Steampunk Monkey Nation, Illustrations of Primates in Military Gear by Chet Phillips

By Justin Page on September 18, 2013

“Gundersonne”
Steampunk Monkey Nation is a series of illustrations by Austin, Texas-based artist Chet Phillips featuring primates dressed up in military gear. Prints are available to purchase online at his Etsy store, ChetArt. Previously, we’ve written about Chet and his creative collections of artwork.

Each of these stalwart monkeys and apes utilize specific weapons, clothing and support equipment in order to complete their challenging and dangerous tasks and missions.

“McCrackendish”

“Thorncastle”

“Pinionbolt”

“StarkSparrow”
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Homemade Remake of the Joker’s Deadly Pencil Trick Scene in ‘The Dark Knight’

By Justin Page on September 18, 2013

The Joker’s deadly pencil trick scene from Christopher Nolan’s 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight has been given a homemade remake in this new Cinefix episode of Homemade Movies. It was directed by Pasadena, California-based animator and musician Dustin McLean of DustFilms. Previously, we’ve written about his ongoing series of homemade remakes.

In this mini scene from The Dark Knight, the Joker shows Homemade Movies how to make a pencil disappear.

Here are the side by side comparison and behind the scenes videos from CineFix:

New Jersey Man Builds 350-Pound Gun Replica Mailbox

By Kimber Streams on September 17, 2013

New Jersey resident Roger Buchko created a massive, 350-pound replica of a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum handgun as his mailbox. The project took a couple hours each day over a period of about four months to finish. “I built it because I can,” Buchko told the Daily News. “You know what I mean?”



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The Wind Portal, A Giant Gate Made Out of Paper Windmills

By EDW Lynch on September 17, 2013

“The Wind Portal” is a 26-foot-tall gate made out of thousands of paper windmills that whirl in the breeze. Created by Najla El Zein, the interactive installation is on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London as part of this week’s London Design Festival. “The Wind Portal” will be on display through November 3, 2013.

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A Time-Lapse of Burning Man 2013 As Seen From Miles Away Atop a Mountain

By Rusty Blazenhoff on September 16, 2013

Jason Phipps and his team made this time-lapse video of Burning Man 2013 from the top of Old Razorback Mountain, aka Trego Peak, which has “an elevation of 5495 feet above sea level” and is “over 4 linear miles from the center of Black Rock City.” He says, “Climbing to the peak of Old Razorback has become a challenging and rewarding tradition for our team. This is a view that most will never experience in person. It is our passion to share it with the world through the lens of a camera. Climbing 1,888 feet in less than a mile over steep, unstable mountainside is a dangerous and exhilarating mission. This year we deployed cameras during the build week, capturing the growth of the city and ending it the night of the burn.”

A PSA About Boobs by Chesty Women

By Rusty Blazenhoff on September 16, 2013

“Look me in the eyes, I dare you!”
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Escape From Tomorrow, An Unauthorized Indie Fantasy-Horror Film Shot Secretly Inside Disney Parks

By Rusty Blazenhoff on September 12, 2013

Escape From Tomorrow is an unauthorized indie fantasy-horror film shot guerilla style within the Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks. Shot in black and white, it’s the debut film of writer and director Randy Moore and stars Roy Abramsohn as a “man having increasingly disturbing experiences and visions during the last day of a family vacation to the Walt Disney World theme park.” The film will be shown in theaters starting on October 11, 2013 and will be simultaneously available through video on-demand and at iTunes

Photos of Shattering Porcelain Figurines by Martin Klimas

By EDW Lynch on September 12, 2013

Porcelain figurines are captured in the midst of shattering in the photo series “Porcelain Figurines” by photographer Martin Klimas. To create the photos Klimas dropped the figurines from a height of nine feet and photographed them at the moment of breaking with a sound-triggered camera. We recently posted about Klimas’ shattering flower photos.

