Thumbs and Ammo posits the idea: would it be funny to replace guns with thumbs up in stills from movies?
YES!
Sculptures of Staples into Organic Forms
Artist Jerry Bleem uses found materials and thousands and thousands of staples which give them organic looking forms structure and hold them together.
"Ordinary, non-precious, discarded materials are what I most often use in my work. Botanic forms and the human body have strongly influenced my work. I also draw upon humanity's long history of making containers for both practical and symbolic purposes."
See also Hand-crafted Chaotically Organic Ceramics
Star Wars Parkour - Jedi Free Running
Who needs F/X?
Fun and stylish Star Wars themed parkour video.
Witty Wild Animal Photo Manipulations
French photographer Thomas Subtil has this witty and charming photo manipulation series "Hakuna Matata" with wild animals from Kenya as its stars.
See also Zoo Fashion Photos
Paintings of Van Gogh Animated
An Italian designer and animator, Luca Agnani has created a short film, Van Gogh’s Shadow, with more that a dozen Van Gogh paintings with a touch of animation and movement.
Bodyscapes: Photos by Carl Warner
Using human parts to create stunning landscapes, photographer Carl Warner's project titled "Otherscapes."
See also The Form of the Body
Beer Labels Brought to Life
Trevor Carmick, a Boston-based video editor/graphic artist, has an amazing side project: Beer Labels in Motion, If only we could get these for real on the the labels. Only a matter of time, I am sure.
See also Hypnotic Animated GIFs
The Beauty of Sea Slugs from Alexander Semenov
We've seen some amazingly vibrant shots of jellyfish from Alexander Semenov, and here he brings us equally gorgeous sea slugs.
See also Gorgeous Underwater Photos of Vibrant Jellyfish
The Sky Behind: Photo Project from Manuel Cosentino
Italian photographer Manuel Cosentino returned to photograph the small building from the exact same location for nearly two years for his Behind a Little House Project.
Hypnotic Art GIFs
UK-based artist and graphic designer Mat Lucas runs a Tumblr of experimental art called 89—A.
See also Awesome Animated Nature GIFs
Sad Spaghetti Monster
French artist Theo Mercier's piece, entitled Le Solitaire. Not really spaghetti, but instead silicone coated cords and two large, blue eyes
"He one who is showed, who is watched, he is unique and alone because he is a monster. It tells a lot about the idea of exposure."
Bokeh Explosions
Creating bokeh (ボケ) while shooting fireworks sure is gorgeous.
See also Long Exposure Fireworks
Astounding HD of Plants and Insects Magnified Thousands of Times
German photographer Stefan Diller has created HD footage with microscopic images of plant and insect life. The tech, nanoflight, is “a revolutionary new way to visualize structures of the microworld,” and can" move a virtual camera in eight degrees of freedom around the specimen.”
97 Year Old Master of MS Paint
From the video page:
Hal Lasko, better known as Grandpa, worked as a graphic artist back when everything was done by hand. His family introduced him to the computer and Microsoft Paint long after he retired.
Now, Grandpa spends ten hours a day moving pixels around his computer paintings. His work is a blend of pointillism and 8-Bit art.
Meet 97-year-old Hal Lasko, The Pixel Painter.
Timelapse of the Dakota Night Sky (and Wyoming's Devil's Tower)
Randy Halverson shot this amazing nightsky timelapse in South Dakota and in Wyoming near the Devil's Tower. Just stunning.
Sea Urchin Sculptures Made of Colored Pencils
Artist Jennifer Maestre cuts 1-inch sections of the colored pencils , drills a hole in them and strings them together like beads.
Pause: A series of Breaths
Pause is a series (up to #14 at the time of this post) of 60 second videos; gorgeous and stunning.
Fonts and Boobs (NSFW)
A font a day, applied to a pretty picture, it's Fonts & Boobs.
See also NSFW - Gorgeous 'Calligraphy on Girls' from Molotow Markers
Modern Ancient Egyptian Illustrations
Moscow-based illustrator Anton Batov created this awesome set of modernized Ancient Egyptian illustrations.
See the full-sized image here
The 100th Tour de France
The Big Picture has a great set of photos from this year's Tour de France (its 100th running).
