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‘Shanks FX’ Recreates the Millennium Falcon Scene From ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Using Stop-Motion Animation
On a recent episode of Shanks FX (previously), a web series by Joey Shanks and produced by PBS Digital Studios, the talented Mr. Shanks recreated…
A Late 1980s Promotional Video for a Computer Sound Card Featuring State-of-the-Art Bleeps and Bloops
YouTube user GreatMewtwo uploaded what appears to be a late 1980s promotional video for sound cards from Ad Lib, a Canadian manufacturer known for the…
Comic Book and Pop Culture Character Art on Dollar Bills
Artist Donovan Clark replaces the George Washington portrait on the dollar bill with comic book and pop culture characters in his whimsical money art. His…
Swedish 3D Artist Constructs the Fearsome Dragon Smaug From ‘The Hobbit’ Out of Gingerbread
Over the course of two weeks, Swedish 3D artist Caroline Eriksson, based out of Oslo, Norway, constructed an impressive sculpture of Smaug–the fearsome, treasure-hoarding dragon…
An Amusing History Documenting How Much New York City Residents Love to Hate Public Transportation
The New York Times has created “An Animated History of New York’s Love-Hate Relationship With Commuting,” an amusing and very realistic essay about how much…
‘Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York’, Internet Archive Posts 1849 Diary of a New York City Girl
Internet Archive, a “non-profit library offering access to 13,038,606 free books, movies, software, music and more,” posted the wonderful Diary of a Little Girl in…
A Video Essay About the Construction and Impact of Video Essays
“What Makes a Video Essay Great?” is a video essay by Kevin B. Lee for Fandor Keyframe about the construction and impact of video essays…
‘Glove and Boots’ Puppets Are Merged Together After Experimenting With Teleportation Pods, Like in the Film ‘The Fly’
Internet puppets from the Glove and Boots (previously) web series are merged together after experimenting with a set of teleportation pods. They run into a…
Clever Shiba Inu Learns How to Sit and Wait For His Human’s Signal Before He Eats His Dinner
A very clever Shiba Inu named Kibo learns how sit and wait for his human Jon Sun to give a signal before approaching his food…
Workers Assemble a Porsche 911 Engine in a German Factory
YouTube user myDriftFun has posted video of a Porsche 911 engine being built on the assembly line of a plant in the suburbs of Stuttgart,…