While I certainly don’t agree with vandalism and obscene graffiti, some ‘street enhancements’ are just marvelous! I especially love this funky 3D mushroom by Sebastián Duccoli. You can find more pictures of the project at the Behance page.
Now THIS is a GeekCraft: A Boy And His Atom: The World’s Smallest Movie
Okay, so you need a $214 BILLION company to sponsor you to make one of these for yourself, but this is pixel art at its most tiny, and science at its most frivolous.
IBM this week released their mini stop-motion movie made using atoms. Yep, those dots acting as pixels are carbon monoxide molecules – two stacked carbon atoms – which have been manipulated frame-by-frame to create a story about a boy and his atom. It took a small team two weeks to complete using a scanning tunnelling microscope (STM), which uses quantum physics to move atoms and molecules around. The video has earned IBM a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for creating the teeniest tiniest stop motion film.
Want to know more? Watch the second film all about how they made it: Moving Atoms: Making The World’s Smallest Movie
Today’s reader submisssion comes from Etsy seller Donna Aka Arcade Artist:
Hope you like ’em :) “
Wow Donna! What a challenge! and so far so good, she’s made The Silence and The Siren from the current series. Go to her shop regularly to check back on new creations!
I think whole concept is really unique and interesting, I love pixel art, I love Dr Who, I love cute things! This ticks a lot of boxes! Speaking of cute, check out her pikmin magnets! (anyone else hoping for a exciting, inventive new pikmin title on the upcoming next gen Nintendo console?)
Why limit your crafting to ‘real’ life when there’s a whole virtual world out there to bend to your will! (cue maniacal laugh MUAHHAHAHA!)
The residents of the minecraft server Ambar (owned by Angry Dinosaur) have created these glorious pixel art sculptures depicting some of their favourite Nintendo characters. Also, check out that rainbow bridge, reminds me of Mario Kart.
Check out Angry Dinosaur’s minecraft gallery
to see some of the other amazing sculptures that the residents have made in this virtual environment…. I don’t play Minecraft… but I hear it’s what all the geeks are doing nowadays!
Happy Mother’s Day to all you crafty moms and geeky moms and crafty geeky moms from Geek Crafts.
Smash Magazine posted this article on pixel art as part of their Monday inspiration series. This cupcake painting by Ashley Anderson is my favorite example. There’s also a great list of resources at the end of the article.
Shanna Hampton just let us know that her husband’s geeky-cool Etsy shop, Pixel Party is barrelling towards their 500th sale, and number 500 will win a prize! The Geek Bracelet pictured on the left is among some really cool pixel art, so get that order in if you want a chance at being number 500!
