And if you like what you see from the newest spooky supernatural flick from Joss Whedon’s brilliant brain, you can watch the entire movie on demand on Vimeo for 5 bucks. A great deal for those of you who want more Whedon in your life. The tagline talks about this being a story about a girl who meets a boy but because this is Whedon, you know all kinds of crazy mysterious things and spectacular maybe sci-fi maybe magical definitely cool things will happen too.
This isn’t photoshopped. Photographer Alexander Khokhlov uses hair and makeup to create insane out-of-this-world images. Using 3D make-up effects he can trick you into thinking you’re looking at a heavily-photoshopped image, but it’s actually just a bit of hair and make-up black magic. Here’s how he does it:
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Tonight millions of kid kids and grownup kids will dress up as all kinds of things. I for, one, am going with a group of friends as Muppets with a disco twist. What are you dressing up as?
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Dry ice is one of the most tried and true Halloween special effects. Simply drop a chunk into a liquid, then it begins to "boil" and emit a dense, creepy fog. Not only that, it’s cheap, simple to use, and way easier to find than you probably thought. It also happens to be fantastic—and fantastically ghoulish—in a lot of cocktails.
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TshirtOS showed us one take on wearable gadgetry earlier this month, and now it’s Woven’s turn. This particular e-garment packs quite the selection of hardware, as you can see above — a trio of LilyPad Arduino boards (and some custom ones), a Bluetooth module, 12 x 12 RGB LED “screen”, speakers, bend sensors, a heart rate monitor, shake motors and a power pack. You’ll need to accessorize, of course, with a smartphone for hardware harmony and to run companion apps. So what’s it for, you ask? Well, the creators are touting it primarily as a “pervasive” gaming platform, and even seem to have a working first title in the form of SPOOKY (think gesture-based ghost-fighting). Other uses (which appear a little more conceptual) see Woven as a workout companion, TV remote, Wii controller, social network alerter or simply a fashion accessory. Check out the videos below to see it in action and imagine all the fun you could have in the five minutes before you’re ushered into that padded room.
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