Scientology? It’s as bad at Photoshop as it is at not brainwashing people. {via Surly Amy} Psychedelic drawing lesson by Katana Leigh. {video included} Irrational at Flea Snobbery. {via Surly Amy] At Flavorwire: comic book collages of women. Intersection of reflection by Navid Baraty. Inorganic Flora: a collection of detailed botanical blueprints by botanist and designer, Macoto Murayama. Th... »
Kickin’ off the weekend with the the Friday Quickies! Surf’s up! Behold, the Madonnas of Science. At SF MoMA. Acrylics on canvas by Chris Shaw. {via Anne S.} Not Merida! Nooooooooooooooo!. What Disney did is unconscionable. The utterly awesome A Mighty Girl (which all girls should know about) launched a petition. {via Smashley} Pokémon art auctioned for charity. Awwwww. {via Beth} Dani... »
Thanks to lenticular printing, this ad has a secret anti-abuse message that only kids can see. Video included. Also here. {via Smashley} Nina Levy, a Brooklyn photographer,has been illustrating napkins for her two children every school day since 2006. You can see all her work at Daily Napkins. Robert Krulwich, co-host of Radiolab, posted (and illustrated!) Our Very Normal Solar System Isn’t ... »
Gracie Hagen is a Chicago-based photographer. She’s also a skeptic and she shot a fascinating series on religion. {nsfw} Frog’s CEO sez that curved displays are what’s next. I didn’t think I could love Tilda Swinton more. And now I do… Swinton Dancing to Barry White at EbertFest 2013. The Exploded Alphabet – Series 1. Some interesting and vertigo-inducing exercises he... »
Romanesco broccoli and other things from the natural world that are fractal-ish. {via Surly Amy} Wherever you stand on the whole issue, perhaps you might be interested in reading “The Amanda Palmer Problem: How Does a Cult Musician Become a Figure to Be Mocked?” It’s quite well-written. {via @chebutykin” In Jonah D. Ansell’s rhyming, animated short film Cadaver Christ... »
Put your trays in their upright, locked position! It’s the Friday Quickies! Coolest tumblr? Little girls are better at designing superheroes than you. BLAM! Found here. {via Surly Amy} Probably the best latte art you’ll see in some time. The cat’s my fave! {via Smashley} Escher-inspired floors. {via Anne} Where fiction’s biggest brat and real life’s biggest brat becom... »
A new tv show plays tricks on your brain. {via Smashley} Singing, Dancing, Performing: The Pressure on Women Artists to Be Extreme. {via Surly Amy} A dad shares five years of sandwich bag art. Here’s a great gift idea! Darwin’s Cladogram Tree with Finches, his first ever sketch of a tree of life. {via Surly Amy} Time sensitive but awesome: Mail us your skull art! Wait… Electricit... »
It’s the Friday Quickies! Surf’s up! Remember the Tetris building at MIT? Well, in response to the Boston tragedy, they did this. We’re keeping a good thought and reaching out to all in the Boston area, especially the people from Skepchick and the Lab. This is so awesomely cool. A Graphic Biography of Darwin. Need a Bat in Glass Dome Workshop? Of course you do. Morbid Anatomy can... »
