Have you ever looked closely at a newly printed paper after it comes out of your printer? Pay close attention to the spacing and placement of all those tiny ink dots.
Now imagine doing all of that by hand!
Well it’s not just a thought, it’s actually being done by the folks over at http://thehumanprinter.wordpress.com
They’ve churned out some amazing work!
It reminds me of seeing some similar work when I was way younger.
My mother had a friend whose son ‘dotted’ a beautiful picture of a horse’s head.
Pretty neat and has always stayed in mind.
Here is some of their work and an example of their work flow:
Oh yeah…I really like how each artist has their own special “dot” signature, very cool!
For some reason while writing this I can’t help but bring to mind that hilarious commercial for the Copy-Cat printer:
I’d like to get something out of the way….I really admire collage / montage work!
…and having said that I would like to introduce you to one of my favorite collage artists, Mr. Winston Smith. Yes, it’s same name of the character in George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty Four (1984).
The course was nothing more than an extensive overview on how the so-called Church of The SubGenius came to fruition. A long and rough SubGenius history course containing well over 18gigs of content including many pictures, audio recordings, document scans, and a bunch of original video footage.
Overall, it was entertaining none-the-less.
Although, I don’t think I got my money’s worth, but that’s my own fault for not putting in enough effort. I mean, there were assignments to do, yet none of the grades mattered. I viewed the course as nothing more than an expensive way to waste time…er…I mean gain Slack.
Again…Disney…I know, I know…you’re thinking I have some weird fetish involving Disney characters, Right? …oh, you’re not? Hmmmm…Than you surely must be thinking I am running out of unique topics to flabber on about?
Au Contraire!
I just have a deep admiration for vintage magazines, specifically from the 70′s. Which is where the snippet below came from. I also have the entire comic, if anyone is interested…Just leave a comment and I’ll email it to you. =)
This is an odd advertisement I found while thumbing through an old copy of a Wonderful World of Disney magazine from the early 1970′s.
What’s perplexing to me is that this Gulf Oil advertisement is in what appears to be a children’s magazine … or am I getting the whole Disney image wrong? Wasn’t Disney intended for all ages? Family-friendly? … or was the company’s target audience children?
If so, than perhaps the age-old saying is true: “Gotta start ‘em young”
…or something to that effect…
One of the most recognizable games in the history of video games turns 25 today!
Classic
Yes, that’s right, Tetris!
You know that one game with the annoyingly-catchy tune that not only helps your organizational skills but helps you waste time as well. It made it’s debut in 1984 and was the brain child of Russian computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov.
