R2-D2 is that spunky robot with a personality that makes the ladies swoon.  ”He’s not that cool.”  Yeah, well next time a beautiful woman paints your body on her fingernails, call me.  And then call the police and get a restraining order, because you have a serious problem that you need to nip in the bud.

The detail of these nails is pretty impressive – better than I can do, anyway.  I was at a loss when I tried to find who is responsible for these beauties, so if anyone reading this would like to take credit, go ahead.  Then, for verification, we’ll need to send you a glove to try on.  ”It does not FIT!  YOU MUST ACQUIT!”  Oh, no, O.J.  I am going to make this glove fit your hand if it is the last thing I do.  Get the WD-40 and the shrink ray.  ”We don’t have a shrink ray.”  DON’T ARGUE, JUST GET IT DONE!

If you love these nails, then you’ll be infatuated with the R2-D2 Ballerina Costume and the R2-D2 Short Shorts. We love short shorts!  *Clapping*  I love short shorts!  *Clapping*

[via: Geeks Are Sexy]

Jack Kieffer owns Cool Gizmo Toys, a one-stop-shop for geeks of all kinds!

Gregory’s bathroom is loaded with retro video game touches, with artwork from Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong and Pac-Man adorning the walls and fixtures. I especially love the Mario brick and question mark block lighting fixture above that intricately-detailed retro gaming mirror. Even the toilet seat cover has gotten the retro gaming treatment. I wonder if the Pac-Man trash can is filled with power pills, or just wadded up Kleenex. I also want to know where he got that Mario hand towel from. Check out some more detailed pics in the gallery below:

You can find even more images of this video game bathroom over on Photobucket. Thanks for tipping us off to this, Gregory. It’s a most-excellent place that I’d be happy to spend hours doing any of the things you do in a bathroom.

The console offers up a stunning automotive grade, clear-coated finish, with gold, silver and red accents, clearly reminiscent of the original Legend of Zelda gold cartridge. Ryan says they allowed the paint to cure for a full month between steps to ensure a perfect finish. I certainly would never have that kind of patience. But paintjob aside, the very best part of the design though is the intricate pixelated Link on top.

You might assume that it was laser cut, but it was entirely done by hand, which makes it way more impressive in its level of detail and clean construction. Utilmately, it took Ryan over 50 hours of cutting, sanding and soldering to work out the light up multi-colored Link character.

The icing on the cake for this mod is the accompanying launch video clip Ryan and his pals made, working with Avid Productions 479 on the video, and Will Chiles on the original Zelda-inspired score. It’s really a loving tribute to Zelda, and shows off the console in all its glory:

Now wasn’t that special? Seems to me that all casemods should come along with such a magical launch video, don’cha think?

[Thanks for the tip, Will & Ryan!]

You could also take an old typewriter, replace the ink pads with colored paint pads, cover the letter keys over with labels drawn with corresponding colored markers, and come up with a typing art machine. And this is exactly what Washington-based artist Tyree Callahan did. Not only does it produce paintings, but the typewriter itself could be seen as a work of art itself.

Callahan calls his modded 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter the “Chromatic Typewriter.” He has submitted it to the 2012 West Prize competition, where top prize goes to the piece of artwork with the most votes.

[via Dark Silence in Suburbia via Colossal]

Painted by Icedvovo. Spotted over on Instructables. To be duplicated by me before my next BBQ party.

He has since gotten a new couch, but my mom keeps her mouth shut about it nowadays. But anyway, had he waited a few more years, he probably wouldn’t have had to go and get it upholstered because he could have just painted over it instead with one of these Simply Spray Fabric Paints. And it’s appropriately called the Upholstery Paint.

But there’s more to the Simply Spray line than meets the eye. Aside from the basic fabric paints, there’s also the Stencil Spray, Paint It Black, Puff Paint, and even Spray Blood.

The Stencil Spray boasts that it looks like a silkscreen, while Paint It Black turns your once-black clothing items back to, well, black. Spray Blood is (obviously) spray-on blood, while my favorite of the bunch is Puff Paint, where the paint sort of puffs up when you heat it with a dryer.

You can get all of the Simply Spray paint sprays online from SprayPaint4Fabric and Fabric Spray Paint.

[via Make: via Oh Gizmo!]

For just $400 (USD), the gadget-pimping company will customize the color of your camera’s seven major parts – front, back, top, lens body, lens face, hot shoe insert and port door – as well as that of the lens cap. As with other ColorWare services, you can choose from a variety of colors and a glossy or soft finish.

If you’re still planning to buy a D-Lux 5, have a look at it’s vanilla form now. Looooooook. Don’t like it as it is? Then get a brand new and custom colorized D-Lux 5 from ColorWare for $1,200. That’s not too bad if you think the customization is worth the price, since the camera itself costs around $800 nowadays. Then again, $1,200 can get you a significantly more powerful camera.

[ColorWare]

The Flow looks and feels just like a real paintbrush, but has special bristles which can “paint” on the screen of your iPad, Xoom or other touchscreen tablet or smartphone. I can see this working really well with applications like Autodesk’s Sketchbook Pro or ArtRage for iPad.

Check out The Flow in action in the video below:

Looks pretty awesome to me, although I wish that our touchscreens could sense pressure and angle like a Wacom tablet can. Still, this is a step in the right direction for artists on the go, or just hobbyists who want to paint with something other than their fingertips.

The Flow brush you see above is still just a prototype, but if they can raise sufficient funding through Kickstarter, you can help get these into production. A basic aluminum brush will sell for $30 (USD), but you can get one for a $20 pledge. They’ve also got a limited-edition gold version just for Kickstarter contributors for $30, and various other bundles for larger contributions.

