Artists are currently using 3D printers to bring works to life that were previously nothing more than the stuff of imagination, shapes and forms generally thought of as too complicated, sharply angled and finely detailed to create by hand.

Now, unshackled artists free to play with form via printed plastic are about to get wild, and nobody comes up with crazier geometric designs than German art studio Deskriptiv. With styles ranging from hard edged and repetitive to softer edged, more organic pieces the artists behind Deskriptiv studio have forever changed the way people view 3D printing as it relates to art.

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There’s nothing worse than going out to dinner with a significant other who is about to break up with you, except for being attacked by laser wielding thugs while on the way to that last supper. In the short film Codfish and Cyanide we hear one man’s account of how he came to look so bloody and disheveled, his excuse for being late to dinner which his future ex girlfriend isn't buying at all!

Codfish and Cyanide was written and directed by David Gesslbauer, and even though it’s subtitled, which some audiences simply abhor, this simplistic comedy is worth the read and will really put your life in perspective, making future date nights more tolerable for you and your partner. (NSFW due to language)

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Rich Burlew is a cartoonist who has been hard at work on his online comic series Order of the Stick, along with another project called Erfworld, for about ten years now, and even though it starts with stick figures and ends with stick figures doesn’t mean there’s not a whole lot to love about this series.

From the obscure Dungeons & Dragons nerd references, to the delightful fantasy humor and the childlike stick figure art that somehow manages to satisfy your comic art craving without all those pesky details, this is one web comic fans of the medium should check out, and since it’s free to read you can take it or leave it without any regrets!

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Everybody has to grow up some time in their life, and when we outgrow our favorite childhood heroes, like Babar the Elephant, Winnie the Pooh and Inspector Gadget, they become nothing more than beloved memories and a bunch of imaginary characters that we hope our children will like as much as we once did.

But what if our favorite characters grew up with us, going from cute and simple to totally decked out and badass? They'd probably look a lot like these updated character designs by Deviantartist Tohad in his series BADASS. One look at this series and you'll never look at those kiddie characters the same way ever again!

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It seems pretty logical that an abandoned and condemned building in New York would soon become covered in graffiti and totally wrecked from the inside out, but the building in this series of tour photos taken by Gizmodo's Nick Stango was home to an illegal art show put together by comedic street artist Hanksy and open only to those who were in the know about the location.

How did the folks find the place you ask? They had to locate a specific mural in front of the building which was only known to insiders, and once they'd found this secret location their eyeballs were treated to three floors of street art from Hanksy, B.D. White and many other artists in a show called Surplus Candy.

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The Grand Theft Auto video game franchise has changed the way people see Mature rated video games, and pushed that M rating to the max with brutally honest depictions of street crime, prostitution, and gang violence. The games are too graphic for children, but what if they made a version geared specifically towards kids?

Nacho Punch made an animated short that attempts to show what the E for Everybody GTA would look like called GTA for Kids, and it's still way too hardcore for kids! I guess when you name a video game series after a major felony you're not looking to cash in on the kiddie market.

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Here’s a coffee table that will open up a whole new world of conversation, and get your guests quoting Aladdin when they come over to visit- it’s a magic carpet coffee table from Duffy London that, thanks to the addition of a bottom shadow shape, appears to be floating above the living room floor.

The rug pattern looks like something out of an old NES version of Arabian Nights, but the floating illusion does look pretty cool, albeit a bit bulky compared to conventional legs. But if you're thinking about picking up a magic carpet table for your palace you'd better start saving up, because this table costs well over two thousand dollars, so if you want one you'd better start looking for an old lamp with a genie inside!

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Ever since zombies went from being voodoo cursed individuals to rotting brain biters there have been a ton of variations on the same theme, with new rules and types of zombies popping up in every movie made about those shambling rotters.

But how are zombie fanatics expected to keep track of so many types of zombies? Artist Jason Thompson has created the key to all that undead madness in a print poster called The Map Of Zombies, which features all 350 varieties of flesh craving fiends from the Slow, Dumb Zombies to the scarier Aggressive Cannibals. Jason has even included the Occult and Alien types to fully round out this exhaustive breakdown, and you can see an enlarged version of the Map here.

