Physicists at Brigham Young University have developed techniques to strengthen nanostructures to make them stable. A research group led by physics professors Robert Davis and Richard Vanfleet recently completed a special holiday project to test their process: the Nanocupid.
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The Comics Factory creates personalized superhero-based (both generic and Marvel-specific) portraits based on your photos. The process is easy, and the results, available on paper or canvas, are both really fun and high quality. (And no falling into toxic waste required!)
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Illustrator Steve Thomas takes on The Wizard of Oz.
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Remember that mystery package addressed to Indiana Jones that landed at the University of Chicago? Well the mystery has been solved. The solution is almost as awesome as the package. Ready for this?
Continue ReadingDad James Stowe remixed 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons for the younger crowd, girls and boys.
Continue ReadingI respond to Jonathan Jones’ claim in the Guardian that games are not art, first with some words and then with a much more productive suggestion: the LA Game Space Kickstarter project.
Continue ReadingHave a look at what the iconic Lego minifigures could look like like if they were hand carved from solid oak, by French designer Malet Thibaut.
Continue ReadingAs a child my obsession was drawing; I filled pad after pad (as well as all the margins of my school notebooks) with scribblings and designs. Today my obsession is playing with LEDs and using them to decorate jewelry and …
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A round-up of arts-and-crafts subscription box services for kids.
Continue ReadingWe take a look at some great sandwich art that a GeekDad fan makes every schoolday for his kids.
Continue ReadingGeek dad and friend of the blog Barry McWilliams is working on a fun and quirky art project which celebrates the last catalog from a fictional robotic flower delivery company: The Wrylon Robotical Illustrated Catalog of Botanical ‘Bots.
Continue ReadingAlexander Chen uses string length and pitch equations to create a math-based interactive Bach concierto in your browser at baroque.me
Continue ReadingWatch the new ‘Anthem’ video from DIY.org – the maker community for kids, and help your kids be inspired to earn their new Skills badges.
Continue ReadingDinosaurs are amazing creatures made almost mythic because we can’t see them for real. This makes them the perfect creatures for a child’s fertile imagination. Dinosaur Art: The World’s Greatest Paleoart will appeal to these kids with beautiful illustrations that are equally engaging for older kids or adults.
Continue ReadingArtkive is a new app that helps you digitize and store all of your children’s artwork safely in the clould, and share it with your friends and family.
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Artist Erika Iris has taken the defunct cassette tape and turned it into something jaw-droppingly beautiful. Her muses include The Beatles, Kurt Cobain, Jimmy Hendrix, and Lenny Kravitz, among others.
Continue ReadingQMX makes some great genre collectibles, and this latest batch doesn’t disappoint. Four 18″ x 24″ prints, each one representing a different orignal series episode, with a retro sensibility.
Continue ReadingPhil Hansen works so far out-of-the-box that there is not even a box! Currently, he is celebrating the release of his new book Tattoo a Banana and Other Ways to Turn Anything and Everything into Art and he has …
Continue ReadingMy thoughts about mermaids and Norfolk’s mermaid art got me thinking about the numerous other cities in America that have used city symbols as a vehicle for artists to show their creativity. I’ve seen them in many of the cities I’ve visited, and I know there are many more. This website attempts to keep up with community art projects worldwide. This can be a great way to explore a city you’re visiting, particularly with kids: see if the city has a map or scavenger hunt of the sculptures.
Continue ReadingWhen I was a kid the only thing I loved more than comics were comic book resources, and in the absence of Wikipedia – not to mention, if you can believe it, the commercial internet – I was largely limited …
Continue ReadingI recently discovered a new Kickstarter project called KinderBard. They are putting words, music, and art together to introduce children to Shakespeare. Depending on what level at which you pledge, you can get a book, a CD, an iPad app, an eBook, and more.
Continue ReadingTracy Hurley and Daniel Solis decided they were tired of the cliches. The cheesecake poses, the ridiculous outfits, and the lack of heroic diversity. So they set to work on commissioning the kind of artwork they’d like to see in …
Continue ReadingDIY.org is an new app and website for you kids to create their own portfolio or their artwork.
Continue ReadingKids seem to have an endless supply of creativity. Drawing, painting, writing, building, colouring, storytelling – anything can spark it off and it can lead to hours of fun. And stacks and stacks of art of all forms decorating your …
Continue ReadingKelsie Ladd is the second oldest in her family of artists. She is fifteen years old and was kind enough to answer my questions about the Womanthology book and herself.
Continue ReadingKids are surreal. Why not encourage them to explore artwork that’s out of the ordinary? That’s what D. B. Johnson is doing with his new book Magritte’s Marvelous Hat. Johnson has written and illustrated many children’s books, but this one …
Continue ReadingThe lovely wife of our friend, GeekLife‘s Bob Boyle, has put together a charity art auction including names that will be familiar to many of you. Art from My Little Pony, PowerPuff Girls, Spongebob, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, Ren and Stimpy, Dilbert, even Phineas and Ferb. And… Mo Willems! The auction opens in Los Angeles, […]
Continue ReadingThe lovely wife of our friend, GeekLife’s Bob Boyle, has put together a charity art auction including names that will be familiar to many of you. Art from My Little Pony, PowerPuff Girls, Spongebob, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, Ren and …
Continue ReadingReviewing video games with written reviews is the usual way to go about things. Not so for the videogame review community I’ve been a part of for the last five years. Over the years we’ve used haikus, origami, songs, comedy …
Continue ReadingWomanthology: Heroic — described in a post last week — is a compilation of graphic art by women. It can now be found at your local art, gaming, and book stores. It is an exciting time for all who are involved in the project, including Summer Hemingray, a 10-year-old artist. She contributed an illustration of […]
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