8-Bit Face Make-Up for Halloween
Creating a low-res make-up effect for a Halloween costume
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Recycled Paper Tree
Learn how to make this recycled paper tree using old magazines, packaging, and old phone book pages by Jodi from the creative JAR. This tutorial was created by Jodi for elementary students on Lockeland Spring. See these recycled paper trees being made by kids all over the world. Below is Ms. Hahnel’s class in Australia.
A Halloween souvenir
My friend, Christie, got about a bucket of “blood” “vomited” onto her head by a ceiling-mounted ghoul, and came out looking like Carrie on prom night. I saw it happen, and the moment is frozen for me like a scene from a Dario Argento movie: Christie’s blond locks, suffused by a pale, flickering, blue-green backlight, her mouth slightly open as she looks up, laughing, into the torrent of black, sticky ichor that tumbles, in exaggerated slow motion, onto her face. In my mind’s eye, I can still see my own gaping mouth reflected in a small, spherical droplet of that blood as it spatters across space and time. I think that droplet will be falling, in my memory, for many years to come.
Auto-tracking sentry gun build
The beginnings of an Aliens-style (except, you know, without all the actual bullets and killing and so forth) automatic sentry gun from diederick. The tracking platform is obviously flexible, but I think he intends to mount an AirSoft gun.
North Brooklyn Hackerspace opening Friday: Alpha One Labs
A new hackerspace is opening in Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY: Alpha One Labs.
Make: NYC Meeting November 12
If you tried to go to the last Make: NYC meeting and were thwarted, like me, by the police blocking the street (for an unrelated construction problem), you’ll be happy to read this announcement for the next Make: NYC meeting, featuring fewer cops!
Crafty Tree Trimmings E-Book
Diane Gilleland’s latest e-book venture is Crafty Tree Trimmings, a collaboration with a group of top crafters who have created a collection of ornaments that reflect each of their strengths and unique styles. Included in the collaboration are Susan Beal, Linda Permann, Kayte Terry, Betz White and Patricia Zapata. A portion of each book sale […]