In 2015, digital compositor and visual effects artist Rousselos Aravantinos created an impressive age reduction demonstration with actress Michele Valley. In 2018, Aravantinos conducted a very similar demonstration, this time using new technology and increased knowledge of the human body. This time I experimented with new techniques. The goal was to preserve more fine details…
How Psychotherapy Encourages the Vocalization of Self-Reflective Thoughts Without Judgement
The School of Life explains via animation “How Psychotherapy Works” despite its demanding schedule, by positing three different ways the therapist is able to reach the patient. Their first reason is that psychotherapy encourages patients to reflect and bring to the surface those thoughts that live in the unconscious mind with vocalization in an environment…
The Charming Actor Who Voiced the Irascible Homer Simpson in Spanish for ‘The Simpsons’ (1990-2005)
Great Big Story visited with the incredibly charming and very funny Humberto Vélez, who voiced the irascible Homer Simpson in the Spanish language version of The Simpsons from 1990 to 2005. Vélez showed how he developed his version of Homer, keeping in accordance with what would be both funny and culturally relevant within the vast…
Why There Are Holes in Swiss Cheese
Geobeats offers a yummy bite size explanation as to why there are holes in Swiss cheese. Rather than it being from the ripening bacteria or pesky little mice, the holes (eyes) were originally caused by hay particles that got into the open bucket mix. When machines came along, this hay particle was added to the…
Incredibly Clear Remastered Footage of an Amazing 1969 Jimi Hendrix Show in Stockholm, Sweden
In January of 1969, the late, great Jimi Hendrix performed at the Konserthuset in Stockholm, Sweden. For a long time, this amazing show was considered to be lost, but was luckily located in 2004 at the Swedish television station SVT just before heading for erasure. Since that time, the footage has been remastered with remarkably…
Clever Packaging That Sorts Bananas According to Ripeness So They Can Be Properly Enjoyed Each Day
The Korean grocery store E-Mart has created a brilliant campaign that encourages people to eat one banana per day (Hana Hanana Banana). In order to make this task easier for the consumer, the grocery cleverly arranged six bananas in various stages of ripeness and packed them in order of that ripeness, so each day the…
An Overjoyed Rescued Pet Duck Gleefully Greets Her Human at the Door When She Gets Home From Work
A really sweet rescued pet muscovy duck named Petunia who lives indoors, excitedly greeted her human Chantel Grant at the door when she came home from work. Upon the sight of Grant, Petunia gleefully began quacking and wagging her tail feathers, seemingly in anticipation of the affection (and food) she’d be receiving in short order….
The Creative Strategies Used to Make Music for Super Nintendo Despite Severe Space Limitations
The very insightful video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a nostalgic look at Super Nintendo games of the past, how theme music was written for the games and the very creative strategies employed by composers to work within the restrictive space limitations of just 64kb of RAM. the Super Nintendo…