Soft and sexy vampires are a dime a dozen these days. If you're tired of the soft, romanticized Twilight look, go for hardcore, traditional blood and gore. Max Sparber's nasty, blood-caked DIY vampire makeup is a relatively simple process and calls for few supplies.
Theo Gray of Gray Matter explains the principle behind sending steel up in flames- as long as it's steel wool, of course. The process is beyond simple. Spend 2 bucks and 2 minutes: purchase a steel wool pad, hold in pliers, light with a match. But the question is, why is steel wool flammable, while other forms of metal are not? Explanation below the video. Theo says:
You may think of sugar as purely a sweet ingredient meant for baking, but it can actually be a deadly explosive, according to PopSci's Gray Matter:
Everyone wants to be a writer, but selling a screenplay is a tough job in Hollywood, especially if you know nothing of the industry standard screenplay format. Believe it or not, making your script stand out is actually counterintuitive— anything other than the traditional format will brand you as amateurish. Even those doing script coverage will neglect your script. To ensure your script gets a fair read, follow these formatting guidelines from Story Sense.
Here is a great resource for writing traditional fiction. I like to read these things, but remember a few things. Each writer is different so it is perfectly okay if you do something that you are told not to, but still you like it. If you like it, write it, but this can be very helpful for those question mark areas.
I’m terrified of you. Yes, you- Director of Photography (DP). Your framing is beautiful, but your lighting could kill me, and my career. I am the Makeup Artist, and I don’t believe we’ve met.
There is now a much a more artful approach to donning false eyelashes, reports Ecouterre. "As delicate as lace, each pair of faux peeper framers is based on the Chinese art of jian zhi or paper cutting. Featuring traditional motifs such as peonies (for happiness), peach blossoms (romance), and horses (success), these flirty extensions are certain to set any heart aflutter."
Rodarte is an L.A. based fashion brand, headed by the Mulleavy sisters. Their pieces are known for their amazing materiality, gothic deconstruction, and beautifully ombréd fabric. The sisters have collaborated with Target, the Gap, outfitted many celebrities, and have been featured in the New Yorker, among various other publications.
"Photo Grandpa" aka Fotoopa (that's photograndpa in Dutch) has created an amazing laser rig for ultra-high speed photography.
How To Address A Wedding Invitation To Two Married Doctors: This guide to traditional wedding address etiquette is extremely precise and delicate, so learn here with this video how to address a wedding invitation to two married doctors. Address a wedding invitation to two married doctors.
The hair knot, also known as a hair bun or chignon, is a timeless style that can be worn anywhere. It's both traditional and trendy. Celebrity Hair Stylist Robert Steinken shows you how to create the perfect hair knot. Create a hair knot.
Chef Alice Medrich, 'queen of desserts,' makes crunchy hazelnut biscotti. Biscotti is a traditional Italian cookie served with tea and coffee. Make hazelnut biscotti.
An apple pie recipe just like your mother used to make it! Follow this traditional but easy recipe to make one of the most well-loved desserts. Sample this Apple Pie recipe. Make apple pie.
A traditional method cooking in a parcel, or a bag, called papillote. Delight in our foil baked clams recipe. Make foil baked clams.
A tantalizing combination of a number of different tastes from the sea. This fish stew adds an Italian twist to a traditional dish known the whole world over. Make Italian fish stew.
Within the realm of Spey casting, there are three casting styles--traditional, Scandinavian, and Skagit. Greg Pearson shows you in this video how to make a spey cast developed in the Pacific Northwest. Make a skagit cast.
It's unique layered coloring makes this tequila cocktail an impressive favorite for all alcohol lovers! An old and traditional cocktail, but still works the magic at both sunrise and sunset. Make a Tequila Sunrise cocktail.
Follow expert Scottish food chef Colin Wint's recipe for Raspberry Cranachan, a delicious dessert made using traditional Scottish ingredients. Make raspberry cranachan.
Chef Zarela Martinez demonstrates how to make mole verde. This sauce with slight tartness is perfect for tamales. It is a traditional green ground sauce with tomatillos. Make mole verde.
Maylyn McEwan describes how to strap your horse without harming it. She says you should strap the neck, shoulder area, hind quarters, lower hind quarters, and then the other side. Strapping is a traditional but very effective method to promote circulation and to build muscle. Strap your horse.
Julia Child and guest demonstrate how to make Jamaican style red snapper. This interesting fish dish uses the flavors of traditional Jamaican street food to spice up a tenderloin of pork. Make Jamaican style red snapper.
