My sister-in-law Erin has linked me to what must be the most fabulous thing to ever grace the internet: Celestial Soul Portraits! An artist will do a “magical” portrait of you by taking “normal” photos that represent “the real you,” getting “your unique essence,” and “transforming” it into a Celestial Soul Portrait (his use of …
Category Archive: art
Jul 31 2010
Results from my modern art contest
A little while ago I challenged you guys to write the best summary you could of the painting I did at age 2 that would make it worthy of an art museum.Here are my favorites! Most creative interpretation: Chabneruk “Genius rarely shows itself in a pure, elementary form. But the early work of Jennifer McCreight …
Jul 22 2010
lol modern art
Yesterday I went to the Art Institute of Chicago with my parents, aunt, and uncle. I love the Art Institute. Between many art class field trips and my mom being an art teacher, I’ve been there so many times that I no longer need a map to navigate it. Definitely in the double digits. But …
Mar 18 2010
My art background
This is a question from formspring.me. Go ask me something! Have you ever had art classes or did you learn on your own? ‘Cause you’re pretty good! Thank you! And the answer is both! My mother was a middle school art teacher (just retired), so I was surrounded by art my whole life. My bathroom …
Feb 11 2010
What we can learn from ancient human DNA
What can we learn about a person just from looking at their DNA? As our knowledge of genetics continues to grow, we may even be able to figure out what they look like. Research published in Nature looked at the genome of an ancient human using 4,000 year old hair that had been preserved in …
Feb 10 2010
When art meets biology: Caddisfly jewelry
No, this isn’t jewelry in the shape of a Caddisfly – sorry, entomologists. It’s actually quite stranger than that: the Caddisfly larva are the artists!You need to know a little bit about Caddisfly life history to completely understand what’s going on: Caddisflies have aquatic larvae and are found in a wide variety of habitats such …
Jan 11 2010
The Endangered Species Print Project
I just found out about a really neat project used to raise awareness and funding for endangered species: The Endangered Species Print Project. The Endangered Species Print Project offers limited-edition art prints of critically endangered species. The number of prints available corresponds with the remaining animal or plant populations. For example, only 45 Amur Leopards …
Jan 10 2010
My first atheist wedding art commission!
My friends Julie and Don are getting married this summer, and instead of including a dorky photograph with their wedding invitation, they asked me to draw a cartoon of them! (Click image for higher quality)If you can’t tell, all of my friends are a bit nerdy. Julie is working towards vet school and takes care …
Dec 09 2009
Erotic pottery, sleeping around, and the gaydar
Okay, now that I have your attention… Today was just full of sexual news! Usually each of these stories would win their own post, but I guess I’ll just make one super sexy entry. Try not to get too hot and bothered. 1. A new exhibit has opened featuring the erotic artwork of ancient Greece …
Dec 03 2009
New Merch: Evolution of Christmas
There’s new a new design up at Blag Hag Swag, titled the Evolution of Christmas (click for larger image):Who can deny the resemblance between Darwin and Santa Claus? Except his sleigh is a bit different. I need to include stuff like this in my grad school apps to show how passionate/geeky I am about evolutionary …
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