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| Vinyl Portraits of Famous Musicians Created with Thousands of White Dots Posted: 25 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT
Daniel Edlen, from Phoenix, Arizona, is probably one of the world’s most patient artists. Using just white acrylic paint, he dabs thousands of tiny white spots on black vinyls to create amazingly-detailed portraits of famous musicians. But why would an artist go through a painstaking process of dabbing white spots on records, instead of painting them the old-fashioned way, with a brush? Well, Daniel told My Modern Metropolis that ”it’s challenging painting on raw records because the paint streaks if I stroke it. Dabbing is the only way it works, but consistency is hard because I don’t use any black and I can’t remove paint easily once it’s dried.” That means the talented artist doesn’t afford to make any mistakes during the creative process, and that’s probably why he can take up to a whole month to complete a single piece. Talking about his unique art, Edlen says “The technique is kind of like Pointillism except it’s only white, with the density of the layers creating the shading. I came up with the idea after learning how to do rapidograph dot drawings, since I had duplicate records of my favorites.” According to his Behance Network page, the artist creates his beautiful portraits ”to celebrate the object and the subject, to pay tribute to the cultural contribution of the music, and to spark conversation and questions.” Is that a REAL record? Is that ON the record? Is it done with a COMPUTER? Is it still PLAYABLE? are just a few of the questions people ask when they lay eyes on Daniel Edlen’s works. Just so you can understand just how impressive and painstaking this painting technique really is, make sure you check out the video at the bottom showing Daniel as he dabs away at one of his portraits.
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| Creepy Cremation Urn Shaped Like a Severed Head Makes Photos Obsolete Posted: 25 Jul 2012 11:02 AM PDT
Who needs photos of a departed loved-one when you can have a detailed urn shaped just like their severed head to keep their ashes in? People are always coming up with offbeat ways of immortalizing their dearly-departed, but this has to be the creepiest yet. In the past, we’ve seen people’s ashes used to make decorative beads, or as material for detailed portraits, and even to make playable vinyl records, but this latest option from Cremation Solutions is definitely the most shocking. The Arlington Vermont company creates unique urns shaped exactly like the head of the deceased, using using state of the art 3D imaging techniques. All they need is one or two photos of the subject and they’ll send you a detailed polymer compound urn mounted on a marble base. Advertised as “a new and exciting way to memorialize your loved one” on the Cremation Solutions website, these severed head urns come in two sizes. The full size urn stands at 11″ inches and will hold the ashes of an adult, while the keepsake-sized one is only 6″ and can hold only part of the ashes. For short haired people, the hair can be added digitally to the urn, while for longer hair, a wig can be added according to specifications. Prices range from $600 for the smaller cremation urn to $2,600 for the larger one. Judging by the model displayed on the official site (which, by the way, is a rendition of President Barrack Obama’s head…) these guys can create a pretty accurate head, but would you really want one of these things in your house? via Coolest Gadgets Creepy Cremation Urn Shaped Like a Severed Head Makes Photos Obsolete was originally posted at OddityCentral.com  |
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