Belgian painter Ben Heine has been taking photos and drawing almost since he was 10 years old. This “Pencil Vs Camera” series is nothing but the result of several years of graphic exploration and a logic consequence of his artistic evolution, says Ben. But the real idea came while he was watching television and writing a letter at the same time a few weeks ago.

Reading my letter before putting it in the envelope, I saw in transparency the television behind the paper. I then realized it would be great to make something similar in a single image showing 2 different actions.I went outside and Drew “Pencil Vs Camera 1″ which is very simple and shows 2 chairs with a small table. About ¼ of the scene is represented on the paper, the other ¾ happens on the photo.

So this is roughly how the project started. In my other “Pencil Vs Camera” images, I tried to introduce weird elements on the paper (such as dinosaurs, ufo’s, double pair of eyes…) to contrast with the realism of the photo.

Websites: benheine.com flickr

(All images are ©Ben Heine)

Pencil versus Camera by Ben Heine originally appeared on Bored Panda on May 11, 2010.

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Have you ever dreamed of a device that could capture your dreams? Record it straight to video as you sleep, or at least take still pictures? Sadly, there is no such thing yet…but luckily there are some super creative artists that came really close to it.

Meet Sarolta Bán, a 27 years old female artist from Budapest, Hungary. When we asked her to tell a little bit about herself, she replied, “I’m not so good in talking about myself.. I prefer the pictures ‘talk’”.

Fortunately, her pictures are very talkative, each telling a strange dream-like story, so we could just stop the interview here. However, curiosity overcame us, and we asked a few more questions.

Now let’s jump straight to her dream-like photo manipulations and read our interview with Sarolta along with the pictures.

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Boredpanda: How do you come up with your ideas, and what do your pictures mean?

Sarolta Bán: I like using ordinary elements and by combining them, I can give them various stories, personalities. I hope that the meanings of my pictures are never too limited, are open in some way, each viewer can transform them into a personal aspect. So I’m happy if different people find different meanings in my images.

BP: How did your learn digital post production?

SB: I learned digital processing by myself, just by trying and experimenting. I started the whole thing about 3 years ago, and getting more focused on the digital work since about 2 years. I’m still learning it. I never had any special classes.

BP: What comes first, the whole idea, or a random picture, you decide to work on and do post-production?

SB: It’s quite random, I made pictures both way.

BP: How long and how many PS layers does it usually take to compose 1 picture?

SB: I usually work on a picture from a few hours to a couple of days long, and many times I use 50-100 different layers for one picture.

BP: How come do you use a  non professional camera FinePix S5600?

SB: Well it is because the money.. and also I’m not a professional photographer… But my dream is to own a bigger Nikon camera some day.

BP: What do you do for a living?

SB: Originally I’m a jewelry designer. Sometimes I get paid for my pictures, and I hope soon it could turn to be more professional.

BP: Favorite color?

SB: Green.. and turquise. I love all natural colours.

BP: A cat or a dog?

SB: Both. But if I have to choose, then dog.

(All Images are ©Sarolta Ban. Article is ©BoredPanda. Do not use without permission)

25 Surreal Photo Manipulations by Sarolta Ban originally appeared on Bored Panda on May 4, 2010.

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Camouflage is not just about chameleons changing their colors in an instant but it’s also about polar bears being white and not brown like the grizzlies. In fact, a zebra with its striped covering is a camouflage animal. In order to understand these animals’ mastery of the art of deception, we should first have an idea why they have this cunning ability [1]

A major concern of animals and other critters is to protect themselves from predators in order to survive and reproduce and pass their genes off to a new generation. Many animals have evolved adaptations known as antipredator devices such as camouflage and chemical toxins. Animals use camouflage to blend in with their environments in an attempt to be unrecognizable by predators.[2]

However, there are exceptions: animals which are dangerous to eat (e.g. wasps) advertise with warning colouration.[3]

Did you know that camouflage was not in wide use in early western civilization based warfare as it is now? 18th and 19th century armies tended to use bright colors and bold, impressive designs. These were intended to daunt the enemy, attract recruits, foster unit cohesion, or allow easier identification of units.

Now let’s leave the theory aside and jump to the fun part – here are 20 amazing photos of animal camouflage.

