We all know that Google Image Search has a drop-down menu that filters the results by small, medium and large images, but if you're looking for example, a wallpaper, there's an undocumented parameter that lets you specify the exact dimension of the results:
imagesize:[width]x[height]
Above, I used [imagesize:1440x900 car] to find 1440px x 900px images related to cars. [via]
How to Search for Images That Have A Certain Size
T-Shirt Hell is Going Out of Business
After 8 years and after one too many hate mails, the owner of T-Shirt Hell, Sunshine Megatron (formerly Aaron Landau Schwarz according to Wikipedia) says he is shutting down the site on February 10, 2009:I’m done. I’m finished. I can’t take the stupidity anymore, so I’m leaving and I’m taking my website with me. As of Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009, T-Shirt Hell will be no more.
No, I’m not selling out to some douchebag corporate entity. No, we’re not being sued by any of the over 40 companies that have sent us cease and desists over the years. No, I’m not going to jail (yet) and no, it’s not because of the economy. Although, the recent dip in sales certainly does make the idea easier to accept, even though we still sell over 3000 shirts a week.
I started this company in June of 2001, nearly 8 years ago, with the intention of producing the best satirical, the most controversial, the funniest t-shirts on the internet. Generally speaking, I feel I’ve accomplished that and am satisfied with what we’ve put out. I made a shitload of dough along the way. I’ve done cocaine off the better body parts of supermodels. I’ve even raped and killed a mountain panda in the hills of Shaanxi. But these perks are besides the point.
I just don’t feel like dealing with idiots anymore. I’ll give you an example of the kind of misguided morons we deal with on a regular basis at T-Shirt Hell. We released a new shirt a couple weeks ago that says “It’s not gay if you beat them up afterwards”. I will not explain the irony or the social commentary of the slogan because anyone with half a brain should be able to handle that on their own. Problem is, we’ve been besieged with emails from angry people complaining about the “fact” that the shirt is hate speech or that we’re promoting gay bashing and should take it down immediately.
Comments like:
Now, I can’t say I’m surprised we’re getting hate mail from people who have nothing better to do than to start half-assed campaigns because of their lazy, just enough passion for an email, ideals towards a misguided cause. It happened when we did our first really controversial shirt, “The School Shootings Tour”, it happened when we did our “What About All The Good Things Hitler Did” shirt, it happened when we did our “Arrest Black Babies Before They Become Criminals” shirt (boy did it happen then). It used to happen all the time when we did more social commentary and didn’t give a fuck about what anyone thought and did shirts that did not leave anyone out. Unfortunately, as a concern for the safety of my employees, we don’t push the envelope as much anymore…and I can’t say I feel good about having caved in.
Anyway, rather than cater to the masses, I’m just going to stop making shirts. It’s not enjoyable anymore and I have enough money to move on to something more rewarding. Maybe I’ll start my own hooker farm or maybe I’ll practice sleeping. Whatever I decide to do, it will be better than this.
Attention any venture capitalists or independent investors/business assholes who are about to inquire about purchasing T-Shirt Hell. Don’t. You won’t do the company justice and I won’t take that chance. I’m putting it to sleep. It’s over.
That’s right, I’m crazy. I’m pulling the plug on a company I could have sold for millions. Why in the fucking world would I do something so stupid? Because I can. I don’t care about money. This is the way I’ve always done things…my way.
So, to all the kickass motherfuckers who supported us and REALLY got what we were trying to do, thank you (no, not you, you racist idiots who thought we actually had racist intentions and no, not you, you dumb as a stump fucks who just think any shirt with the word “fuck” on it is as right as rain). Thanks to all the people who contributed to my vice fund and at the same time helped make a funny statement about the world today.
As a final farewell, I’m going to bring back some of the top selling Worse Than Hell shirts as a fuck you to those who forced me to remove them. To those who are offended by them and to those who think I’m racist, promoting rape, a nazi, homophobic or just the world’s biggest asshole…well, at least you think I’m something, which means I’ve achieved what I wanted.
Thanks to Gary, Mika, Jacob, Greg, Bob, the black lady who writes our newsletter, and to everyone else who was part of T-Shirt Hell. Time to move on to even greater things. I’ll miss you (by miss, I mean, it’s going to suck not being able to give you my excellent reach arounds when you least expect them).
Fuck you,
-Sunshine Megatron
What a great way to exit. [via]
Action Figure Slow Motion Punches
A cool remix of slow motion punches by Action Figure
40-Minute Professional Photographic Retouching Video Tutorial
Here's a Photoshop tutorial on photographic retouching by Youssef Sarhan. Some of the areas covered in the video are Colour Correction, Reshaping Features, Adjusting tonal values, Grading the image, Simulating a Realistic Depth of Field Simulation, and Selective Enhancement. Best viewed in full screen.
Free E-book: How to Motivate Creative People (Including Yourself) by Mark McGuiness
How to Motivate Creative People (Including Yourself) is a valuable 58-page resource written by Mark McGuiness from Wishful Thinking. Mark has spent more than ten years coaching creative professionals in all types of media, including novelists, actors, film directors, architects, and visual artists. He also has a master's degree on the subject and a passion for inspiring creative professionals and organizations to reach their full creative potential. The e-book is a must-read for creative directors and professionals. Best of all, you can download it for free.
