Posted in Illustration, tagged Animation, Illustration, Photoshop on 28/11/2014| Leave a Comment »
Seth Watkins, the creative director of Bath-based design and animation studio, the awesomely-named A Large Evil Corporation has been busy. He’s been furiously created a huge number of these awesome character designs of TV and film weirdos.
Obviously, everyone’s first reaction has been (mine included) is “I want one!” They’re currently purely 3D renders, but hopefully they’ll soon be available for sale as vinyl toys (pleeeeease):
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Posted in Medical, tagged Medical, Public Health, Science on 27/11/2014| Leave a Comment »
Finding veins is a skill for most medical professionals learn fairly early, but even the most experienced can occasionally struggle.
So, this vein visualisation device being trialled by the Australian Red Cross for use in its blood banks is simple, but elegant step forward.
The technology works by beaming harmless near-infrared light at your arm. Our veins contain a lot of deoxygenated haemoglobin, and because this is absorbed by infrared light, it creates an image of exactly where your veins are under the skin.
It’s already used widely in hospitals and pathology clinics around the world, but now it’s also going to help generous citizens to donate blood too:
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Posted in Gif, tagged Gif, Technology on 26/11/2014| Leave a Comment »
This amazing gif shows a Ralph Lauren button being laser etched.
It turns out that when you make small runs of buttons from corozo (a palm seed derivative that resembles ivory), laser etching is actually the most cost effective way to do it, as it avoids the costs of making a new mould for every new run.
The layering and different effects are achieved by turning the power of the laser up and down:
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Posted in Art, tagged Art, Artist's statement, Sculpture on 25/11/2014| 3 Comments »
Because I have upset myself too many times by tracking down the ‘deep’, pretentious meaning behind the work of an artist I like, I’ve deliberately not delved into the story behind Cai Guo Qiang’s Inopportune: Stage One.
So, presented without comment, here are some exploding neon cars:
Posted in Technology, tagged Gif, Insanity, Technology, Video on 21/11/2014| Leave a Comment »
Yeah, I can’t foresee any problems with teaching robots to sword fight:
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Posted in Video, tagged Insanity, TV, Video on 20/11/2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Gif, tagged Animation, Gif, Science, Words on 19/11/2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Illustration, tagged Illustration, Words, Writing on 18/11/2014| Leave a Comment »
Matt Lindley and Marcus Oakley’s sweet illustrations of international idioms. They’re a lovely snapshot of the external influences on language in different cultures:
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Posted in Gif, tagged Film, Gif on 17/11/2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Illustration, tagged Comic, Illustration, Science on 14/11/2014| Leave a Comment »
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