Design

June 10, 2016

60-Year-Old Man Fulfills Lifelong Modeling Dream with Help From Reddit

When you reach a certain age, you might think that the dreams you’ve had for so long will never come true. Philippe Dumas, however, shows us that our lifelong wishes can happen, and that we’re never too old to start pursuing them. The 60-year-old man from Paris always fantasized about becoming a model, but life pushed him in a different direction.

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June 1, 2016

Challenging Color Test Hides Letters in Plain Sight

How well can you see color? Perhaps you’re a pro with one hue, but differentiating between two is a whole other story. To challenge your abilities, Buzzfeed Blue has created a short video with a simple test: identify the letter that’s hiding within plain sight. The video features four rounds of two different color combinations, each more difficult than the last.

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May 26, 2016

Visually Satisfying Project Shares the Color Palettes of Iconic Film Scenes

Twitter account Cinema Palettes takes screenshots from classic films and translates them to ten-part color palettes. Though based on a momentary still, each spectrum of shades seems to encapsulate its movie's overall mood: the somber, otherworldly blues of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the dreamlike pinks and purples of The Grand Budapest Hotel, the cloyingly pretty pastels of Edward Scissorhands, and the earthly, organic greens and browns of Atonement, for example.

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May 21, 2016

Tattooist Fuses Contemporary Freehand Techniques with Traditional Japanese Themes

Tattoo artist Gakkin produces delicate works on skin that are designed with a freehand approach. Opting to draw directly onto his client's body before tattooing an image, the Japanese artist forgoes a stencil and tailors each design to the specific person—other artists, in contrast, would create something beforehand, show it to their client, and then use transfer paper to place it on the skin.

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