I know Luke took out a few of these on Hoth, but this is one that even he’d think twice about attacking. I mean, it has glowy lights and stuff so it’s clearly much cooler. This Case mod is actually a Hasbro AT-AT with a Zotax Z68 Mini ITX mobo with an Intel Core i7-2600K CPU, a Sapphire 6870 GPU and 8GB of RAM stuffed inside. I’m going to be honest, I’m not really a spec geek so I have absolutely no idea what that means, but it’s a PC that looks like an AT-AT and it’s awesome!”
Visit Nerd Approved to view a couple more shots of the cooler than cool AT-AT case mod.
Slick case.
Beer Can Butterflies by Paul Villinski
At first glance this is just a gorgeous series of instruments slowly deteriorating into butterflies, until you check out Paul’s website to find out that the butterflies are all made of empty beer cans he finds in the streets of New York: “every one of them once raised to someone’s lips. My process of ‘recycling’ them into images of butterflies is a quiet physical meditation, a yoga of tin snips and files and fingers”.
(via: farewell-kingdom)
British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster are a creative team known for their experimental art including these mind-boggling light and shadow sculptures. The duo forms abstract works from, which upon first glance, look like nothing other than straightforward piles of trash. The excitement for the viewer comes when a single light illuminates the pile and creates an entirely new piece of art—usually portraits of themselves—formed with the combination of light and shadow projected onto the wall.
Throughout their careers, the artists have, “Played with the idea of how humans perceive abstract images and define them with meaning. The result is surprising and powerful as it redefines how abstract forms can transform into figurative ones.”
Head over to My Modern Metropolis to view more of Tim and Sue’s awesome artwork!
Anyone remember the hard working / doofus Peasants from the original Warcraft? They were always good for a laugh. Brian Murphy and Julia Lepetit teamed up and put their own spin on this goofy character. Right-O!
Warcraft Peasant Has Had Enough by Brian Murphy and Julia Lepetit
Via: Dorkly
Batman Illustrations by Vitaliy Shushko
Creatures from El by Ellen Jewett
Ellen’s fantastical creatures reside in the outer realms of imagination, given wings of metal, clay, and acrylic paint though their gorgeous if slightly grotesque forms look just as real as the animals they were conjured from. All her sculptures are available at her etsy, though you can commission your own mythical or real beast.
Steampunk’d Papercraft by Phillip Valdez
I originally thought these were sculptures made from the usual materials of metal, scrap parts, and fine Victorian savvy, but Phillip’s meticulously researched and masterfully crafted creations are done all in the medium of paper. Check out his pieces as well as work in progress shots over at his tumblr.
(via: boingboing)
The Dark Arts of Wednesday Wolf
Wednesday Wolf’s macabre watercolors are like geek nightmare fuel, taking iconic video game and cartoon characters and boiling them in a vat of acid until they slowly start coming undone. All designs available as prints at etsy.
Artist: deviantart / website / tumblr
