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VISUAL BITS #107 > Uphill and Downhill
An Alphabet of Ornate Quilled Typography
Just take a look at these beautifully ornate quilled letters. Quilling, the art of creating images with artfully rolled and curled strips of paper is used here by paper artist Sabeena Karnik to create the alphabet from A to S. Hailing from Mumbai India, she is a calligrapher, fine artist and illustrator/typographer specializing in paper sculpturing and acrylic murals. Be sure to swing by her Behance page or follow her on Twitter. [Read more...]
Saul Bass: Movie Titles Designed by the Legend
We’re big fans of the legendary Saul Bass, so when we saw that Ian Albinson at Art of the Title put together a video highlighting some of Bass’ most celebrated film titles, we were floored. The video marks the release of the much anticipated book Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design, which was designed by his daughter Jennifer Bass and written by distinguished design historian Pat Kirkham who knew Saul personally. The large tome covers classic films such as Anatomy of a Murder and Vertigo, along with the titles designed just before his death in 1996.
For more on Saul Bass, be sure to check out our post on his Oscar winning 1970 classic, Why Man Creates. [Read more...]
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Earth: An Astounding Time Lapse From Space
We see a lot of time-lapse videos here at Visual News, but this one takes it to new heights all together: an altitude of over 200 miles to be exact. Filmed by astronaut/photographer Ron Garan from the windows of the orbiting International Space Station, this astoundingly beautiful video captures a view of brightly lit cities, continents, cloud layers and the magnificent aurora borealis as the ISS gracefully speeds around the earth. [Read more...]
Split Personalities: Superheros and Their Alter Egos
You don’t need a phone booth to see both sides of Superman – just the posters of Danny Haas. These split illustrations show our favorite super heros split down their middle next to their well known, but secret, alter egos. So far Haas has created posters of Spiderman, Green Lantern, The Hulk, Batman, Superman and Wolverine. All are available as posters at Society6.com or you can check out new installments at artofdanny.com. [Read more...]
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Neither Here Nor There: Dynamic Art in Growth & Decay
Rob Sato is a Los Angeles based painter, illustrator and comic book artist who recently finished his second solo show at the Corpo Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. The name of that show was “The Open End”. Sato’s paintings are something to marvel at: His subjects are in a perpetual state of motion, moving forwards and backwards, decaying while still working, destroying and building up. It all happens almost seamlessly — in Sato’s own words they are “neither here nor there.” [Read more...]
Weed The People: Evolving Attitudes About Marijuana
Times they are a changing. With record numbers of Americans supporting the legalization of marijuana, and many states allowing the use of the plant for medical purposes, it seems as if the tide of opinion in the nation may be poised for drastic change. This graphic, created in a collaboration between GOOD and Column Five, looks at where people stand on the issue, narrowing the focus to demographics such as age and political standing. The graphic also looks at the current legal policy for each state regarding medical marijuana. What do you think this means for future legislation? [Read more...]
Paris Métro Stations Interpreted Through Costume
Taking a literally-minded ride through Paris’ huge metro system, artist Janol Apin’s photo series captures characters dressed to represent each stations name. The Paris metro contains 300 stations along the 16-line system, making it one of the largest in the world, but only the most literal names, like Stalingrad and Alexander Dumas receive his quirky photographic treatment. For more of this fun series, produced in 1990, see Apin’s website janol-apin.com [Read more...]
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Photographing Waves From A Surfers View
Clark Little was born in California, but when he was only 2 his family moved to the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii. It was a move that would define his life. Growing up in the world surfing mecca, Little made his name in the 80s and 90s, pioneering the waves of the Waimea Bay shorebreak, and becoming known for an unusual talent of escaping the beaches quickly crashing waves unscathed. Years later, in 2007, Little put this talent to work when his wife asked him to take a picture of the ocean to decorate a bedroom wall. Today, just five years later, he has become world famous for his photographs, having them featured on Good Morning America, Inside Edition, The Today Show and ABC World News Now. To see more of these incredible translucent waves, or to order his new 2012 calendar, swing by clarklittlephotography.com [Read more...]
Social Media Addicts Guide To The Social Universe
Everyone does it on some level. Whether it is someone addicted to text messaging, your parents joining Facebook, or any other number of reasons someone is part of the social network, everyone seems to have their social network vices. Here’s a fun collection of 5 charts, illustrations and infographics for a laugh about the follies and truths of the social mediasphere. Maybe with a little help from these charts, we’ll post all the right stuff in the right places! [Read more...]
