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Art: Celebrity Vampires

Art: Celebrity Vampires

Hollywood goes Halloween with Worth1000’s Celebrity Vampires; the red carpet turns a nice shade of crimson by poking fun (and holes) in celebs like Bruce Willis and Scarlett Johansson.

Art: Everyday Science

Art: Everyday Science

Kevin Van Aelst dispenses with charts and spreadsheets; he uses everyday objects to depict scientific principles, with everything from fingerprints as tape to DNA with Gummy Worms.

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Comic Strip Mashups

Comic Strip Mashups

Ryan Dunlavey’s Comic Strip Mashups awesomely marry science fiction and weekend funnies; Dark Side and Fantastic Family Circus rock, but there’s no beating Spy vs Spy vs AvP.

Light Art: Alan Jaras

Light Art: Alan Jaras

Alan Jaras’ Light Art is spectacular enough on its own, but most impressive is these are made without any CG: they’re refraction patterns of light passing through transparent objects.

Visual Aid Posters

Visual Aid Posters
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Filled with sci-fi size charts, gladiator comparisons, and tie-tying flow charts, Visual Aid’s posters are heaven for infographic lovers; they’re from the two books of the same name.

Video Graffiti

Video Graffiti

It may lack the permanence of traditional graffiti, but that may not be a bad thing: Video Graffiti is part art, part tech demo as it uses rollers with LEDs that are motion-tracked by a projector.

Video: Cardboard Camera

Video: Cardboard Camera

Kiel Johnson’s giant Cardboard Twin-Lens Reflex Camera looks cool enough as he builds it in the time-lapse video above, but here’s what wowed us: it actually takes pictures.

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Haynes Manual Graphics

Haynes Manual Graphics
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Volkswagen guts and Spitfire innards make you giddy? Surface View offers Haynes Manual Graphics prints and wall covers; they’re based on the renowned DIY tomes of the same name.

Art: Andy Awesome

Art: Andy Awesome

Andy Awesome’s art is exactly that: technically consistent (it’s all about circles) and relevant to geeks (Star Wars, Simpsons), it’s also freely available as iPhone and desktop wallpapers.

Folk Monster Anatomy

Folk Monster Anatomy

The Japanese own the giant lizard scene now, but their love affair with monsters goes way back: these Folk Monster Anatomy posters explore their grisly (and somewhat tasty) innards.

Video: Hand From Above

Video: Hand From Above

A boon to Monty Python fans everywhere, Hand of Above is an art project in Liverpool which superimposes a giant hand over live crowd videos on a billboard: squish, poke, fling!

Superhero Photography

Superhero Photography

Part playful photoshopping, part social commentary, Indonesian artist Agan Harahap’s Superhero Photographs splice Batman, Darth Vader and others into 20th century wartime images.

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Art: WW2 Dieselpunk

Art: WW2 Dieselpunk

Sam Van Olffen’s WW2 Dieselpunk reimagines Allied and Axis leaders with steampunk bodies and armies; Stalinator may be steely, but Churchill Omnicron looks ready to kick Nazi ass.

Art: Stenciled Buildings

Art: Stenciled Buildings

They look like run-down European tenements, but Berlin artist EVOL’s buildings are Lilliputian in size: they’re power and utility boxes that are meticulously spray painted with stencils.

Anatomy of Domo

Anatomy of Domo
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After dissecting LEGOs, Dunnys and even Gummy Bears, Jason Freeny takes his scalpel to Domo: we’re still not sure if the fur and teeth are scarier or the blood and guts are.

Video Games IRL

Video Games IRL

Worth1000’s Atareality 5 contest tasks photoshoppers with creating images of video games in real life; much of it is tongue in cheek, but a few (e.g., L4D’s witch) border on creepy.

Graphical Beethoven’s 5th

Graphical Beethoven’s 5th

Beethoven’s legendary 5th Symphony goes graphical with a visual score that serves as a temporal and physical play-by-play: each color represents one of 12 distinct instruments.

Art: Mikal Hameed

Art: Mikal Hameed

Blending mid-century modern furniture (think Eames) with stereo equipment, Mikal Hameed’s art is a rare breed: it’s over the top, culturally relevant and acoustically awesome.

Zelda 3-Poster Series

Zelda 3-Poster Series
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You’ll need 350 Club Nintendo coins to afford it, but The Legend of Zelda 3-poster set calls out to Link fans; it includes History of Link, Phantom Hourglass and Twilight Princess prints.

Wacom Bamboo Multitouch

Wacom Bamboo Multitouch
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Wacom’s Bamboo graphic tablets now feature multitouch along with normal pen input; gestures include drag, right-click, pinch-to-zoom, rotation, scrolling, and back and forward.

Video: Laser Cave

Video: Laser Cave

Using VDMX and reflective surfaces, Tron Legacy’s art crew would do well to watch Emmett Feldman’s Laser Cave; it’s a projection-mapped extravaganza that takes 2D to 3D heights.

Realistic Video Games

Realistic Video Games

Cracked.com explores the consequences of oversized weapons and inventories: If Video Games Were Realistic introduces real-world problems to our virtual worlds. Thanks, Dean!

Vannen Watches Series 1

Vannen Watches Series 1
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Plastered with art from four street/urban artists on the dial, strap and buckle, Vannen Watches’ Series 1 looks good without breaking the bank; each watch is limited to 500 pieces.

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