Tinselman had a link to these wonderfully confusing images. Nothing is actually moving on the screen – they work if you print them out, too. Here’s a short explanation of the peripheral drift illusion. And I found this article on the science of optical illusions.
I ran across videos of Brad Litwin’s kinetic sculptures a while back, this is one of my favorites. It would have been fun to see him at Make:Philly last night – I’d love to hear about it in the comments.
One of my favorites artists just had an opening at NYC’s 3LD (Three legged dog) – Scott Draves a.k.a. Spot is best known as the creator of the Electric Sheep, a continually evolving abstract animation with over 60,000 daily participants. Dreams in High Fidelity is a painting that evolves. The artwork was designed and rendered […]
Williams Sonoma has a new railway cake pan so you can bake something dreamy, like this little gum drop ‘n candy train cake above. [ via Apartment Therapy ohdeedoh ] For those discriminating pancake lovers, make your Sunday morning brunch more fun with this mini bear smile skillet from Fred Flare. [ via GoodyBlog ]
Kaizo Mario is a homebrew level for Super Mario World that’s equal parts evil and genius. My tolerance for frustration isn’t nearly high enough to be able to handle this, but for those of you looking for a gaming challenge, there’s a link to the ROM below. You can make your own custom levels for […]
FarMcKon writes in – MakePhilly is excited to welcome the renowned Brad Litwin who we’ve taken to calling the “Leonardo da Vinci da Phillyâ€. Brad is an extraordinarily accomplished painter, illustrator, sculptor, graphic designer, animator, photographer, woodworker, metal smith, musician, engineer…the list just goes on… and on…. At Sunday’s meeting Brad will give a talk […]
Paper Crane has started a series of embroidered My Space profiles. So fun! Thanks Rachel!