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We’ve all seen mosaic portraits made out of hundreds, if not thousands, of small images color coded and placed in the proper order to make an overall larger image appear, but we’ve never seen anything quite like the collage works of Michael Mapes.

Michael uses all sorts of found specimens, ranging from photo snippets to gelatin capsules to insect specimen pins to doll parts, creating collage works which are intensely textural and just as much fun to look at up close as from far away.

He also uses elements of the original image he’s re-creating, such as features from the original painting and perhaps an even smaller version of the original hidden within the mosaic, which makes for a bit of an Inception feeling as the viewer tries to visually take in the entire piece.

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Three guys by the name of Josh, Mikey and Joel created this massive papercraft ghost ship in only five days using nothing but cardboard and hot glue, with pictures shared via Reddit by a guy with the unfortunate name of PooPatrol, and the whole thing looks so good bands of pirates are lining up to take this thing for a trip around the bay!

The best part of this gigantic cardboard model is the figurehead, which is in the shape of a screaming female spectre who looks ready to reap the souls of any pirates brave enough to attempt a raid on this hauntingly beautiful ship.

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The Silmarillion succeeded in simultaneously being the back story every Tolkien/Lord of the Rings fan had been waiting for and too much for many of them to handle, but whether you made it through the book or not chances are you’re familiar with scenes from the book which have been brought to life by various artists over the years.

Illustrators such as Ian Miller and Ted Nasmith have tried their hand at stylistic adaptations, and now the artist behind the Dresden Codak series Aaron Diaz has rendered scenes from the Silmarillion in his signature style.

Diaz's interpretations have a playful, animated energy about them, and each race is captured in their own distinct style. Now all we need is for Aaron to create character designs for an animated version of the Silmarillion directed by Ralph Bakshi and my geek dreams will come true!

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If someone hopped into a time machine, a VHS copy of Quentin Tarantino’s beloved flick in hand, to show Pulp Fiction to a studio full of game designers circa 1987, they may have made a game that looks much like CineFix's 8-Bit Cinema version of Pulp Fiction.

It's got all the blood, drama and bad dance moves found in the original movie, but now it looks a lot more like Double Dragon than a Tarantino flick. Scenes like the club dance off and everything Bruce seem like they would have been fun to play on an old school NES. The part where you clean blood and brain bits out of the back of a car via button mashing? Not so much...

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It’s never too cold to admire some sweet pixel art, and apparently it’s never snowy enough to stop crafty street artist Invader from doing what he loves-turning tiles of various colors into pixel perfect pictures.

These Invader pieces were spotted in Anzere, Switzerland, which is a small resort town known for the skiing, the traditional Swiss architectural style and the fact that it's the sunniest spot in Switzerland. Seems like an odd place to find an Invader mosaic, but maybe the mystery artist was on vacation at the time?

Skiing past pixilated trees may not be as fun as the real thing, but Invader's Slalom video game inspired image sure would be fun to see before hitting the slopes!

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Burbank is a magical place where animation comes to life, and when the hard working animators behind our favorite cartoon shows get hungry there’s only one place to go- Moore’s Deli.

Owner Robert Moore once worked as an executive chef at Dodger’s Stadium, but nowadays he has embraced his animated clientele by allowing them to add their own signature masterpieces to the white walls in the back room of his restaurant.

Robert even provides Sharpies in case the artists show up empty handed, and lovers of animation will go squee when they see their favorite characters from Futurama, Adventure Time, Spongebob Squarepants and many other shows adorning the walls of this cartoon oasis, and the food ain't half bad either!

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It was the age of lounge lizards, leisure suits and some of the tackiest looking home furnishings to ever lower real estate values, the 1970s taught us about political scandal, racial relations and how not to dress, and perusing photos and home movies from the era is probably the best way for people nowadays to get a sense of what life was like way back then.

The swanky images in this series were taken in 1978 by Dinanda H. Nooney, and they show what life was like in Brooklyn during the 70s, specifically life indoors, for hundreds of people who called Brooklyn, New York home. The series, now known as The Nooney Brooklyn Photographs, contains over 500 gelatin silver prints and gives us an unparalleled look into the time before the borough became Hipster Heaven.

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