The Friday Links

It’s the first Friday in October. And where I live, it’s a long weekend for Canadian Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Let’s begin!

Josh Usmani: Funny Money

“Ten years ago, Josh Usmani quit his day job to pursue a career as a full-time artist. Months later, the 2008 economic meltdown sent Josh’s aspirations into uncertainty. His lifelong monetary issues eventually became the inspiration for using currency as an art medium.”

These are fantastic, and quite detailed. I love it.

There is also a coffee table book coming out that you can order.

For Detroit

“The Open House was a historic occasion for Ford to announce its renewed commitment to the city of Detroit with the purchase and future renovation of Michigan Central Station.”

“As you read through history, and view images, words move off the screen onto the grand arches and ultimately culminating in a 65ft barrel vaulted ceiling.”

This is a great art / community installation piece.

The Ringer: The Horror Oscars

“The Best Scary Movies of Every Year Since 1978’s ‘Halloween’”

This list is pretty great.

The past six years have had some awesome entries too.

Helicopter Game

Sort of like a mashup of Flappy Bird and Choplifter.

It’s hard. But also sort of meditative.

Wow’en Wilson

“Hear the ‘wow’ & guess the movie”

I find this super challenging.

Have a lovely Friday and an excellent (long?) weekend everybody!

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Happy Friday!

It is already the last Friday in September 2018. That went so fast!

But here we are with some more links to check out. This week there were a lot of very creative artistic finds. I hope you enjoy them. Let’s go!

Hybridizer

A fun little tool to combine species.

Kind of cool. Clever little animations.

Rogan Brown: Paper Sculptures

Mr. Brown creates large-size paper sculptures which depict microbes or other objects as they appear through a scanning electron microscope. (Plant stems, cells, fossils, etc.)

Really beautiful, inspiring work.

His instagram is worth a follow.

Tom Deninger

Mr. Deninger creates what he refers to as “large found object works.”

From afar they look like one distinct thing, but as you get closer they are actually a collection of various items.

The effect is pretty startling.

Also see his Instagram.

h/t: colossal

Neon Flames

From the palette, select a color.

Then, elsewhere on the screen, click and hold your mouse. A flame will appear and grow.

Repeat until artistic.

An original, beautiful art-making tool.

Space Is The Place ISF Example

A slightly modifiable starfield generator.

I love that this is a thing that can appear in a web browser these days.

These have been your Friday Links!

Have a great weekend everybody.

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Happy Autumn everybody (in the northern hemisphere. Of earth.)

And welcome to Friday! And today’s edition of Friday Links! And Friday!

Let’s begin…

Christy Lee Rogers: Muses

Nashville-based artist Christy Lee Rogers creates breathtaking images reminiscent of epic baroque art by suspending her models in water and using creative lighting effects.

It’s stunning.

Making the rounds and worth every second.

More info here.

Rave.dj

There is no information on this site about how it does what it does, but it’s a video mashup service that allegedly uses some kind of A.I.

More info here.

Sneaking into an Abandoned Soviet Circus in Moldova

“Moldova’s Chisinau Circus was built in 1981, back when the nation was known as the ‘Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic’ under the USSR.”

There are some quite lovely artistic details in this piece. Really beautiful.

Funny Man

“Place shapes on the playing field to make it possible for you to move your character from one side to the other.”

Note: gravity is involved. It can mess things up.

I like this game but it needs a better title.

Sent in by Amy S.

And that’s that.

I hope your Friday is fantastic and your weekend is awesome.

See you next week.

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Welcome to mid-September Friday!

September. Already nearly done. So fast.

But! It’s Friday! And look: I found these links!

ungermario

Mario Unger restores and carefully colourizes old photographs. His work is really incredible. A photo from 1900 can look like it was taken this week.

So good.

Prop Store Auction Sept. 20th

A ton of pretty iconic props are going on the auction block next week. I love perusing some of these. Costumes and models from Aliens! Indiana Jones’s hat! The teddy bear from A.I.! Some cool stuff here (if you can afford it, of course.)

Airport Walking

“At some point in college, I found myself at the Tweed New Haven airport at an odd hour, and decided to try my hand at walking downtown rather than taking a cab. I found that it was surprisingly pleasant, and the distance was not outlandish.”

A well-documented listing of walking routes to several US airports.

I live in Toronto. This takes 5 hours. And people have done it! (e.g.: this)

Tetris With Physics

Tetris, but with gravity, friction, and collisions.

I find it impossible, and also hilarious.

Adam Hillman: Object Arranger

You can buy prints at his website.

Perfect for any of your OCD friends. 🙂

And that’s that.

I hope your weekend is amazing, and dry, and safe, and warm, and lovely.

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I welcome you to your Friday Links, Friday fan!

Are you sitting comfortably? Good.

Stellarium Web: Online Planetarium

[self explanatory]

It asks for location data to show you “your” sky. (You can opt out.)

See a star you want to know more about? Click on it.

Really well done and nicely designed.

18 Iconic Album Covers With Deceased Band Members Removed

[self explanatory]

Christopher Bauder: Polygon Playground

First: this site has a great UI. Very sleek. I like it.

Second: this Polygon Playground installation is beautiful, and intricate, and well executed.

Incremental Popping

Click where you know the balls will end up and hopefully pop many of them. Upgrade and repeat.

I found this very satisfying. (Note: this screenshot includes my actual, no joke score.) They should make this into a mobile app.

Sent in by Stella R.

How BoJack Horseman Got Made

[self explanatory]

A great exerpted oral history from the forthcoming book.

Well that went by fast. That’s all the links I have today.

Have a lovely Friday, and a fantastic (and dry, and not too hot) weekend.

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Happy Friday!

