You've seen it in sci-fi movies. And video games. And during that crazy LSD trip in your high school. But now it's reality - jetpacks! Jetlev flyer can take you up to 8.5 metres (30 feet) in the air. The machine is combined of pipes strapped to your back and a small boat that supplies you with water. An yeah, it costs like a nice house. But hey, if I ever make this kind of money, that'll be the first thing I buy!
Source: http://www.jetlev-flyer.com/
Wojciech Siudmiak's paintings
Mr. Siudmiak is a Polish painter currently living in France. What he does he calls a "fantastical hiperrealism" and is rooted in surrealism of Dali and Magritte. Through my favorite surrealist is de Chirico, have a look at the works.
Source: http://www.siudmak.ovh.org/
Source: http://www.siudmak.ovh.org/
Aleksandr Petrov - animations
You probably know how computer animaion is made - first, the models and scenes are designed and then programmed to act in certain way. What about classic animation? The background is painted and characters are drawn on glass tiles. Each seperately, togheder they make it looks like it's moving. Time-consuming, huh?
Now, Mr. Petrov took time-consumption on a whole new level. He paints each scene. Seperately. With oil paints. He uses his fingertips instead of a paintbrush on different glass sheets positioned on multiple levels, each covered with slow-drying oil paints. After photographing each frame painted on the glass sheets, which was four times larger than the usual A4-sized canvas, he had to slightly modify the painting for the next frame and so on.
"Old Man And The Sea", based on novel by Ernest Hemingway, is about 20 minutes long and took two years to complete. More than 29000 frames. And that's why I love the Russians.
Here is the first part of the movie. You can check out YouTube for the second part.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Petrov_%28animator%29
Now, Mr. Petrov took time-consumption on a whole new level. He paints each scene. Seperately. With oil paints. He uses his fingertips instead of a paintbrush on different glass sheets positioned on multiple levels, each covered with slow-drying oil paints. After photographing each frame painted on the glass sheets, which was four times larger than the usual A4-sized canvas, he had to slightly modify the painting for the next frame and so on.
"Old Man And The Sea", based on novel by Ernest Hemingway, is about 20 minutes long and took two years to complete. More than 29000 frames. And that's why I love the Russians.
Here is the first part of the movie. You can check out YouTube for the second part.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Petrov_%28animator%29
"Destino" - Salvador Dali and Walt Disney
In 1945 Spanish artist Salvador Dali (you know, melting clocks and stuff) and Walt Disney began their collaboration on a short animated movie - "Destino". Because of post-war financial troubles the project was to be soon abandoned. Its remains were found in 1999 by Disney's nephew. A group of 25 animators encrypted Dali's storyboards (with help of his and Gala's diaries) and began working on it. The result is mostly traditional animation with a hint of computer animation.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destino
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destino
Ryohei Hase's painting
Mr. Hase is a freelance illustrator from Tokyo. In spare time he creates paintings of his own. Here are some of his works - my subjective choice, so go and check him out!
Source: http://ryoheihase.com/top.html
Source: http://ryoheihase.com/top.html
Aakash Nihalani's murals
Aakash Nihalani is the artist selected to decorate New York Facebook's headsquares. He did murals and... erm... floorals? Whatever. Paintings on the floor. Check out yourselves.
Source: http://www.aakashnihalani.com/facebook.html 
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