In an extremely insightful essay, Isaac of The Take by Screenprism takes a look at the Toy Story franchise. In doing so, he notes how each movie shows the evolution of each toy and the role they play in Andy’s life, the petty jealousies in the first films that become friendships later on and the…
Filipino Designer Partners With Lucasfilm to Create a Whimsical Line of High End Star Wars Furniture
In October 2018, award-winning Filipino designer Kenneth Cobonpue partnered with Lucasfilm LTD to create a wonderfully whimsical line of high end handmade furniture with a very distinct Star Wars theme. This amazing collection, which officially launched in April 2019 at Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy, consists of an Imperial TIE Fighter Wings Easy Armchair…
Stunning Footage of Blanket Octopuses Billowing Out Their Shimmering Iridescent Rainbow Webs to Divers
While in the waters the Romblon Pass at The Three P Resort in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines, diver Joseph Elayani captured absolutely stunning footage of two female blanket octopuses. As each of these unusual cephalopods swam by, they billowed out their long shimmering webs for which they get their name. The webs rippled…
Matilda (2018-2019), The Beloved Little Badass Ninja Kitten Whose Elegant Presence Brightened Our Lives
It is with the greatest of sadness that we inform you that Laughing Squid’s beloved badass ninja kitten Matilda tragically passed away on Sunday, May 23, 2019, due to complications from rapid onset effusive feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). She was only 11 months old. While FIP is fairly rare, it is an always-fatal immune system…
A Clever Little Short-Legged Gray Cat Tries to Hide From the Veterinarian Inside a File Sorter on the Desk
The vet will not find me here,never?? pic.twitter.com/iqrthPNlWc — Snezana? (@BgSnezana) May 9, 2019 An absolutely adorable short-legged gray cat at the vet’s office decided that seeing the doctor was not up for discussion and ran for the best nearby hiding place, which turned out to be a file sorter on the vet’s desk. The…
Incredible Detailed Human Organs and Skeletal Structures Made Out of Zurich City Maps
In 2017, German paper artist Katrin Rodegast created a wonderful series of highly detailed human organs and skeletal structures out of Zurich city maps. The series was created for the event “Zurich Heart” at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zurich. “Zurich Heart” is a visionary interdisciplinary flagship project of the University Medicine Zurich (Hochschulmedizin Zürich)….
Amusing Scenes and Figures Made Out of Fruit
San Francisco artist Ben Smith, who says he’s just “just trying to be more original” than his name, creates absolutely wonderful figures and amusing scenarios made out of fruit and other appropriate accoutrements. Included in Smith’s basket is a hand made of blackberries holding a Blackberry phone, bananas playing a hand of cards, a messy…
Gorgeous 8K Film Capturing the Symbiotic Relationship Between Busy Insects and Colorful Blooming Flowers
Thomas Blanchard, an incredibly imaginative color artist turned to the beauty of nature with “-N- Uprising”, a gorgeous short film that captures the colorful symbiotic relationship between busy insects and blooming flowers. The insects of the film were shot in 8K resolution and the blooming flowers are made up of over 5,000 high-definition photographs. For…