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Firestorm, The Fire Breathing LEGO Dragon
Aaron Amatnieks created Firestorm, an amazing LEGO Dragon that breathes actual fire. via The Brothers Brick
40 Illustrations of Film Characters Played by Harrison Ford
In honor of his 40th film appearance in Cowboys & Aliens, National Post created an interactive series featuring 40 portraits of movie characters played by…
Artist EVOL Installs Miniature City Underneath Grassy Field
German artist EVOL uses stencils to create the illusion of tiny buildings on walls and street furniture. For his latest installation, he excavated an intersection…
Welcome Rusty Blazenhoff, New Contributing Editor at Laughing Squid
Please give a big ten tentacle welcome to Rusty Blazenhoff, our new Contributing Editor here on the Laughing Squid blog. I’ve known Rusty for years,…
I Had Cancer, A Social Network for People Affected by Cancer
I Had Cancer is a new social support network for people who have experienced cancer in their lives, as survivors, fighters, or friends and family…
Grocery Outlet, Supermarket Chain Where Oddball Products End Up
While working on the recent Laughing Squid post featuring Alex and Liam, the two adorable Brits pointing out product absurdities in a Los Angeles Walmart,…
Wonderful Negative Space Portraits of Pop Culture Icons by Noma Bar
Israeli illustrator Noma Bar relies on symbols and very clever use of negative space to create wonderfully minimalist portraits of pop culture icons. The portraits…
Easy Being Green, It Is Not
Peter de Sève made this wonderful illustration of Kermit the Frog and Yoda discussing what it means to be green while fishing at a Dagobah…
Stop-Motion Fingernail Art Animation Created For Kia Picanto Ad
In what is considered the world’s first fingernail art animation, Kia Motors really nailed their 2012 Picanto advertisement. It was no small task, all…
Backseat Driver, Realtime iPhone Driving App For Children by ToyToyota
ToyToyota, Toyota's new kid-friendly offshoot project, has them driving early from the backseat, with th the iPhone app Backseat Driver.