The Great Gatsby | Special Effects

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/68451324?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="853"></iframe><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">VFX</span> <b>supervisor <a href="http://vimeo.com/user10120109" target="_blank">Chris Godfrey</a> uploaded before and after scenes from the film, showing how blue and green screens were transformed into the final look.</b></div>

The Great Gatsby | Special Effects

VFX supervisor Chris Godfrey uploaded before and after scenes from the film, showing how blue and green screens were transformed into the ...

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Japanese Clone Mouse From a Single Drop of Blood

<script src="http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=853&height=480&playList=517837423" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br /><div id="posttext" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/mouse-cloned-mere-drop-blood" target="blank">Popsci</a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span><b>cientists at the Riken BioResource Center in Japan have managed to clone a mouse from a minuscule, peripheral blood sample for the first time. The method leaves donor animals virtually unharmed, and allows a single donor to be a clone source more than once. It also shows promise for the cloning of farm animals.</b><br /><br />In this experiment, the scientists merely drew 10–15 μl of blood from a mouse’s tail and collected white blood cells from that sample. The nuclei were then extracted from the white blood cells, and scientists continued with the somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) process. <br /><br />This method could allow for the cloning of endangered or cherished animals (such as a cow that produces a large amount of milk, or “invaluable strains of mice” as the report states) since the donor need not be euthanized.</div>

Japanese Clone Mouse From a Single Drop of Blood

Popsci S cientists at the Riken BioResource Center in Japan have managed to clone a mouse from a minuscule, peripheral blood sample for the ...

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Skateboard Deck By Craig Driscoll

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLylxOyfXTVAaiZnX6_H-qfXY0SiF6abPAcht5gyY_Gr5jHHSfOILSLFVrQmsobB0pgtena6NM3D7D7Ka8ZqUNyeao9CA-7-8wXQ_fIBcgIrYq33O4Uzt6b6gAuKufxOYTQCo22SGw3ak/s1600/20130610_Driscoll_Deck.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLylxOyfXTVAaiZnX6_H-qfXY0SiF6abPAcht5gyY_Gr5jHHSfOILSLFVrQmsobB0pgtena6NM3D7D7Ka8ZqUNyeao9CA-7-8wXQ_fIBcgIrYq33O4Uzt6b6gAuKufxOYTQCo22SGw3ak/s400/20130610_Driscoll_Deck.JPG" width="137" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo: Craig Driscoll</td></tr></tbody></table>And now for something completely different . . . tattoo art. I admit that I find tattoos and tattoo art (if done well) very intriguing. That said, I do not have tattoo acquisition disorder due to: (a) the extremely high cost of tattoos rendered by top-flight artists; (b) the permanence of tattoos; and (c) the pain that usually accompanies tattoos. Speaking of top-flight artists, I consider <a href="http://craigdriscoll.com/home.html" target="_blank">Craig Driscoll</a> to be one of them. I've always liked his tattoo designs, paintings, and artwork, especially his skateboard deck pieces. In fact, I was going to buy one of his decks a few years ago, but he sold it a few days before I had a chance to make an offer. So bummed.<br /><br />Skip ahead (or back) to a couple of months ago. I was randomly checking out Craig's website, and I saw that he had some cool skateboard decks for sale once again. I contacted him to discuss the artwork, chit chat, blah blah blah, and ultimately commissioned him to create an original deck for me. I wasn't 100% set on a design, and I decided to let him choose between a snake design or a koi design. That's about all the input I gave him; I wanted the finished artwork to be a surprise.<br /><br />The original, hand painted, piece of awesomeness is shown in the picture. The logo at the top is Craig's signature, and the bright blue painted highlights and paint splatters are intentional. I love this skateboard deck! If anyone is wondering, the answer is "HELL NO." I will not be riding this board; it lives on the wall, where it will remain indefinitely.

Skateboard Deck By Craig Driscoll

Photo: Craig Driscoll And now for something completely different . . . tattoo art. I admit that I find tattoos and tattoo art (if done well)...

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Byzantium

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Byzantium

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