Tag: silhouette

  • No More Black Shooting Targets

    Not sure if serious: An academic study published by University of Illinois researchers drew together findings from 42 different studies on trigger bias to examine whether race affects how likely a target is to be shot. “In our study we found two main things: First, people were quicker to shoot black targets with a gun,…

  • Action Scene Silhouettes Cut Out Of Paper

    Disregard females, cut black paper action scenes then photograph them: From David Reeves, an artist from Halifax, NS Canada. Looks like a lot of work.  If I had a laser cutter I would have used that to save time rather than an x-acto knife. Hat tip: Geekologie

  • When Plinking At Cans Becomes Art

    Sunset over Manhattan: (Source) Pretty neat how a pile of strategically placed shot-up garbage can cast a familiar looking shadow. I’m disappointed that there is no artist provided “deep meaning”  behind this painting so i’ll make my own: The urban silhouette cast by the shot up garbage represents the struggle man has with industrialism, only worsening with each rise of the morning…

  • Gunsite Academy Shooting – Man Downrange Mistaken For A Target

    A 50-year-old man was mistaken for a target and accidentally shot during an exercise at Gunsite Academy’s training facility in Paulden Arizona, authorities said. Full Story – HERE   OOPS… Somebody needs new glasses! That’s a negligent discharge at its finest.  According to the article the man is is “good” condition, hopefully he recovers quickly.…

  • Deweaponizing The Gun

    His work, created by shooting bullets into reinforced aluminum and generating a patterned silhouette effect, Creel admits the process drained him, “I started off just going into the woods with canvas, then realized I needed a stronger material.” Taking nearly a full year to develop his current technique and the resulting first piece (an image…