching Short Film About a Grounded Astronaut Trying to Get to the MoonFallen Astronaut, A Figure Sculpture...The post Astronauts Tripping and Falling Over on the Moon appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Far Cry Arcade is the new mode in Far Cry 5 that allows players to make custom solo, co-op, and multiplayer maps. YouTuber Un-Break-Able used the game mode to recreate the island from the Lost television series. Everything from as small as Sun’s garden to all 9 Dharma Initiative Stations are included. The map cannot...The post The Island From Lost Recreated in Far Cry 5 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Missouri stormchaser and photographer Brian Davison of WSXChasing captured an absolutely amazing but horrifying dashcam timelapse showing incoming river of lava that breached a sturdy metal fence with ease and was headed directly towards a Mustang parked on the side of a Pahoa, Hawai’i road which it engulfed. Unfortunately locking the lava in with a...The post A River of Incoming Lava Breaches a Fence On Its Way to Engulf a Car on the Side of a Hawai’i Road appeared first on Laughing Squid.

New York filmmaker Matt Silverman of Free Dad Videos rocked out while performing a wonderful kid’s version of the Billy Joel song “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” The fun cover featured singing by Matt‘s super cute five-year-old little daughter Amelia and drumming by his two-year-old son Arthur. Here is the original song. A post shared...The post A Dad and His Cute Children Perform a Kids Version of ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ by Billy Joel appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a rapacious episode from his hilarious flora and fauna-focused video series True Facts, narrator Ze Frank rather amusingly explains how carnivorous plants work, how they catch their prey and the rather grotesque symbiotic relationship that certain carnivorous plants have with a mountain tree shrew. In Borneo three species of Nepenthes engage in a mutualistic...The post Ze Frank Hilariously Provides True Facts About the Clever Mechanics of Symbiotic Carnivorous Plants appeared first on Laughing Squid.

LEGO builders Grant Davis and Eli Willsea teamed up in a timelapse video where they piece together the wrecked Super Star Destroyer, as seen in The Force Awakens, found on the sandy surface of Jakku. The massive LEGO ship came complete with Rey scavenging for parts inside. via io9 A Stop-Motion LEGO Animated Remake of...The post Two Guys Build a Wrecked Super Star Destroyer From Star Wars: The Force Awakens Out of LEGO appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Netflix released an amusing trailer for the upcoming fifth season of Arrested Development. The trailer follows the Bluth family as they reunite for Lindsay‘s (Portia de Rossi) election for Congress and their running for Family of the Year. Season five will premiere on Netflix May 29th, 2018. Arrested Development Season 4 Trailer Brings Back the...The post The Bluth Family Returns to Win an Election in the Arrested Development Season 5 Trailer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Epic Games and Marvel joined forces to bring an amazing Avengers: Infinity War mashup event to the Fortnite world. Solo battle royal players can fight to retrieve the Infinity Gauntlet, after it drops from the sky in a meteor. Whoever manages to wield the gantlet will transform into Thanos, the villain of Infinity War, and...The post Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet Come to Fortnite in an Amazing Avengers: Infinity War Mashup Event appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In “Stretched Out”, a drowsy Simon’s Cat who has been sleeping outside all day was awoken by his human who was ready to feed him dinner. As with many cats, it took a bit of proper stretching to get all the sleep out of his feline bones, frustrating Simon immensely. Simon took the food back...The post A Drowsy Simon’s Cat Takes the Time to Properly Stretch Out His Tired Limbs Before Eating Dinner appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Irene McGee, an alumnae of Real World Seattle, good friend of Laughing Squid and Lyme disease spokesperson performed a rather silly but adorable parody of the Beastie Boys song “Girls“. McGee paired this parody with Nap4Lyme – the slumberous theme from her latest fundraising idea to encourage all those out there to give mom what...The post A Fun Parody of the Beastie Boys Song ‘Girls’ That Encourages Giving Mom a Nap on Mother’s Day appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their ongoing commentary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of Screenprism explained how Iron Man is really the backbone of all the Avengers films. The Tony Stark character had it all good looks, wealth and and a quirky sense of humor that added some levity to the...The post How Iron Man Became the Template For Avengers Films Due to Stark’s Ability to Question Himself appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Abbie Archer sat her GoPro camera on board a tiny model train at the Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway in West Lothian, Scotland and captured relaxing POV footage of its ride across the tracks. via reddit GoPro Footage of an Amtrak Model Passenger Train Traveling Through a House and BackyardWorld’s Largest LEGO Spiral Train Tower (22...The post Relaxing POV Footage of a Ride on Board a Tiny Model Train appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Italian photographer Marian Zampieri, who refers to herself as a “catographer”, has captured for her series “C-AT Work“, absolutely stunning black and white photos of the industrious cats who happily accompany their beloved humans to work every day. Zampieri stated that the focus of this photo series was not only to show the bond between...The post Beautiful Black and White Photos of Industrious Cats Who Accompany Their Humans to Work appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On April 28, 2017, we wrote about Wes Modes, an artist and lecturing professor at UC Santa Cruz and crew who built a shanty boat out of found materials and trash and rode down both the Mississippi and the Tennessee Rivers over the course of four years. During that time Modes