Category Archives: Creativity

A category for everything related to creativity – drawing, painting, photography, etc.

Hideous edible heads made from bread

Om nom nom!!! These pictures look like spare parts from a horror movie, but they’re actually a delicacy from Thailand – bread, shaped to look like decaying flesh. Yummy! Don’t like the look of yours much The finishing touches being … Continue reading

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Kazuki Takamatsu's gouache artworks

DesignersCouch are running a fantastic gallery of white-on-black gouache artwork by the artist Kazuki Takamatsu – jaw-droppingly inventive and intricate pieces. I’ve chosen this one because despite the the tonal range, the image remains cheeky and playful and sexy at … Continue reading

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Inspiration: Gallery of creative CSS navigation

1st Web Designer is a great website for web design tutorial and inspiration. They’re running a great gallery piece today of creative CSS navigation ideas. It’s a great post to stop by if you’re looking for something to make your … Continue reading

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Amazing folding UK plug design

Yes yes yes! As someone who lives in the UK, this is quite possibly one of the smartest redesigns of the UK plug I’ve ever seen – it’s hyper-compact and even acts as a plug-board to connect additional plugs to. … Continue reading

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Magazine Style WordPress Themes

I’ve been researching how to make my WordPress themes more visual and magazine-styled. The best way to do this is to download some WordPress themes that give this functionality and dissect how they work, then replicate the features you like … Continue reading

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DIY Laptop Stands

DIY Laptop stands – If you’re anything like me, your laptop frequently burns the tops of your legs. I’ve tried all sorts of ways to make using my laptop more comfortable and keep my legs from slowly cooking. I’ve done … Continue reading

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Imagination Cubed: How To Waste An Entire Working Day

I came across Imagination Cubed through its high entry in del.icio.us. It is basically a doodler type program (excuse the non-tech talk). You can draw pictures and create your own scenes, then click on replay and have your drawing repeated … Continue reading

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The Fantastic In Art And Fiction

What do you do when your girlfriend sprouts a set of wings and the tail of a serpent? The picture above comes from the Fantastic in Art and Fiction website at Cornell University, which has an interesting and grotesque collection … Continue reading

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Halloween & Evil Pumpkin Carving

So, Halloween’s over for another year. I’m not a big fan of Halloween, but I do love the dressing up and the pumpkin carving fun. The ones above are my Three Amigos Of The Apocalypse, and great craic they were … Continue reading

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Better Writing For Bloggers

Although there is an abundance of well-written, informative material out there on the Internet, there is a shocking amount of dross in circulation also! I don’t know where theLeveeBreaks stands in the midst of these extremes, but my aim is … Continue reading

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