A retired farmer has spent over 33000 hours building the largest and most accurately detailed scale model of Herod's Temple. He made individual clay bricks and tiles that were baked in an oven and painted. He also sculpted and painted 4,000 figures, measuring just half an inch and all wearing their correct costumes. picked by equinox 1 year ago

It makes me dizzy. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A Italian state-television presenter says he has discovered in one of Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks a tiny sketch that could be a self-portrait of the Italian Renaissance master. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Step 1: Build wax framework.
Step 2: Get bees.
Step 3: Wait.
Step 4: Enjoy sculpture. picked by suckersklub 1 year ago

We know all about the lives of our favorite comic book heroes but what about those who introduce us to those heroes. Here are several comic store employees who answer questions about their lives, their loves, their pet peeves and more.
please excuse some of the silly typos picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Photo slide show of what you missed. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Adapting a technique from NASA's interplanetary missions, photographers can now expose everything from darkest to brightest in a single frame, then combine many frames to make a breathtaking time lapse movie. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A designer has unveiled a full face headdress made of real mice and rat carcasses on the fringes of London Fashion Week. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

McDonald’s choice of a clown as corporate mascot is loaded with all kinds of double-edged and ambiguous cultural attitudes towards clowns. Toss in some twisted imagination and you could scare your kids away from Micky-D's permanently picked by equinox 1 year ago

Gizmodo Photoshop Contest:Some items that you imagine Michael Jackson selling at his "I'm desperate" auction. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

In a series of illustrations entitled “Twelve Animals,” graphic artist Kentaro Nagai rearranges the world map to create the beasts of the Chinese zodiac. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

For his collection of recent work, Christian Faur assembled over one hundred thousand hand cast crayons of differing colors and shades to produce a unique pixelated expression that the artist hopes balances the qualities of both photography and sculpture. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Fun CG with a song. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

After a sudden shift in the Earth's crust, the ground has cracked open.

What was terra firma is now a gaping crevasse. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Selected Images From Elliott Erwitt:
Personal Best picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A Brooklyn artist may just paint it for you. picked by suebe 1 year ago

This article gathers a group of 15 useful and enticing conceptual designs that for several reasons may never reach the production stage, but may set a trend and definitely make us wish they really existed. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

"Professor Whistlecraft's Astounding Incendiary Automaton" and other toys made of vinyl, lead, brass, copper, paper, leather, wood, vintage watch parts and polymer clay. picked by equinox 1 year ago

Kubin’s work never strays from a dark and tormented inner world full of anxiety and conflict.
And here.And here.
And here. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

You will be amazed at the talent of the artist, Cath Riley. Quite a few drawings available at link. Note, due to copyright restrictions in place do not post any of these images in the image thread. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Well, now you can have the real thing! Cell doors, bunks, sinks and even toilets used by decades of San Diego criminals will be sold Saturday. A cell panel will cost $300, and a buyer must be able to cart off the 450-pound item. Such a deal! picked by suebe 1 year ago

Comedy Central's Demetri Martin has penned a 224-word palindrome poem. That's right, the entire poem reads the same backwards and forwards. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Pantalaine will customize this item to fit you and any loveseat or sofa in your home. Or you may be more interested in the Hug Jacket with 2 sets of sleeves for you and your hugee. Or perhaps the Shamrocker Triple Jacket for you and 2 of your closest friends. picked by suebe 1 year ago

This is a website that has a Java-based drawing client. The neat thing about it though is that it is collab-based, so you can have drawing sessions with other users of the site, in real time, and you can watch them draw on your screen as they draw with you. picked by sidran32 1 year ago

Yes, he got the idea when he was in the bathroom. picked by suebe 1 year ago