LabMassiv: Model Photography And Illustration Site

LabMassiv appears to be a website that features portfolios by photographers and illustrators that deal mostly with fashion, glamour and models. There are some very stylish and interesting images on display in the various collections. Click around.

labmassiv.com/gallery/main/

Micro-Photos: The Eerie World Of Tiny Things

Wired magazine offers a collection of the world's best images taken through a microscope. Sifted from over 35 years of scientific photography.

www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/photomicrography/all/1

Some Wonderfully Interesting Office Spaces

The EightyOne design firm blog features a collection of fascinating office spaces from a number of companies known for their creativity. See where employees at Google, Pixar and Lego do their thing.

www.eightyonedesign.co.uk/how-would-you-improve-your-graphic-design-studio-or-office/

AdPunch - A Running Commentary On Recent Ads

AdPunch is not a site simply showing all the recent noteworthy ads that have been published. Operated by several advertising enthusiasts, it selectively comments on ads the editors take interest in. A site good for consumers and creatives alike.

www.adpunch.org

Damn Cool Pics Blog

Another blog with all sorts of eye-catching images to explore.

damncoolpics.blogspot.com

Geekologie - Stuff For Your Geekish World

I'm guessing there are other websites out that are devoted to "I'm a Geek and fiercely proud of it" lifestyle. But, Geekologie takes a good stab at providing the totally-commited Geek with the mind candy he or she needs to be happy. (Perhaps they should have called it "Nerd Diversion") As such, it's full of gadgets, entertainment and techno-gossip that will excite even the most obsessed "Dungeons and Dragons" brainiac.

www.geekologie.com

Sensitive Light - Beautiful Smoke

I fell in love with the images on this site the minute I saw them. You will too! So elegant and serene. We've all seen patterns like this drifting up out of an ashtray. But never has smoke been captured so beautifully. Once you've seen them, I'm sure you will hunger for more.

sensitivelight.com/smoke2

Links to other artistic smoke sites:

fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/07/28/art-smoke-photos

Liquid Sculpture - High Speed Water Droplets

Here's one of those photography sites that is specialized and super-cool. Martin Waugh's passion is to capture water droplets immediately after impact with a super-fast strobe. To enhance the effect, he uses colored liquid and backgrounds. The result is a unique shape, frozen in time, that will capture your imagination. Very beautiful work.

www.liquidsculpture.com/fine_art/index.htm

JPG Mag - Put Your Photos On Display

My Facebook friend Laura Boston-Thek displays a lot of her location photographs on the JPG magazine website. The site claims to feature the work of close to 230,000 registered users. Why not take a look at some of their images and decide if you want to join as well.

www.jpgmag.com

FFFFound - Random Design Images Of Interest

FFFFound is a weblog that allows users to post various design images they find to be noteworthy. It's a random collection of shots regarding the usual design stuff: art, photography, posters, packaging, products, books, furniture, architecture, etc... A good place to spend some time browsing for new ideas.

ffffound.com

Graphic Design Tools Of The Past

Here's one for graphic designers of all ages. If you old-ish like me, you will instantly recognize these objects because you once used them. If you started designing after 1984, when the MacIntosh was introduced, you will probably scratch your head, wondering what these relics are all about. "The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies" is a collection of objects that designers, like myself, used on a daily basis during the 1970's and 80's. Looking back, it seems we worked in more of a Fred Flintstone world, than a George Jetson one. Anyway, have fun and see how many of these items you can identify.

www.drawger.com/?what=shows&show_id=32

This Is Why You're Fat

"This Is Why You're Fat" is a website/book that contains pictures of over-the-top, super-fattening foods. While some of these dishes may make you drool, spend enough time with them and they will probably leave you ill. Dive in, but be sure to save room for dessert.

thisiswhyyourefat.com

Drawings of 700 Hobos

Okay. This is one of those art challenges where illustrators are given a description of something and then have to draw it. In this case, a list of 700 different hobo names was provided for artists to use their imaginations on. Monikers like "No-Shoulders Smalltooth Jones", "Lolly Hoot Holler", and "Sir Roundbelly DeDelight" were on the list of potential candidates. Got some time to kill? Go see what the art world came up with to put flesh on these fellows.

e-hobo.com

Pink Tentacle - Japanese Technology And Culture

Robots, monsters and samurais, oh my! The Pink Tentacle blog offers up a tasty menu of Japanese cultural items for us to feast upon.

pinktentacle.com

Great Illustration Portfolios At ConceptArt

If you drool over the work of highly-talented illustrators, you need to dive into the bank of portfolios at ConceptArt.org. Here you'll find a wide range of styles and subjects. Lots of inspirational creativity to spend time inspecting. It's also the site for an art instruction school.

www.conceptart.org

Cool Art And Design Objects At Lorbis

The Lorbis website showcases a random array of art and design work, as seen through the eyes of 34 year old industrial designer, Lorenzo Bustillos Galavis. A wide variety of stimulating "stuff".

lorbus.com

Image Collections - Dark Roasted Blend

A website featuring a wide-ranging collection of stimulating images. "Weird and Wonderful Things" is it's tagline.

Subjects include: airplanes, animals, architecture, art, auto, boats, famous, cool ads, funny pics, food, futurism, gadgets, history, japan, military, music, nature, photo, russia, sci-fi, signs, space, sports, steampunk, technology, trains, travel, vintage, weird.

www.darkroastedblend.com