Arcane Imagery from Eternal Ephemera
Eternal Ephemera is a sweet visual / imagery blog. Below you’ll find a small sampling of some of its surreal material.
Categories: Abstract, Art, Graphic Design, Photography, Skulls, Surreal
Author Archives: capture-monger
ILLLL!!!! Post 400!
Just in case you aren’t familiar with the ILFORD photography supply company, the featured image is a re-tweak on the packaging of the first rolls of film I used back in high school – ROOTS! For this 400th posting, we’ll be serving up just a whole lot of miscellanea with the vague theme of the Homo-sapiens incredible capacity to do rad shid. SO, like any good party, lets get some tunes rockin’ and pop some mind altering drugs (drugs […]
Categories: Abstract, Art, Audio, Collage, Community, Drugs, Funny, GIFs, Illustration, Modern Events, Photography, Physics, Positive, Quote, Reclaimation, Sports, Stellar Jams, Surreal, Travel, Video
Dave Chappelle’s BYAHHHH Sketch
One of the Best sketches of sketch comedy history, certainly has to be Dave Chappelle’s impersonation of Howard Dean and his outburst in the 2004 campaign – gets me every time! Next post is gunna be # 400….BYYYAAHHHHH!!!! BIYAH BYYAHHH ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:~+?+??+~,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,?====+?????7I?+I:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,~I+++=~+?IIIII7I??+?~,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,:?~=+?++===+??+=+I+I+++?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,~????++=++===+?II??+=+?=+I,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,.,,,,,,,=????+==++++?IIII??II=+I+=+?:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,.,,,,,,:?I?+=+++??+==+++==+~+==?I+??+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,::,,,,,::::,,,,::,::::,.,,,,,,+++===???I??===~======~~+I???+:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,:,,,,::::,,,,,,:::,.,,,,,,=++~+?+=+=~::~===+++=+=~~~~?+?=,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,::,+??,:,:,..,,,,,,===++=:~,,:~===+++??++==~~~===?:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,==++:,,,:,.,,,,,::~==~~~,::~====++?????+==~~~=++~:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,,,,,,,,,,,~:~=~:,,::,.,,,,,,,~~::~.::~~====+??????+==~~~.~+:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,,,,,,,::::~~~:::,::..,,,,,,,,,,,,,:::~===+++?????++=~~~,,?:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,,,,,,,,:~~==::,,,,:,.,,,,,,,…..,:::~~~==+??????++==~~:,=::,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,~~==~,,,,,,,..,,,,,,,….,,,:~=====+++??++===~:~:~~:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:~~~=,:,,,,,:..,,,,,,,,…,,,,.::,,.,::=~:,.,:~::~=,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,~~==+=,,,,,,,:..,,,,,,:,…,,,,..,,~:.,,~~::..:,,:=+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,~~==++:::~=:,,:,.,,,,,,,,,.,,,:~:,,,?==:~++~=~~~~~=~+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,~~=+?====++?+,:,..,,,,,,,,:,,,,:~=~::~=~~=++==+=====~+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,~~=++=~~=++??=:::..,,,,,,,,,,,.,:~======~:~++=~=====~~~,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,::~~::~=====~:~=,,..,,,,,,,,,,…,:~~==~~:~=+?==~:~~~::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,~,:::=+===~~,~==+I+..~:,,,,,…….,,:::~:,..,::,~~~:::::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,::,,,:====++++???+~~..,,::,,,……..,:::~~~~::==~~~~~::……,::,:,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,,,:=++++?????+=,,..,……………,,:::::~===~::~::,…………..,:,,,,,,,:,,,,,,:~+?++==~===,,..,,,…………..,,.,,,~+=?:.:~::……………..,,,,,,,:,,,,,,,::=++=~==+=,,..,,,,,…………..,………:::………………,,,,,,:,,,,,,:,,::~+==++=:,,..,,,,,,………….,~:~~~:,:~::,………………,,,,,,,,,,,,,::::::~~=:,,,,,….,,…………….,~=+++==+::……………….,,,::,,,,,,,:::::::~=~,,,,,,..…,,.,…………..,~=++~~:,7……………..,.,:,,,::,,,,,,::::~~=:,,,,,,,..…………………..,:::,:=7…………..,,:I::,,,,::::::,,,::~~~,,,,,,,,,..