Those of you on twitter may appreciate this: a 3D representation of the infamous Fail Whale. This is full of WIN!

The New York City Waterfalls, an art installation by Olafur Eliasson, opens one week from tomorrow and will be located in four different spots: Governor’s Island; Pier 35 in Manhattan; the Brooklyn Bridge; and between Piers 4 and 5 in Brooklyn.

According to the New York Times, this is the biggest public art installation since the Gates in Central Park three years ago.

I never got to see the Gates, but I’m intent on seeing this before it closes on October 13.

Actual ceramic planters depicting a stalking, a mugging, and yes a blowing. (NSFW; via Jockohomo)

A sexy and violent timeline of human history as drawn by Milo Manara. (link via Kottke)

Not a news round up, but a couple of graphic design links that caught my eye.

• VectorMagic: This site traces bitmap images, turning them into beautiful vector art. Just upload your image and we will convert it for you. (link via IM from Trevor)
• 100 Awesome High Resolution Photoshop Brushes: Lets [sic] dive today into a sea of brushes. Hundreds of thousands of sets are lying undiscovered like pirate treasures all over the web. Due to this phenomenally vast amount of Photoshop brushes available, directories are becoming very popular lately. (link via digg)

Dragon: Drawn by me via my pen tablet at work. (FredoAlvarez/flickr)

The nice thing about having a pen tablet at work is that it not only helps make my design work a bit more efficient, but it also helps stave off boredom.

I drew a quickie dragon (with a gimpy left arm) in the short amount of down time I had before lunch. I seem to have a thing for drawing dragons.

“Walking” is an animated film of a little man painted on the wall of an art gallery. After each frame, the wall was wiped to accommodate a new frame of animation. Every few steps, the man morphs into a larger person and ultimately ends up at his original size.

This is easily one of the most amazing videos I’ve seen in a while.

These are my links for 12 Jun:

• Teen: Toilet Water Cleaner Than Fountain, Oregon Student Finds School’s Toilet Water Cleaner Than Fountain Water - Middle School student Kyleray Katherman had a hunch something was amiss with the school’s drinking fountain water. And right he was.
• FREE MySpace Background Color Pattern & Icon Gizmo - Mod-looking, customizable background images for websites
• Squidfingers / Patterns - Pixelated background images.

These are my links for 11 Jun:

• Vitamin Features » Web Design-isms: 7 Surefire Styles that Work - Glossy buttons, ornamental backgrounds, futuristic interfaces. We?ve all been guilty at one time or another of committing the 7 design-isms in this article from Larissa Meek. But that?s okay, she tells us, they?re classics for a reason.
• Ricky Martin to reign at NYC’s Puerto Rican parade | News | Advocate.com - Grammy-winning pop star Ricky Martin, chosen as the king of this weekend’s 50th annual Puerto Rican Day parade in New York City, said he’s excited for the sea of revelers but hopes no one will get out of hand.
• The innocence of the BBC on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - The BBC in part of its “Have your Say” campaign, accidentally published this image along with other members of the publics attempts at an alternative Olympics logo.

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