Link Round-Up: April 13, 2012

DeviantArt user Dynamaito mocked up the above image of a fighter video game based on A Game of Thrones. Khal Drogo vs Robb Stark is the first round, but Tyrion vs Cersei is on the way!


Bricks and Brains: Lego Shaun of The Dead Set Gains 10,000 Supporters 

The Good, The Bad, and The Wookie

I've just been told 500px is the new Flickr. Speak among yourselves.

Is Data Visualization the Future of Art?

What if your favorite websites were dresses?

Link Round-Up: March 13, 2012

The Starks of Winterfell by LunasCrafts

These adorable Kawaii Starks are almost enough to make a fan boy squee.  I can hardly wait for season two!

News: Researchers in Italy say they may have found traces of a Leonardo Da Vinci work hidden under a Florentine fresco.

3D-Printer with Nano-Precision: Ultra-high-resolution 3D Printer Breaks Speed-Records at Vienna University of Technology.

Five Ways that Star Wars Counts as High Art

LED Wallpaper by Ingo Maurer

Nintendo Papercraft is a blog jam-packed with paper versions of your favorite classic Nintendo characters.

Old Book Illustrations are vintage pictures that were originally wood engravings or woodcuts, etchings or metal engravings. Old Book Art is pictures, drawings, maps and other images from antiquarian, public-domain books and other old documents.

Photographer Ondrej Pakan takes macro pictures of insects. Pakan's portfolio on 500px.

Tech: Westeros Gets Built in Minecraft

This is King’s Landing from A Game of Thrones as created through the infinitely variable game Minecraft. The team behind this project has started finished King’s Landing and aims to recreate all of Westeros in its entirety before they’re done. That’s a lot of brothels to build!

Cards: Game of Thrones Valentines

Men of Game of Throne by The Night's Watch

Is there any franchise that inspires romance like Game of Thrones?