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Before Peter Jackson’s movies, the visual identity of Lord of the Rings was the territory of artists and animators.…
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Watching this timelapse footage of artist Steeven Salvat drawing a cutaway illustration of a mechanical crab,…
May 20 2016
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Up until a few months ago, we knew virtually nothing about the Zika virus—or what it even looked like. But a…
Jan 14 2015
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The first fully-illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone will hit the shelves on October 6th,…
Jan 5 2015
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What mad, mad mission could join Marvel's bravest heroes and most infamously-evil villains under a single purpose?…
Dec 10 2014
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British illustrator John Holcroft takes a satirical view of modern-day technological issues through a series of illustrations—in the style of ads from the 1950s. You can check them all out on his website.
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Sep 5 2014
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For the DIY-challenged among us, Ikea catalogues are already terrifying enough in their own right. For everybody…
Aug 28 2014
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An increasing number of skyscrapers that line our horizons these days resemble the future we were promised:…
Jun 30 2014
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Whether you want to talk up J.R.R. Tolkien's cartography skills or you're a fan of Maurice Sendak's imaginary…
Jun 13 2014
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From Daryl Toh Liem Zhan come these commissioned works of "depicting the destructive works of mankind against the…
Dec 31 2013
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Have you ever imagined yourself with a giraffe-like neck? Tentacles instead of arms? Maybe the lower torso of a…
Oct 30 2013
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The display on your phone is relatively tiny. But in pixels, it's friggin' huge. That's the beauty of high…
Sep 8 2013
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The Book of Bad Arguments is a great primer for anyone looking to understand logical fallacies and become a better…
Aug 1 2013
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Eisner Award-nominated comic book artist and author Kazu Kibuishi admits that he was "surprised" when Scholastic…
Dec 15 2012
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Nov 25 2012
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Could you represent the stages of human consciousness with a diagram? In the late 19th century, New Zealand…
Nov 24 2012
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What do you get when you mix horror writer Edgar Allan Poe with a Japanese shōnen manga magazine from 1969? One…
Sep 8 2012
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We've already fallen for Brad McGinty's kaiju Santa cross-sections and xenomorph anatomy t-shirt. Fortunately, McGint…
Aug 12 2012
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At first glance, István Orosz's illustrations look like ordinary, if vaguely cartoonish, scenes of medieval life.…
Aug 5 2012
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We've seen tons of interpretations and reinterpretations of classic fables and fairytales, often filtered through…