My eyes are telling me that this is 3D art. My brain is telling me that these are 3D drawings. My entire being believes that this is crafted in 3D. But nope. These drawings are actually 2D with clever shading and angles to make us believe they’re in 3D. I still can’t believe it.
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Sort of like the literal MS Paint renditions of popular songs
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It’s July, so it’s hot as crap outside. In most parts of the country, it’s so balmy you’re sitting inside in your underwear with the freezer open trying to stay cool. But for a different kind of reprieve, here are some of the best design posts we found this week.
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Yesterday we asked you to post your best optical illusions on Vine using the #WiredOpticalIllusion hashtag. Well, your 24 hours are up. Here we’ve collected our five top picks for you to enjoy.
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Why would anyone ever own a Mogwai? You are just asking for trouble. Have you not seen the movies? Those cute little furballs turn into Gremlins. They are like tribbles, but deadly. Don’t ever own a Mogwai people! They will only bring you trouble.
This life sized Gremlin is so realistic that it should serve as a PSA warning people about the dangers of Mogwai/Gremlins. Amazingly, it was constructed entirely out of cardboard by crafter crispin23. Obviously this guy likes cigars. And clawing peoples faces off.
It is amazing work. More importantly it reminds us to never get Mogwai wet, feed them after midnight or even rub their furry little tummies. Do not be fooled by their fuzziness.
[via Obvious Winner]
Teens struggle with body image and weight issues every day, and it doesn’t help that media flaunts images of size 0 and below models on their screens every few minutes or so. But if you think about it, toymakers are partly to blame because of the toys they’re churning out of their factories.
One very good example of such toy is Barbie. Most toddlers have one and they grow up with the notion that these too-thin plastic dolls have an attainable body type.
Barbies have been targeted and given makeovers by artists time and again, but artist Nicholay Lamm took a more scientific approach by obtaining average measurements of a typical 19-year-old woman from the Center for Disease Control beforehand. He then used 3D imaging to create a more realistic and full-bodied rendition of Barbie.
I think realistic Barbie looks better and way more healthier than Mattel’s stick-thin Barbie.
Mattel previously defended the dimensions of the doll, saying that her clothes and accessories add bulk to her frame. That’s a valid point for selling toys, but not so much for imparting a healthy message to kids who might get the wrong message or idea about what their bodies should look like.
What do you think?
[via Geekologie]
Ever snickered as you walked past a car that vandals drew stuff on with soap? That laughter will disappear as quickly as it came when you reach your car and see that they’ve done the same to you.
This happens more often than most people like. But someone who wants the opposite to happen – and by opposite, we mean that he wants people to draw on his car – is artist Phillip Romano.
He coated his 2004 Hyundai with gallons of chalkboard paint and fastened a vanity license plate that says ‘DRAWONME.’ As you can see, people are more than happy to oblige.
Hopefully they leave the windows alone, because that’s one area the chalkboard paint isn’t on, for obvious reasons.
[BuzzFeed via Incredible Things]
Summer’s in full swing. So it’s time to make excuses. Excuses to use your camera, to be immature, and to hit somebody consentingly in the face with a water balloon.
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A 2004 Hyundai Elantra is worth about $5,000 cash today, according to Cars.com. Philip Romano’s model is probably worth a bit less than that, since it’s coated headlight to fender in gritty black chalkboard paint.
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When you ‘like’ something on Facebook, it stays on your feed longer and sometimes appears on the news feeds of other people in your network. By ‘liking’ something, you make it stay visible for a longer period of time as it circulates on social networks.
The “Like to Death” online art project, on the other hand, works oppositely. Instead of staying visible longer, the piece disappears instead.
Like to Death is a collaboration for Adidas Originals by digital artist Geoffrey Lillemon and Stooki, an independent UK-based brand that also happens to be an art collective. The project’s site greets visitors with the following message: “Social media is the fifth dimension that fabricates our online existence. Imagine a life without it, if you can’t you have been possessed. Break the curse, like it to death.”
That statement has a point, but to some people, not being on social media would make them feel like they didn’t exist anymore in real life.
As more people like the interactive work, the ominous figure is slowly engulfed in flames. When it hits 20,000 likes, it’s supposed to disappear. You can check it out for yourself here.
[via C|NET]
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