Hey kids- it’s the Friday Quickies! Surf’s up!
- Charles Lindsay is SETI’s first artist-in-residence.
- Relational Cities by Fabio Alessandro Fusco.
- The Objectification of Female Surface Anatomy reviews some of the research for the exhibition OBJECTIFY THIS: Female anatomy dissected and displayed. {via Katie H.}
- Sigils of the Houses of Westeros by rockstar designer Darrin Crescenzi.
- Megan Hovany is part of the Cardboard exhibit at Chicago Children’s Museum. On facebook.
- Earth fractals at kottke. Found at Frank.
- Vintage Confections produces some sweet creations and super cool Solar System lollipops!
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- Crononauta and Diego Kuffer’s explanation about the series.
- Annaka Harris plans to produce a book that fosters feelings of awe and curiosity in children. Let’s kickstart this, yo’! {via Elizabeth F.}
- The history and science of Meringue.
- Oh, Type Nerds, I have something special for you: Type Worship.
- You’re not stupid for being pissed off when someone messes with your favorite superhero.
- A very charming encapsulation of Dragon*Con and rather accurate on being a woman at this Con.
- Octo-Print tee shirt.
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The world’s largest stop-motion animation
shot on a Nokia N8.
Gulp.
from the page
Gulp is a short film created by Sumo Science at Aardman, depicting a fisherman going about his daily catch. Shot on location at Pendine Beach in South Wales, every frame of this stop-motion animation was shot using a Nokia N8, with its 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics. The film has broken a world record for the ‘largest stop-motion animation set’, with the largest scene stretching over 11,000 square feet.
The animators: aardman.com
The sand artists: sandinyoureye.co.uk
The phone: nokia.com/n8
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Empire State of Pen
Timelapse video of artist Patrick Vale drawing the view of the Manhattan skyline from the Empire State Building.
Music – Moanin’ by Charles Mingus.
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Featured image is by Charles Lindsay. It’s a CARBON high-resolution still from unique carbon emulsion negatives. Size variable to 60 feet.
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