These paintings by Aurelie Montfrond are like visualizations of what goes on inside a child's mind as they play with their LEGO sets, the figures embarking on a grand adventure both simple in scope and brilliantly colored.

Terrain is simplified, elements are distorted, and yet there is a clarity of focus which showcases the figures, and the props they're interacting with, as the most important part of each scene.

They're so delightfully minimal that you can't help but feel like a kid again as you peruse the images, reminiscing about playtimes past.

Link  --via DesignTAXI

This impressive act of cosplay-osity features a very fuzzy Bebop and a rather imposing Rocksteady lurking around town, ready to bust some turtle shells.

Are these guys going to a pro costume party, or do they work for a TMNT themed singing telegram company? Either way, Ninja Turtles need not apply, for this party is clearly all about the bad guys.

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Here we see the true inventor of the ebook reader-Tom Hanks, or more precisely the character Josh Baskin that Mr. Hanks plays in the movie Big, holding up his proposal for the invention that was way ahead of its time.

Too bad Josh went back to being a little kid before he could see a profit from his invention. I wonder if any Apple or Amazon execs sat in on that pitch meeting?

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It looks like the Mortal Kombat Flash Mob Dancers have some stiff competition, in the form of Super Street Fighter Dance Squad! (I just made up that Street Fighter name, but it sounds like an appropriate name for a video game themed dance mob so let's go with it.)

Poor little Sub-Zero gets picked on in the park, so the entire Mortal Kombat crew brings the heat down on Ken and Ryu's posse-through the power of dance.

What will stop this video game street dancing carnage once and for all? Friendship, that's what, and a mutual love of costumed flash mobbing doesn't hurt either.

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Destructoid has put together a collection of the top ten video game bars just in time for St. Patrick's Day, all of which sound like a great place for a pixelated character to catch a buzz .

If you want to chat with a bunch of people you don't know, but don't feel like braving the sea of drunkards clad in green, why not let one of these classic video game characters tie one on instead? You'll feel a sense of accomplishment without spending all your hard earned dough, and the best part? No STDs or criminal charges! Yay virtual life!

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This reading of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where The Wild Things Are by Christopher Walken isn't meant to amuse kids, but rather to make us grown folks chuckle while we imbibe our bubbly adult beverages. And whether this is Walken or an impersonator doesn't really matter, because the narrator's descriptions of what's going on in the illustrations are comedy gold.

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Illustrator Caldwell Tanner has created some colorful travel posters for locations familiar to lazy people. So, now you can feel like you do all kinds of traveling every day, even though you rarely leave your house!

Who needs fresh air and sunshine when you've got the arctic chill of the refrigerator and the rainbow waterfall of infinite pages that is the glorious interwebs?

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I recently posted an article about the baked potato advertising campaign that uses scented bus stop posters to sell their spuds to hungry riders (link).

Well, fellow UK company Mr Kipling didn't want to merely use scented posters to advertise their tasty cakes, so they're also giving away free samples.

They've installed 19 free cake dispensing posters at bus stops across London to give the people their first taste for free, and they exude a cake smell which will taunt you if the dispensing poster is tapped out.

Mmmmmm.....free bus stop cakes! Free bus stop cakes!
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GIFs are a fun little party for your desktop, and as a digital medium they are officially 25 years old! This seven minute documentary, from Off Book by PBS Arts, takes us on a tour of this multi-framed wonder. Despite the overuse of annoying host close-up shots, it's a fun and informative way to celebrate the GIF.

Link  --via DesignTAXI

Remember when you used to be king and/or queen of the playground, conquering the monkey bars like you're part simian or hitting the slide so fast you flew off the end of the chute like a rocket ship?

Well, those days are over, you're all grown up now, so stop messing around or the playground will find a way to get you. Learn by this poor schmuck's example-don't try to squeeze in to where you don't belong. The playgrounds are hungry, my friends, and they prefer to dine on the slow witted...

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Somehow I doubt that Arnold Schwarzenegger's singing voice sounds as good as the guy singing in this comedic spoof, but then again I can barely understand Arnold when he's actually trying to enunciate every word, so I guess a vocal stand-in was necessary.

Batman and Robin- The Musical definitely would have been a bigger hit than Spider Man-The Musical for sure, if only because of this one line-- "Batman-You Son Of A B***H!". (Warning-NSFW due to foul language).

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Treading a thin line between totally unethical/wrong and gainful temporary employment, companies at SXSW Music Festival are hiring homeless people to act as WiFi hotspots. Here's how it works:

If you’re a SXSW attendee and want access, all you have to do is make a donation of your choosing to the homeless hotspot you wish to “use” and you’ll receive unlimited access, suggested donation $2 per 15 minutes. When all is said and done, each “Hotspot Manager,” as they are called, gets to keep all the donations made in order to gain access to his particular hotspot.

And here's what people are saying about this marketing scheme/temp job:

While having roaming hotspots may be very useful for SXSW attendees who want better access to network connectivity considering that Wi-Fi is lacking, the concept of taking the homeless and “turning them into” infrastructure has some implications that don’t go over well with everyone. “The shirt doesn’t say, ‘I have a 4G hotspot.’ It says, ‘I am a 4G hotspot,’” Jon Mitchell of Read Write Web points out.

Front Steps, based in Austin and responsible for finding the Hotspot Managers, all of whom were selected after a fairly detailed application process, says that the project fits with the organization’s goals of  ”empowerment, education, and encouragement of the client to earn an income while saving the majority of those earnings with a goal of moving to safe and stable housing.”

Personally, I don't agree with treating homeless people like objects rather than human beings, but I like that they get to interact with the public and make some money at the same time. But what do you think-is this gainful employment, or a way to exploit the homeless?

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Artist Amanda Dockery shows us what Mario and Princess Peach would look like if they were preparing to guest star on the TV show The Walking Dead.

Now, instead of clearing drains, Mario will be clogging them up with piles of his own rotting flesh, and yet Princess Peach is still the rotten apple of his eye, even though you can see right through her thanks to the massive holes in her head.

Amanda has a lot of amazing artworks for you to admire and adore at her blog, yay art!

Link  -via Geek Art

These strange sculptures by Vally Nomidou would make great props for the Silent Hill video game franchise, or as freaky figural works made by a deranged serial killer in a horror flick.

Or maybe they look ethereal and absolutely gorgeous, so delicate that the people setting them up for display hold their breath out of fear that they'll crumble to dust in their hands.

They're made out of paper so that fear is valid, but their anatomy is firmly planted in our world, so humanistic that they can't help but make the viewer feel something, even if that feeling is sheer terror. Hit the link and check out the rest of Vally's amazing paper works, if you dare...

Link  --via Beautiful/Decay

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This extended clip from the upcoming movie The FP shows what the post-apocalyptic world will be like if tribes have to prove their warrior skills via competitive dance video games like Dance Dance Revolution, only with a violent edge. And you thought DDR players looked silly before the bombs dropped! (NSFW due to language)

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