Forrest Young ~ artist extraordinaire. Digital, Mixed Media, Pencil / Charcoal.

BrainPaint ~ BrainPaint is a state-of-the-art neurofeedback system that incorporates a comprehensive assessment tool, which systematically calculates protocol suggestions used to improve and restore activity related to brain function. What does this have to do with art? Perhaps nothing, but check out the gorgeous other-worldly images created using EEG biofeedback. Stunning!

Masters of Deception ~ Escher, Dalí & the Artists of Optical Illusion. These are supplementary web pages to the wonderful book by Al Seckel entitled Masters of Deception. The web site contains incredible videos that the author had wanted the publisher to include on a CD-ROM.

Ashes and Snow ~ an ongoing project by Gregory Colbert, who, over the course of fourteen years, has made more than thirty expeditions to India, Egypt, Myanmar, Tonga, Sri Lanka, Namibia, Kenya, Antarctica, India, the Azores, Borneo, and many other locations to photograph unscripted interactions between man and nature’s living masterpieces in their natural state.

Theo Jansen ~ Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor. He builds large works which resemble skeletons of animals and are able to walk using the wind on the beaches of the Netherlands. His animated works are a fusion of art and engineering.

Julian Beever's Pavement Drawings ~ Beever is an English chalk artist who has been creating trompe-l'œil chalk drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s. His works are created using a projection called anamorphosis, and create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle.

ZUMBAKAMERA ~ zoom+back+kamera ~ an amazing flash site by Peruvian-born animator and illustrator Jossie Malis (now living in Barcelona, Spain). Check out these two animations in particular: Bendito Machine and Pacha. Lots more at the site.

Yerka ~ a Polish surreal artist and painter Yerka who studied art for a short time at University, but then learned from direct study of Northern European masters, the Van Eycks, Dierck Bouts, Robert Campin, Bosch, and surrealists such as Magritte. His paintings are acrylic on canvas and carefully rendered, using images from his childhood, including his grandmother's kitchen. He also includes odd beasts and whimsical landscapes.

Dancing Eyes Design ~ Bryan Dechter. Beautiful fine art, design, and graphic art. An eclectic plethora of visual styles--from formal to funky, victorian to vitriolic, including paintings, drawings, prints, murals, photography and digital creations.

Michal Levy ~ “When I listen to music I see colors and shapes and when I watch visual art I hear sounds. I wanted to express my sensing of shapes colors and music in this short movie.” Amazing animations: One and Giant Steps.

Akiyoshi Kitaoka's Illusion Pages - amazing optical illusions, many with "motion"

Steven Miller Photography ~ gorgeous website and provocative photography: cityscapes, landscapes, wastelands, sacred sites, portraits, gallery work, still life, more.

Ben Marcin Photography ~ Baltimore photographer Ben Marcin has been traveling around the world for years taking color photographs documenting his observations of mankind's interaction with nature.

MUTO ~ The new short film by Blu. An ambiguous animation painted on public walls. Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden. A must-see (and hear)!

Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn ~ images from Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, January 2005. Visit this NASA web site for multimedia, photos, and the latest news updates on the spacecraft's close encounter with Saturn, its rings, and its moons. Stunning.

NASA's Visible Earth ~ a searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the Earth. Simply gorgeous.

Microsoft Live Search, MAPS ~ look up your home/neighborhood providing free public access to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs from many countries throughout the world.