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Sometimes it’s a simple idea and really great execution that results in a pleasing piece of art, other times it can be a grueling exercise of narrowing down shards of ideas right? These pieces by artist Katerina Orlikova combine two things I really love, typography and anatomy in a fresh and pleasing way. Replace the bones in these animal x-rays with elements of typography, simple yet brilliant spark of an idea carried out to fruition. I have to say I’m a bit jealous I didn’t think of the idea first, as I have a pretty large collection of anatomy books I’ve scored at thrift shops over the years. Well earned kudos to Katerina nice job!

Typography Anatomy

Visit site- Anatomy of Typography

In the early 90’s I lived in a crazy little desert town called Tucson Arizona. A wonderful place filled with exotic plants and people who were, well let’s say equipped to live in a dry island where summer lasts 9 moths of the year and can reach temps of 118º . In this place there was a thriving music scene filled with creative weirdos and fueled by the DIY punk ethos. I was involved in numerous music projects, and Barely Bipedal was one of my favorites.

Recently my friend Kevin loaned me his 4-track and I started digitalizing all the old 4-track recordings that we made. I have created a website using Wordpress for the band (more of a historical document but who knows maybe it will fuel some new material) and you can listen some of the songs free. Click on the banner below to learn more about this wonderful band of misfits from the land of tall cactus and javalinas.

As a design professional and an artist I’ve always been fascinated with medical illustration, and these great paintings are really remarkable documents that transcend above the ordinary. They are really beautiful and grotesque, created in 1819 by Kyoto-area physician/artist Yasukazu Minagaki (1784-1825). The paintings were studies created from actual corpses which were actually the remains of recently beheaded criminals, and it is the grotesque expressions which really makes them stand out in this time period. There are two scrolls of 83 paintings currently hosted at the Keio University Library. Check out the rest of the images here (there is a link to page navigation in the bottom left corner of the page).

Link via the great: Pink Tentacle Blog

Hey! a picture I sent in to Found Magazine a few years ago made it to “Find of the Day” how cool is that! They only posted one from the series, which is quite a shame as the whole bunch together are really bizarre. I found these in Value Village (Tucson AZ), a notoriously great thrift shop back in the early 90’s.

Here is full series (click to view bigger if you’re not afraid!)

It’s always cool when someone melds modern technology with traditional art style. Here is a great “thesis” animation from RIT which does just that. Watch as a Monk learns the style of one of my favorite bugs (bug or alien life form? the verdict still has to be out on that one), the Praying Mantis.

Way of the Mantis-

Don’t let it catch you dude. that camera has been stalking this poor guy all over the world, he keeps running and running…it’s no use, the camera is always there, right behind him, biding it’s time. You’ll trip and fall one day smart guy, and then…it’s over, you’re camera food.

Running from Camera: Blog

If you are feeling like the creative well is a bit dry, or you just happen to have some of that rare thing known as “free time”, take a spin through the awesome archive of Ads of the World. This is a huge collection of really creative ads guarenteed to spark some sort of flame in your creative brain. Check out this super cool image for an ad about a waterproof camera.

Ads of the World: Website

Apparently there is a toast vacancy! Everyone loves toast right? how can this be? I’m going to get a slice of soft delicious bread right now. I will make it just the perfect crispy brown and it shall deliver butter for that is it’s job. Great art from this guy, visit his gallery, and marvel at the shopping cart crop circle among others.

These are simply amazing origami pieces, apparently from a contest at MIT. The bugs are really nice, although these are all pretty inspirational. Man there just isn’t enough time in the day.

日本の形ー折り紙
The Japanese Tradition: Origami

more origami links:
Origami Diagrams
Golden Beaver!

Well I can still sorta tell she’s not real (in the full size picture anyway), too perfect maybe? Perhaps it’s the vacant look in the eyes. It would be interesting to see though how many people can actually tell the difference. If you want to get your geek panties all wet then click here to view how the model was created.

digg: Believe it or not!