Epic win

All praise Lord Scoble.

Kris is correct- realism lost its relevance when the camera became ubiquitous.

Funnily enough, art and its process doesn't have to be relevant to be good. Besides, you could dismiss such painstaking realism as empty craft or process, but for many artists (who I would very much hesitate to call 'not REAL artists lol') the craft or process informs the art and visa versa.

Obviously there is shit, boring art like these drawings, or the 'omg he's paintstakingly made a portrait of Darth Vader out of rubiks cubes/toast/buttons', but manual painstaking process and great interesting works of art aren't mutually exclusive, even now.

It's craft alright. Nowt wrong with that (apart from a strong case for OCD). Craft I aspire to only to be free to take it somewhere else, if you know what I mean. Bit like etiudes in music. It should lead to something.
Those are Yngwie Malmsteens of art. Genius who hasn't rocked.

'not REAL artists lol'

That's what only you said so far (lol etc.)

Kris you wouldn't know art if neil buchanan painstakingly poured out lots of different colours on the floor and randomly swirled it around with your face.

until that is he cut back out to an overhead shot then you'd realise it was a nun on roller skates and you would realise it was actually really good art.

Best/ worst crazy Russian so far. Sweaty palms and light headed just from watching it.

Fearless Russian Guy Plays Dangerous Games On RoofTops & Bridges! (ORIGINAL VIDEO) # - YouTube

How much for the portrait of Darth Vader made from toast?

How much for the portrait of Darth Vader made from toast?

It will cost you a lot of dough.

sounds like the sort of thing I could imagine han'ing on the wall in jabba's lair.

It will cost you a lot of dough.

Well it had butter be worth it

What jam to put on it though?
Rebel Plum.

It will cost you a lot of dough.

I Marmite make you an offer

Real Samurai Sword Technique - Cutting BB Gun pellet by Isao Machii - Japanese Katana Kenjutsu - YouTube

Wut?

Here's true art. Look at it. Just look at it!

I'd buy that. As a print and on a t shirt. How much?

1. Pifko
   

The surprising story of medical marijuana and pediatric epilepsy: Josh Stanley at TEDxBoulder 2013 - YouTube

Win that they have helped so many young children, fail that it's taken this long and is not available in most of the world.

spotter mentioned FPV stuff years ago but the boss just returned having flown some. Head tracking googles paired with cameras mounted on remote control plane/copter. Sounds wicked.

Flydrone fpv remote control airplane with live video feed - YouTube

Basically a commercial version of what the states now use to bomb people with.

Mind you, bombs are extra.

I'd buy that. As a print and on a t shirt. How much?

1. Pifko
   
   

£15

Mind you, bombs are extra.

This has made me realise that infact home made bombs are pretty cheap and stopping on of these bombing say Oxford street would be pretty hard...

It'll happen :(

spotter mentioned FPV stuff years ago but the boss just returned having flown some. Head tracking googles paired with cameras mounted on remote control plane/copter. Sounds wicked.

Flydrone fpv remote control airplane with live video feed - YouTube

My flatmate built something like that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOWRmyR8Zh0&feature=share&list=UUSCjkY4lRIJfl8-iwe3x7AQ
-iwe3x7AQ&v=eOWRmyR8Zh0