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The Whitehouse on the head of a pin 2010
This micro sculpture is carved, from gold, shards of plastic, diamond dust, nylon, and kevlar. There can only be one winner of the 2020 US election @realDonaldTrump or @JoeBiden?
#WhiteHouse #USElection2020, #PresidentialElection2020
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Two Gladiators Fighting on the head of a pin
Single combat is a duel between two warriors. I created this piece from leather, nylon, and kevlar. This piece took me around 3weeks to complete.
@realDonaldTrump vs @joebiden
#art #gladiators #2020Elections
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Soul Diva Beverley Knight in the eye of a needle
This micro sculpture is my tribute to one of my favourite British female soul singers of all time.
#soulmusic #rnbmusic #DivaForever #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonthUK
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The extinction symbol like the peace symbol and smiley logo is easy to recognize and replicate. The symbols stylized hourglass represents time running out and the circle represents earth. The symbols designer is London artist known as “ESP”.
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The iconic Goodyear Blimp, was first built in 1912. The military used them for observation & reconnaissance during World Wars I & II after which, Goodyear bought 5 of its blimps back, painted them, and began using them for promotional purposes.
#History
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Blimps are a type of lighter-than-air (LTA) craft called an airship. Like a hot air balloon, blimps use gas to generate lift but they can move forward through the air on their own power, like airplanes. They can also hover and stay aloft for days.
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Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style. -- Massimo Vignelli
#thatswhathesaid
The 1st animated film released in Japan was probably released in late 1916 / early 1917 by Shimokawa Oten; made with chalk. The 1st commercially released was Dekobo Shingacho - Meian no Shippai (Dekobo’s New Picture Book - Failure of a Great Plan).
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#Anime films were printed on flimsy nitrocellulose films without transparent cells or color. They were made with chalk on a board, erasing and re-drawing the lines in-between camera takes. This was replaced by using paper cutouts- 2D stop-motion animation.
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Originally, Felix appeared as an angular, snout-nosed cartoonish fox but by 1924, animator Bill Nolan made him rounder, more smooth-moving & wide-eyed. The last Felix silent cartoon was distributed in 1928, at the beginning of the talkies and Mickey Mouse.
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Felix the Cat was drawn and designed by Otto Messmer. For the first few years (1919-1921) they were distributed as shorts by Paramount Pictures & then by Margaret J. Winkler (64 films from 1922-1925), the first female to produce & distribute animated films
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Felix the Cat is regarded as the most successful #cartoon character during the silent era. Supposedly, Felix was inspired by Rudyard Kipling's "The Cat That Walked By Himself" in the Just So Stories for Little Children published in 1902
#animation #history
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French scientist Charles-Emile Reynaud, invented the viewing device: praxinoscope (1877), is known as the first Motion Picture Cartoonist. He created a large-scale system called Theatre Optique which took a strip of pictures & project them onto a screen.
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The praxinoscope is a band of pictures, each slightly different from the next, placed inside a rotating drum. The pictures are viewed in succession by reflection from off of narrow vertical mirrors placed at the center of the drum which is spun by hand
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“Design is in everything we make, but it’s also between those things. It’s a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy.” — Erik Adigard
Australian photographer Christian Spencer has captured the natural phenomenon of rainbow effects as sunlight passes through hummingbirds wings. Titled ‘winged prism’ this series of photographs shows nature’s art.
#photography #color
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Spencer noticed that if he shot hummingbirds with the sun directly behind them, a prism-effect appeared on their wings, showing a rainbow. Because of the backlighting scenario, the photos are therefore enhanced, highlighting the colors of the rainbow.
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JaK Studio have redesigned the L-shaped sofa to a working pod. It can be folded out into a bed or turned on its side to create a sound proofed work space fitted with all the necessary work accessories e.g. desk, reading light, USB port & charging points.
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