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Retro Animated Intros For Modern Internet Companies
Future Punk created a wonderful series of 1970s-1990s retro style animated intros for modern internet companies, “inspired by great work of Sullivan & Marks, Robert…
How Lonely, Powerless Isolation Can Lead Online Bullies to Exert Control Through Mean Comments
A rather forthright, but very insightful animation by The School of Life attempts to make sense of the increasing amount of vitriolic comments that show…
How the Cardboard and Plastic Ouija Board Came to Be Trusted as an Effective Conduit to the Spiritual World
In a bewitching video essay for the Vox series Overrated, host Phil Edwards wonders aloud as to how the Ouija Board, a marketed game that…
Michigan High School Encourages Seniors to Dress Up as Their Favorite Characters For School ID Photos
As they did in 2017, the senior students North Farmington High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan dressed up like their favorite characters, role models, and…
Japanese Art Collector Named As the First Private Passenger to Fly Around the Moon on the SpaceX BFR
Entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Japanese billionare art collector Yusaku Maezawa have planned an incredible collaborative future lunar project called “Dear Moon”. This project would take…
Carol Danvers Crashes Back to Earth With Questions About Her Past in the First Trailer for ‘Captain Marvel’
In the trailer for the long-awaited Marvel film Captain Marvel, a disoriented and DNA-enhanced former Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) literally crashes back to Earth as…
Ingenious Black Ink Tattoos That Reveal a New Design When Knees and Elbows Are Bent
Veks Van Hillik creates tattoos that are strategically placed behind knees and elbows so that two different designs can be made into one.
Amazing Handcrafted Sweaters Featuring Photorealistic Knit Portraits of Iconic Music Legends
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amimono Horinouchi (@amimono_horinouchi) on Jul 3, 2018 at 10:42pm PDT Japanese yarn artist Amimono Horinouchi creates…
The Opening Title Sequence From ‘Rick and Morty’ Brilliantly Reimagined as a Gorgeous Anime Short
Cartoonist Malec of the French video company Turbo Interactive, has brilliantly re-imagined the opening title sequence from the sublime animated series Rick and Morty as…
A Teeny Tiny Baby Sugar Glider Possum Spreads Their Arms Out Wide for Some Great Big Belly Rubs
An adorable teeny tiny baby sugar glider in Khon Kaen, Thailand lay back with their arms open wide as a beloved human offered up some…