Sadly Epic Space Oddity Becomes Beautiful Kid's Book

Illustrator Andrew Kolb decided to create a children's book for David Bowie's immortal song Space Oddity. Rendered in the style of a classic Golden Book, the lovingly crafted images tell the story of lost astronaut Major Tom. And it's brilliant.

Take a look at the book and Andrew Kolb's other amazing work here.

The Onion Takes Down Long Reviled Comic Sans

New Study Explains Why Comic Sans Font So Hilarious (Season 1: Ep 8 on IFC)

Comic Sans, one of the most vomitous, disgusting typefaces ever foisted upon humanity, gets a tongue-in-cheek comeuppance by "America's Most Trusted News Source" - The Onion.

While this is really humorous, what is significant about the clip is that it exemplifies the raised consciousness the average person now has about typefaces. And that alone is noteworthy.

Brilliant.

Dark Side Of The Lens Is Monumental

Mickey Smith is an incredibly talented filmmaker. This brief film feels like an epic journey, all in 6 minutes. I don't want to tell you much - just watch it. It will be the most beautiful 6 minutes you will spend all day.

Genetic Portraits Are Unsettling, Beautiful

The work of artist Ulric Collette seeks to examine the connections between family members in a unique, and sometimes unsettling way.

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Quebec, Canada-based graphic designer and photographer Ulric Collette has created a shockingly cool project where he's exploring the genetic similarities between different members of the same family. By splitting their faces in half and then melding them together, he creates interesting new people that are sometimes quite normal looking and other times far from it. He calls this series Genetic Portraits.

Check out more of his great work here.

Photoblog Strange Transit Takes Off

Strange Transit is the name of the new photoblog I have just published to the interwebs. The site consists of photos that I have taken over the past 6 weeks, and will continue to be added to as time goes on.

Head over and please follow me. You can find Strange Transit here.