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Amusement Parks of Ruin by Francesco Mugnai

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These alluring images of abandoned and ruined amusement parks were expertly photographed by Francesco Mugnai. It’s great to see how the shear force of nature reclaims the old rusting and decaying structures of roller coaster tracks, slides and yes, clowns. See the rest of the images below…

Amusement Parks of Ruin Gallery

SEE ALSO: Walk-on Roller Coaster.

Francesco Mugnai: I’m an italian project manager, teacher, Adobe certified expert, pro-blogger and web designer freelance. I currently teach graphic design and web design in various international art schools (worldwide), including master’s and specialization courses. Right now i am also one of the official designers of the Italian Ministry of Public Education [read more here].

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Category: Photos
Tag: Amusement Park, roller coasters, urban

Free Download – 120 Vector Glyph Icons

Check out this totally-free download made available by Ivo Ivanov via Mighty Deals:

You can never have too many icons, especially when they’re free to download like this great set from Ivo Ivanov. The set comes as a PSD file with properly separated layers. Each icon has 4 effects — inner and outer shadows, gradient overlay and drop shadow —that can be toggled on and off as per your preference; meaning that you can use the icons with their cool gradients, fully flat, or somewhere in between [READ MORE AND DOWNLOAD HERE].

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Category: Downloads
Tag: deals, icons, vectors

Stunning Electron Illustration: Creative Direction by Sig Vicious

This amazing illustrative work is entitled “Electron”, and was expertly created by Icelandic creative, Sig Vicious:

Electron Illustration & Detail Gallery

♥ SEE ALSO: Custom Printed Attire by MWM Graphics.

Sig Vicious: This is my piece in a collaborative show between 15 Icelandic graphic designers and illustrators. The theme of the show is hringrás (meaning cycle in English).

Electron Illustration: Creative Direction by Sig Vicious: Further information

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Category: Digital Art
Tag: blue, Creative, illustration

See These Secret and Intricate Fore-Edge Paintings

These secret and intricate Fore-Edge Paintings are from the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa, which were provided by Colleen Theisen. She shared stunning gif animations that show fore-edge painting. The technique used shows painting on the sides of old books, that can only be seen when the pages are spread out (as shown in the images below). The Fore-Edge Paintings shown are based upon the four seasons: