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Beautiful Watercolor Paintings By Yuri Lomkov Yuri Lomkov is a 66-year-old painter and artist, who was born in Groznyi, The Chechen Republic and currently lives and works in Severodvinsk, Russia. “1971 is the beginning of my creative way. Since this moment I become the constant participant of professional art exhibitions,” he says. “The greater series of graphic works in techniques of watercolor is a result of trips to Sweden, Spain, the south of France – Toulouse, Moliere, Montaban, Karkasson, Sete, Grenada, Andorra....

Biggest School In Copenhagen Got Completely Covered With 12,000 Solar Panels C.F. Møller ‘s International School Nordhavn, the biggest school in Copenhagen, Denmark, has made a leap into the 21st century by transforming more than 6,000 square meters of its facade with over 12,000 solar sea-green panels. None of that sounds like a small feat, but surprisingly, making clear panels in one specific color was one of the biggest challenges that took researchers around 12 years to figure out....

Body Artist Turns Himself Into Superheroes Using Nothing But Paint Cosplay can be hard – after all, you’re most likely transforming everyday you into a post-human demigod. Argenis Pinal does it all through body paint. Whether taking the brush to his own face or to a friend’s, he turns people into almost literal comic book characters. The shading is awesome, and Pinal knows just where and when to add black lines to make a person look like a drawing....

Boeing 737 Jet Engine Recycled Into A Chair Recycled furniture is an awesome DIY project, but as with everything online, you can always find someone taking it one step further. This time, it is a chair made out of an actual Boeing 737 jet engine. The guys at the Fallen Furniture (perfect choice for a name) are making furniture and art pieces out of reclaimed, authentic aircraft parts, from both military and civilian aircraft....

Cat Helmets From Russia Keep You Cute And Secure While it’s wildly known that cats are fans of dirtbikes, Nitrino Motostudio is making “Neko-Helmets” for the faster kind of motorcycle. This company was inspired by Japanese culture and made their first cat helmet in 2011. The helmet prices range $495-$660, depending on how fancy you want the paintjob to be. “Fiberglass ears are firmly fixed to the body of the helmet, but in case of an accident, they are destroyed without any danger,” states the company’s website....

Charming Birthday Cake Ideas for Babies and Toddlers A birthday provides mothers with the opportunity to celebrate their little ones and unleash their creativity. If your little tyke is having his or her birthday soon, it’s time to bring out your party planning skills so you can organise a party everyone will remember. Of course, make sure to pick the best cake, too. To help you decide, here are whimsical and fabulous birthday cake ideas for babies and toddlers....

Controversial Comic Explains What You’re Really Saying When You Support Gender Equality, But Not Feminism Gender equality and feminism sound like synonyms, but in reality, they’re not. Gender equality is the state in which access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender. Feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes. To highlight the difference between the two, College Humor’s Nathan Yaffe and Shea Strauss has created a humorous yet insightful comic....

Couple Quits Their Jobs, Builds Tiny House On Wheels And Lives By Travel Blogging The American stereotype is that everything must be big – houses, burgers, cars, butts… But Guillaume Dutilh and Jenna Spesard dream tiny – they built themselves the tiniest house on wheels and are now touring the USA. Their dwelling looks like a real, immobile house, albeit one that is very tiny (and on wheels). There are 11 square meter of space inside, as well as a 5 square meter loft....

Couple Travels The World To Get Married In 38 Different Places Around The World In 83 Days Many people dream about their wedding for a long time. In their minds, they already know where it will be and how will they look and the aspect of everything. But some other people, like this couple, couldn’t decide so easily, so look what they did: They married, and married and married again, every time in a different place, but always with each other, of course!...

Crocheted Mermaid Tail Blankets By Melanie Campbell I never wanted to be a mermaid – or a merman – but those of you with fantasies of fish-tails can become one ain the comfort of your own couch. These crocheted mermaid-tail blankets are sold on CassJamesDesigns Etsy store. It’s run Melanie Campbell from Macomb, Michigan. The store sells a lot more knit-wear than just tails, but who is interested in thing that don’t help you become a mermaid?...