………………..,,,,,,::,77…………..+77,:,,,,,:~~~~:,,,,::,,,,,,,,,,,..……………….,..,,…7777,……….,I7777,,,,,,:~~~:::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..………………,:=+??..,,777………,7777777:,,,,,::~::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..……………….~=?I7.,:::?7……..I777777777,:::,,,,:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..………………..=I7.,::~,.7…….,77777777777:::::,::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..…………………I7..,=,:.,…….~777777777777I:::~II,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..………………….I.,,…………,I7777777777777=IIIII,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..…………………,:,,………….,I77777777777777IIII,…………………………………..,,,…………….77777777777III?=,:…………………..…………………………………+777777IIII?=,.,,,:………………….…………………………………,?7IIIII?+,,,,..,,,,…………………………………………………….?+77II?,..,,…..,,…………………………………………………….,?7I?:………..,,,………………..……………………………………?=………….,,,,……………….…………………………………………………,,,,,…………………………………………………………………,,,,,,……………..………………………………………………….,,,,,……………..…………………………………………………….,,,…………….
Categories: Chapelle, Comedy, Funny, Parody, Positive, Video
Neon Maxims by Pat Martinez.
Who knew neon signs could be such a fantastic art medium? Pat Martinez pokes fun at the traditionally commercial form of modern signage, and quips cleverly anti-commercial, anti-consumer truisms in bright florescence. KLEVA
Categories: Art, Funny, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Light, Light Painting, Lighting, Quote
Fluid Dynamic Splendor by Alberto Seveso.
Alberto Seveso is a graphic designer / Photoshop guru, whose limited experience in photography didn’t keep him from experimenting with high speed photography. Mixing custom batches of paint and pouring them into tanks of water, Seveso made a niche for himself- even contracting out his photos to the likes of The Black Seeds for an album cover. Alberto’s most recent venture in his study of fluid dynamic aesthetics, involves replacing the water with oil – creating lava lamp-esque globules, of […]
Categories: Abstract, Art, Chemistry, High Speed Photography, Lighting, Nature, Paint, Photography, Physics, Surreal, Video
Astounding Kinetic Interface for Music Creation.
A very very innovative and technologically involved endeavor entitled ‘The V-Motion Project’ was tackled last year with the help of state-of-the-art motion capturing cameras. As with many other pursuits into the radical and extreme/avant-garde , this project was funded by an energy drink company in New Zealand called V Energy. The tech programming for the project was done Custom Logic – here is a snippet of how they describe the project: “The interface plays a key role in illustrating the […]
Categories: Art, Audio, Graphic Design, Lighting, Modern Events, Surreal, Video
Max Parson’s Study of Form & Perception
Visual Artist Max Parsons works with ‘long exposure digital photographs of linear objects’ to create layered geometric forms. Simple and pleasant aesthetics.
Categories: Abstract, Art, Graphic Design, Light, Painting
Photojournalism Round Up #128
The Crem de la Crém from the New York Times Photojournalism Blog LENS. Always helps to put life into perspective and keep one abreast in modern events. BE GOOD.
Categories: Light, Lighting, Modern Events, Nature, Photography, Photojournalism
Bursted Balloons Covered in Paint by Fabian Oefner.
Delving further into his study of ‘scientific art’, Fabian Oefner has churned out some more excellent work with the assistance of paint, balloons, and high speed photography. Simply drizzling balloons with a bright pallet of paint, Oefner detonates the balloon and captures the immediate aftermath of the paint’s path with the help of an audio trigger/sensor to fire the camera and strobes. Fabian has entitled the series ‘Liquid Jewel’. STUNNING SUSPENSIONS Check out some previous posts on Fabian Oefner’s work […]
Categories: Abstract, Art, Painting, Photography, Surreal
Capturing Capacity 