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Visual Bits #433 > The Tall And Short Of It: Vintage Times
Visual Bits #396 > International Women’s Day
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Beautiful Microscopic Photography of the Elements
Photographer R. Tanaka of Japan enjoys taking photos of landscapes, cats and elements from the periodic table. Through his lens and eye he captures the mystery of each element he photographs. Photos of Bismuth, Osmium and Thallum are just a few of the many elements he focuses on. [Read more...]
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Famous Photographs Recreated With Legos
We’re continuing our love of Lego remixes today with some seriously well made retakes on classic photography. Taking the ubiquitous miniature figurines from his Lego set and recreating iconic scenes from classics like Robert Capa’s “Death of a Loyalist Soldier” and John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1969 “Bed-In”, english artist Mike Stimpson has a passion for using toys to create photographic remakes of famous photographs. [Read more...]
The Way to Space: Images of America’s First Spaceport
Spaceport America, the first hub of Richard Branson’s impressive Virgin Galactic, includes basic operational infrastructure such as an airfield, launch pads, terminal / hangar facility, emergency response capabilities, utilities and roadways. The site will be capable of accommodating the activities of both vertical and horizontal takeoff space launch vehicles, serving as the base for pre-flight and post-flight activities, and providing a tourism experience for interested visitors and spectators. [Read more...]
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Micromachina: Real Insects Become Miniature Machines
A world of gigantic mechanized insects comes to life before our eyes. Tiny scientists inspect gears within their robot-like beasts, fine tuning their components as they prepare them for work in some imaginary world. The tiny models are the work of artist Scott Bain, who creates each bizarre piece using actual insects like some entomologist with an obsession for the mechanical. The models are fascinating on their own… but they have a message far larger than their scale. [Read more...]
A Robotic Arm Lends a Hand to Slow Motion Filmography
In the world of slow motion cinematography the camera action has always been still due to technical limitations, until now. The Marmalade has put together a production studio consisting of directors, DoPs, model-makers, mechanical engineers, food stylists, pyrotechnicians, matte painters, fluids specialists, 3D-animators, and compositing professionals which is capable of producing complex slo-mo shots, using their state of the art equipment and software. [Read more...]
Tiny Landscapes in the Big, Big World
Taking over a city near you, is Slinkachu! This seasoned installation artist has been “abandoning little people on streets since 2006,” creating scenes that from a close perspective appear to be full sized scenes, but from a distance turn out to be minuscule sculptures cleverly interacting with the urban environment. In this UK based artists works, puddles become lakes for fishing, painted lines on pavement become snowy fields, and deer inspect huge cigarette butts. Not everything is to scale, but that’s the point. [Read more...]
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Freaky Realistic Movie Sculptures Bring Stars to Life
Forget wax museums, these latex sculptures of Hollywood stars are so real they’re completely freaky! Can you imagine walking into a room where Jack Nicholson’s very realistic bust is wielding an axe at you? How about Heath Ledgers Joker giving you a demented stare? The details on these figures are so precise it’s astounding: individual hairs are visible, eyes are wet and focused, you can practically see them breath… and a few of these are only 1/6th scale, only becoming obvious when you notice the size of things next to them. [Read more...]
Tragic Miniatures in the Wake of Destruction
When tragedy strikes our mundane everyday existence, life can seem like it has turned upside down. Whether it be a tornado, earthquake or flood that has struck, it can seem as if the hand of god has swiftly crushed all that we have known and in ways that almost seem surreal, changed our existence and understanding of the world forever. Thomas Doyle’s miniatures give us just that feeling, taking tiny homes and trowing them into a perilous existence which often seems too wild to be true. [Read more...]
