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A Stop-Motion Animated Robotic Love Story Created With 1,296 Mini Rubik’s Cubes
Joe “MysteryGuitarMan” Penna (previously) and Los Angeles-based animator Jeff Schweikart created a stop-motion pixel art animated love story between two robots by getting a small…
Marvel’s Greatest Heroes Reassemble to Take Down Ultron in Two TV Spots for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
Marvel has released two new TV spots (previously) for Avengers: Age of Ultron, the upcoming sequel to the 2012 superhero film The Avengers. Both TV…
Artist Creates Evocative Sculptures Using Metal Wire
UK artist Richard Stainthorp captures the human form in his outstanding wire sculptures. Some of his figures are depicted in static poses while others adopt…
Illustrator Creates Beautiful Animated GIFs About a Mysterious Imaginary Town
Sydney-based artist Nancy Liang has created a wonderful series of animated GIFs about an enigmatic, imaginary town. The animations depict the town–usually at night–in surreal…
Adorable Animal Sculptures Made of Fruits and Vegetables
UK-based artist Al “Mode” Matthews makes charming animal sculptures out of fruits and vegetables. Matthews began making the creatures to pass the time while working…
Netflix Is Ready to Order a Season of ‘Fuller House’, A Continuation of the Classic Sitcom ‘Full House’
A photo posted by Fuller House (@fullerhouse) on Sep 21, 2016 at 9:19am PDT Netflix is reportedly ready to order a 13-episode season of Fuller…
‘Transition’, A Deceptively Simple Paper Structure That Conceals a Sky Gazing Room
Transition is a deceptively simple art installation that from the outside looks like a column of bundled paper tubes. However, a small entranceway allows viewers…
‘Blister Pact’, A Translucent Structure Made of Thousands of Pieces of Plastic Packaging
Blister Pact is a translucent structure created from thousands of pieces of clear plastic packaging (also known as blister packs or clamshells). The large-scale art…
Breathtakingly Vivid Sun Halo Display Captured in the Austrian Alps
A video by Kalle Centergren captures a breathtakingly vivid Sun halo display over the Austrian Alps. The stunning visuals are caused by small ice crystals…
‘Cat Heaven Island’, A Short Film About the Island in Japan Where Cats Outnumber Humans
“Cat Heaven Island” by Landon Donoho and Derek Scearce is a short featurette about the island of Tashirojima in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. Just like Aoshima,…