Portrait Made of Screws

http://9gag.com/gag/84069/

I find this very creative as the artists uses screws to create a 3D portrait. He drills them in in different lengths to create relief so that there is depth. He uses depth to create the nose, cheeks, lips, etc so that is also looks like a person from the sides of the artwork. The different height of the screws also creates the lights and darks of the face where it is necessary. The higher the screw is, the lighter it will be when the light reflects on it's surface. This way, it makes the portrait more realistic.

Geometric Shapes Illusions

Felice Varini is a french artists who paints on buildings and landscapes to create an optical illusion. His illusions make it seem almost like it was photoshopped. He paints the buildings and landscape in a way so that when you look from a certain angle, you see geometric shapes that appear to be floating on top of scenery.

He thinks it’s great when people find that right spot to stand in so his artwork makes sense, but he doesn’t get disappointed if they don’t, because it’s still art no matter how you see it.

Here is one of his newest work:

I think his works are brilliant and grand because of the perspectives of each artwork and sometimes the size of the landscape he uses. It is amazing to look from different angles and find the perfect angle from where the geometric shapes look like an illusion.
http://www.varini.org/

The New Youtube Sensation

Rebecca Black is a new 13-year-old teen pop singer has debuted through her song "Friday". Surprising, her video "Friday" currently has over 40 million views. Although Rebecca's video has over 40 million views, many people view it not because they think its great, but actually for the opposite reason. There are many hateful comments about her and the song itself. Despite all the hate, Rebecca earned over $1,4 millions dollars from the views on Youtube and downloads on iTunes.

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/57493318.html
Her Video can be found on Youtube.

When I first heard this song, I thought that the lyrics were horrible. The lyrics were so simplistic that it sounded stupid to me. Even though I thought that "Friday" was a stupid song that was sung by a 13-year-old who wanted to be popular, the song will not leave my head. Sometimes I even unintentionally sing or hum it, and is told by the people around me to be quiet.

What came First?

http://9gag.com/gag/86452/

What came first, the chicken or the egg?
This question has been debated for so long, and people still have different opinions on it.

I find this artwork quite intriguing because of the irony of making a sculpture of a chicken out of eggs -- or eggshells rather. It makes me wonder how a chicken is created. It hatches from an egg of course, but then where does the egg come from? The chicken. Since this artwork makes me think about the chicken or the egg, I think that this sculpture is the best way of presenting the questions of "What came first?".

Lipstick Art

Paige Thompson, an artist that I found on Deviant Art loves doing crazy innovative stuff through photography. Her most well known series, Animal-ipstick, is an ongoing collection of different animals painted on her lips.
http://viridis-somnio.deviantart.com/

I love her Animal-ipstick series because it is very original and unique. Using one's lips as a medium is very interesting and creative. Originally, lipstick is a cosmetic product for women to make themselves more attractive. But Paige Thompson used lipstick to create images of different animals, giving the lips characteristics. Although, this only works if only the lips are shown and not the rest of the face.

As I look at these Animal-ipstick photos, I am mesmerized by the animals and forgetting that these are painted on lips. My favourite photo of her Animal-ipstick series is Bidoof (A beaver Pokemon). I love how Paige Thompson showed her two front teeth and only painted on the top lip because it portrays Bidoof's appearance very well.

Pokemon x Disney?

Awesome Steamboat Willie-inspired sketch by cartoonist Matthew K. Garner





    
     As I was searching for images of Pokemon Black and White (for my previous post), I came across an image of Pokemon IN black and white. As you can probably tell, the characters of Pokemon are illustrated in the old original style of Walt Disney's. The most distinguishable feature of this style is the Pac Man-like eyes and the thin noodle limbs, and the black and white of this image makes it more similar to Disney's Steamboat Willie. Ash's shoes are similar to those of Mickey Mouse's and even have only four fingers just like the old disney characters.

     The way the cartoonist illustrated it in the Disney style makes it interesting and comical. I especially like Meowth, Jessie and James with their evil expression.

New Pokemon

     Pokemon Black and White for the Nintendo DS was released today in North America. Pokemon Black and White takes place in a region far from the others, known as Unova (Isshu in Japanese, derived from the characters "one kind"), which is modeled after New York City. You start off in a small town called Kanako Town, and much like the other games, you have two main goals: to become the Pokemon master, and to stop an evil organization from their devious plans.

     Pokemon Black and White comes with some amazing new features, introducing 155 new (mostly overpowered) Pokemon. Black and White has also improved the visuals from the previous games, as well as the game mechanics. In comparison to the previous games, Black and White is much better in terms of these improvements, but still lack an original storyline, original Pokemon designs (not to mention the poor naming sense in this generation), and still has the same feeling of repetition from the previous series. Nonetheless Black and White's new features and superb visual enhancements still offer lots of fun, and is a great game overall.

     Not only do I feel that the Pokemon designs are lacking, but the naming sense is just as ridiculous. For example:



Timburr, Gurdurr, Conkeldurr




Klink, Klank, Klinklang



Foongus, Amoonguss