Geek Art Gallery

Short Film: 85.12.30

2012-01-27T12:00:00.000-05:00

Time travel may not be as cool as you think.

Video: Still Life

2012-01-27T11:30:00.000-05:00

Still Life is an interactive picture that can be tilted by the viewer, causing the objects in the picture to be tossed about the frame. Garner created the effect with a framed TV, swivel mount, spatial sensor, and 3D software.

Source: MAKE

Link Round-Up: January 27, 2012

2012-01-27T11:00:00.000-05:00

Source: Facebook

Casio has some weird science magic that can make 3D sculptures out of 2D pictures. I'm hoping it also plays music when you hit the "demo" button.

Fox News (or some branch thereof) has gone after DC Comics' reboot for being too smutty. That's arguable, but the article also points out that Fox still holds several Marvel movie properties.

My next big dream project is somehow getting Lovecraft-inspired carpets in our house without my wife noticing.

Reddit's r/EarthPorn is the largest of the SFW Porn Network, dedicated to large, hi-res photos.

SOPA-compliant B*tman fan-art by Dean Trippe.

Star Wars Lego minifigs are invading London, the Doctor remains unavailable to help due to the trademark lawyers being unable to stop having seizures.

Want to take photos that are two stories high? Get a 35 foot long camera.

When stuffed animals are no longer adoptable, rest assured that their skins are being recycled as art.

Fresh Take: Snowman Cross-Section

2012-01-27T10:07:00.000-05:00

Snowman Cross-Section by Lunchbreath

Photography: Twin Cities Brightest

2012-01-27T10:00:00.000-05:00

Antiparticle by Twin Cities Brightest

Cards: Skyrim Valentines

2012-01-27T09:45:00.000-05:00

Skyrim Valentine’s Day Cards by Jemma Salume

Jemma’s special VDay cards are perfect for the wandering Redguard or feral Khajiit you’re been questing after. The Thieve’s Guild stole all my belongings, Valentine, but you stole my heart.

Video: I Built a Tardis

2012-01-27T08:00:00.000-05:00

Watch a cute girl build a life-size replica of Doctor Who's TARDIS. I’m pretty sure her TARDIS isn’t bigger on the inside. It is however a pretty accurate recreation of the exterior, right down to the lights.

Short Film: Dot and the Line

2012-01-26T12:00:00.000-05:00

The dot and the line is a romance in lower mathematics starring a dot and a line. It won the 1965 Academy Award for Animated Short Film.

Merchandise: Never Sleep Alone

2012-01-26T08:30:00.000-05:00

Never Sleep Alone Zombie Bedset by Melissa Christie

Maybe you could convince the zombie hordes that you’ve already been eated and debrained with the Never Sleep Alone bedset. The entire set costs nearly two hundred dollars, but you can get the pillows for just US$35.

Video: Primer on 3D Printing

2012-01-26T08:00:00.000-05:00

Primer on 3D printing from Lisa Harouni

2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things -- including intricate objects once impossible to create.

Link Round-Up: January 25, 2012

2012-01-25T12:00:00.001-05:00

Bespoken Art creates personalized canvas art from your voice’s sound waves, transforming your words, wedding vows, favorite quote, or even song into a 100% customized piece of art. Guaranteed to a be a great “conversation piece.”

Bioanimation companies like XVIVO, Hybrid Medical (Previously), Random42, Biolucid, Argosy Medical, and BioDigital have been doing beautiful work for hire, freely available to watch.

Today's Astronomy Picture Of The Day is astonishing.

The Turtle and the Shark is one of Samoa's most cherished stories, and it has been animated beautifully by Ryan Woodward in the style of siapo, or Samoan tapa barkcloth.

Short Film: MutantLand

2012-01-25T12:00:00.000-05:00

MutantLand directed by Phil Tippett of Tippett Studio

As the sun goes down in the dark and terrifying place that is Mutant Land, the creatures roaming this world are on the ultimate search for food.

Quick Pic: Tesla

2012-01-25T11:30:00.000-05:00

Tesla by Toni Bratincevic

Buy prints at Imagekind.

