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Paintings of Junk Food: American Culture Illustrated
I'm not sure if I'm writing about this because my friend @Minervity is eating a big 'ol chocolate bar right now, or if it's because I'm hungry, but these paintings of junk food are making my mouth water.
This series of paintings, called "American Still Life," is Pamela Michelle Johnson's way of d ...
Free Hand Writing & Coloring Pages From Twisty Noodle
When I was younger, I loved to color. My dad would always buy us coloring books and the 64 piece crayons. I remember having hours and hours of fun, and I guess my dad got hours and hours of peace and quiet during that time too. Even my brother loved coloring when he was a little boy. He would always ...
How To: Scan And Open Money Images In Photoshop
It has long been said that Photoshop refuses to open or print any scanned money images. It just won't. It's a security feature that the governments have asked Adobe to implement. How it works is still a secret. However, it's not that hard to figure out that it digitally scans the image, and if i ...
Amazing Rastermation And How To Do It
I recently got caught up in an intensely interesting animation technique called "Rastermation". It's like nothing else I have ever seen. The results that can be achieved with Rastermation are pure magic, and if I were a kid today, this would totally make me wanna start to animate. Even though the wh ...
Sculptures Made From Rat Poison Packaging
Ok, by now you know that when I come across something that will put your weird shit-o-meter into overdrive, I have to write about it.
I have no experience with rat poison. Well, other than watching it on the classic movie 9 to 5 which I've probably seen twenty times. However, I feel like I've g ...
Up, Up and Away – Colorful Balloon Sculptures
When I was in high school, I worked at a balloon store. Not only did I deliver balloon bouquets all over town, I did it dressed up as a gorilla. Those were good times.
I drove an old beat up 1974 Maverick which I bought for $400. I can only imagine how funny it looked seeing a teenage girl dri ...
A Storm In A Tea Cup – Design Inspiration
I've never heard the expression, "a storm in a tea cup." As the saying goes, apparently when someone is overreacting or creating some sort of drama, they are making a storm in a tea cup.
Even though I'm not familiar with that terminology, I am completely in love with this design. For as long as ...
Tokyo-Go-Go Illustrations That Will Make You Go Wow!
I love illustrations when they are thought through and created with passion. There is a lot of crap out there that honestly, if it had only been given a little bit more time and attention, could have been truly amazing. It's when you stumble over the good pieces that you really know what illustrat ...
World War II Double Exposure Photography Is Awesome
Photography is getting more and more advanced, and the motifs are getting ever cooler or creepier. There are no real boundaries with photography ever since we've had the computer as a tool to alter and retouch existing photographs into something that never really was. There have been several occas ...
4 Powerful Creative Tools On One Site!
Do you want to create your own home movie? Do you want to see if you can create your own cartoon or comic strip? There is a lot of software out there that is available to you, you just need to know where you can find it. Some software is created for professional designers and movie/sound editors. ...
Sophisticated Book Sculptures – Recycling Inspiration
At first glance, I bet you wouldn't guess the sculptures you see below are created from used books, would you? These lovely flowering pieces of art represent deeply personal representations of events as seen by designer Jacquline Rush Lee.
She's been working with used books for almost a decade. ...
Geek Girl Fashion – An Earbud Inspired Brass Bracelet
We've featured enough geeky girl jewelry here on Bit Rebels for you to fill your sweetheart's jewelry box. All girls love jewelry, right? The difference is, geek girls love jewelry that is inspired by their favorite video games, gadgets and other geek girl treasures.
The piece of jewelry I'm sh ...
You’ve Never Seen Eyes Like This Before!
They say that children view the world differently than adults. I agree that this is true. My 9-year-old son constantly amazes me with the way he views the earth, our lives and even his own mind.
He asked me the other day which color in my eyes was my favorite. I simply said, "Henry, I have bro ...
Face Distorting Jewelry – Inspired by Pablo Picasso
According to Turkish designer, Burcu Buyukunal, there is nothing prettier on a lady than her not wanting to look pretty. This face distorting jewelry completely creeps me out, but you have to admit, it has a very Pablo Picasso feel in an artsy kind of way.
Who knows, it's also possible that it i ...
Losing Lottery Ticket Art – Keep The Dream Alive!
Do you play the lottery? Do you like instant game scratch off tickets? What do you do with your lottery tickets once you find out you didn't win? You throw them in the garbage bin, right? Think again. There might be something much more fun you could create with those!
This is a very interes ...