Sculpture

/ Don

Making a Bobble Head

With the tradition of “Making a…” photologs on [d]online, Mike and I decided to try making our own Papier-mâché Halloween Bobble Heads.

The process was pretty straight-forward:

  1. Create a form with chicken wire
  2. Cover the form with masking tape
  3. Cover that with papier-mâché strips
  4. Build up the details with more papier-mâché
  5. Paint with spraypaint
  6. Cut out the mouth and add teeth
  7. Detail with tempora paint

I think it came out pretty nice. You can see the skull for my skeleton and the pumpkin for Mike’s Headless Horseman costume.

I’ll let you know how the neighborhood kids receive it after trick-or-treating on Friday evening.

Other Photologs:

/ Don

Metallic Bird Sculptures, by Jeremy Mayer

 

Metallic Bird Sculptures, by Jeremy Mayer
Metallic Bird Sculptures, by Jeremy Mayer
Metallic Bird Sculptures, by Jeremy Mayer
Metallic Bird Sculptures, by Jeremy Mayer

 

Jeremy Mayer challenges the notion that typewriters’ creative output is confined to the written word. The artist scours shops and trash bins near his Bay Area studio for analog processors in disrepair that he then disassembles, sorts, and reconstructs into metallic sculptures.

(via @thisiscolossal)

/ Don

Historical Figures with AI, by Hidrėlėy Diao

Michelangelo
The Birth Of Venus
Michelangelo’s David
Christ The Redeemer, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Antinous
Mona Lisa
Queen Nefertiti
Aphrodite
The Statue of Liberty
Lucifer
Goddess Demeter
Hadrian
The Real Pocahontas
Alexander The Great
Vincent Van Gogh

Take a look at Hidrėlėy Diao’s Instagram to see all their contributions to Bored Panda. The three posts about Historical Figures made with AI can be found here, here, and here.

Side-note: Is it just me, or is everyone more beautiful in AI? Those Roman Emperors and Godesses…wow!

/ Don

Reconstructed Roman Emperors, by Haround Binous

Haroun Binous, an artist from Université de Lausanne, Switzerland, is bringing the emperors back to life in a series of hyper-realistic illustrations. Combining facial recognition AI, Photoshop, and historical references, Binous is reviving all the Roman emperors, from Augustus to Valentinian III.

Augustus
Philip II
Galba
Tiberius
Caligula
Nero
Domitian
Gordian III
Theodosius I

See the rest at BoredPanda.com

/ Don

The Art Institute of Chicago Public Domain Collection

People sit in a bar. A woman’s face eerily lit green, stares at viewer. At the Moulin Rouge, 1892/95 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Fashionable people stroll along rainy Paris street holding umbrellas Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877 Gustave Caillebotte
Impressionist painting of steam engine in glass roof station, blue, green hues Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877 Claude Monet
Jesus hung on a brown cross, with his feet on a small ledge. He has white fabric around his waist. The background is black which highlights him. The Crucifixion, 1627 Francisco de Zurbarán
A crashing wave looms over two small ships, Mount Fuji in the background. Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)”, c. 1830/33 Katsushika Hokusai
Painting of the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven amongst multitude of angels. The Assumption of the Virgin, 1577–79 Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco
Colorful pastel painting of two wheat stacks casting long shadows across field. Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890/91 Claude Monet
Impressionist painting of green water lilies, purple and blue reflection Water Lilies, 1906 Claude Monet
Still life painting of fruit, wine bottle, and bread on disheveled tablecloth. The Basket of Apples, c. 1893 Paul Cézanne

The Art Institute of Chicago has announced a redesign of its website, which entails the opening of its digital archive to the masses. Now, anyone will be able to download, print, or use its new public domain collection of 52,438 artworks and counting. Read more