Earth Pictures

I was almost done posting for the day, but then I found more unbelievable space pictures.  The twist?  These ones are pointed at the earth.

It always blows my mind that these kinds of images are real as opposed to created by by Photoshop or something.  And as always, there's something to be learned from the color composition and arrangement and such.  There's a reason they're so visually appealing, after all.

Source:  Ah dang it, closed the tab. 

Mars Rover Pictures

Mars Rover photos have been put together in such a way that you can view the landscape in interative Google maps-esque thing.  Looks pretty dry and dead... honestly, I wonder if this is taken in Arizona.  I could point you to some areas in AZ that would not be at all distinguishable from this!

Anyways.  Technology!

Source+thing: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/03/4-billion-pixel-mars-panorama/

Return of the Pretty Space Pictures

This is the magical color combonation to keep in mind if you are creating a modern movie poster.  The contrast of orange and blue suggest conflict without explicitly stating it.

This is called an "egg nebula."

We 80's now.

Man, space is so cool.  Is it too late to become an astrologist or something?

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/space-photo-of-the-day-2/?pid=6591

Keygens and Chiptunes

http://keygenjukebox.com/

Alright, found this a long time ago and wasn't sure what to write about it.  Essentially, there's a "chiptunes" music scene that doesn't get much attention.  Chiptunes, as far as I know, is when the musician creates music under the restrains or system limitations of old hardware, like a Nintendo Entertainment System or something like that.  For whatever reason,  these songs became commonly featured on key generators, so that's mostly what's featured on this site.  This site compiled a list of them for your listening pleasure.  Want to relive that song from when you pirated legally obtained Alcohol 120 do mount your disc images of other legally obtained software?  Here you go.   Great site for all sorts of non-specific nostalgia.

Urine Controller Video Games

 Heard about this on the radio and thought to myself, "Man, technology and art meet again!  The people in 355 would love to hear about this!"

Technology!


Source:  http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/03/26/minor-league-baseball-team-to-debut-urinal-video-games

Propaganda Poster Tutorial

Ok, so I know this will come too late for most of you but it's still pretty useful looking.  It offers some step by step instructions utilizing both Photoshop and Illustrator. 


http://www.crestock.com/blog/photoshop/design-tutorial-creating-a-propaganda-poster-153.aspx

Oh, and fair warning:  Having Photoshop and Illustrator open at the same time makes these Macs crawl.  I'd advise doing this in the other lab or at home.