What would the city of Venice and it’s waterways look like in a harsh winter? With some photo retouching and super imposing this is what Venice would look like.
Venice in Frozen
April 14, 2014 by 1 Comment
BelleSf : San Francisco’s new Art-Culture-Nudie magazine
April 7, 2014 by 2 Comments
With tasteful bareness, cult articles and a bit of kitsch comes BelleSf, today’s epoch magazine that uniquely celebrates art, culture and nudity in a vintage style that is edgy and very San Francisco!
The magazine will have a foundation of thought-provoking and insightful articles to stories relating to the world and San Francisco life, and of course nude photography that is akin to Playboy magazine’s soft-lit and sensual style of the 70s.
Adly Syairi Ramly creates LEGO Bands
March 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Fan of music and LEGO, Adly Syairi Ramly neat project is using LEGO bricks and re-creating iconic pop bands. From the Beatles, to Cypress Hill and even boyband N’Sync makes the list. If you want to check out more cool images from this LEGO music project, go to his Instagram page: adlysyairi#.
Follow him on Twitter @ adlysyairi.
Viral Video Friday: A Look at Dubai’s Shipyards
March 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A slice of life video by Brandon Li. Brandon spent a few days in Dubai’s shipyards and started filming away. The video was shot on a Sony RX100MK II Cyber-Shot.
Photos of Hong Kong Buildings
March 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Hong Kong known for it’s massive amount and rows of tall buildings, photographer Nick Frank was in Hong Kong last year and shot a series of photographs – Concrete Living.
Food Maps Make Me Hungry
March 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
From traveling around the globe, the idea of “Food Maps” became a neat art project by Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves. Foods that were presented a country or continent were shaped into a map. Pretty cool!
LEGO Hong Kong Photos by Ric Tse
March 6, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Photographer Ric Tse takes snapshots of Hong Kong news by re-imagining the scenes with LEGO bricks.
Photo Booth-Mania @ Pika Pika SF Japantown
December 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Ramen crew stops by San Francisco’s Japantown to check out photo booth-mania at Pika Pika – “Memories that Stick!” Ramen host “The Eddie” gives us a quick intro and tutorial on these imported Japanese photo booths.
Time-Lapse Beauty: Into The Atmosphere by Michael Shainblum
December 18, 2013 by 4 Comments
Are you still stressed out this Holiday season? Well, if you have a couple of minutes, sit down, relax, and watch this video: Into The Atmosphere by photographer Michael Shainblum. Yes, it’s another time-lapse video of nature and beauty – okay, I know you are rolling your eyes. Don’t … just sit down, and watch this video.
Cool Street Art by Benedetto Bufalino
December 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Artist Benedetto Bufalino does art in away that says something about our world and a touch of humor. And this is what we need as this crazy Holiday shopping stress, family madness and all out craziness, we all need a dose of Bufalino street art.
WAR-TOYS – Photographs of Toys in Warzones by Brian McCarty
December 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
What started out as just a little Kickstarter project in 2011 by photographer Brian McCarty has turned into something special and through the years of working with kids in Israeli-Palestinian conflict a book with photographs and drawings from children in the conflict has been released – “War-Toys: Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip.”
Sugar Series by Emily Blincoe
September 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s Friday and I want some darn sweets! Austin-based photographer Emily Blincoe arranges her sweets through the theme of rainbow colors. Her candy galore photographs are from her “Sugar Series.”
Viral Video Friday: A Jazzy Music Journey through Japan
August 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s Friday and I want to go somewhere! Musician David Hansoo Lee (LEEHAHN) was inspired by his two-week Japan trip, that he made a music track and video montage about his journey.
Amazon goes Warhol, Chagall & Dali
August 8, 2013 by 1 Comment
Awhile back Amazon created a cool Retro Video Game Shop and Amazon.com has been expanding their reach and now they will also sell collectible fine art and modern contemporary art.
Alodia Panel Interview CUTS 2 : The Mistress of Cosplay
August 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Ramen crew felt a bit like a paparazzi, though we haven’t exactly dodged crowds, leaped over people, or body-checked anyone aside at any convention yet! The only thing we managed to dodge are off topic questions, loud hand-clapping and voices that over powered us from hearing our subject, Alodia Gosiengfiao FHM.
In this segment we get plenty of new surfacing information about our Mistress of Cosplay.
