Artist Paul Hanley tweeted a series of TARDIS console room concepts in a range of styles. My favorite may be the rococo-inspired one:
Although the Cloiser Room is also great:
And the Da Vinci -esque one could almost be a World of Warcraft Gnome’s workshop:
Or maybe a Blood Elven alchemy lab?
Which one is your favorite?
Found via File 770.
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The BBC official Doctor Who Twitter account revealed a new photo and the new logo for the new Doctor:
Awesome, aren’t they!? I’m getting chills just looking at them. I’m wondering, however, whether the clip might actually be from the new opening sequence. It’s not like they’ve shied away from changing the credits before.
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A NASA Tumblr post about the newly found exoplanets in the Trappist-1 system included fantastic artist’s renderings of what the system and the planets might look like.
“The planets also are very close to each other. How close? Well, if a person was standing on one of the planet’s surface, they could gaze up and potentially see geological features or clouds of neighboring worlds, which would sometimes appear larger than the moon in Earth’s sky.”
One is even a retro-style travel poster! (See other NASA retro travel posters here.)
Love ’em! Find more at NASA on Tumblr!
Note: I wasn’t paid or perked to mention this; just passing along a good thing.
Crossposted from the Playfully Grownup Home blog.
Images by NASA, via the NASA Tumblr blog.
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In 2015, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Princeton University Press reprinted a color edition with illustrations by Salvador Dalí.
Surreal, almost psychedelic, and rarely seen before the reprint, the original gouaches were first published in 1969.
The color use is amazing, and the surrealist style fits elements of the story. However, I can’t escape the feeling that had I seen these illustrations as a kid, they would’ve given me nightmares.
Found via Colossus and Brain Pickings.
Images: Down the Rabbit Hole and The Mock Turtle’s Story via William Bennett Gallery (1969; heliogravures of original gouaches; by Salvador Dalí)
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ActionMovieKid is a terrific YouTube channel that I just discovered. It’s run by ActionMovieDad (also known as Hashi), who does the videos mostly with Adobe After Effects. He writes of how the channel came to be:
“My 4-year-old kid is awesome. He gets into some epic situations which remind me that life is an adventure. Now his sister’s getting into the action too. Buckle up.”
Below are my current favorites. They’re all really short, but there are many neat longer compilations, too.
Toy Lightsaber by ActionMovieKid
Get in the Boat! by Action Movie Kid
Scary Bridge by Action Movie Kid
3-Year-Old with a Real Portal Gun by Action Movie Kid
It’s so great when adults take kids seriously enough to immerse themselves into their adventures. And I especially love how well Hashi incorporates his kid’s expressions into the videos.
P.S. ActionMovieKid is also on Facebook and on Twitter.
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This may be of interest to prospective writers (or anyone wishing to better understand the steps involved with traditional publishing): an infographic by Rachel Doll, University Press of Florida, shows a book’s journey from conception to publication.
It lays out explicitly at what point in the process the page proofs or the book itself, for example, will be available, and some of the times that each step requires. The graphic is available for download as .pdf from University Press of Florida.
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I really love the Internet for research. It connects us to materials and people around the world. As a visual person, I find the availability of photographs and other visualizations on just about any subject especially gratifying. You can visit places and eras that you physically may not be able to.
One of the invaluable services libraries and museums provide, especially now that more of their collections are being digitized, is access to historical periods and obscure topics. (Like the Peter Parker collection of 80 paintings of Chinese patients with large tumors or other major deformities – that’s not a joke!)
And that’s only the beginning – using library and museum websites and digital collections to find primary sources for research has other benefits as well:
Below are just some amazing digital collections from museums and libraries around the world:
Must. Resist. Internet. Rabbit. Holes!
Image: The Drawbridge via NYPL (The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library, New York Public Library Digital Collections; 1748-1751; etching; by Giovanni Battista Piranesi)
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The New York Public Library released a treasure trove of 180,000 high-resolution scans of public domain images. They include photographs, etchings, watercolors, sheet music, maps, illuminated manuscript images and other pages from books, stereoscopic views, and more. The oldest materials date back as far as the 11th century. With their visual search you can browse by century, genre, collection, and even color.
“Did you know that more than 180,000 of the items in our Digital Collections are in the public domain?
“That means everyone has the freedom to enjoy and reuse these materials in almost limitless ways. The Library now makes it possible to download such items in the highest resolution available directly from the Digital Collections website.
“No permission required. No restrictions on use.
“Below you’ll find tools, projects, and explorations designed to inspire your own creations—go forth and reuse!”
I know I’m going to be using the collection a lot!
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Helsingin Sanomat, the largest Finnish daily, celebrates the impending Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens premier with a special piece. Titled Stadi Wars (stadi being a slang name for Helsinki), it shows what the city would look like if the Empire were to attack Helsinki.
Apart from photos, video, and 3d-renderings of Imperial transports, Helsingin Sanomat interviewed a member of The Finnish Reserve Officers’ Federation and got his opinion on how the Finnish army would fare against stormtroopers.
Even if you don’t read Finnish, the page is worth a visit for the very cool photos of Imperial walkers and ships set against a modern cityscape.
Images, video and graphics by Boris Stefanov, Uolevi Holmberg, and Petri Salmén via Helsingin Sanomat
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Illustrator James Chapman decided to add “-ing” to movie titles and then draw a cartoon reflecting the new name. They are hilarious! Here are just two:
Visit his BuzzFeed post for more!
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