The fine folks at Graffiti Research Labs have won the Instrucatbles Laser Cutter Contest. I was honored to be one of the judges in the contest. It was an amazing group of finalists, with both impressive projects and equally impressive Instructables. The winning project was a low-budget camera special F/X rig GRL used in a […]
Here’s an intriguing device on Instructables- The Looty was created by artist Jim Woodring to allow the users left eye to stare directly at the right and vice-versa. Jim made and sold these devices for a time, but eventually discontinued the item. In an interview over at Hour.ca he spoke regarding the projects demise – […]
How to make LED light pens for long-exposure light drawings. LED Light Drawing Pens: Tools for drawing light doodles – [via] Link Related: Animated light pen art – Link HOW TO – Animated light pen art – Link
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Member Chris Metcalf constructed this flash snoot from corrugated cardboard and gaffer tape. Although it may sound like the name of a Dr. Suess character, a snoot is a sort of choke used in photography to limit the spread of light from a flash. Snoot’s can create an eerie vignetting […]
It’s been a busy week filled with excellent photos of your projects. Thanks for sharing! We’ll have a MAKE Flickr photo pool giveaway soon, more on that in the coming week – So keep the good stuff coming! LED Blaster –Link Cat burglar joule thief –Link Chronulator facade – Link DIY forklift –Link Sports car […]
Jason @ HACKSZINE writes – It’s a real drag when you think you’ve taken a great picture, only to load it up in photoshop and discover that your hands weren’t as steady as you thought they were. Depending on the magnitude of your error, chances are you can correct most small camera bumps or pans […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool: Member Schroeder71 uses a tip from MAKE Volume 12 to punch up this image of fungi and achieve a crisp contrasting definition. Accentuating color channels is an excellent pretreatment when you want that Ansel Adams look from grayscale conversions. Check out the MAKE 12 pdf for all the details. Red […]
