caught in a dream by brookeshaden on Flickr.
i want to be a mermaid every once in a while so i can escape from the chaos for a little while.
French artist Pierre-Adrien Sollier recreates world-famous paintings with one playful difference: he swaps out all of the people and animals in each piece with versions that look just like plastic Playmobil figures. Their unblinking black eyes and frozen smiles are as whimsical as they are thoroughly creepy.
No matter what the style, from Seurat’s Pointillism to Dalí’s Surrealism to Hopper’s American realism, and even the fantastic craziness of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, each of Sollier’s stunning acrylic paintings is instantly recognizable as the masterpiece it represents.
Head over to Pierre-Adrien Sollier’s website to check out more of his delightful Playmobil paintings.
😷 DIY Herbal Vapor Rub 😷
😷 4 tsp grated beeswax
😷 3 tbsp shea butter or cocoa butter
😷 7 tbsp coconut oil unrefined
😷 20 drops eucalyptus essential oil
😷 10 drops rosemary essential oil
😷 10 drops lavender essential oil
😷 10 drops tea tree oil
😷 Melt beeswax and shea butter in double broiler
😷 Remove from heat when melted and add coconut oil and essential oil
😷 Pour into clean jar with tight fitting lid
😷 Makes about 3/4 to 1 cup of rub
😷 Mixture should harden within 30-45 minutes
😷 Store in air tight container at room temp
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Algorithmic Menagerie by Raven Kwok
Kwok on his project:
Algorithmic Menagerie is a continuation of and the MFA thesis work of my long term research exploring artificial life and self-organization in the field of computer-based generative art. Programmed in Processing, Algorithmic Menagerie is an interactive virtual environment inhabited by algorithmic creatures. These creatures with dynamic cellular structures are created using various methods of finite subdivision on geometric objects, and exhibit different kinds of biological interactions with each other, reaching an equilibrium within the simulated ecosystem. Audience participants are invited to intervene or interact in the life processes.
For the audio part of the project, I collaborated with my colleague K. Michael Fox, who designed unique sonification rule for each species and sonified the entire simulated eco-system in real-time using Super Collider.
See it in motion in this video:
Algorithmic Menagerie from Raven Kwok on Vimeo.
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