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Zoom and Enhance: Incredibly Close-up Insect Images

By prawn1 Tuesday March 9, 2010

Word around the scientific cooler is that the Scanning Electron Microscope (or SEM) can magnify images 250 times better than a light microscope. The expensive bit of kit valued up to 500,000 pounds blasts materials with a high-energy beam of electrons and the messages sent back build up a super-detailed image.

Retired scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner gets to play with this high-tech toy and has produced some amazing close-up images of insects. Check out some of his shots after the jump.

Hellofreaks

By prawn1 Friday March 5, 2010

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Hello! this is my past self saying hello to you on this glorious Friday morning. I’m in Yzerfontein and in all likelihood boiling my butt off but thanks to the awesomeness of Wordpress’ scheduled posting thingamajig, I am able to bring you another mindless post. It’s OK, there’s no need to thank me. Today we take an in-depth look at the works from French graphic design studio Hellofreaks, and by in-depth, I mean nothing but images

Have a look at some of the funky illustrations after the jump.

The State of the Internet

By prawn1 Wednesday March 3, 2010

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We love infographics as moving images, and in “The State of the Internet”, a creative agency by the name of JESS3 has lovingly made a visualization about you, me, and people around the world contribute to the present state of the Intertubes. The figures are staggering. Have a look at the video below.

[via Laughing Squid]

BONUS: If you liked this, you may also like Did You Know 4.0.

Miniature Meals by Kim Burke

By prawn1 Monday March 1, 2010

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Artist Kim Burke hails from Minnesota, United States, and loves miniatures. Drawing inspiration from cookbooks and pastry shops, she makes mouthwatering miniature meals out of polymer clay.

For someone who claims to be a newbie, the level of detail shown in her work is absolutely amazing. Have a look at some of her tiny treats after the jump.

Mui-Ling Teh’s Ever So Tiny Origami

By prawn1 Thursday February 25, 2010

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I haven’t met Mui-Ling Teh, but I can assume she has the most dexterous fingers.

The 23-year old Canadian artist has always been a fan of paper craft and in 2008, she began creating origami on a truly miniature scale. She folds the 15×15mm paper with her fingers and only uses tweezers for the last few folds. Her paper art is millimeters in size and usually captured with a hand-held camera in super macro mode, or shot through a magnifying glass. Her smallest work to date is a crane folded from a 3×3mm piece of trace paper.

Have a look at some of her incredible miniature origami after the jump.

Procrastination

By prawn1 Tuesday February 23, 2010

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I’m a master procrastinator (I had a great teacher in Lucy furr). In fact, I had meant to post about this yesterday

London-based illustrator, Johnny Kelly created a quirky video for his graduation project at the Royal College of Art all about procrastination. It’s worth a watch if you have other pressing work things to get to but don’t quite feel like it.

[via Neatorama]

Nuit Blanche

By prawn1 Monday February 22, 2010

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Directed by directed by Spy Films‘ Arev Manoukian, “Nuit Blanche” is a short film set in 1950s Paris and tells the story of a man who catches the gaze of a woman sitting in a cafe across the street. It shows how a fleeting glance between two strangers could result in an explosion of feelings (and a few other things). It’s really quite dramatic, check it out below.

If you’re interested, see the making of Nuit Blanche on YouTube.

[via Boing Boing]

The Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds

By prawn1 Friday February 19, 2010

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Quentin Tarantino, The Weinstein Company, and The Upper Playground Art Gallery in Los Angeles have teamed up to raise money for the victims of the Haiti Earthquake. For “The Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds” exhibition, 13 artists were asked to make a poster based on their interpretation of Tarantino’s Oscar-nominated flick. The results are fantastic to say the least.

Six copies of each poster were made; they were numbered and autographed by the acclaimed director, and priced not at a 100 Nazi scalps, but a more realistic USD 300.00 each.

The exhibition previewed last night at The Upper Playground Art Gallery, and I’d be surprised if the posters weren’t snapped up in minutes. Have a look at them after the jump.

A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything

By prawn1 Friday February 12, 2010

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A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything

As a final project for an art course, UK student Jamie Bell imaginatively created a flipbook video that humourously chronicles the history of our universe. Three weeks and 2100 pages later, Bell’s magnum opus, “A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything” was born.

It’s so much fun to watch, and I can imagine Jamie had just as a good a time making it. He got full marks for it. Check it out below, don’t blink though you might miss something.

[via Utter Insanity]

The Making of the 2010 Pirelli Calendar

By prawn1 Thursday February 11, 2010

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It’s almost the weekend, I’m tired, and my mind has gone into hibernation mode. I was going to use that as an excuse for posting this, but then I realized one doesn’t need a reason for this kind of thing.

Tyre company Pirelli has been making a girly calendar since the 1960s and whilst I don’t like their elitist approach when it comes to distributing their calendar, I do appreciate the remarkable cast of women that pose for it. Our chances of snagging an actual calendar are as small as my tolerance for clowns, so the behind-the-scenes action from the 2010 Pirelli Calendar photo shoot will just have to do. In fact, the softporn music has already lulled me into a happy daze. I don’t think I need to tell you that the video is NSFW (unless you’re on someone else’s work computer) and can be found after the jump.