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Mnet 'Urban Bubbles' by Orijin
Nice theme piece spot for Mnet created and animated in Cinema 4D by Orijin from South Africa. Check out the visual effects breakdown after the jump.
Ceramic Notepad by Yoyo Ceramics
I love to doodle. I've been expressing my ideas on paper eversince I learned how to hold anything that marks. But after more than twenty years, imagine a mountain of collected crumpled papers versus the trees I could've saved if I used a Ceramic Notepad.
Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
The new advertising campaign for Animaster animation school is very similar to the 2006 campaign for Macacolandia design studio. Mysterious coincidence?
Animaster Animation School Campaign 2009
Advertising Agency: Rediffusion DYR, Bangalore, India
Macacolandia Design Studio Campaign 2006
Advertising Agency: Fischer America Comunicacao Total, Brazil
Reminds me of M.C. Escher's litograph in 1948.
Experience Art in a New Way with Google Earth
Google has launched a new layer in Google Earth allowing you to explore photographic images of fourteen of the Prado Museum's masterpieces in Spain such as The Maids of Honor (Las Meninas) or The Three Graces (Las Tres Gracias). The paintings have been photographed in ultra high resolution and using Google Earth, you can take a closer look and examine the finer details of the artist's brushstrokes or the craquelure on the varnish of a painting. The Google Earth Prado layer also includes 3D models so you can experience the museum as if you were actually there. [via]
Photoshop Adbusting in Berlin
Printouts of Adobe Photoshop's panels were glued on to Britney Spears, Leona Lewis and Christina Aguilera posters in Berlin. A brilliant adbusting by Mr. Tailon, Baveux Prod., Kone & Epoxy. Keep reading for more close-up shots.
According to Wikepedia, Adbusting a.k.a. Subvertising refers to the practice of making spoofs or parodies of corporate and political advertisements in order to make a statement. This can take the form of a new image or an alteration to an existing image. A subvertisement can also be referred to as a meme hack and can be a part of social hacking or culture jamming.
Mac vs PC [Transformers]
Inspired by 'Transformers', Nick Greenlee's visual effects piece gives use a glimpse into the real world of home computers.
How to Write uʍop ǝpısdn
ƃuıpɐǝɹ doʇs oʇ noʎ ɹoɟ ǝʇɐl ooʇ s,ʇı ƃuıɥʇʎuɐ ʎɐs ʇ,usǝop ʇı ǝzılɐǝɹ noʎ ǝɯıʇ ǝɥʇ ʎq ʇɐɥʇ sı ǝɔuǝʇuǝs sıɥʇ ʇnoqɐ ƃuıɥʇ ʇsǝıuunɟ ǝɥʇ
I used Flip Title [www.fliptitle.com], a text generator to flip the words above upside down. The online tool can be useful if you want to encrypt your download links or create strong passwords for a little bit of extra security. The inverted characters can also be used as usernames for IM or social networking sites, but it would be a pain in the ass for anyone to add you without using copy and paste. Whatever, it's fun.
A Puzzle on the House
People of Lvov city in Ukraine added another attraction to the visitors of their city by placing a crossword puzzle on a giant 100 feet (30 meters) high wall on one of the multi-stored residential buildings. The cool thing about the concept is that the puzzle looks empty during the day, but the words glow at night when the lights are on. Keep reading for more photos.
The questions for this crossword puzzle are located in different point of interests of the city, like monuments, theaters, fountains etc. So people while walking around the city can try to answer the questions, write it down, and when the night comes, they can go back to the puzzle wall to check their scores.
Related post: Top 30 Weird House Designs »
Beat Up Your Own Remix
Produced by Departement, Ghislain Poirier's Jusqu’en haut also has an interactive version where you can beat up your own remix of the song, literally. Check out the original video below.
Beat up your own remix »
Tetris Can Wipe Out Your Traumas, Study Says
Psychologists from Oxford University claims that playing the popular classic game 'Tetris' shortly after a traumatic experience helps wipe out bad memories and reduce distressing feedbacks. The logic, according to Dr Holmes and her team, is that the computer game helps block the brain from storing painful memories as long as it is played immediately after the event. Maybe I should include Tetris in my emergency kit from now on. [via]
I cannot be sure that the woman in the photo above, who is playing Tetris DS, has suffered a head trauma. But, yes, those are socks on her head. (Credit: CC Mache)
Nike 'No Excuses' Commercial
Matt Scott is right. No more excuses for 2009.
Helvetica: A Documentary Film by Gary Huswit
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which recently celebrated its 50th birthday) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. More clips from the documentary after the jump.
One Minute and Forty-Eight Seconds with Experimental Jetset
One Minute and Fifty Two Seconds with Wim Crouwel
One Minute and Fifty Two Seconds with Neville Brody & Rick Poynor
Two Minutes and Twenty-Three Seconds with Erik Spiekermann
www.helveticafilm.com
Resume T-Shirt by BlackBirdTees
Resume T-Shirt by BlackBirdTees. Keep reading for more photos.
via SOCIALisBETTER [Flickr]
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