struck up conversations with...The post A Secret History of the American River People, A Documentary About People Who Live on the River appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Tony Giles is a remarkable man from Teignmouth, Devon, England, who has traveled to an amazing 125 countries on all seven continents over the course of 17 years, despite the fact that he’s completely blind and 80% deaf. In an interview with Great Big Story, Giles opened up about what he so loves about traveling....The post Blind and Partially Deaf British Man Has Traveled to 125 Countries in all Seven Continents Since 2001 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Filip Hodas (@hoodass) on Apr 6, 2018 at 6:03pm PDT Prague artist Filip Hodas is back with part two of his Pop Culture Dystopia series featuring 3D illustrations of pop culture characters and objects deserted in a post-apocalyptic world. Filip’s entire collection, including part one, is available to view on Instagram...The post 3D Illustrations of Pop Culture Characters and Objects Deserted in a Post-Apocalyptic World appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Luke Cage, the untouchable man with unbreakable skin, who became the hero of Harlem in the first season of the eponymous series, encounters in the second season, a unique adversary who can make him bleed. This particular enemy also threatens to undo all of the hard won good he’s done for his neighborhood, leaving Cage...The post Luke Cage Comes Face to Face With an Enemy Who Can Make Him Bleed in the Second Season Trailer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Tom Fitzgerald and Marcus Herring of EXP TV created “Star Wars Nothing But Star Wars,” an incredible feature length compilation of found footage exploring Star Wars fandom from the past 40 years. via Neatorama Jedi Junkies, A Documentary About Star Wars FandomA 95-Minute Montage of Insane Star Wars Footage From the Last 40 YearsFun Star...The post An Incredible Feature Length Compilation of Star Wars Fandom From the Past 40 Years appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An adorable little dog named Ceelo froze in place out of fear of being at the veterinarian, despite the fact that he was safe in the company of his human Joshua Snelling. Snelling wasn’t too concerned about Ceelo’s behavior and even made gentle fun of it, calling it a “dog mannequin challenge“. This is not...The post An Adorable Little Dog Freezes in Place During His Annual Trip to the Veterinarian’s Office appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys captured super slow motion footage of rainbow paints bouncing around on a speaker. The slow motion segments were filmed at 12,500 fps with the Hasselblad H6D-100c and Phantom v2640 cameras. Paint Bouncing on an Audio Speaker in Super Slow MotionA Drill Bit Spins a Rainbow...The post A Colorful Rainbow of Paint Bouncing on a Speaker in Super Slow Motion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While waiting to buy a ticket at the Kinshichō Station in Tokyo, Yuzu resident Kinoshita Shoji captured very amusing footage of a clever crow hopping from one self-service machine to another, trying to figure out how to purchase a ticket. After watching the humans for a while, the wily bird stole a credit card from...The post Clever Crow Steals a Credit Card in Attempt to Buy a Train Ticket From a Self-Service Machine in Tokyo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Beat Saber is a musical virtual reality rhythm game, developed by Hyperbolic Magnetism, where you use two light sabers to slash incoming beats shaped like cubes. It is available to purchase for PC on Steam. A post shared by Beat Saber (@beatsaber) on Apr 6, 2018 at 2:00am PDT A post shared by Beat Saber...The post Beat Saber, A Musical VR Rhythm Game Where You Have to Slash Incoming Beats Using Light Sabers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While delivering a live weekend weather report, New Hampshire meteorologist Josh Judge of WMUR was momentarily caught off guard by a rather furry dog named Bella, who adorably made her way across his set. Once recovered, however, Judge easily incorporated Bella’s presence into his presentation. The sunshine is increasing and there is a dog behind...The post A Big Furry Dog Casually Strolls Across a Surprised Meteorologist’s Map During a Live Weather Report appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jo Luijten of Squirrel-Monkey imagines what the music and audio distribution platform, SoundCloud, would have been like in 1994 in a great episode of his Wonders of the World Wide Web series. cmd.fm, A Command-Line Interface for Internet RadioThe NYC Nomad, Living In A Different NYC Neighborhood Every WeekSteve Carell Plays a Shirtless Fabio in...The post What SoundCloud Would Have Been Like in 1994 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their ongoing series of deconstructing the rich symbolism and character development within the sublime AMC series Breaking Bad, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism carefully waded into the deep end with the incredibly complex personality of Gustavo Fring. When he was first introduced, Gus Fring was very carefully balancing his friendly, respectable...The post How Gus Fring of Breaking Bad Became a Cold Calculated Capitalist With a Profit Driven Agenda appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Notebookmaker and more | ????? (@jose_naranja) on Mar 30, 2018 at 10:52am PDT José Naranja is a former aeronautical engineer who decided that he wanted to see the world. So he quit his job and with notebook in hand, set out to do just that. During his travels, Naranja kept beautifully...The post Former Aeronautical Engineer Fills Handmade Notebooks With Detailed Sketches of His Travels appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During the talk “Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus” at the World Science Festival in 2009, the very talented Bobby McFerrin stood up from his chair and proceeded to instruct the audience to sing with him. Using the stage as a keyboard of sorts, McFerrin sang one note and jumped to the...The post Bobby McFerrin Jumps Along the Stage to Create a Song With the Audience Using the Pentatonic Scale appeared first on Laughing Squid.