We made it. But sadly it’s also the last Friday in August 2018.

Summer: it’s running out!

Here we go!

The Secret Door

A “Myst”-style discovery game in your browser using random Google street view locations. Pretty much every time you visit this you end up in a completely different location. I like that.

teamLab: The Haze

“In the centre of the space due to a haze being created a three-dimensional object is born.

“Light Sculpture – Fog series. Reconstruction of ambiguous space with smoke and light, construction of ambiguous solid objects.”

This is beautiful, and I imagine in person it’s also a little overwhelming.

teamLab’s other work is also definitely worth a look.

Not A Single Origin

“Sydney folk come from all corners of the world. We created chocolates to tell the stories of us; where we came from and where we settled.”

This is a chocolate… confection… product… art… data… thing. A collaboration between Small Multiples and Bakedown Cakery, both out of Sydney, Australia.

a) These look delicious

b) The flavour choices are really interesting.

They are available for purchase via the website but as of this writing they are sold out.

A pretty great project. I like.

Sliders

The point is to slide only one tile so it clears the level.

It gets challenging pretty quickly.

Nicely done!

Have a great, great (long?) weekend everybody.

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Only one more Friday in August after this one folks!

Use it wisely…

…by visiting these links of course!

Meteorshowers.org

A really brilliant 3d simulation of how meteor showers work in our solar system. You can select from a variety of different seasonal meteor shower events.

There are a bunch of different views you can use, and you can move the camera around to see how they intersect the different planets, etc.

Really great work. Created by Ian Webster.

Live London Underground map

“This map shows all trains (yellow dots) on the London Underground network in approximately real time.”

Created by one Matthew Sommerville. Well done sir!

It has a silly feature where the dots can be turned into the “Pac Man” icon.

Prinker

A portable device and mobile app that lets you create and print a temporary tattoo of your own design (or pre-existing ones.)

A pretty cool idea.

Zanac-Ex

No, it’s not a mood altering prescription drug, it’s an old-school 80s style arcade shooter.

And it’s pretty well done. 🙂

salvage•design

“Kristen Meyer is a multimedia artist currently residing in New Haven CT with her husband and two daughters.”

She puts together some pretty innovatve designs created with the remnants of a broken or sliced thing.

The instagram account is worth a follow.

Ta daaaaa! Friday Links! Sorted!

Have a great Friday everybody, and a lovely (and warm?) weekend.

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Welcome back Friday.

We sure missed you!

It’s link time!

Pippa Dyrlaga

“I am a paper cutting artist and printmaker based in Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire, England. I use traditional techniques to create contemporary artworks.”

Holy crap! Her work is outstanding.

Mini Museum

“I’ve spent most of my life collecting rare and fascinating objects. Over the years, I’ve been able to assemble an incredible collection which I am now sharing with the world.”

It’s a weird array of things. Apollo 11 Command Module foil (it’s been on the moon!) Meteorites. Core samples.

A pretty interesting site. I like it!

Insta Repeat

“Déjà Vu Vibes 🌲 Wander. Roam. Replicate.”

Basically a dig at the common themes of several “influencer” Instagrammers.

The repetition is striking!

h/t kottke.

Breakfast Brawl

A frantic, funny remake of Punch Out.

Super fun!!

Rick and Morty Green Screen Tattoo

“It’s called a green screen, Morty.”

I mean… I wouldn’t get a tattoo of it, but that’s a cool little gimmick.

And there we go. You are now Friday Linked!

See you next week everybody. Stay cool.

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Welcome to your Friday Links.

I hope it’s not too hot where you are. Or too flooded. Etc. My city got both in the past few days. Yikes.

Here we go…

Lucy Sparrow

“In May 2017, Lucy undertook her first solo show in the US, opening The Convenience Store, a New York bodega stocked with 9,000 felted artworks. Scheduled to run for a month, the store was an instant hit, selling out in just over two weeks to a constant stream of art lovers, most of whom had queued for an hour to visit the store.”

She hand-creates each item out of felt. These are amazing.

Her official website had hit bandwidth limits when I found this, but it’s also worth a look.

Guessmoji

You guess film titles based on the emoji you’re presented with.

I got pretty far but they become really difficult really quickly.

Sol Coffee

“This innovative mobile architectural experience is built from an upcycled 1979 Toyota camper truck powered by onboard solar energy.

“As a direct service mobile unit we are available for special events, catering, festivals, farmer markets, and street locations throughout Colorado.”

I wonder if they’ll get into franchising. This is a pretty great idea.

Bango.io

A multi-player soccer game.

Super fun! Very challenging.

And that’s that! Friday Links: accomplished!

Have a great (moderately temperate, dry) weekend everybody.

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Welcome to your Friday Links.

I hope your August is already off to a smashing start.

Let’s begin!

HeyJackass!

A site that meticulously documents and analyses gun crime in the city of Chicago.

This was brought to my attention in light of rising gun crime in my own city of Toronto. We definitely still have a ways to go before we’re a contender for this level of gun crime insanity. (Note: Chicago and Toronto are cities of approximately equal size and population.)

philip barlow

Note: these are paintings. Made by hand.

Really beautiful, expressive works.

McMoon: How the Earliest Images of the Moon Were so Much Better than we Realised

These were effectively medium-HD images, created and digitized from space in 1966.

This recovery effort is astounding.

The recovered, super hi-res versions are available at the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project.

Running Round

Simple. You’re a box. You are running on top of a circle. Jump over gaps. Avoid obstacles.

Simple…. 😉

Female Money

(ssssort of.)

Created by Noora Schroderus who creates other stuff too.

These have been your Friday Links, your weekly dose of tolerable, non-aggravating Internet.

See you next week!

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