Mad Quickies: Magical Cosplay, Color Thesaurus, 3D Illo Charmers, Wanderlust Sewn Up and More!
Seriously, you guys. It’s Friday and as much as I love to love every day for its own wonderfulness, I can’t deny that YAY HURRAY AND HOLY HAND GRENADE OF ANTIOCH, FRIDAY IS WHERE IT’S AT! [ahem] So without further delay, PENCILS DOWN AND SURF’S UP!
- Bibbidi bobbidi damn! Have one minute? Watch the most magical cosplay ever! Props for the superior work go to Bubbly Bee Cosplays. {via Anne S.}
- This is probably the most charmingly masterful thing you will see all day. Artist Victor Nunes created 3D illustrations the old-school way. {via Brian G.}
- As a belated celebration of Darwin’s birthday, I give you pictures of how his his kids doodled all over his “Origin of Species” manuscript. {via @criticaldragon1177}
- Comics colorist Nathan Fairbairn poses the question To RGB or Not To RGB and what his solutions is in his work. {via @chebutykin and @RichardDrumm}
- Children’s book illustrator, Ingrid Sundberg devised a color thesaurus so we don’t have to. {via @ChrisBaskind}
- Sir Richard Branson is definitely on my list for my Dream Dinner Party. After I read this, he went up a notch. 11 Questions For Richard Branson In A Place Called “The Shag Room”.
- Artist Teresa Lim [omigodz I love that picture of her] has been busy embroidering her trips in a series called Sew Wanderlust. {via Elizabeth H.}
- Drones are everywhere. Even on rugs. Listen at PRI as Kevin Sudeith remembers the first time he saw a “war rug.”
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New form SciShow and host Michael Aranda:
Sea Star Wars
Source: Laughing Squid. SciShow Explores Undersea Wars Where Crabs Defend Pacific Coral Reefs From Spiny, Venomous Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
from the page
SciShow takes you to the battleground of a Pacific coral reef, where crabs defend the corals from the spiny, venomous Crown of Thorns sea star.
http://youtu.be/t2aKP1yV0yc
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Featured image is an excerpt of one of the Darwin kids’ doodles. Images courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History and Cambridge University Library.
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