Hidden Typography by MountStar. The animated gif version, which tumblr won’t let me upload for some reason, is supercool.
What is happening here?!
“The Case of the Nude Tattoo” from MAN’S ILLUSTRATED, December 1958. Artist uncredited by SubtropicBob on Flickr.
RAGE magazine, January 1961 by SubtropicBob on Flickr.
On your next safari, be sure to watch out for lust-crazed gorillas…
I saw them eat Muñoz! or No-Limt Girls of Lake County!
MALE, December 1955. Cover by George Gross by SubtropicBob on Flickr.
Danger: 400 volts of eel!
FOR MEN ONLY, June 1955. Cover by Rafael DeSoto by SubtropicBob on Flickr.
Zombie Plate!
“Welcome To Zombie Country, an interview with Tony Moore”. From Threadless!
This is an Astrophyton. During the day, it curls up into a ball to protect itself from predators. At night, it extends its network of arms to feed on plankton. Hm.
This is an Astrophyton. During the night it is fucking awesome.
(via scientificillustration)
from: BibliOdyssey:
Cell growth
Cell organelles and cytoplasm visualisation
“These fabulous botanical microanatomy plates constitute the total of illustrations present in ‘Anatomia Vegetal’ by Frederik Elfving (1929) and published by FE Wachsmuth (Leipzig) which is online at La Biblioteca Virtual de Patrimonio Bibliográfico from the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Elfving (1854-1942) was a professor of botany at the University of Helsinki.”
see more here.
Terror birds!
“Reconstructions of some phorusrhacids compared to the extant Cariama. (A) Cariama cristata; (B) Mesembriornis milneedwardsi; (C) Psilopterus bachmanni; (D) Andalgalornis steuletti; (E) Phorusrhacus longissimus; (F) Paraphysornis brasiliensis; and (G) Brontornis burmeiteri. A man’s silhouette (1.75 m) is used as scale. (Drawing by Eduardo Brettas.)”
From: ‘Living dinosaurs : the evolutionary history of modern birds’ edited by Gareth Dyke and Gary Kaiser.
