“Art isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that’s creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator. What makes someone an artist? I don’t think it has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the numbers, or paint billboards, or work in [...]
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore won an Oscar as the best animated short film. This beautiful film is made with an animation style that blends stop motion with computer animation and traditional hand-drawing. The silent film pays homage to a bygone era when elegantly printed books inhabited our world. via
I suppose flashing wrong gang signs could have dire consequences. So, here is a chart that acquaints you to some of the symbols and their meanings. All I can say is, “Use them wisely.” via
Their canvas is a stretch of dingy concrete wall along Manila’s main highway, where millions of vehicles stream past every day, belching exhaust that helps to create a noxious, unhealthy smog. But the murals now blooming under the hands of street artists along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) are not only there for art’s [...]
Most, if not all, of us know the classic novel, ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding. Recently there was a competition sponsored by the London-based publishing house Faber & Faber for students between the ages of 13 and 16 in the UK and Ireland to design a new cover for the book. There were [...]
Using the wonderful words of acclaimed writer and actor Stephen Fry, YouTuber, ‘RogersCreations,’ has created this kinetic typography animation. You can download the rest of the audio file from Mr. Fry’s
Creativity: now there’s a word I thought I wouldn’t see under attack. Don’t we live in a society that thrives on the idea of innovation and creative thought? The age of the entrepreneur, of the man of ideas, of Steve Jobs and the think different motto? Well, yes and no. That is, indisputably yes [...]
YouTuber, brusspup, enjoys coming up with mind-bending optical illusions, which the creator defines as something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality. Here is a cool animated video showcasing brusspup’s talent, all from scratch using photoshop. Enjoy!
I love what Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang are doing. That is, they have been collecting plastic debris off one beach in Northern California for over ten years. Each piece of plastic Richard and Judith pick up comes back to their house, where it gets cleaned, categorized and stored before being used for [...]
The smaller, quieter half of the magician duo Penn & Teller writes about how magicians manipulate the human mind 1. Exploit pattern recognition. I magically produce four silver dollars, one at a time, with the back of my hand toward you. Then I allow you to see the palm of my hand empty before [...]