So here’s Panel Interview CUTS 2 – raw and lightly cut – which means I did very little editing. So it’s
STRICKLY FOR THE FANS to hear first hand answers from Alodia herself :
– Her Cosplay beginnings
– What she likes about being a Cosplayer
– Her stumbled upon opportunities
– Video Game influences like Final Fantasy
– Cosplay pointers
– Her first reaction as Guest of Honor at AX 2013
– The Fan that came all the way from Germany to see her
– Costume making
– Her make up – her eyes & contact lens of choice and why?
PREVIOUS MAGAZINE STORIES FROM ANIME EXPO 2013:
Alodia Panel Interview CUTS: Finally we get some answers!
ANIME EXPO 2013: Sleeping Cosplay? Batman & Spiderman duo? Mortal Come back?
AX 2013: Adventure Time & X-Men Cosplayers Collide
AX 2013: Captain Falcon & Crew!
ANIME EXPO 2013 : In line to see Alodia and we meet Kirito & Asuna Cosplayers
ANIME EXPO 2013 Masquerade: Thomas Depetrillo’s EVA-01
Jessica Nigri : Part 1 of 3
Jessica Nigri : Part 2 of 3
Jessica Nigri : Part 3 of 3
ANIME EXPO 2013 Masquerade : Ornament Tree Wings
Hey Hey Alodia from ANIME EXPO!
Each story is not just an interview, but one of the many interesting and entertaining things that happen at Anime Conventions. They’re short, sweet and you might find yourself liking our content!
Graffiti Legally in NYC with Walls Notebook
July 7, 2013 by 1 Comment
It may be a great summer for many us out of school, but for those of you who have to take summer classes it might be insanely maddening. Well, if you’re sitting in a boring lecture class and find yourself not listening to your professor at all and can’t get a Wi-Fi signal on your smartphone, then may I suggest doodling?
Street Art by OaKoAk
July 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
French street artist OaKoAk turns street signs, walls, bus signs and just anything on a street into works of art.
Space Mountain Behind The Scenes
June 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There are many rides at Disneyland and one of the most iconic roller coaster rides is Space Mountain. Disneyland fan blog – ImagineeringDisney.com was able to dig up some behind-the-scenes construction of the Space Mountain ride in 1974.
The Art of the Film – World War Z
June 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This past weekend I was able to hit the multiplex and catch Brad Pitt facing off zombies in World War Z, based on the best selling novel by Max Brooks. I’m not a huge fan of zombies or gory violent flicks and I heard of all the production troubles in the film that Pitt endured with the studio and director, but all in all, I was pleasantly surprised by this PG-13 fright-fest. The first half of the movie was a relentless assault of fast-moving zombies taking over cities and the supporting cast was terrific in the film. The movie-goers were rocking and cheering and a couple of girls were yelling “Go Brad!” It’s a high brow Resident Evil zombie movie that makes you think.
Big Appetites by Christopher Boffoli
June 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I really enjoy photographs that take you somewhere, imagination run wild and just plain put a smile on your face. Artist/photographer Christopher Boffoli’s series Big Appetites has been published in over 95 countries.
Viral Video Friday: Time Lapse Asia Videos
June 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
More time-lapse videos this Friday. “This is Shanghai” by Rob Whitworth and JT Singh shows the mega urban sprawl of Shanghai during the day and neon nights.
Viral Video Friday: This Is Africa
June 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I’m really a big fan of the Canon 5D DSLR and here’s why. On a trip to Africa this March 2013, Benjamin Dowie took a video glimpse of Uganda and Tanzania.
Viral Video Friday: Hong Kong is Home
May 31, 2013 by 1 Comment
I just can’t enough of time-lapse videos and this is a neat video on the city of Hong Kong by Javin Lau
Big Wow! Comicfest 2013
May 19, 2013 by 3 Comments
Our Retrenders crew may be tired and sleep deprived from the Big Wow! Comcifest in San Jose this past weekend, but we hope to bring you exclusive interviews from various comic book artists, cosplayers and other cool happenings from the event, so come back to our site for video updates.
Cut Food by Beth Galton
May 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Photographer Beth Galton takes some amazing food pics with this series – “Cut Food”. A cup of ramen noodles, donuts, eggs, corn dog, ice cream all cut in half.
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