2008-06-27

browngirl: (minoan)
2008-06-27 08:52 am

Apropos of Naught

Fine, not-worksafe art.

http://www.arterotismo.com/PaulAvril/index.htm

(Wikipedia page here.)
Mr. Avril painted Classical subjects in a style reminiscent of the 1700's. The effect is charming and, with the subject matter, it comes off the way good poems that use curse words do, as delightfully shocking. See if you can find the picture of Emperor Hadrian,

(I mean it about the NSFW nature of these, though, unless you work in one of a very few fields.)
browngirl: (beadnet)
2008-06-27 08:59 am

Also, XKCD is of the awesome

Remember the Discovery Channel Ad of Wonderfulness? (I should be leaving the house right now, so I'll find the link when I return.) I'd always hoped people would do their own versions.

XKCD did: http://xkcd.com/442/

And there's already a group of people gathering at [livejournal.com profile] xkcd_boomdeyada to try to make a video.

I love creativity!