Artists Jade Tomlinson and Kev James of Expanded Eye split their time between London and Thonon-les-Bains, France where they pursue a wide range of artistic endeavors including illustration, street art, and tattoos. Kev does the actual ink work while the duo collaborate for several days on the artwork that merges natural elements with typography and geometry using extremely delicate line work. It is so rare that I get excited about tattoo art and this is definitely an exception, my jaw dropped on seeing just a few quick email attachments and I’ve since gone through their gallery of work four or five times. The pair will be back in Thonon-les-Bains in the fall and are scheduling appointments starting mid-November. See more of their work over on Facebook.
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Stunning Tattoos by Art Collaborators ‘Expanded Eye’
A Colorful Canopy of Umbrellas Returns to the Streets of Agueda, Portugal
Aaaaaand the umbrellas are back in Agueda, Portugal. Although the installation doesn’t differ much from last year, the colors have changed a bit for this year’s Agitagueda art festival. Photographer Patrícia Almeida captured some great shots this year, many more of which you can see here. (via bored panda)
A Logaritmical Spiral Appears Around a Wet Tennis Ball Photographed by Arvin Rahimzadeh
This is a great high speed capture by photographer Arvin Rahimzadeh who snapped a photo of this spinning, water-soaked tennis ball that exemplifies the geometry behind a golden Logaritmical spiral. Neat!
blue ghost. round one: ready to print & re-pencil. excited...
blue ghost. round one: ready to print & re-pencil. excited to start inking the first of the mythology scenes from Sick Bed Blues.
(my dear friend Meggy told me it looks like she has a ghost in her vagina, and followed by informing me that twat ghosts are called queefs…I think I whole-heartedly agree)
The only ultimate disaster that can befall us, I have come to realise, is to feel ourselves to be at home here on Earth
40 Days dans le Désert B
mucholderthen: At the online Library of the Japanese...
At the online Library of the Japanese Diet:
images of antique natural history illustrationsNATURAL HISTORY IN JAPAN: Horseshoe Crab
Edo (江戸時代) a/k/a Tokugawa period (徳川時代) 1603 - 1868source: Japanese National Diet Library’s images of natural history
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Lenticular Street Art by Roa
Back in 2009 artist Roa (previously here and here) painted this amazing lenticular street artwork on Curtain Road in London. Depending on the angle of viewing the art shifts between the fuzzy exterior of a rabbit to an illustrated interior of its circulatory system, a trick he used late last year here in Chicago to pretty gruesome effect. You can see much more of Roa’s work over on Flickr which seems to be updated most frequently. (via twisted sifter)
Massive Rube Goldberg Chain Reaction for A-Trak & Tommy Trash’s ‘Tuna Melt’
Here’s a fun new music video for A-Trak & Tommy Trash’s ‘Tuna Melt‘. The Rube Goldberg device moves through almost every room of the The Ohage House in St. Paul, MN as dominoes crash, paper airplanes fly, and submarines chug along underwater. I couldn’t say for sure if it was all shot in one take, but there are some fantastic sequences regardless. The video was directed by Ryan Staake and most of the dominoes and other kinetic devices were created by Tim Fort. (via booooooom)
Shit We’re Diggin’: Yarn Bombing with HOTTEA
HOTTEA hits Los Angeles with his signature yarn bombing. The day photo was done in Culver City and the night ones were done Hollywood. Check them out if you're in the area!
Photo credit: Jennifer Jaimes
Angel Food Cupcakes with Lemon Mascarpone Frosting
IngredientsFOR THE CUPCAKES:
¾ cup cake flour
¾ cup confectioners' sugar
6 egg whites
¾ tsp. cream of tartar
½ tsp. kosher salt
½ cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
FOR THE FROSTING:
2 oz. cream cheese, softened
8 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
½ tsp. vanilla extract
¼ tsp. kosher salt
Zest of 1 lemon
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
½ cup mascarpone cheese, softened
1 cup blackberries, raspberries, or quartered strawberries
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. orange liqueur, such as Grand Marnier
Instructions1. Make the cupcakes: Heat oven to 325°. In a bowl, sift together flour and confectioners' sugar; set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk, beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt on medium-high speed until soft peaks form. Slowly add sugar and vanilla, and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Add sifted flour mixture and gently fold until smooth; fill 12 muffin tin cups lined with cupcake liners to the top with batter. Bake until lightly browned, about 25... Get the recipe >>
lindahall: Title pages from John Latham, A General Synopsis of...
King vulture, frontispiece, volume 1, part 1.
White-winged oriole, frontispiece, volume 1, part 2.
Hawkesbury Duck, also known as maned duck, frontispiece, supplement II.
Wading bird, frontispiece, volume 3, part 1.
Black skimmer, frontispiece, volume 3, part 2.
Title pages from John Latham, A General Synopsis of Birds, 1781.
More of John Latham’s birds
sinobug: Bird Dropping Mimicry in Drepanid Moths There is not...