To celebrate Avengers: Infinity War successfully slamming down into theaters, video editor and musician Jeff Dutton (a.k.a. “Bonecage“) created a catchy musical parody that stands up against spoiling the awesome Marvel film. Hell, even Thanos wouldn’t unleash spoilers. My wife and I just had a baby 8 months ago, and now I live in constant...The post A Musical Parody That Stands Up Against Avengers: Infinity War Spoilers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Portugal trip guide Daniela Carneiro and surf instructor Eduardo Ribeiro have created the Truck Surf Hotel, a truck that transforms into a double-decker “hotel on wheels.” The mobile hotel travels along the southwest coast of Portugal and Morocco giving travelers a place to learn and improve their surf skills. From special walls that slides out,...The post Truck Surf Hotel, A Mobile Truck That Transforms Into a Two-Story Hotel on Wheels for Surfers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the short cleverly animated short “Le Nuage” (“The Cloud”) by Iulia Voitova, a young woman does her best to protect her partner from a dark, stormy cloud that constantly hovers over his head. Employing an umbrella, the woman follows the man around the house and out the door in an effort to keep him...The post A Woman Protects Her Ungrateful Partner From a Hovering Storm Cloud in Animated Short ‘Le Nuage’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an unconfined episode of Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi who voices the animated Blocko explained the general tenets of the Big Bang theory (not the television series) and how it all lead to the formation of many galaxies including our own. Blocko also explained that due to the Big Bang theory, our universe keeps...The post The Astronomical Reason Why No Human Will Ever Find Out What Is At the End of the Universe appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Anna Posey, a talented pastry chef, artist and restauranteur, transforms her quick but detailed, two dimensional sketches into beautiful three dimensional desserts that are served at Elske, the highly rated restaurant she co-owns with husband David. On such dessert is black and white sesame tarts, the recipe for which Posey graciously shared with Bon Apetit...The post Chicago Pastry Chef Transforms Two Dimensional Sketches Into Beautiful Three Dimensional Desserts appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a soporific Ted Ed lesson written by science journalist Sheena Faherty and animated by Dabid Pascual and Davy Dumartheray, narrator Julianna Zarzycki explains the difference between sleeping and hibernating, the different types of hibernation employed by different animals and the mistaken belief that only certain animals hibernated. Also addressed is torpor, the reduced metabolism...The post How the Unique Physiology of Hibernating Animals Can Help Researchers Find Solutions for Humans appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“A Garbage Story” is a short, insightful film by Olivier Bernier of Rota6 Films that tells the story of Nick DiMola, a unique individual who has the unique ability to see the value that once lived inside discarded items. Fully embodying the Grateful Dead lyric “one man gathers what another man spills“, DiMola finds his...The post An Insightful Short Film About a Man in Queens Who Embraces the Historical Value of Discarded Items appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During the eruption of the Kilauea volcano, big island Hawai’i resident Jeremiah Osuna heard that there was steam rising from the ground in his former neighborhood of Leilani Estates. When he arrived, he fired up his drone and captured an incredible overhead view of newly formed cracks in the Earth, from which lava first began...The post Stunning Drone Footage of Lava Flowing Through Newly Formed Ground Cracks on Big Island Hawai’i appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Group leader Eric Betzig and his team of researchers at HHMI Howard Hughes Medical Institute have created up an amazing microscope that can view deep, subcellular movement within multi-cellular organisms and captures high resolution, dynamic 3D images and footage of said movement. By combining features such as “sheer lattice microscopy” with “adaptive optics”, the team...The post An Incredible Microscope That Captures 3D Images of Subcellular Movement in Multi-Celled Organisms appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The LEGO Breakfast Machine is an amazing LEGO-built contraption, created by The Brick Wall, that is capable of frying up, seasoning, and serving bacon and eggs. We previously wrote about The Brick Wall’s LEGO Roomba vacuum cleaner and LEGO harvesting machine. LEGO in Real Life, A Boy Prepares a Breakfast of Eggs and Toast Made...The post A LEGO Breakfast Machine Capable of Frying, Seasoning, and Serving Bacon and Eggs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On a ground pounding episode of his Clueless Gamer series, talk show host Conan O’Brien sat down with the hilarious Bill Hader to pulverize people and creatures in Sony Interactive Entertainment‘s newly released video game, God of War. The game is available to purchase for the PlayStation4 on Amazon. CONAN Highlight: Conan and Bill Hader...The post Conan O’Brien Plays ‘God of War’ With Bill Hader appeared first on Laughing Squid.