Have you ever been to a hip restaurant with horrible lighting? You need your iPhone's flashlight just to read the menu. Of course, sometimes the light comes off too bright, blinding the people next to you. But don't settle for a flashlight that's too bright. You can choose from four different brightness levels instead, to perfectly fit your situation.
Before all the fancy night mode settings in phone cameras, we used the LED flash to take low-light photos. While it's not used for pictures as much anymore, the LED on the back of your Galaxy is still pretty handy as a flashlight. But did you know there's an easy way to adjust the brightness of this flashlight?
If you wake up in the middle of the night, avoid reaching for your laptop to check emails, or your TV remote to catch a few late-night shows. Instead, keep the light in your bedroom dim and do something relaxing like de-stressing breathing exercises, meditation, light yoga, or going to another room and solving a jigsaw puzzle or listening to relaxing music.
Feeling like you're trapped in a creative rut? Try painting the walls of your room blue and dimming the lights. Studies have shown that blue-colored walls and dim lighting are conducive for creating a creatively stimulating environment.
A common misconception is that all car batteries die. This, in fact, isn't true—the majority of "dead" car batteries just don't contain enough juice to power a car, but they can still provide enough watts to keep emergency fans and lighting running, which is great when a power outage occurs. So, instead of lugging the battery to the nearest drop-off center or just letting it collect dust in the garage, you can put that car battery to good use.
A senior Syrian government spokesman just confirmed his nation did indeed possess chemical weapons, and might employ them against a "foreign aggressor."
Taking great photos doesn’t mean you have to invest in an expensive camera. By learning a little bit about photography and the camera you have, you can use a simple point-and-shoot to capture amazing pictures. Try out these tips to begin!
Reading tab is a great way to learn the next step while you learn how to play the guitar. If yo feel you're ready to take it to a higher level but you don't want to read traditional sheet music, tab can get you started in that vein while still showing you all the details you need to play your songs. This video from Peter Vogl of Free Guitar Videos will teach you how to read tab. Read guitar tabs with Peter Vogl.
Fed up with your boring ol' traditional holiday wreath? Ditch the greenery and go extra festive this year with this felt ball wreath HowTo, courtesy of Norwegian craft blog Pickles.
Looking for an (explosively) fun Thanksgiving project this week? Something that involves fire and lasers? Check it out. YouTube creator StyroPyro lights ten matches in 9 seconds with a modded laser. One word: Awesome. Luckily both StyroPyro and Kipkay provide HowTo's. First, How to building a burning blue/violet laser. Below, Kipkay demonstrates how to build one with a cheap Bic lighter casing (as well as store bought parts). Have fun.
Uh-mazing...London based designer team Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz have created a dress embroidered with 24,000 LEDs.
Remember the magical LED graffiti video "paint"? Here's another cool LED graffiti design by Aissa Logerot.
Hey, want to make an animated movie, but you don't know how to start? First of all, you need a good idea. Good ideas are hard to find, but you could always steal one from someone more talented than you. Found a good idea? Very good. Now take good care of it, over time that idea will turn into a story almost by itself.
Check out this how-to video, and see how easily a pro adds gorgeous luminosity to African American skin. The right bronzer for dark skin can be tricky to find. Try golds to bring some light to the eyes. Watch this video makeup application tutorial and learn how to make dark skin glow. Make dark skin glow with makeup.
You don't need a 30,000 or even 3,000 dollar camera to shoot high-quality fashion photographs. A regular point and shoot and a lighting umbrella are all it takes to take quality images. Watch this video photography tutorial and learn how to take magazine quality beauty headshots with a point and shoot camera. Take top fashion photos with a point and shoot camera.
Adding a vignette goes hand-in-hand with softening the edge of a photo, exactly what the FocalPoint plug-in for Photoshop can help you to do. Learn how to use the vignette controls in FocalPoint 1.0 to add a dark or light edge around your Photoshop image to focus the viewers eye. Use vignette controls in FocalPoint Photoshop plugin.
There are lots of different ways to light up a Zippo lighter with a little flair, and maybe impress a person or two out at the bar. Learn how to do tricks with a Zippo lighter by watching and following along with this video tutorial. Perform tricks with a Zippo lighter.
Bored of wasting time standing in front of the sink washing dishes? Rather be anywhere else than in your kitchen wearing marigolds? Don't fear, there is a light at the end of the greasy, crumby food tunnel - Get a dishwasher! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to install a dishwasher yourself. Install a dishwasher yourself.
Learn to cook like The Naked Chef! Watch as Jamie Oliver shows you how to make a deliciously light strawberry jam. Make strawberry jam with The Naked Chef's Jamie Oliver.