Drepanid Moth (Macrocilix maia, Drepaninae)
Hooktip Moth (Auzata sp., Drepanidae)
Bird Dropping Mimicry in Drepanid Moths
There is not much more that is unappealing to a bird gastronomically as it’s own faeces or that of others. Similarly, in wooded areas populated by birds the incidence of guano staining on leaves and other vegetation is quite high. Consequently, evolution has yet again taken extreme steps to provide shelter for the vulnerable in the form of bird dropping mimicry.
Many species of arthropods use faecal mimicry as a camouflage, including moths of the Drepanidae family. Typically camouflage incorporates the glossy fecal component, the white mottled urate component and the clear or coloured urine component of guano in the wing pattern and shape, body and surface-hugging stance of the moths. And it works; not only on potential predators. The number of times I have overlooked such examples with a cursory glance, but detected the ruse on deeper investigation is beyond counting. What is more, individuals seem to be able to place themselves amongst concentrations of real guano stains beneath a bird roost to deepen the deception.
In the top image, Macrocilix maia, simple bird dropping mimicry has been taken a step further with (arguably) a pair of flies or similar insects standing either side of the coloured component as if themselves feeding on the faecal waste.
Even Drepanid caterpillars exhibit bird dropping mimicry…..
by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr.
Pu’er, Yunnan, China
See more Chinese moths on my Flickr site HERE…..
piscesproductions: Guillaume Nery base jumping at Dean’s Blue...
Guillaume Nery base jumping at Dean’s Blue Hole, filmed on breath hold by Julie Gautier (by Guillaume Néry)
I found it hard to breathe watching this. Just incredible.
odditiesoflife: A Woman of Art and Science April 2nd marks the...
A Woman of Art and Science
April 2nd marks the birth of a very important female scientist that was ahead of her time. The artistic and scientific explorations of German artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) helped pioneer the way for other women in science. Enterprising and adventurous, Merian raised the artistic standards of natural history illustration and helped transform the field of entomology, the study of insects.
In 1670, she and her husband moved to Nuremberg, where Merian published her first set of illustrated books. In preparation for a catalogue of European moths, butterflies, and other insects, Merian collected, raised, and observed living insects, rather than working from preserved specimens.
At the age of 52 and divorced, Merian and her younger daughter embarked on a dangerous trip to the Dutch colony of Suriname, in South America, without a male companion. Merian spent the next two years studying and drawing the indigenous flora and fauna within their natural habitats. Forced home by malaria, Merian published Insects of Surinam, her most significant book, in 1705. The lavishly illustrated book forever established her international reputation as an accomplished woman of science.
Club Kuumbwa - Kendra McKinley / Foxtails Brigade
The Club Kuumbwa concert series I book for Kuumbwa Jazz in Santa Cruz will be having it’s third concert this Saturday, April 20th. This show starts at 9pm and features Kendra McKinley and Foxtails Brigade. Click here for more info.
I made this!
rhamphotheca: Illustration of Wood Thrush (Hylocichla...
Illustration of Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) nest by N.E. Jones
from Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio, by Howard, Jones, et al. (1886)
smithsonianlibraries: #7FFF00 or #DFFF00: your choice. From New...
#7FFF00 or #DFFF00: your choice. From New York Plaisance, “a magazine devoted to places of amusement.”
TGIF
jtotheizzoe: Mathematical Films of Manfred Mohr Just stumbled...
Mathematical Films of Manfred Mohr
Just stumbled across this collection of digital math and geometry films created by pioneering digital artist Manfred Mohr in the early 1970’s. This stuff puts most modern GIF artists to shame, and he made them in Fortran IV on a CDC 6400, which is considerably less powerful than Photoshop. They had to then be captured by a microfilm printer in order to be converted to 16 mm film!
Super cool look back at early digital art, though. Get inspired! Here’s another, “Cube Transformation Study”:
oceanportal: This incredible image of a larval octopus—which...
This incredible image of a larval octopus—which can fit on the tip of your finger—was taken soon after it was collected on a research cruise, preserving its beautiful coloring.
After larval (baby) octopuses hatch from eggs, they float in the currents as zooplankton until they grow large enough to defend themselves. Few will survive to this stage, instead becoming food for larger organisms.
CREDIT: Cedric Guigand, Univ. of Miami, RSMAS/Marine Photobank
astronomy-to-zoology: Long-tailed Slug (Ibycus rachelae) Also...
Long-tailed Slug (Ibycus rachelae)
Also known as the Ninja slug, the long-tailed slug is a species of semi-slug found only in the state of Sabah in Borneo. Like other semi-slugs the long-tailed slug has a partially visible shell, but it is too small to withdraw into like a snails shell. Like the other members of the genus this gastropod has a long tail which it reportedly wraps around its body when at rest. This slug also uses ‘love darts’ for reproduction.
Phylogeny
Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-Stylommatophora-Ariophantidae-Ibycus-rachelae
montereybayaquarium: This species is commonly known as the...
This species is commonly known as the “bumpy jelly,” due to warts that cover the organism. These warts contain concentrated amounts of stinging nematocysts. Follow the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute on Facebook for great glimpses of deep-sea creatures!
© 2003 MBARI
bibliographics: Owen Jones (1809-1874) was an English born...
Owen Jones (1809-1874) was an English born Welsh architect and designer. Jones created a comprehensive global design reference book, The Grammar of Ornament published in 1856.