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Different languages: How cultures around the world draw shapes differently — Quartz Let’s do a quick exercise. Are you ready? Draw a circle in the box below. Don’t think too hard! Student Brain Power Turns Exercise Into Electricity Courtesy Drexel University Office of Student Life and Administrative Services If only all the speed and strength of youth could be channeled into power. Turns out, it can. Some colleges and universities have started converting energy from exercise equipment into electricity. One of those schools is Drexel University in Philadelphia, where student power runs straight into their buildings' power grids.

Charcoal Drawing Techniques For Beginners - Bored Art Have you always been an admirer of charcoal drawings? We are sure that if you are not one right now, you will become an admirer once you have seen some beautiful examples of charcoal painting, because there is a certain charm and magic to them that will leave you captivated. And if you are already a fan and are eager to learn how to do this, then we hope this article will open your eyes to the possibilities. That is why you we request you to read on so that you can learn some tips about compelling and creative charcoal drawings to capture your eyes so that you can also try your hand at this.

Advanced Aerponic System Aeroponics Aeroponics is a cutting-edge type of hydroponic technology that grows plants in a mist. The aeroponic mist most efficiently provides roots with the nutrients, hydration and oxygen needed. AeroFarms™ has designed its aeroponic system to reduce water consumption through nutrient re-circulation. Different Types Of Perspective In Art With Examples - Bored Art One will not be completely wrong in saying that most art is all about perspective. This is because often the work of art that we see in front of us is something that is presented from the artist’s perspective. Whether it is sensational and soothing scenic road photography or a painting that has a new angle. If you are having difficulty wrapping your head around this concept, then you should look at amazing silhouettes art for inspiration. Or for another perspective (pardon the pun), looking at surprisingly genius negative space art examples.

Investigating the Dreaded 'Check Engine' Alert Few automobile problems are more vexing than the “check engine” light. When the light comes on, it may mean you simply didn’t tighten your gas cap enough after filling up — or it could mean there’s major trouble brewing in your catalytic converter. George Ruhe for The New York Times 40 Realistic Water Drops Drawings And Tutorials Sometimes the simplest subjects are the toughest to draw and depict realistically and this is because while they may be considered mundane in our lives, they are complex in terms of drawing and art. Take for instance the simple and humble water drop, we see them, clean them and take them for granted but when it comes to drawing a water drop it is anything but simple or mundane. It is like when you learn how to draw an eye – it is definitely challenging to master this but infinitely satisfying to be able to recreate them. A drop of water is also like the eye in sense that it reflects light and other things unlike other solid objects and this adds to the challenges and complexity faced by the artist. While you are in the process of explaining how to draw water droplets in a realistic way, you would also do well to look at a tutorial about brushes and learn all you wanted to know about them so that you know what brush to create what effect to create.

Anytime Fitness Franchise No employees. Low investment. Explosive industry growth. Discover the freedom of Anytime Fitness. FastFacts— Pencil Drawing Techniques With Examples - Bored Art Pencils have not gotten as much credit as they should get when it comes to the visual arts. But the fact is that pencils can help you produce some remarkable works of art that will leave you reeling with surprise but only if you know what you are doing. To do that, you will have to have a grasp of pencil drawing techniques that will give you an idea on what strokes and techniques to use to get the effect you want to create. All you need to do is look at beautiful drawing pencil sketches and art examples and you will be dying to try to create some of your own. It is only when you learn how to draw with pencils will you realize why they say that simple is not the same thing as easy and while pencil drawings may seem simple they are anything but easy.

iPhone: Forcing a UIView to reorientate In my current iPhone application I need to force a UIView to reorientate when a certain event happens. The SDK doesn't really allow for this to happen. There's the well-known UIViewController method - (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation that is called whenever the user rotates the iPhone. Amazing 3D Drawings that Seem to Leap Off the Page Nikola Čuljić is a self-taught artist from Trstenik, Serbia who has been creating amazing 3D drawings using colored pencils, markers and pastels along with some forced perspective to make objects look like they are leaping off the page they are drawn on. Below you can find a small gallery of his amazing work along with videos that show the distortion and perspective used to achieve the illusion. For more check out Nikola’s work at the links below.

Lamborghini Madura by Slavche Tanevski & Yanko Design One Sharp Black Lambo From the darkest depths of the design mind of the one called Slavche Tanevski comes THIS! The Lamborghini *Ankonian. Artist Creates Adult Coloring Books And Sells More Than A Million Copies Who said adults can’t use coloring books? Johanna Basford, a talented illustrator and artists in the UK, has created a series of coloring books that have become wildly popular, selling more than a million copies. Basford’s beautiful books, which can be found on Amazon, are full of beautiful illustrations of fairytale forests and beasts. She told Dailymail that she had been inspired by her childhood visits to her grandparents’ home on the Isle of Arran in Ayrshire in south-western Scotland.