Lately I've been working on learning animation with the intent of creating characters and a story -- there's a lot to learn.  And s...

Like winter in Game of Thrones, Black Friday is coming. Have you noticed that retailers are advertising Black Friday as if it's a cultu...

I love the shifting, rainbow colors of CDs and DVDs.  You can capture these effects in some of the projects below, all except the mixed med...

To honor the brave men and women who served to protect our country here are two outstanding images. *** JimboJones2456 , "Veteran...

The government shutdown may be over, but I'm still stinging from it.  Seeing the Tea Party members of the US Congress gloat about havi...

Printmaking is messy business, but the results can be satisfying and visually arresting, depending on the paper and carving technique you ...

This proven phenomenon, now known as quantum entanglement , was called "spooky action at a distance" by Einstein. He was very unc...

While we all joke about the snafu (military slang) that is Obamacare signup, it is an excellent example of how the Federal government work...

In the early 70's artist-architect-entrepreneur Frank Gehry gave the world the "Wiggle Chair," pictured below.  Possibly the...

Being sick with the flu today, I'm just checking in, but couldn't resist a reference to the 1918 Spanish Influenza pandemic and th...

I know, I know, it's all you hear about lately.  But the cartoonists are having a field day -- here are 6 of 141 political cartoons on ...

Here's a small, but tasty, collection of sites with ideas for Halloween trappings. The Halloween Howl-to at DIY Network has pumpkin-...

Tomas Castelazo , "Birds on the wire," Wikimedia *** Linguists are finding untold treasure in the twitterings of Twi...

Well, the U.S. government is back in business , but the editorial cartoonists whose work is shown below don't really seem that happy ab...

How about something truly original for your Halloween costume this year.  A mask that's hand-made by you, for example. As an added bonu...