News and other tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share
We’ve all seen the pictures where the splash from a drop of water is caught on high-speed film. Photographer Alexander Augusteijn goes one step further and adds a bullet to the mix. Check out his gallery of high-speed photos, with water drops and more.
Link: http://www.petapixel.com/…
(via Neatorama)
Check out these sculptures, made using only the natural colors of the melon itself. Some of them are fantastic, especially towards the end of the page.
Link: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/…
(via digg)
Wow. Neat picture.
Link: http://www.flickr.com/…
(via digg)
This link has some neat, surrealistic drawings by artist Rob Gonsalves. You can purchase hideously expensive prints of his work here.
Link: http://www.adventix.net/…
(via digg)
This video shows what happens when a man gets trapped on a perpetual staircase (made famous by M.C. Escher, but officially known as Penrose stairs).
The movie is called “Hallucii,” and there is a related web site. If the YouTube video doesn’t work, Hallucii can be downloaded or watched at the official site.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/…
Regular Chad’s News readers may recall this post, where I touted the fake motivational posters of Despair, Inc. Well now you can make your own. Just supply a picture, title, and text. Here’s one that I made.
Link: http://bighugelabs.com/…
(via lifehacker)
Is it graffiti when you don’t use any paint but merely clean select portions of a dirty surface?
This site has some really nice images of fractals, which are available to download. They can be used as wallpaper for computer desktops.
C.K Wilde is an artist who makes pictures out of money. Some of them are really good. Check out the full gallery (the better ones are towards the bottom).