Deep Dark Fears Turned Into Comics The world can be a dangerous place, especially for those with a vivid imagination, which can turn a simple walk home into an obstacle course of death! Having experienced these dark thoughts first-hand, illustrator Fran Krause has indulged himself in turning irrational fears like that into an ongoing comic series. We’ve covered the LA-based cartoonist’s series before , and Krause kept himself busy by figuring out new things for us to be scared of....

Delicate Crochet Meets Nature: Artist Transforms Leaves Into Mini Textile Sculptures (20 Pics) Artist Susanna Bauer creates extraordinary pieces by combining dried leaves with delicate crochet work. Each leaf is carefully selected and strengthened with tiny, precise stitches that turn fragile natural elements into beautiful works of art. Her creations highlight the quiet elegance of nature and the skill involved in working with materials that can crumble at any moment....

Elephant Appears To Drink The Ocean Off The Coast Of Iceland Hark, a stone elephant! Wait, no, that’s just Elephant rock. This basalt cliff rises on the coast of Heimaey island in Southern Iceland. It looks like either an elephant or a mammoth is dipping his trunk in the Atlantic ocean. The name of the island literally means “Home Island”. It hosts 4,500 souls and suffers a volcano. Eldfell’s eruption in 1973 destroyed half the town, but an ambitious project to cool the lava flow with sea water saved the harbor....

Fairytales And Dreams In Watercolor Paintings By Stephanie Pui-Mun Law Is this the real life? Is it just fantasy? In art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, dreams become painted reality. Her work, as she states on her website, is “an exploration of the mythic arts” She views is at a journey through a surreal otherworld, producing images that make Alice In Wonderland seem tame in comparison (she drew Alice, too). The watercolor give a sense of ephemeral reality to her paintings, and it reminds of fairy tale book illustrations, only making the dreamlike quality stronger....

Fairytales Come To Life With 360°-Cut Books by Yusuke Oono Japanese artist and architect Yusuke Oono brings fairy-tale books to a new level with his striking series of 360°-cut books. Oono designs the detailed pictures digitally, cuts them out on paper using a laser cutter and puts the pages together. The 40-page books can be viewed page by page or unfolded into a beautiful 360° circular fan so that all the images are visible at once....

Free UI PSD for Android Material Design Get your next material design app without making any hard efforts. Just download this UI kit, designed by Nine Hertz , a mobile app development company and create a material design Android app in an easy way. The PSD is well organized with elegant design styles and consist of layered structure for easy customization. You can download it for free and can use it in any personal or commercial project....

Hand Crafted Globes By One Of The Last Globemakers On Earth Who needs globes when we have Google Earth? Some people do, and Bellerby & Co. Globemakers is one of two globemaking companies in the world. While cheap, flimsy globes are readily available worldwide, Bellerby’s work combines both old school methods and modern technologies. Even their biggest globe – the 127 cm Churchill – is made using “goring”, which is gluing map strips on the globe....

How Do I Pay For a Home Restoration? House renovation financing has developed right into one of the most competitive elements of today’s home mortgage market, as well as equity-rich homeowners are benefiting from an unequaled level of adaptability and also options. When the client tells just how they plan to invest and also we will certainly tell them exactly what is the most effective worth and the best item. Like many loan providers has an extensive menu of alternatives for those considering home makeovers, plus seasonal promos and rewards that could sweeten the offer....

How to obtain Dominican citizenship & residence? Being a foreign national, you can either be a legal “ resident ” or even a “ non-resident” following the laws defined by the country. Non-residents refer to those who intend to reside in the country for limited time and for a specific motive such as business or pleasure. A resident; on the contrary, is a foreign native already staying in the country for a prolonged period and bestowed with legal residency status by the government....

I poured 24 liters of water on 9 gorgeous girls to create Water Stories. The idea of this project came to me after I realized that my summer will be pretty much rainy this year, and as I love to shoot outside using natural light – all my models will be wet. So, why upset, I better create :D This is how I spent 5 days shooting and 1 month editing, poured 24 liters of water on 9 gorgeous girls (and everyone remained happy)....