Merchandise: Video Game Laptop Decals

2012-01-25T10:30:00.000-05:00

Video Game Laptop Decals by GlueJunkie

Sculpture: Sleeping Robot

2012-01-25T10:00:00.000-05:00

Sleeping Robot

This is a new instalation on the University of Alabama campus, it was just unveiled today and I took this straight after the ceremony. I wasnt at the actual ceremony though so dont know the artist or story behind it and therers no plaque or other information about the robot at all, but it's pretty awesome.

Installation: One-Minute Paris

2012-01-25T09:00:00.000-05:00

One-Minute Paris: The exhibition 'In_Perceptions' will be on display at the In_Perceptions exhibit at 104 Le Centquatre in Paris, France until March 2012. Centquatrein Paris consists of five mind-bending monumental installations by artists Leandro Erlich, Ann Veronica Janssens, and Lawrence Malstaf that are designed to play with our perceptions

Bâtiment (pictured above) is an interactive mirrored art installation from Buenos Aires-based artist Leandro Erlich that gives visitors the illusion that they are climbing or hanging off a building. Paris Update filmed a short clip of visitors using the installation. Warning: may induce vertigo.

Posters: Hyrulean Travel

2012-01-25T08:30:00.000-05:00

Hyrulean Travel Posters by Dean Walton

Tumblr artist Dean Walton created an excellent set of limited edition retro prints inspired by his all-time favorite places in Hyrule. These Legend of Zelda travel posters are now available in various sizes at GamerPrint!

Video: Bioanimation

2012-01-25T08:00:00.000-05:00

Hybrid 2010 Reel from Hybrid Medical Animation

Bioanimation companies like XVIVO, Hybrid Medical, Random42, Biolucid, Argosy Medical, and BioDigital have been doing beautiful work for hire, freely available to watch.

Papercraft: Origami Masks

2012-01-24T13:00:00.000-05:00

Gnome King 2

Paper artist Joel Cooper folds these astounding masks and tessellations from single pieces of paper. Given the right conditions I might be expected to fold a piece of paper in half, and on a good day even into fourths, but I simply can’t fathom the patience and understanding required to transform paper into three-dimensional objects like this. You can see more of his work on Flickr and even buy some of the pieces on Etsy.

Satyr

Angelus

Delphus Mask

Gemini

Short Film: No Robots

2012-01-24T12:00:00.000-05:00

No Robots directed by YungHan Chang and Kimberly Knoll

This poetic short animation, No Robots, is a student project from San Jose State University students. In the vignette, an anti-robot shopkeeper must deal with an unexpected clanking visitor.

Fresh Take: Bioshock Infinite

2012-01-24T11:00:00.000-05:00

Alex Garner channels JC Leyendecker in this Bioshock Infinite illustration.

Painting: Future of the College Classroom

2012-01-24T10:00:00.000-05:00

"University of Ohio: The hi-tech future of the college classroom"

From The Heads of State

Illustration: The Universe Is in Us

2012-01-24T09:00:00.000-05:00

The Universe Is in Us by t-abroudj

NASA Remix Project, Challenge #20 - JOURNEY TO THE GALAXIES.

Galaxy By NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team via Wikimedia Commons

Link Round-Up: January 24, 2012

2012-01-24T08:00:00.001-05:00

Great desks from Creative People

In 2009, Roxana Altamirano made her first post to Nerd Boyfriend (previously), a style blog that finds clothing similar to those worn by iconic male figures. Now, almost three years later, there is a Nerd Girlfriend.

Bespoken Art creates personalized canvas art from your voice's sound waves, transforming your words, wedding vows, favorite quote, or even song into a 100% customized piece of art.

BoingBoing points that way to Zombie Family Car Stickers

Salute the sinister with incredible early concept art for Batman: Arkham City

Spray Down is blog specializing in the Graffiti Art of Chicago. Much of it is of a geeky variety.

This might be the most amazing 404 error page ever.

Installation: Volume

2012-01-23T13:00:00.000-05:00

Volume at the V&A by United Visual Artists

Volume is a sculpture of light and sound, an array of light columns positioned dramatically in the centre of the garden.

Volume responds spectacularly to human movement, creating a series of audio-visual experiences. Step inside and see your actions at play with the energy fields throughout the space, triggering a brilliant display of light and sound.