In an illuminative behind-the-scenes video, the talented animators of the uniquely illustrated Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse talk about how they agreed to embrace and prioritize the imperfect believability of the characters over the perfection of computer-generated images. “It’s not just the computer, it’s the hand of the artist in there as well.” Join the filmmakers…
Compassionate Brazilian Artist Turns Used Tires Into Customized Beds For Homeless Cats and Dogs
Brazilian artist Amarildo Silva of Caominhas Pets creates roomy customized beds for homeless cats and dogs in his hometown of Campina Grande. These colorful beds are created from repurposed tires that have been found in the street. As of this date, Silva has created over 1500 beds from over 6,000 tires that would otherwise be…
WordPress Hosting at Laughing Squid
Some readers may realize this, but Laughing Squid is also a web hosting company that focuses on Managed WordPress. The revenue from our hosting services helps support this blog. Managed WordPress is a hosting service that is highly optimized for WordPress featuring increased performance, scalability and security over traditional hosting. With Managed WordPress, storage and…
A Helpful Shepherd Dog Cleans a Baby Lamb’s Face
A beautiful Australian shepherd dog named Riley at the Buckwheat Bridge Farm in New York’s Hudson Valley, quite considerately licked clean the sweet face of an adorable baby lamb in her charge. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips
Musician Simultaneously Plays Lead, Rhythm and Bass of ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ on Harp Guitar
Musician Jamie Dupuis perched himself upon a boulder and performed an amazing cover of the Queen classic “Another One Bites the Dust” on his wonderfully unique harp guitar. Due to the nature of the instrument and his immense talent, Dupuis seamlessly played the lead, the rhythm and the bassline all at the same time.
Wonderful Photos of Stray Cats Poking Their Little Heads Out of Drain Pipe Holes in the Street
Nyankichi Rojiupa, a compassionate photographer in Japan, captures wonderful photos of the stray cats who play around a drain pipe in the street. A number of these photos show these playful kitties poking their little heads out of holes in the street. And a few photos show some of them poking their adorable little bottoms…
Food Meets Sports in an Entertaining 3D Animation
Reactiv, a motion design and visual effects house in Toronto, Canada, has created “Food Play”, a cleverly entertaining 3D animation in which food meets sports, with hilarious results. Food Play is the joyful & experimental juxtaposition of food & sports. We created it because we love to play, and we love to eat. via The…
The Challenges of Building Neuschwanstein, Bavarian King Ludwig II’s Fantastical Mountaintop Castle
The construction focused video series The B1M takes a look at Neuschwanstein, the fantastical mountaintop castle that King Ludwig II of Bavaria wanted to be built in his honor. The location was extremely challenging, as a road first had to be built before supplies could get up the mountain and the King kept making random…