Posts from — January 2009

Can you do this? Check out this beach babe hula hooping – at the same time and swinging on the hoops!

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If you like your illustrations to be off beat, Milk’s work is a refreshing visual feast bringing together her graphic talents and subject matter that covers piercings, a little body mutilation and tentacles, all in a mid tone palette.

Check the examples below and be sure to visit Milk’s MySpace page for a closer look.

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Big Dog looks to be one mighty development as it can travel over different terrain carrying baggage.

Unlike previous robots I’ve seen before, Big Dog moves in an eerily realistic way as if it was some strange insect, and its can legs move quickly to compensate for when it gets kick or when it detects its about to fall (potentially).

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I love these illustrations converted to target posters featuring a slew of movie and game baddies. A simple and effective idea by Olly Moss.

via Josh Spear

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Andy Park is a Senior Concept Artist at Sony Computer Entertainment working on the award-winning God of War video game franchise.

For more than a decade, Andy Park has been an artistic force in the entertainment industry.

Early in his career, he made a name for himself as the main illustrator for award-winning, top-selling comic book titles like Tomb Raider and Uncanny X-Men.

Andy was also a highly sought-after editorial illustration contributor for popular magazines such as Maxim, FHM, and Muscle & Fitness.

Besides his work in the video game industry, Andy also does various concept art, storyboard, and illustration work for the television, film, and publishing industries.

Clients include: ABC, HBO, Sony, Marvel, DC, Maxim magazine.

Check more on Andy Park’s website

Via Concept Art World

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This little dude really freaked me out when I saw it recently – its the assassin spider from Madagascar.

Scientists say these newfound spiders are “exquisitely evolved“! Damn right – they have a poisonous bite, and deadly hunting skills.

The spiders stab their prey with their giant jaws, which are barbed at the ends with venomous fangs. To be able to lift their outsized jaws, the assassins evolved elongated necks, giving the spiders a unique ability to strike from a distance.

But arachnophobes can relax: Assassin spiders are a mere eighth of an inch (two millimeters) long and are harmless to humans. Not that I was worried.

From National Geographic

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My god, if you ever wanted to do any unassisted flying, wearing just a wing suit, this is it! New year’s resolution – to go out more.

Via The Best Article Every Day

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Wow – I didn’t think sock monkeys could get this good! Its not the breasts either, although they are pretty eye-catching.

Talented husband Jeff makes his wife a new sock monkey every year and this year he’s done the Saras Sock Vati, representing the Hindu goddess of the arts, Sarasvati.

Via Craftzine

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Concept artist George Fuentes has some excellent work on his website – luscious, painterly landscapes and personalities full of character!

Check out more on George Fuente’s website

Via NotCot

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Here’s an awesome looking series of sculptures that fire out flames! It seems to be a piece called Mutopia created by a group of artists called the Flaming Lotus Girls.

They remind me of bugs out of the film Starship Troopers. Check the video below to see the flames in action, although I think they would have been more impressive if shot at night.

From Acriacao via NotCot, photos byJason Chinn

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