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How To Recognize An Artist’s Work For The Uncultured Man The uncultured man, or woman for that matter, might be artistically enlightened by this “artful” piece, but the sophisticated dude or dame, as you undoubtedly are, will get more than a few chuckles out of these descriptions of great artists’ work. Complete with examples of […]

Steal Like an Artist Steal Like an Artist, by Austin Kleon, looks like a book worth looking at. The project started as a talk based on a list of 10 things the writer wished he had heard when he was starting out. This list itself is valuable advice: TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

Making useless machines – Bryan Cera – TEDxUWMilwaukee. How about a game of “Pung,” the name being a combination of Pong and Sung. It looks like Pong but the game is equipped with two microphones. Players raise and lower the paddles by raising and lowering the frequency of their voices. How about a robot that […]

Japanese One Stroke Dragon Art Not exactly one stroke. True there is one long stroke to make the body but the details are accomplished by multiple strokes. Just warning you so you don’t waste 4 minutes and blame me. The finished dragon is pretty dang cool. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

Chrystal Turntable from Brian Lilla on Vimeo. Sculptor Evan Holm is at it again with a turntable driving a speaker that has an attached stylus with ink dripping on it, paper being drawn by to . . . . Aw, just look at the video. Holm is one creative artist, for sure. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

The New French Hacker-Artist Underground If you’re into stolen maps, art, picking locks to forbidden places, a code name like UX, a secret workshop, an underground private cinema, clandestine film festivals in government basements, the tunnels beneath Paris, and among other things, the Pantheon where the remains of France’s most cherished citizens are housed, and […]

Artist Mike Holmes drew himself and his cat in 100 different cartoonists’ styles. I think that’s known as a tour de force. Or somethin’ [via: io9] TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

Checked out any absolutely stunning glass sculptures of deadly viruses lately? Here’s your chance. They really are quite nice replicas of HIV, Swine Flu, E. Coli, SARS, Malaria and Small Pox. Photos and a video of the creator, Luke Jerram, making one. Looks like a lot of work. More of his non-virus work can be […]

Artist Mark Wagner is fascinated with creating currency collages featuring the US one dollar bill. Click on any of the links on the page and you’ll see enough collages to satisfy any hankerings you have for such fare for a lifetime, maybe two lifetimes. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

Artist Eric Grohe livens up the brew room & fermenting room with his remarkable murals at the Miller Valley Brewery in Milwaukee, WI. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious