Nail Art: Green Purple originally uploaded by Red Wolf
While driving through Norway, my boyfriend and I listened to Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman. Here’s a quick sketch of Fenrir Wolf who is tricked into letting the God’s tie him with ribbon that traps him — via hollisketch
By: Scott Park — via PLANET-PULP
When radium was first discovered, its luminous green colour inspired people to add it into beauty products and jewelry. It wasn’t until much later that we realized that radium’s harmful effects outweighed its visual benefits. Unfortunately, radium isn’t the only pigment that historically seemed harmless or useful but turned out to be deadly. JV Maranto details history’s deadliest colours — via Youtube
If you want to catch up with some classics, then you might want to check out the books reissued as part of the Pan 70th anniversary. The iconic publisher is celebrating 70 years of paperback fiction and as such, has seen plenty of notable releases over the decades. Some of those are returning as part of this anniversary series. The literature, as you would expect, is unchanged. But the new covers are bold and striking, oozing retro cool. For a label known for its cover art, that’s obviously the idea. Titles include The Time Machine by HG Wells, Jaws by Peter Benchley, The Pan Book Of Horror Stories, The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill and The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan to name a few. All are available from September and available to pre-order now, selling for £7 each — via Retro to Go
Eyes & Ears spent 3 weeks working alongside Anna Rubincam a contemporary stone carver working in London as she carved a portrait from start to finish — via Vimeo
The things that really scare us are the things that are going on just outside the spotlight that you can’t quite see
— Stephen King on 22 October 1989
The author takes us on a journey back to his childhood and the roots for his decades crafting memorable horror fiction — via Youtube
— via Gunshow
— via xkcd
Well, Mr Watson, we have your lab results back. And, well… — via Youtube
Loudest spontaneous shout — via miguelmarquezoutside
If you didn’t speak English as a native, you’d be tempted to figure out new words by pulling them apart into smaller words you know. Then you’d be really wrong. This method wouldn’t work for placate
if you are learning British English, as they pronounce it differently. This is the latest from John Atkinson at Wrong Hands. See more of his phonetically defined words — via Neatorama
Fine artist and self-described master hoarder Nemo Gould conjures up fantastic sculptures made entirely of found objects. Rich wood and gleaming chrome catch the eye as they cycle through their kinetic loops, while tentacles and antennae extend in a playful fashion like a sci-fi comic book come to life.
The Megalodon is Gould’s latest work, a 16-foot-long salvaged fuel tank from an F-94 bomber plane’s wing. The shark has working propellers for fins, and a tail that glides back and forth ominously. A cutaway on the side reveals various boiler and control rooms, each with their own delicately installed moving parts. It’s packed full of tiny human figures and whimsical creatures alike, all in mid-task as they operate their predatory underwater vessel — via Make:
Joshua Smith, a miniaturist and former stencil artist based in South Australia, constructs tiny, intricate worlds for a living. His work, which exhibits astonishing observational and representational skills, focuses on the overlooked aspects of the urban environment — such as grime, rust and decay to discarded cigarettes and graffiti
, all recreated at a scale of 1:20. Smith, who has been making model kits for around a decade, only recently chose to move away from a 16-year-long career creating stencil art — via ArchDaily
— via Tapastic Comics
By Adam Grason — via PLANET-PULP
For sharing: Long-ways | Box-ways — via owlturdcomix
My Blue Ocean
Chainsaw Carving originally uploaded by Destination British Columbia
In the northern Italian city of Alessandria, Italy (about 100km south of Milan), a new, quirky basketball court has been designed by Sicilian mononymic artist Gue is giving the Paris court a run for its money. Combining shades of orange, yellow, blue and grey, Gue used curved lines to create a colour-blocked court that calls to mind the graphic work of Picasso. The effect, especially from the air, is striking, and reminiscent of the power a mural can have on the appearance and vibe of even the most common elements of an urban streetscape — via Curbed
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