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Zoey berates you and your dignity the comic

almightychiru

Find a guy who'll play RE6 with you <3

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necosuke

Custom paint design for a Yamaha YZF

I had the opportunity to design a dark red and black spider-themed custom paint for a Yamaha YZF. It was a very unique request and a great learning experience. Thank you so much for the commission!

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makaroll410

Been drawing album art every day for my game Asterika. It's a fun challenge trying to make each piece more unique than the last. I might bring back some old styles. Anyway, here's a peek at a new one !

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Comterm Polycom

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Hidden PCB silkscreen art

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What you're looking at is a subtle artistic inside joke within the world of electrical and hardware engineering.

During the design process of PCB's, engineers have to map out the board's silkscreen (aka the nonconductive layer of apoxy ink, typically in white, black or yellow, that is used to indicate components, design, and test points). This is an essential part of circuit board building that is an integral part of the design process, serving as essentially a communicative manual to anyone servicing it, or something fun to find for teardowns. Think of it as a medical diagram to the board's meat and bones. It is layered on top of the solder mask which in turn protects the copper of the board from corrosion.

Many designers opt to put hidden messages, symbols or popculture references within the leftover/non-essential spaces as a fun way to connect them to their work. It's a piece of the artist within the art, and acts as a fun little real life easter egg to anyone brave enough to open up the tech housing it.

They don't serve any functional purpose to the board, but they sure are cool :)

Images and info sourced from flickr, r/hiddenpcbeggs, and pcbgogo

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oldguydoesstuff

This is not a cellphone. Just a wireless phone for your landline, and yup $219, because the world knew no cordless phones back then.

This would be early 1980s. It's the reason you see Tom Cruise in the movie Risky Business take out the cordless phone and put up the antenna as he's walking around the house in his underwear. It's supposed to be a flex to establish that he's a rich kid.