Here’s a cool article on how to fake tilt shift photography with Photoshop instead of needing to purchase expensive camera equipment…

http://recedinghairline.co.uk/tutorials/fakemodel/

Been seeing some interesting pictures floating around the last week or so where people take a picture of a real scene, but it’s done in a way so it looks like a very detailed model.
For example, check out the pictures on these sites:
http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=1760>
http://blog.so-net.ne.jp/photolog/archive/c22183

Being a dork, I started digging into the “how-to” side of things […]

Uhm… some lady is making houses out of the contents of a vacuum dust bag… and it’s “art”. Uhm, how about no? Gross. (link)

These Czech animatronic statues realistically urinate on the trough before them, moving their hips and organs in concert. Their “pee” spells out quotes from famous Prague residents.
While they are peeing, the two figures move realistically. An electric mechanism driven by a couple of microprocessors swivels the upper part of the body, while the penis goes […]

Went to the Pageant of the Masters last night in Laguna Beach, and it was pretty awesome (like it always is). The only really annoying thing with it is all the shows are sold out 9 months in advance every year (but I guess that’s a good thing, because if it was lame, no […]