Link Round-Up: January 28, 2011

Pac-Man Tube Map by PublicGriefJunkie

50 Things You Didn’t Know About Jackson Pollock

Elsa Chang imagines the musical Wicked drawn as a cartoon

Federico Uribe Makes Art On A Literal Shoestring Budget

Posters: Super Mario Theme

A visualization of Koji Kondo’s "Ground Theme" by Tasty_Freeze

Quick Pic: Prof X License Plate

Source: Reddit

Lego Creations: Derelict Mansion

Three Story Victorian with Tree by Mike Doyle

Abandoned houses offer unique opportunities from a visual point of view. The deterioration transforms materials. Texture on top of texture. New patterns overtaking old ones. Nature repossessing. This textural aspect to deterioration and the patterns that it creates can be rich and fascinating to look at.

I also find that the experience of seeing a deteriorated house (or any familiar object) interesting. When looking at the image we see a dual image of the house – one as it is, and one as it was. You see a huge hole in the side of the house not just as a hole, but also as an interruption of the known. And so the mind seeks to recreate the known. We fill in the holes. We project. Our eyes follow the angle of the broken awning to a point, now destroyed, and we can feel the mass that was of the front 3rd floor. The same with the porch covering. This visual duality – the mind flipping between destruction and pre-destruction – is magic. It's entertaining and engaging.

To read more about the model or to buy a Limited Edition Collector's Print along with a chunk of the model, visit Mike Doyle's blog, Snap. Price: $50

Wallpaper: Calvin and Hobbes

Here's a nice desktop for the remainder of the winter months. Click for full sized. 

Source: Dad's Big Plan

Food Art: Pantone Chip Cookies

485?  This tastes more like 186.  Clearly the oven requires recalibration.

Graphic designer Kim Neill usually thanks her clients with a freshly-baked batch of chocolate chip cookies. This year she decided to make something a bit more apropos: Pantone Chip Cookies!

She writes: The cookies were a HUGE hit with all my clients and I’ve already received request for refills. Interesting to see which colors went first. PMS 485, PMS 183 and Silver 877 seemed to be the most popular!

Mural: Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes Mural by How Brown Met Blue

"Freehand playroom mural, donated to the Reynold's Home, a shelter for women and children.

I've always been a HUGE fan of this comic strip. Working on this mural, staring at every minute detail, i gained a greater appreciation for watterson's beautiful work. i tried to respect the original works as much as possible, giving my full attention to even the smallest detail and trying to get the colors just right. attempting to recreate the look of watercolors using only latex paint proved to be quite difficult.

I hope i did 'em justice.

For some reason, i don't think this photo truly shows people how big this mural actually is. i think it was something like 18 feet wide by 10 feet high."