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Category: Artistic
Metallon from PhuEk
Ah, the vinyl figure. I have been a fan of these for years now. I wish I could say that my collection was up to par with my interest but it sadly isn’t. I just can’t find them locally. Anyway, this is a superb custom job that captures the spirit of the urban vinyl designer toy meme.
The Metallon… is a single-seated, lightly armed
and armoured scout. And is part of the Rebel Squadron 77.
With a mounted blaster cannon, it’s deadly to
any infantry units that crossed its path. Its main objective
is to reconnoitre the battlefield and provide vital tactical
information as well as mobile anti-infantry support.
Drawing lessons For People With Short Attention Spans
If your like me and have little time to devote to actual hard core study then Drawspace is prefect for learning how to draw or just to polish your current skills. Once you sign up for an account (Its free) you gain access to dozens of detailed PDF formatted lessons that instruct on every topic from what kind of drawing tools to get to a study of facial muscles. Pretty much covers all the main points you need to get the basics of drawing. Go out there, grab a pencil and DRAW!
Drawspace.com – Drawing lessons
DIY Light Bulb Greenhouse
More brilliant uses for old light bulbs! What with all the unused light bulbs (because anyone that is anybody is switching to compact fluorescents) that are around these days all you need is a little dirt and a plant and you can satisfy your micro green thumb!
Strange Creatures from the Deep
Who needs science fiction aliens when we have them right here. I mean, most of these critters look to have been drawn up by the best special effects designers in Hollywood.
On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters—the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and horizontal dimensions: with an average depth of 3800 meters, the oceans offer 99% of the space on Earth where life can develop. And the deep sea, which has been immersed in total darkness since the dawn of time, occupies 85% of ocean space, forming the planet’s largest habitat. Yet these depths abound with mystery. The deep sea is mostly uncharted—only about 5 percent of the seafloor has been mapped with any reasonable degree of detail—and we know very little about the creatures that call it home. Current estimates about the number of species yet to be found vary between ten and thirty million. The deep sea no longer has anything to prove; it is without doubt Earth’s largest reservoir of life.
[via science redigg]
The Deep
Pick it up on Amazon.com – The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss
Transform Maple Leaves into Roses
A very crafty-arttie project for those that live in places where trees have leaves that fall from them. Turn ordinary maple leaves into nice little faux roses. I think that this should be on the back burner as a fall project, I hope I remember to try it out when the season is upon me. I’ll have to order out for the leaves, I doubt that oleander trees would make a good substitute.
How to make roses from maple leaves