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art & photography
Comic Cartography
A whole blog of comic book maps, diagrams and cutaways – a veritable time sink.
Duomo di Milano
By Valerio D’Ospina, 2012.
Death and Conflagration
Central part of the triptych “Disaster”, by Albert Chmielowski (c.1870)
In Time of Peril
By Edmund Blair Leighton, 1897.
“It depicts two young princes spirited away from danger and being comforted by their glamorous mother. The royal refugees and their precious cargo arrive at a protective monastery – safe from harm, if not from public scrutiny.”
Via the Auckland Art Gallery.
Bessie Ellen
“Bessie Ellen is Britain’s last wooden coasting ketch still under sail. She traded during the final era of sail when these ships were an everyday sight in the small ports and harbours throughout Britain.”
This is rather hypnotic, especially watching it on a sunny morning.
Star Wars Staple Mosaic
Character portrait, by James Haggerty, using only… staples.
Good Friday Morning in Orduña
By Darío de Regoyos, 1903.
The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra
By Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1885.
The Long Game
A pretty interesting video essay all about creativity. To cut a long story short: stick at it. No, really.