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juggalocest: This raccoon never left the side of a cat who was...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:17:52 -0400

This raccoon never left the side of a cat who was dying of a tumor. The cat was comforted for the final hours of her life by her long time friend.

#FIRST ITS ALL CAN YOU GIVE US SOME TIME ALONE, THEN HE HOLDS IT LIKE OH JESUS MAN, THEN A LITTLE PUSH OF THE EAR TO MAKE SURE ITS STILL AWAKE, THEN ITS PETTING THE CAT. ITS LIKE ITS SAYING IT’LL BE COOL BRO YO’ GONNA MAKE IT AND THE CATS JUST LIKE, NAH MAN NOT THIS TIME, YOU CAN HAVE MY CAT FOOD. #actually crying.

kalidraws: Today I gave my students a quick presentation on...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:14:31 -0400

kalidraws:

Today I gave my students a quick presentation on some of the basic considerations for composition, which I am now sharing with you! I’ve given them separate talks about color and tonal value/contrast, which are also super important compositional concerns. (I’ll be sharing those presentations too once I properly format them)

I personally love learning about different compositional techniques. It’s fun to think about the ways that the brain views & sorts images, and how we can trick it into feeling a certain way or looking at certain aspects of an image first! It’s easy to fall into compositional ruts (which I am also guilty of) because a lot of art gets by with mediocre, though serviceable, compositions. If you can generally understand what’s happening in an image then it’s generally fine. However, it’s the truly great compositions, where everything in the whole image has been considered and ‘clicks’ together, that bump up an illustration to a visual slam dunk. NC Wyeth is one of my favorite artists for this reason: his compositions are rock solid, varied based on the image’s intent, and always enhance the mood or action he is depicting.

For extra reading, some online compositional resources that I’ve found helpful or interesting include:
Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis (download it for FREE. Such a great book all-around.)
Gurney Journey (check out the “Composition” tag, but really everything he posts is great)
The Schweitzer guide to spotting tangents
Cinemosaic (a blog by Lou Romano with some truly WONDERFUL compositions captured from various films)
Where to Put the Cow by Anita Griffin

Happy composition-ing!

2spooky-am-i: adriofthedead: designcube: Ice Moon ice cream...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:02:57 -0400

2spooky-am-i:

adriofthedead:

designcube:

Ice Moon ice cream by Doshi Levien for Häagen-Dazs

The orange moon has crunchy chocolate at the bottom, layers of nutty ice cream and salted caramel and a coating of vanilla ice cream.

jesus christ just shove this whole thing into my face pls

OH MY GOSH, where can I buy these babies????

re-weon: MEANWHILE….. TEMUCO. (Y SE VIENE EL COMPLETEITOR….)

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:01:44 -0400

re-weon:

MEANWHILE….. TEMUCO.

(Y SE VIENE EL COMPLETEITOR….)

gingery-gal: A Rejected Puppy And An Abandoned Kitten Adopt...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:00:08 -0400

gingery-gal:

A Rejected Puppy And An Abandoned Kitten Adopt Each Other.

Buttons the puppy was the runt of the litter and was rejected by her mother, but at Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, he found someone who loves him unconditionally: Kitty the kitten. The two were placed together as infants and are now inseparable.

OH MY GOD MY EYES ARE LEAKING.

ETA: Link

mogatrat: zombieofthesith: This made me giggle like a...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:58:31 -0400

mogatrat:

zombieofthesith:

This made me giggle like a loser.

boss is going by

quick wave at the boss

the-iridescence: Norwegian conceptual artist Rune...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:54:17 -0400

the-iridescence:

Norwegian conceptual artist Rune Guneriussen explores a fascinating balance of human culture and nature with his outdoor installations of electric lamps, stacked books, chairs, and phones that appear to have gathered in small herds and swarms as if suddenly sentient. Each work is assembled and photographed on-site without any digital intervention in various rural locations around Norway.

livetomakeadifference: Towering steel swing set holding arrays...

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:44:30 -0400

livetomakeadifference:

Towering steel swing set holding arrays of mechanical solenoids that create a water plane falling in the path of its riders. Riders pass through openings in a waterfall created by precisely monitoring their path via axel-housed encoders, creating the thrill of narrowly escaping obstacles. <3

^ When you swing shit tells some stuff when you’re gonna hit the water and turns it off and boom magic.

biancavirina: CLICK THE SQUARES. THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:48:14 -0400

biancavirina:

CLICK THE SQUARES.

THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

THIS THIS THIS THIS!

mswyrr: goldenalbatross: fire-kissed: adriofthedead: fairy-wr...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:17:07 -0400

mswyrr:

goldenalbatross:

fire-kissed:

adriofthedead:

fairy-wren:

expressive peregrine falcons

(photos by sdwildgene)

Thespian falcon.

#to fly or not to fly—that is the question #whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the gusts and winds of outrageous fortune #or to take wing against a sea of fish and by opposing eat them

TO FLY - TO SWEEP,
NO MORE; AND BY A SWEEP TO SAY WE END
THE HEARTACHE AND THE THOUSAND NATURAL FLOCKS
THAT FISH IS HEIR TO: ‘TIS A CONSUMMATION
DEVOUTLY TO BE WISHED. TO FLY, TO SWEEP;
TO SWEEP, PERCHANCE TO DREAM - AY, THERE’S THE GRUB:
FOR IN THAT SWEEP OF DEATH WHAT STREAMS MAY COME

when we have molted off these mortal feathers,

must give us pause. there’s the respect

that makes calamity of so long meals.

for who would bear the winters and famines of time?

th’poacher’s wrong, the large bird’s contumely,

the pangs of despised love, the daylight’s delay,

the insolence of prey, and the spurns that

patient merit of th’unworthy take,

when he himself might his quietus make

with a bare bird claw? who would fardels bear

to squawk and caw under a weary life,

but that the dread of something after food,

the unrelenting hunger, from whose clutches

no hunter returns, puzzles the will.

and makes us rather bear those ills we have

than fly to others we know not of?

thus hunger does make fools of us all.

Garnier Opera, Paris. Photography by David Leventi

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:02:33 -0400

Garnier Opera, Paris. Photography by David Leventi

xdthenightsshadowmomoxd: Soooooooooooooooooo this is meant to...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:56:38 -0400

xdthenightsshadowmomoxd:

Soooooooooooooooooo this is meant to be the new Sasuke in the Road To Ninja film coming out… xD looks….. kinda cool lmfao he’ll b lyk a new member of super junior =p

Photo

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:46:01 -0400

jinnymoose: eytancragg: are you fucking kidding me what a...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:19:36 -0400

jinnymoose:

eytancragg:

are you fucking kidding me

what a dapper feline

heckledog: queenoftheimpala: When they said it might sing,...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:13:46 -0400

heckledog:

queenoftheimpala:

When they said it might sing, this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.

I think my dinner is possessed.

HAHAHA

Photo

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:12:24 -0400

twistedfork: Please Do It I love these Tokyo Metro Subway...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:11:25 -0400

twistedfork:

Please Do It

I love these Tokyo Metro Subway Manner Posters collected over at Gakuranman. The colors are really nice, and the illustrations are superb! Illustrated and designed by Bunpei Ginza. :)

—-
via The Verge

kasutera: amandes: kv96ic28: Cat Friendly House Design (Part...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:06:17 -0400

kasutera:

amandes:

kv96ic28:

Cat Friendly House Design (Part 2)

Many of us adore our cats; and it looks like the Japanese regard them like children. Some Japanese housing builders have come up with designs with special features for cats. Here are the images from a house called Plus-Nyan house by Asahi Kasei, a leading house builder in Japan. This could be a dream house for every cat owner and their cats, as it would require great deal of research to design these houses keeping in mind the requirements of the clients and their cats. Here are a few key features: open air cat walks, climbing steps, cat doors in every door, deck built in to the window, extra space in the bathroom designed for their compartment, cat room hidden under the stairs, special fencing to prevent cats from getting away. Apart from these, there has been use of cat friendly construction materials as well.

FDSFJLKADJFDLSF;AS @KASUTERA @BEINGEVIL

MY FUTURE HOUSE

choisiwantsit: valeria2067: solarbeans: zaikira4world: superw...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:37:36 -0400

choisiwantsit:

valeria2067:

solarbeans:

zaikira4world:

superwholockianlady:

jillypooh:

sweet-henrietta:

I am Lokitty, of Catgard, and I am burdened with glorious purrrpose.

This windowsill pleases me.

YOU GIVE UP THIS CATNIP DREAM! YOU COME HOME!

AND HE NEVER KNEW THAT HE WAS ADOPTED?!

SCREAMS

I DO WHAT I WANT, THORGI!

finalellipsis: I made these gifs in ye olden dayes before...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:04:16 -0400

finalellipsis:

I made these gifs in ye olden dayes before photosets and 1MB limits and such. So I present to you:

Sparky the Dancing Corgi REDUX

…HD

ON ICE