How to Make a Concrete Pen & Letter Stand
Jason Cheng, the founder and designer of DIY blog Chchch Design, sent in this short video on how to make your own pen and letter stand out of concrete. I…
38 Cinematic Badasses Drawn on a Whiteboard T-Shirt
Artist Phil Hansen’s latest video brings together the ephemeral quality of the whiteboard T-shirt with the culturally ingrained images of action stars. "Ever since the Twitter age started, I've always…
“The Great Wave” Painted Using Coke
Watch artist Phil Hansen paint a huge copy of Hokusai’s “The Great Wave,” using nothing but Coca Cola as an artistic medium. If you are interested in making a mini…
DIY Pop-up Monsters From “Waste”
Watch the trailer for “Waste,” an upcoming short film that features some cartoony pop-up monsters. The makers of the film have not only released free PDF templates of the monsters,…
8 Bit Violin
Ranjit Bhatnagar’s violin may be 8 bit, but one can coax uncompressed, analog music off its strings. Snip from the description: A working violin made from maple and oak craft…
Instructions For Making Your LEGO Tron Light Cycle
Flickr user - 2x4 - has posted some detailed photo instructions for assembling your own LEGO Light Cycle. Have fun.
Retro Papercraft Models of Marshall Alexander
Marshall Alexander, a Netherlands based graphic designer and illustrator, makes awesome papercraft models of retro videogame consoles and cartoon characters. You can download the templates of the models, and then…
Replica of the Daft Punk Helmet
The LED helmets used as props by electro-pop band, Daft Punk, cost $ 14,000 to make. LED Effects, the company which made the helmets, later put them on sale for a jaw-dropping $ 65,000.
Casey Pugh made his own low-cost replica of the helmet for Halloween, this year. He used a second hand motorcycle helmet, and an Arduino board to program and control the LEDs.
He also made a short time-lapse video documenting the entire process. Watch it after the jump.
The Knitted Horse Head
The knitted horse head by Becca Compton. Inspired by the unforgettable scene in The Godfather. Link to the knitting instructions. [via Make Blog]
Cylon Jack-O-Lantern – Cool DIY Halloween Project
Want to do something different for Halloween, this time around ? Well, check out this uber-cool Cylon Jack-O-Lantern created by the good folks at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. The LEDs,…