Mash-Up: Portal / Starry Night

"I wish I could take it all back..." by Ellybethe

"I'm taking a break from Photoshop... drawing in MS paint has been very soothing. I know it's not top-notch quality and what not... but whatever."

Illustration: Anamorphic

Anamorphic Illustrations by Dutch artist Ramon Bruin (JJK Airbrush)
2b, 5b and 7b pencil on normal A4 paper

Sweets: Super Mario Bros. Cake

Super Mario Bros. Cake by Rhiannon (Cakecrumbs)

"As the name suggests, it's all about the spaces and places depicted in our favourite games. I was going to make another Zelda cake, but instead decided to depict the world from the first ever game I played: Super Mario Bros.

Sculpture: Mario Skull Levels

"Mario Level Animal Skulls" by Tobias Wüstefeld

Exhibited at the We Love 8Bit Art Show in Vienna, Austria.

Installation: Sikka Magnum

"Sikka Magnum" by Daniel Canogar, 2013.
Photographed by Polly Yassin / Bildmuseet

"Sikkais a sculptural video installation constructed from 360 used DVDs. This multi-thematic piece was inspired by “sikka”, the gold coins sewn to clothing dating back to Babylonic times that eventually became the shiny plastic objects we know today as sequins. By projecting the contents of the DVDs back onto their surfaces the artist continues to investigate both new uses for discarded objects as well as his interest in combining the phantasmagorical properties of cinema with its physical elements.

In this case, film segments were selected from each of the DVDs for their color, shape and movement value, forming a digital palette from which the final projected loops were constructed. The accompanying self-generated soundtrack is the resulting “accidental composition” created by layering the soundtracks from the actual segments being projected. The final effect is that of an audio-visual mosaic.

Historically, sikka were worn to remind onlookers of the wealth and power of those wearing them while also evoking the light of the divine. Similarly, the surfaces of the DVDs flash back at us images born from the glamorous world of Hollywood where image is converted to a kind of currency."

Link Round-Up: June 19, 2013

"Where are my Dragons?" by Patricio Oliver

Custom designed Iron Man Arc Reactor ring.

Games of Thrones Gates of Qarth Table Is The Most Epic Table Ever

Mapping The Newest Old Map Of The World: A full-sized, 3D plaster relief facsimile of the Hereford Mappa Mundi, the largest surviving medieval map of the world

Strip Search is a reality web show from PATV that's now 30 episodes deep. The twelve indie webcomic artists who arrived at the Strip Search house in February have now been whittled down to three. The final three artists (spoilers) were sent home for two months to each create six strips of a brand new comic, on which they would then be judged. The final episode aired yesterday.  But you can still catch up.

Performance: Book Dominos

"Book Domino Chain World Record" by Seattle Public Library

"The Seattle Public Library launched the 2013 Summer Reading Program by setting a new world record for the longest book domino chain!

The books used to make this domino chain were either donated or are out of date and no longer in the library's collection. They are now being sold by the Friends of Seattle Public Library to help raise money for library programs and services.

No books were harmed during the filming of this video."