Most Ridiculous Tattoos Ever
Though everyone makes mistakes, usually goofs are not permanently branded onto your body. Unless you get a silly tattoo.
Authors Aviva Yael and P.M. Chen searched the country for the most ridiculous, outrageous, and often regrettable examples of body art for their new book, “NO REGRETS: The Best, Worst, & Most #$%*ing Ridiculous Tattoos Ever.”
This photo shows a tattoo on the chest of a really dedicated yuppie. This guy likely grew tired of paying $50 for an Izod Lacoste polo shirt, so instead he branded himself with the iconic alligator logo. The best part is he even included the registered trademark in the lower right, so he’s truly a walking billboard.
World Beard and Moustache Championships
Here’s another one from our ‘Who Knew?’ department, the World Beard and Moustache Championships. Every other year hairy faces from around the world gather to see whose facial hair reigns supreme in three different brackets - moustache, partial beard and full beard which are then divided into 17 categories (in total). And while classic beards are no doubt an ‘old world’ thing the championships are surprisingly ‘new’ with the first competition held in 1991 (Germany).
And its not just about the hair, contestants are also judged by their costumes and overall presentation.
So next time your significant other hassles you for not shaving just suggest you’re in training to be a world champion - although bear in mind it won’t take much research (or common sense for that matter) to determine that ‘bum’ is not a legitimate category.
World’s Tallest Lego Tower
Thousands of children and families helped celebrate Lego’s 50th year by building a 100ft tower made entirely of the plastic blocks at Legoland Windsor (UK). Each 20cm (roughly 8 inches) section was assembled on the ground and lifted into place with a crane. The tower took 4 days to build and is made up of over 500,000 Lego bricks.
How long the record will last is anyone’s guess. The previous record set just last year by a team from Toronto was 96ft using 464,000 bricks, which in turn edged out an earlier 94ft effort at Legoland California.
via Telegraph.co.uk
Make A Shirt From A Dollar Bill
Origami (from ori meaning “folding”, and kami meaning “paper”) is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. No doubt you have seen the amazing works created by talented practitioners of the art. And if you’re anything like me you never thought you’d have the slightest chance of creating even the simplest piece.
But after we found this money origami site created by Clay Randall even I was able to make the first project I tried, the little T-shirt. What’s great about this site is 1) the detailed step by step pictures and precise instructions AND 2) because you’re using money there is an added advantage of being able see and compare the patterns on the bill in the example pictures which makes it a lot easier for the novice to follow. Plus the simple money origami pieces you can create pretty quickly once you get the hang it add a ‘cool factor’ to the tips you leave to your restaurant server or give as cash gifts.
How To Make A Shirt From A Dollar Bill and other cool pieces
Danger Art
Flying out of a skyscraper window 30 stories up, death appears imminent for this unlucky man. But in the world of “danger art,” everything is not what it seems.
Chinese artist Li Wei has produced an unsettling series of self-portraits, a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a dangerous reality. Wei has taken his work all over the world including Italy, Spain, Korea and the USA. His original photos sell for up to $8,000 each.
“My work and artistic experience are characterized by a unique specificity and particularity,” says the 37-year-old Beijing artist. “My artistic language is universal and deals with themes about contemporary politics and society using symbols understood by everyone in every part of the world. I am fascinated by the unstable and dangerous sides of art and I hope my works reflect these aspects.”
Nano-Smile
Paul Rothemund is an artist and computer scientist. Using a few DNA molecules, an atomic microscope and a computer, he can “draw” 50 billion smiley faces onto a space no larger than a drop of water.
Rothemund refers to his brew of art, biology and technology as “DNA origami,” because it is created from hundreds of DNA strands formed into nanoscale shapes and patterns. The microscopic creations are currently on display at MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Rothemund says DNA origami proves that microscopic material can be formed into specific objects and someday may be used to create integrated circuits that are 10 times smaller than the circuits found in today’s computer chips. This could result in computers so small they could be fitted into clothing, wristwatches and contact lenses.
Draw Your Own Mr Picassohead
Over the years we’ve watched computer powered drawing tools get better and better, hoping that eventually they’d be good enough that even those of us with 10 thumbs might one day put a masterpiece to paper er CRT.
And while that hasn’t happened yet, here’s a site that lets us all draw like the legendary Pablo Picasso, the man who made whacky art so cool its taught in school.
Amazing Chalk Drawings
Julian Beever is an English artist famous for his elaborate 3-D chalk drawings in England, France, Germany and the USA. Beever creates his art using a projection method called anamorphosis, which creates the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from a specific angle. Besides his pavement art, Beever also paints murals, collages, oil paintings and replicas of master artwork.
