the modern epic

oobemu:

pachurz:

Some building block references my Life Drawing teacher drew up for us for our Figure Drawing class. Thought I would impart the wisdom.

i need this so bad right now

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a-squaredblog:

Reverse of Volume by Yasuaki Onishi

Japanese artist, Yasuaki Onishi creates a poetic and intricate installation that premiered in the Rice Gallery, Houston [USA]. It will be on exhibit until 24th June 2012. Onishi uses the simplest of materials to create an impact in its mountainous form that appears to float in space. Through the use of plastic sheeting and black hot glue, he creates an impression of negative space or void left behind. Onish casts the invisible through draping the plastic sheeting over stacked cardboards boxes which are then removed, leaving their impressions behind. 

Onishi, through his enigmatic installation, has left visitors at awe with its undulating exterior layers, musing at its suspended, glowing mystery. Onishi comments: 

“I am interested in the visible and the invisible thing. Through my art work, I get information from the space and leave clues on the space. Form, color and movement is changed to the simple element, like points, lines and lights.” 

What transpires in this installation is the growing need to explore the void, which can otherwise be perceived as the invisible space as suggested by Onishi. This is one of the few installations that questions the imperceptible, leaving you to decipher what was the  mystery that was left behind. Perhaps it isn’t as literal as the void of boxes that Onishi used to create the form, perhaps its the void that we seek to confront in our lives that makes this installation profound and thought provoking. Perhaps, in confronting this void, we can think about confronting our our fears and ‘negative spaces’ in our lives. 

[All photos were taken by Nash Baker]

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vernalized: frezned: notxam: thismymargeyo: jesus christ in heaven look at this gorgeous example of pure pixel art mastery whoa I’ve seen this piece before and I just gotta make it clear that this image is not actually animated in the usual fashion, where you change the pixel data and keep the same color palette across frames. This one’s a really amazing example of palette animation (or color cycling), where the pixel data remains the same, and the actual palette itself changes. Here are a bunch more examples; make sure to expand the options (top right) so you can see the palette shifting. It’s really actually amazing. wow yeah definitely click through to that link jeez that’s incredible

vernalized:

frezned:

notxam:

thismymargeyo:

jesus christ in heaven look at this gorgeous example of pure pixel art mastery

whoa

I’ve seen this piece before and I just gotta make it clear that this image is not actually animated in the usual fashion, where you change the pixel data and keep the same color palette across frames. This one’s a really amazing example of palette animation (or color cycling), where the pixel data remains the same, and the actual palette itself changes.

Here are a bunch more examples; make sure to expand the options (top right) so you can see the palette shifting.

It’s really actually amazing.

wow

yeah definitely click through to that link

jeez that’s incredible

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VONDELL SWAIN: The Hipster Fashion Cycle

williamshitnerd:

By Monique Bellamont - February 2012.

See that hat that hipster is wearing?

Its a Hamburg. Or if it has a feather in the side its a Swiss. Some people mistakenly call them fedoras, but they’re not.

The problem with hipster hats like the Hamburg however is that these…

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