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Jim Carrey Performs ‘I am the Walrus’ by The Beatles

By Rusty Blazenhoff on September 12, 2013

On the 1998 album (of mainly Beatles cover songs) titled In My Life by George Martin, Jim Carrey played the keyboards and sang The Beatles‘ “I am the Walrus.” At the end of the song he injects, “I did it! I’ve defiled a timeless piece of art. For my next trick, I’ll paint a clown face on the Mona Lisa while using the Shroud of Turin as a drop cloth

Odd Things, Curious & Creepy Animal Sculptures by Erika Sanada

By EDW Lynch on September 11, 2013

In her series “Odd Things,” artist Erika Sanada makes ceramic animal sculptures that are a creepy combination of realistic and freakish. The carefully rendered dogs, squirrels, and other small animals are shown hairless and white-eyed, and often have extra limbs or eyes, or in some cases, tiny firearms. According to Sanada, the sculptures are inspired by her anxieties:

My sculptural work explores my anxieties. Early childhood experiences drove me to doubt my self-esteem, developing into a state of worry and distress. To cope with these emotions, my parents gave me a dog and he became a great companion. I use the imagery of dogs in my work to represent the joy in life. However, underlying that happiness, I incorporate odd features into my dogs like extra teeth or ears to symbolize those lingering anxieties. Much like myself, my work is struggling to find a balance between joy and sorrow.

Sanada’s work was recently on display at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco.



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Smoke & Fire, Photos of Manipulated Fire by Rob Prideaux

By EDW Lynch on September 11, 2013

In the photo series “Smoke & Fire,” photographer Rob Prideaux uses stencils and other tools to shape and manipulate fire into unusual forms. Most of what you see is real—the photos are only lightly retouched on Photoshop. For more on Prideaux’s process check out his blog and his interview with PDN.


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Breaking Bad: The Complete Series, A Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Box Set Packaged in a Money Barrel

By Justin Page on September 10, 2013

“Breaking Bad: The Complete Series” is a collector’s edition Blu-ray box set packaged in a replica money barrel. It will be stuffed full with all 62 episodes of the series, over 55 hours of special features, a Los Pollos Hermanos apron, and much more. The box set is available to pre-order from the Official Breaking Bad Store and Amazon, and it will ship on November 26,

Fan the Flame, Intricate Paper Sculptures Set Aflame Made For Amnesty International

By Kimber Streams on September 10, 2013

Russia-based artists Alexej Lyapunov and Lena Erlich, also known as Peopletoo, have created “Fan the Flame,” a series of intricate, burning paper sculptures that depict human rights violations as part of an advertising campaign for Amnesty International. The project took four weeks to complete, and you can find more detail photos and in-progress shots of “Fan the Flame” at Behance.



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Honest Movie Trailers: Iron Man 3 by Screen Junkies

By Justin Page on September 3, 2013

“See Iron Man how you’ve never wanted to see

Dogfighters, Illustrations Combine Dogs and Planes into Bizarre Mashups

By EDW Lynch on September 3, 2013

World War II-era aircraft get a bizarre canine makeover in the digital illustration series “Dogfighters” by INK, a production studio based in London.


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En Puntas, Video of a Ballerina Dancing with Knives Attached to Her Shoes

By EDW Lynch on September 2, 2013

In the video “En Puntas” by artist Javier Pérez, a ballerina dances atop a grand piano with kitchen knives affixed to her pointe shoes.

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Sizzling Bacon Candy

By Rusty Blazenhoff on September 2, 2013

Sizzling Bacon Candy is a carbonated bacon-flavored candy by Archie McPhee that “not only tastes like bacon, it also turns your tongue into a frying pan.” It is available to purchase online.

Finally something that tastes and SOUNDS like bacon
…As soon as you douse your mouth in candy, the sizzling sound makes it seem like you’re cooking bacon over a campfire. Except it’s in your head and the campfire is your burning passion for bacon (and your saliva which is what activates the candy). The crackling will continue until the candy dissolves into nothing. Lots of things taste like bacon, but how many sound like bacon

Game of Thrones Starring Breaking Bad’s Walter White

By Justin Page on August 30, 2013

Jeff Wysaski of Pleated-Jeans has created “Game of Thrones Starring Walter White,” a mashup imagining what it might look like

Supercut of Characters From Various Movies Asking Each Other ‘What Do You Mean?’

By Justin Page on August 30, 2013

Matthijs Vlot created a supercut video of characters from different movies asking each other, “What do you mean?.”
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