Glowing Snowboarder Lights Up The Alps.

A Night-time Snowboarding Short Lights Up the Last of the Winter Snow

Fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton swaps the studio for the slopes of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France, with a luminous after hours short starring Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes.



The electrifying film sees Hughes light up the snow-covered French hills in a bespoke L.E.D.-enveloped suit courtesy of designer and electronics whizz John Spatcher. "I was really drawn to the idea of a lone character made of light surfing through darkness," says Sutton of his costume choice. "I've always been excited by unusual ways of lighting things, so it seemed like an exciting idea to make the subject of the film the only light source."

Sutton, who has created work for the likes of Hermès, Burberry and The New York Times, spent three nights on a skidoo with his trusty Red Epic camera at temperatures of -25C to snap Hughes carving effortlessly through the deep snow, even enlisting his own father to help maintain the temperamental suit throughout the demanding shoot. "Filming in the suit was the most surreal thing I've done in 20 years of snowboarding," says Hughes of the charged salopettes. "Luckily there was plenty of vin rouge to keep me warm, and Jacob's enthusiasm kept everyone going through the cold nights."

Jacob Sutton

And You Thought Roombas Were For Cleaning. Light Art Photography By Robotic Vacuums.

These colorful images are long exposures from cameras on tripods following the light of robotic vacuums, the Roomba by irobot, giving the illusion of a room painted with light. And you thought those Roombas were only good for Cat Rides on YouTube and sucking up dirt.














In this last image, flying toy helicopters were used to add streams of light in the air:

Images courtesy of the roomba flickr group and Bobby B.(aka h8808)

And in case you'd like to try it yourself, here an article which shows you how to attach a camera to your Roomba.

Now, That's a Bow Worth Keeping! Ribbonesia's Sculptural Animal Bows.

Ribbonesia is an art project by artist 'BAKU' Maeda. Turning ordinary ribbons into animals and animal heads since 2008, the sculptural bows are a beautiful example of talented artistry and handiwork.




Shaped like bears, panda bears, foxes, lions, horses, frogs, seals, birds, dogs and more, Ribbonesia has also begun to sell wearable bows and created a board book of their creations.















I bet none of your Christmas or Hanukkah gifts have bows this pretty.





Their latest range of wearable bows; Fox, Cat, Lion and Dog shown below, can be purchased:




buy the wearable bows here.






The talented folks behind Ribbonesia:



Artist : Baku Maeda / 前田麦
Creative Director :Toru Yoshikawa / 吉川徹
Art Director : Ryo Ueda / 上田亮 [Commune]
Web Designer : Fumiaki Hmagami / 濱上文暁[imaginarystroke]
Photographer : Kei Furuse / 古瀬桂
Printing Director：Manami Sato［佐藤 麻奈美］ / Atsuhiro Kondo［近藤 篤祐］



Baku Maeda
Ribbonesia

Dot to Dot to Divine. Incredible Portraits by Thomas Pravitte.

Melbourne, Australia based illustrator, graphic designer, artist and typographer Thomas Pravitte dabbles in many unusual forms of art. One of his most impressive and unique projects is that of labor-intensive line drawings connected by thousands of dots.



Take a look at his dot-to dot Mona Lisa, which consisted of 6,239 dots and took over 9 hours to complete.




He sells limited edition prints of his Mona Lisa:

A time lapse video of the creation of his dot-to-dot Mona Lisa:


Do It Yourself Dot to Dot Portrait Templates
But here's what I really find fascinating. He has created and sells dot-to-dot templates that combine two related images in one. The dot to dot templates are color-coded in sets of 100 making them easier to follow and YOU actually complete the drawings yourself, seeing them unfold in first one portrait, and then two, topped off with your own signature.

Let me explain visually. We'll start with his Michael Jackson dot-to-dot portrait which combines the young Michael Jackson and the mature Michael Jackson so you can of what I am speaking.

Here is what the image looks like prior to any connecting of the dots:

Beginning to connect the dots:

and voila! First you get young Michael Jackson...

and then as you continue to draw,

a more mature Michael Jackson appears:

The sequence of the drawings:

The final portrait:


Monkey Jesus:
As you start, a monkey appears. Continue to draw and another image surfaces:

The sequence of the drawing:

And finally, Monkey Jesus!


Yes, You Can - Obama:

And the final portrait:


Buy these limited edition Do It yourself Dot to Dot portraits.

Don't Panic features an interview with Thomas Pravitte that you should check out here.

See all of Thomas' interesting work here on Behance.