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Surrealist Makeup Artist Creates Trippy Effects Using Her Face as a Canvas

Instagram, YouTube, and other social media sites have made it possible for makeup artists to show us their talent. Some makeup artists focus on glamorous looks, special effects, or colorful combinations. Others, such as Dain Yoon, do something that’s more like high art. Yoon focuses on creating optical illusions on her face. She told Bored...

Japanese Artist Turns Everyday Objects Into Creative 3D Creations

While many people pat themselves on the back simply for putting things into the recycling bin, one Japanese artist is taking the idea of “recycling” to a whole new level. Haruki, or @02ESyRaez4VhR2l on Twitter, is an expert at the Japanese art of kirigami. Kirigami is similar to its more well-known cousin, origami. But while...

Sci-Fi Fan Turns His CPAP Mask into an Alien Facehugger

There’s not a ton that’s funny about having to wear a CPAP mask in order to be able to breathe through a good night’s sleep. That said, any time you can use your necessary medical equipment to turn your face into an attacking alien facehugger…I mean, you’ve gotta do it. I honestly can’t believe it...

Making Art Is Good For Your Health — Learn How To Start A Habit

Has anyone ever seen you doodle, paint, or sing and told you that it’s a waste of valuable time? That’s not true. An NPR article reports that art can be beneficial to your mental and physical health. In addition to these positive outcomes, engaging in a creative hobby or skill might make it easier for...

“Roadrunner” Creator Chuck Jones had 11 Rules for Writing the Cartoon

Anyone who works in a creative field will tell you that, for any given style, project, or medium, there must be a clearly defined set of rules. It’s okay to break them, but only deliberately and with a very clear purpose in mine. https://www.instagram.com/p/B53tyYogp5L/ For Chuck Jones, the creator of the Roadrunner cartoons, creating rules...

The Giant Troll Living Under a Seattle Bridge

Trolls, of course, always make their homes under bridges, so perhaps this story isn’t all that surprising. Except that it is pretty rare, of course, for them to leave anyone alive to tell the tale of their whereabouts, so perhaps this Seattle troll is worth talking about after all… Luckily, it’s hard to eat people...

English Is Hard: Learn About Misplacing and Dangling Modifiers

When I started writing four years ago, I had no idea the level of proper grammar that lay beneath simple and complex sentences. Sure, I could write paragraphs, knew about subjects, verbs, and punctuation, but to know the intricacies within the study of grammar was beyond me. It wasn’t until I met my editor for...

This Special Egg-Collecting Apron Has a Total of 19 Egg-Sized Pockets

If you’ve ever wished you could carry over a dozen eggs at a time without a stupid, annoying basket, you’re finally in luck! An Etsy seller created an apron that has 19 pockets so it can carry 19 individual eggs. The Egg-cellent Apron was designed by Heart Hook Home, a blog and Etsy store that...