For a new line at work, experimenting with a style similar to some band posters I saw for the Black Keys etc that looked that bits of paper made into a mosaic. These are pretty time consuming but fairly fun — via deviantART
Hells yeah, more iPad tentacles, enjoyed this one. I should really do a more polished version though, with a Wacom and everything. Hope you enjoy — via FuzzFace
Digital art — ink, tea and watercolour — via Fine Art America
The breeding season of the giant cuttlefish in upper Spencer Gulf in South Australia is expected to begin within days.
Point Lowly is the only known place in the world where the cuttlefish species breeds in big numbers.
But those numbers were well down last season, with only 25,000 sighted, down from a previous annual aggregation of about 250,000 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Keepers at Roger Williams Park Zoo were overjoyed 5 April when they checked in on their resident female Giant Anteater, Corndog, and discovered she had given birth to a healthy baby — via ZooBorns
Reaching only about 1.6kg as adults, Black-footed Cats may be the world’s smallest felines. When these two little kittens were born 2 April at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, they weighed-in at just 200 grams. The kittens’ sexes have yet to be determined. They were born to mother, Godiva, and father, Wyatt — via ZooBorns
Latex display mask — via deviantART
A fungus that has torn through frog populations worldwide kills by dehydrating the hapless amphibians, disrupting electrolyte balance and causing cardiac arrest.
The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which is responsible for chytridiomycosis disease, has caused massive frog death on a global scale, threatening many species with extinction. When the fungus reached the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, it slashed mountain yellow-legged frog populations by more than 75 percent in only about four years. The frog (Rana muscosa) is now listed as endangered.
Laboratory experiments had established how the fungus operates, but a new study is the first to observe the disease in action in the wild. San Francisco State University biologist Vance Vredenburg and colleagues collected blood samples and skin swabs from more than 100 yellow-legged frogs over the course of the summer of 2004, the year the outbreak hit the Sierra region — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Birthday celebrations mean cake, so wow the kids with this impressive creation — via Taste.com.au
The Final Word (detail), originally uploaded by Kate Kretz.
Artist Katie Kretz currently has an exhibition of her unusual embroidery work at Hardcore Art in Miami. The image above is a detail of a work called The Final Word
, and consists of thousands of french knots on black velvet. Check out the photostream of the exhibition, which runs through 2 June, on flickr — via CRAFT
Reddit user BillyAppletini posted about this amazing CAT-AT (and AT-AT Walker cat house) that he made for a friend. His comment thread has a lot of fun information about the building process, and his image gallery contains pictures of the project in-progress — via CRAFT
Octopus, originally uploaded by Jonathon Narvey.
This modern white ceramic bowl in an organic wavy shape is just the thing to wrap your tentacles around. This bowl has been hand painted with a curious octopus in varying shades of green and turquoise. You can use the bowl to enjoy your favourite foods, serve yummy creations, then place on a table top or shelf so you can admire your new green goblin of the sea — via Etsy
A Melbourne woman who killed her husband after years of domestic abuse has been sentenced to seven years’ jail.
Jemma Edwards, 45, from Highett pleaded guilty in the Victorian Supreme Court to defensive homicide.
In January 2011, she called authorities claiming two men had stabbed her husband James Edwards at their home before fleeing.
Mr Edwards suffered a wound to the back inflicted by a spear gun and had been stabbed repeatedly. He suffered more than 30 injuries.
Later, his wife confessed that she had killed him, but said she had acted in self defence.
The court heard Edwards had been a victim of domestic abuse since 1999 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Menacing little Cthulhu charms lurking under tiny sparkling Swarovski vitrail crystals — via Etsy
Meet Lulu and Roscoe, the Milwaukee County Zoo’s newest Fennec Fox kits. Born 27 January, the cubs recently made their public début accompanied by mum, Daisy, and father, Duke. Fennec foxes’ oversized ears act like natural air conditioners, radiating heat away from their bodies and cooling their blood in the light desert breeze. Their ears also help detect tasty prey at night, including small insects scurrying nearly-silently atop the sand — via ZooBorns
This nautilus pin was handmade by me using coloured pencils on shrink plastic. It measures 1.5″ across. Wear it on your coat lapel or hat. It is super lightweight and truly a statement piece — via Etsy
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