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News,News – Online Dating Site For Mac Users

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The brain child of four geeks in San Francisco and Seattle with backgrounds at Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft, Cupidtino, is a new online dating site for Apple lovers and Mac users. With around 30,000 registers users, the site has a look and feel of the Apple site, but no formal affiliation. The creators were inspired by the fact that Mac and Apple fans seem to share a similar aesthetic in terms of style, music, taste and tech… so why wouldn’t they share romantic interests and attraction? At least that’s the supposition.

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Giant Portraits Made From Thousands of Repurposed Wine Corks

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The portraits start out as large photographs that Gundersen takes of his subjects. The photographs are then used as a reference, as he renders the faces into a large scale pencil portrait. After shading and contouring, he is ready for the corks!

Stacked around his studio, the corks are separated according to tone and color. Gundersen has a place for each cork, first scrutinizing the drawing to determine the placement of the tonal range. Using the cork, he “paints” the image, gradating from light corks to dark to create the dimensions of his subject’s face, neck and hair.

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The corks are packed tightly together, and affixed to the portrait backing.  The giant 96 x 66 inch portrait of “Grace” took Gundersen 50 hours to actually build up. “Grace” used an incredible 9,217 corks to it! Gundersen’s cork portraits have been featured in Ripley’s Believe it or Not and on many news programs.  He uses the cork as a way to draw attention to the importance of recycling and sustainability through art.

Cork, once the standard used in wine bottling, has been in danger in recent years, being replaced by plastic corks and screw tops. The wine industry has directly affected the cork forests of the Mediterranean- as demand decreases, the forests are ripped up to grow other crops. Gundersen’s beautiful portraits utilize the precious sustainable material, giving it a place in the art world, other than at the reception bar.

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Inspiration Dose – Splashes

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In our inspiration galleries we present our latest findings from the smashing universe of designers and artists. Today we have great examples of splashes photography from photographers all over the world. Be inspired.

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15 Beautiful Alice in Wonderland Photographs

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From ages 6 to 95, men and women alike are fascinated with the story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Whether you think that the world Lewis Carroll gave us was magical or downright surreal, the story of Alice is stuck with you. And whether you are an artist or a simple fan of art, this story has most likely inspired you in many ways in many aspects of your life. If you happen to be looking for more inspiration, we have here photography inspired by Alice in Wonderland. These were taken by photographers from all over the world and will introduce you to a few versions or representations of Alice (and a few other beloved characters from the book). May they tickle your imagination and inspire you to be more daring today.

1. Long Live the Queen

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2. Alice in the Wonderland

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3. Black Queen

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The Best Pin-up Girl Paintings

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Long time ago when people didn’t have cameras, this was the only way to express beauty of women. These kind of paintings were used for different magazine covers. Nowadays this kind of art style only be like a hobby. Here is the best collection of some artist pin-up girl paintings. Maybe, these pin-up girl paintings are more attractive then real photos taken with a camera.

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London`s chewing gum artist – Ben Wilson

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Look well, next time you’re out in London, and you’ll see that the streets are covered in pale splats that look like bird droppings. In fact they’re the remains of people’s spat-out and trampled-on chewing gum.

London councils spend more than £4 million a year trying and failing to clean gum off their pavements. They’ve tried high pressure steam guns, and chemicals of all sorts, but nothing works. They’ve begged chewing gum manufacturers to change their recipe, and been told it’s impossible. They’ve cajoled the masticating public with ” gum targets” stuck on lamp posts (a truly revolting idea), and threatened them with fines. All to no avail.

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It takes a certain kind of genius to see people’s spat-out globs of chewing gum as the means of beautifying a city. Artist Ben Wilson is that sort of genius. Where others see streets splattered with gummy eyesores, Ben sees thousands of tiny canvases.

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Cheesecake and Other Cake Earrings

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Here are some interesting sweet crafts artworks. Maybe, you have never imagined cakes in shapes like these, but these Cake Earrings really exist. Would you like to eat these cakes? Or, if you are creative cook, try to make some cakes in shape like these or some more creative and send that to us. We will be pleased!

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