The Washington Post held their annual Peeps Diorama Contest and the winner was Cori E. Wright’s “OccuPeep D.C.” Apparently it took Wright over 20 hours to complete the project.

Power to the Peeple!
 

 

 

 
Etsy shop Defiant Damsel is selling a one of a kind 8x8 cross stitch portrait of Lemmy for just $50.00 + shipping. Maybe a nice housewarming gift?
 
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Lemmy visits Glamor Shots
 
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What started out has an experiment with using rope as a material to make a flat rug, quickly turned into a whole other project of shaping the rope into extravagant masks for artist Bertjan Pot. He says, “The possibilities are endless, I’m meeting new faces every day.”
 

 

 
More masks after the jump…

 
Pictured above, an upstanding citizen obeying a road sign.

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From the early 1970’s into the 80’s, Robert Abel and Associates were pioneers in the use of computer graphics in TV commercials. His style was clearly influenced by Peter Max, Yellow Submarine, Milton Glaser, Stan Vanderbeek, Fillmore poster art and psychedelic culture in general. In addition to commercials, Abel did special effects work for films like Tron, The Andromeda Strain and Star Trek.

Abel’s style was nicknamed ‘photo-fusion,’ the combining of still photography with video. In his 1975 7-Up commercials, Abel used back-light techniques called ‘candy-apple neon,’ a highly stylized type of animation that created a day-glo effect. In 1982, Abel used ‘candy-apple neon’ to create the look of Tron.

Here’s a selection of Abel’s trippy commercials. The 7-Up ads are particularly lysergic. In addition to the commercials, I’ve included demo-reels and a short documentary on Abel.
 

 
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I don’t necessarily know what to make of this, and I don’t know who made it, either, but one thing’s for sure: Mario looks high as hell. Just look at him!

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I guess someone had to do it. And that someone is James C. Ewart whose site is called Nipples at the Met.

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Here’s a photo taken back in 1958 by André Villers of Pablo Picasso handling Gary Cooper’s gun. Apparently these two unlikely lads were pals.

Below, another gun toting photo:

 
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The Overlapping Images series by Korean artist Ho Ryon Lee. Lee uses the double exposure technique usually seen in photography and then renders the result into super-sexy oil paintings. Oh, I forgot to mention… they’re all playful upskirt images. 
 

 

 
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The inner workings of Tom Waits by UK artist Jim Lockey. Lockey says:

This picture is inspired by both the many varying and unique descriptions of Tom’s even more unique voice; and the content of his songs.

 
Prints, tee-shirts, posters and more available at Jim’s site Society6.

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