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Behold this video of pizza—one of the most addictive substances known to humans—coming out of the oven from the perspective of a pan. That’s all. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Aaron Becker worked as a concept designer for Disney and Lucasfilm until he happily decided to do his own thing. He created his wonderful Journey using traditional watercolors combined with 3D software Maya. Quest is his next book and it’s full of gorgeous illustrations of dream worlds. Here’s the trailer for the new book: Some…
Rapper and food TV show host Action Bronson just posted an Instagram reportage of a meal in the best restaurant in the world*—Noma, in Copenhagen, Denmark. 24 courses with ingredients that go from flowers and sea urchin to ants and grasshopper. Noma has been named best restaurant in the world several times already. Its food…
Manchester Orchestra’s drummer Timothy Very sent us the band’s music video for Simple Math, the single that gives its title to their third album. It’s from 2011, but I had never seen it and it’s filmed beautifully, so here it is. Some of the scene transitions are really clever and visually impressive. My name is…
Makeup artist Laura Jenkinson uses makeup to create adorable cartoon characters from our childhood on her mouth. It’s so creative, she uses her lips as a guide to draw the funny faces in. And it’s so perfect, the cartoons look like they’re just hanging out on her face. You can see more of Jenkinson’s work…
Obviously, it’s not quite as stylized and sexy as the original Sin City but this 8-bit video game version by CineFix does a great job in mimicking the original by adding the perfect dab of color to accentuate the shadowy world of the graphic novel. The whole thing plays out like a comic strip. SPLOID…
If there is such thing as a perfect motorcycle accident, this might be it: a motorcyclist crashes full speed into a car that’s changing lanes. That’s bad, right? The crash launches his body into a spinning mess in the air. That’s definitely bad. But yet somehow he manages to flip and land standing up on…
Spanish illustrator Luis Pastor draws one vignette per day in his pocket-sized Moleskin journal. He put together a video that shows his tiny illustrations so far in 2014, making subtle animations using different digital tools. I wish there was a way to magically do this to my sketches in real life. Luis Pastor is a…
Jalopnik will be trying the Renovo Coupé at Pebble Beach, California. I just wanted to post it here because it’s a glorious thing: A modified Shelby powered by an electrical engine capable of developing an insane 1,000 lb-ft of torque, pushing the car from 0 to 60mph in under 3.4 seconds. It’s gorgeous. SPLOID is…
We all know the deal: Deep fried food, horrible music, rigged shooting games and cheap alcohol. But there is something about local fairs that makes them irresistible. This time-lapse shows what that thing is. A wonderful world of lights, colors and big moving objects that feels like a dream. Or a psychedelic nightmare, depending of…
German astronaut Alexander Gerst took this crystal clear photo of the Cygnus-class resupply ship Janice Voss entering the Earth’s atmosphere on August 17. I wish they could attach a thermal-safe pod with a camera inside to send along these ships—I want see video of the reentry from a close distance. SPLOID is a new blog…
I just stumbled upon this old video that I first watched in 2005, a fake Xbox commercial called Racing Beats made by visual effects students Alex Kiesl and Steffen Hacker. It’s a crazy race between four douchebags. Like Fast and Furious, but driving Boeing 747s around some airport runways. SPLOID is a new blog about…
Love is hard and, for some, dating is even harder. Especially when you are new to that game. Friend zones, disastrous dates, mismatched expectations, awkwardness… Remus Buznea and Kyriaki Kyriakou asked some twentysomethings about their experiences and animated them. Fun to watch—and as real as it gets. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff.…
CineFix says these 10 scenes are the best improvised scenes in film history. They include the best of Judd Apatow, the insane brilliance of Apocalypse Now, Bob Downey doing his Bob Downey thing and movies from the master of improv, the late Robin Williams. Do you agree? The list: Bridesmaids Apocalypse Now Iron Man The…
This video, from Claire Thomas, shows off the versatility and all around awesomeness of eggs. It’s close up shot after slow mo shot after food porn shot of that beautiful yellow jello orb that, when added to anything, makes everything taste a little better. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on…
Few people make killing people look as entertainingly graphic and creatively brutal as Quentin Tarantino does in his movies. All of his films, from Reservoir Dogs to Django, are notorious for violent deaths that sometimes number in the hundreds. Watch them all in this supercut by Jaume R. Lloret. It shows every death scene in…
Here’s a recipe for fun: Go up to the 48th floor of a skyscraper in London. Enjoy a beer at the rooftop bar. Change into your base jumping gear in the restroom. Make a beeline for the balcony and jump into the heart of London. Illegal? Probably. Fun as hell to watch? Absolutely. Two anonymous…
Pornburger is back with the Spread Eagle Burger, with a patty made of “13th Street Meat’s half smoke grind, Gordy’s pickle relish, and a DC Brau battered, french fry bun drizzled in mumbo sauce.” My level of saliva has increased 550% after looking at that picture and reading the ingredients. SPLOID is a new blog…
Canadian photographer Richard Gottardo got this very rare double exposure of a lightning strike—a one in a million shot taken through the car’s window while driving away from a storm. Gottardo is a professional photographer and storm chaser who sent us a selection of his amazing work. From hunting down violent storms or the beauty…
This neat short film explains the evolution of film opening titles throughout history. Even if they are not as necessary as they used to—you can get any cast and crew information on the internet—they are still really important to set the mood of the film and to let us know that is time to shut…
