1. 15 May


    Haha, thanks

    Haha, thanks

    (Source: rraaaarrl, via whittingtonb)

     

  2. 15 May


    pretendyougiveadman: Oppenheim architecture + Design have come up with this incredible design for a hotel & spa in the desert of Wadi Rum, Jordan. The whole hotel is carved into the mountains. It should be completed in 2014. ARRAKEEN

    pretendyougiveadman:

    Oppenheim architecture + Design have come up with this incredible design for a hotel & spa in the desert of Wadi Rum, Jordan. The whole hotel is carved into the mountains. It should be completed in 2014.

    ARRAKEEN

    (via alisonsampson)

     

  3. 12 May


    Día del Comic Gratis, 9º aniversario de Mazinger Gijón

    Día del Comic Gratis, 9º aniversario de Mazinger Gijón

     

  4. 15 Apr



    Apollo 1 astronauts, trained in rudimentary celestial navigation, named useful stars after one another. And while minor planets, comets, planetary features, and asteroids have their own naming conventions, exoplanets are new territory, not something the International Astronomical Union, could have easily prophesied when it was founded in 1919. The IAU begs of us: their job is already insane. The very idea that the Universe can be portioned off and named according to sensible and consistent standards is so completely tenuous at its core that the slightest disruption could upset everything.

    Astronomical objects our ancestors perceived (and named) as single stars have since turned out to be entire galaxies, containing multitudes. It’s one thing to name the handful of rocks in our neighborhood after Greek and Roman gods, but the average rate of exoplanet discovery has shot up in recent years, with new detections announced practically weekly, thanks to NASA’s Kepler space telescope. There are 998 million entries in the Guide Star Catalog–that’s almost 100 million distinct astronomical objects. Could it be that the International Astronomical Union is outpaced? Maybe, at at certain point, for a cluster of lifeforms on a rock, delegated to a cold corner of the universe, maybe, the enterprise of total galactic taxonomy becomes more than a little Sisyphean?

    — From, Sorry, But You Can’t Name That Exoplanet, on Motherboard (via sciencefiction)
     

  5. 12 Apr


    sete-estrelo:

    From April the 16th to May the 18th, the Society of Illustrators, in New York, will host the 8th MicroVisions, an exhibition of pieces created and donated by 13 illustrators from all over the world. All the pieces, created under 5x7 inches, will be auctioned on eBay (from April 23rd to May 2nd) with all of the proceeds going to the Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Fund. Besides how noble the cause, it is also a huge honor to exhibit my work side by side with the other invited artists, among whom I am lucky enough to find good friends and great influences.

     

  6. 12 Apr


    Leon & Matilda

    (via superelectric)

     

  7. 11 Apr


    DD BORN AGAIN - IDW Artist’s Edition

    DD BORN AGAIN - IDW Artist’s Edition

     

  8. 10 Apr


    kirbycovers: Machine Man #2(May. 1978) MACHINE MAN HAS WHEELS

    kirbycovers:

    Machine Man #2
    (May. 1978)

    MACHINE MAN HAS WHEELS

    (via tomscioli)

     

  9. 9 Apr


    alisonsampson: blutch

    alisonsampson:

    blutch

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  10. 9 Apr


    adamwarrencomics: A seriously badass but mysteriously flawed Steranko illo, from the 1976 Chandler: Red Tide graphic novel: http://www.thedrawingsofsteranko.com/RED_TIDE/chndlr_hmpg_.html Never quite been able to figure out the perspective in this piece, with the foreground table (at lower left) seeming weirdly low, and the open door appearing to have a different horizon line than the window… and what exactly is the murder victim’s body supposed to be sprawled upon? Ehh, regardless of any perspective shortcomings, this illo still remains a virtuoso display of “harsh B&W” at its best, and was a big influence on my art-school dabblings in high-contrast rendering (long before Miller’s Sin City, I should note.)     Hmmm… I have seen this piece many times but never thought about it long enough. How about this: She’s lying on a bed, hence the blanket pattern underneath her. The table is a bedside table, short. Still seems to be too far from the wall. And last but not least, the door, that could be open in a 120 degrees angle? Instead of a 90, that put it parallel to the wall. Just an idea! This would be funnier to discuss at the bar, though.

    adamwarrencomics:

    A seriously badass but mysteriously flawed Steranko illo, from the 1976 Chandler: Red Tide graphic novel: http://www.thedrawingsofsteranko.com/RED_TIDE/chndlr_hmpg_.html

    Never quite been able to figure out the perspective in this piece, with the foreground table (at lower left) seeming weirdly low, and the open door appearing to have a different horizon line than the window… and what exactly is the murder victim’s body supposed to be sprawled upon?

    Ehh, regardless of any perspective shortcomings, this illo still remains a virtuoso display of “harsh B&W” at its best, and was a big influence on my art-school dabblings in high-contrast rendering (long before Miller’s Sin City, I should note.)    

    Hmmm… I have seen this piece many times but never thought about it long enough. How about this: She’s lying on a bed, hence the blanket pattern underneath her. The table is a bedside table, short. Still seems to be too far from the wall. And last but not least, the door, that could be open in a 120 degrees angle? Instead of a 90, that put it parallel to the wall. Just an idea! This would be funnier to discuss at the bar, though.