Uroplatus Geckos

(Bamboos for gripso_banana_prune)

(Bamboos for bsmith4815)

(Bamboos for dennis.tang)

(Bamboos for bsmith4815)

Leaf Mimic Katydids

(Bamboos for Josiah Townsend)

(Bamboos for BoyReale)

(Bamboos for threefingeredlord)

Stick Insect

(Bamboos for S.K. LO)

(Bamboos for S.K. LO)

Ghost Mantis

(Bamboos for Destinys Agent)

Dead-Leaf Mantis

(Bamboos for wikipedia)

(Bamboos for Adri?n Afonso)

Leaf Insects

Leaf insects use camouflage to take on the appearance of a leaf. They do this so accurately that predators often aren’t able to distinguish them from real leaves. In some species the edge of the leaf insect’s body even has the appearance of bite marks. To further confuse predators, when the leaf insect walks, it rocks back and forth, to mimic a real leaf being blown by the wind.

(Bamboos for Houston Museum of Natural Science)

Soft-Shell Crab

(Bamboos for PacificKlaus)

Sea Dragon

(Bamboos for Feuillu)

Dead-Leaf Butterfly

(Bamboos for leemt2)

Dead-Leaf Moth

(Bamboos for urtica)

Green Caterpillar

(Bamboos for WohinAuswandern)

Leaf Mimic Insect

(Bamboos for petrichor)

Australian Leaf Insect

(Bamboos for Jean-Michel Bernard)

20 Amazing Examples of Animal Camouflage originally appeared on Bored Panda on May 10, 2010.

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Marketers say that one of the most important marketing tools is a good logo design. It not only provides an easy to recognize identity for your business but also communicates who you are. That’s why every company considering creating or buying a logo design should know the criteria that make for an effective logo.

The first feature of a good and effective logo is that it can immediately “grab” viewer’s attention. Your logo should have an immediate impact and hold the viewer’s attention.

However, if you did manage to catch the viewer’s eye – that doesn’t necessary mean you are doing good. There might always be a hidden penis you cannot see at first sight.

Here’s a list of Top 15 Worst Logo Fails of all time which probably didn’t look so bad at first glance.

Logo of Catholic Church’s Archdiocesan Youth Commission

This is an actual logo designed in 1973 for the Catholic Church’s Archdiocesan Youth Commission. It even won an award from the Art Directors Club of Los Angeles.

A-Style Logo

A-Style logo was born well before the line of clothing – designed in 1989 and marketed in Italy since 1999. It was in fact an invention of his creator who began to attack Italian cities with stickers on a yellow background with A-Style logo (an example of guerilla marketing ), followed by other cities including Miami , Moscow and London. The newspapers and television began to be interested in the strange appearances of the logo, and soon the company started  marketing their products under the brand A-Style.

Office of Government Commerce

The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is an independent Office of the Treasury.  Sometimes you need to shift your view to realize the error. www.ogc.gov.uk

Mont-Sat

Now you know why Mr. Satellite looks so happy. www.mont-sat.pl

Arlington Pediatric Center

Just checked their website, and apparently they have changed their logo to something more pleasing. It’s no longer a pedophilic center. Now it has something to do with crabs (look attentively at letter C). FAIL again or is it their marketing strategy? www.arlpedcen.org

Pepsi

While all this might look like a joke, it gets even funnier when you look at the Pepsi Max logo. It has nearly twice the caffeine of Pepsi’s other cola beverages. We’re not sure what drinking Pepsi Max is supposed to do for you, but based on what it did to this guys tummy here, we’d suggest staying away from it.

You’ll never look at the Pepsi logo the same again.

Clinica Dental

Computer Doctors

Locum

A logo for Locum, a Swedish property management company.

CatWear

China Restaurant

Kudawara Pharmacy

Kidsexchange

Junior Jazz Dance Classes

Olympic Logo of London 2012

Designed by Wolff Olins at an expenditure of £400,000 (almost $800,000) the logo has been met with expected ambivalence, and, in some unavoidable cases, hatred — actually, so far, in 11,550 cases.[1]

Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever originally appeared on Bored Panda on May 26, 2010.

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