I’m the “good enough” sort and my wife is the “it has to be perfect or I will never again stop talking about it until you eventually repaint it” sort of person, not that I am bitter or anything. Olympic has a new app that might just save your marriage when your wife wants to paint and the color has to be exactly like that napkin you got from your wedding. The app is called ColorClix and it is available for computers and for mobile devices.

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The mobile app is the coolest and is available for iPhone and Android devices. The app has many features, but the coolest is Grab a Color. With this feature, you can take a pic of that damn napkin and get the exact color mixed at a paint dealer. You can also choose colors from images you already took. The best part is the app is free and you can grab it on the Android Market or iTunes right now.

The ON/OFF Paint will still work even when it’s painted over or covered by a wallpaper, so you don’t have to get stuck with whatever color it comes in. APCI also reported that the ON/OFF Paint can be used not just to toggle devices on or off, they can also be used in conjunction with a timer or dimmer. The possibilities for this invention are endless, and should prove useful for elderly, disabled and drunk people.

[via Coolest Gadgets]

Hand-painted by Flickr contributor Ozkunk93, the Jet Set Radio Dreamcast really speaks for itself. The design echoes the cell-shaded graffiti style of the original game, and looks just great splashed across the lid of the Dreamcast and onto the face of the controller.

Now if only SEGA would decide to update JSR and bring it back for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, I’d be completely stoked. They did it for the original Xbox with Jet Set Radio Future, so why can’t we of the current gen consoles get Jet Set Radio Future Future? What about a version you play with the Kinect? Or maybe a 3D variant on the Nintendo 3DS? Are you listening SEGA?

[Custom Art via Albotas]

While some of the graffiti paintings are cool, others are a bit less than so, especially the one with Jar-Jar. Naturally, my faves are the ones with Darth Vader. There are lots of good ones with stormtroopers and R2-D2 as well.

The AT-AT as a dog is pretty funny, if not the most original concept.

What do you guys think? Would you like to have one of these on your house, or at least in your neighborhood, or would you call the Graffiti Blasters to erase it?

[via Leetlady]

I wanted to make an Iron Man-themed Segway, but unfortunately crimson and gold were not among the colors being offered. If the color that you want is not in the options, you can still ask ColorWare to use it, as long as you know what it’s Pantone PMS number is, and you’re willing to pay an additional $250 (USD) for each custom color. Below is a video showing a all-red ColorWare Segway i2:

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Since this service is for one model only, Segway i2 owners can send in their unit for customization for $1,500. You can also buy and customize a brand new Segway i2 from ColorWare for $7,500. Check out ColorWare’s website for more info. I’m amazed that people would be willing to pay that much for this thing. Next thing you know ColorWare’s selling customized (and overpriced) Toyota Priuses.

[via Engadget]

Akihabara News points out that the Japanese consider frogs to be bringers of good fortune, although I’m not sure if ricepuppet did become a lucky gamer after painting his console. ricepuppet claims that he can paint over consoles without voiding the warranty, although how he does it is a “secret of the trade.” Fair enough. Check out his deviantART page and his pricelist (pdf) for more details.

[via Akihabara News]

GML was created by Jamie Wilkinson, Evan Roth, Theodore Watson and Chris Sugrue and stores gestural graffiti motions as a set of XML data tags. They fondly refer to GML as “today’s new digital standard for tomorrow’s vandals.”

There are already a variety of applications that can read and store GML data, including Grafitti Analysis, Laser Tag (which is completely awesome all on its own), Fat Tag Deluxe (for virtual iPhone graffiti) and EyeWriter (for drawing with eye movements), among others. You can even upload and store your graffiti creations and share them for others to download over at 000000book.com.

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There’s even Robotagger, an industrial robotic arm with a paintbrush in it’s grip, and programmed to follow GML paths to create robotic graffiti!

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The guys over at Robots.net even go so far to imagine a future where you’d record your graffiti at home, then send out your own robotic army with their own spray cans to do your bidding. Sweet. Just not on my garage, please.

While I’m often not a fan of airbrushed cases (I much prefer more elaborate mods, myself), I have to say that the cracks and details in this one look great. I’m not so sure about the glaring visage of Superman himself, though. I think you probably have to be a really good gamer in order to perform under the piercing, clearly judging gaze of Superman. You know he could do it better–he’s Superman, better is sort of a job requirement–so you have to be almost super yourself. Or just turn the Xbox around. Take that, Superman. But wait! He can see through walls. There is no escape!

[via Xbox Freedom]

This particular custom faceplate looks pretty simple, right? I’m sure you’re scoffing, thinking, “I could do that.” And if you’re one of the lucky artistic ones, I’m sure you could! So long as you’re willing to get red paint all over your fingers (ew). But man, I’ve seen some really atrocious custom paint attempts that have ruined consoles before, so may I advise using a cheap faceplate if you try it, and maybe having a backup on hand?

If you’re less adventurous, you can pick this one up at Etsy for $18. The Argenta Collaborative store is filled with other goodies, too, like awesome retro perler bead magnets.

These whimsical acrylic on paper creations are part of Laser Bread’s 2009 mission to “Make Something Cool Every Day.”

While it was the Donkey Kong painting that initially caught my eye, I have a soft spot in my heart for Dig Dug.

And after you’re done appreciating these, be sure to check out Laser Bread’s other nifty creations over on Flickr. My personal favorite is “Cheeseburger on a Trampoline” (which is sorta, kinda like the soul brother of Burgertime).

[via GamOvr]

This special delivery comes to us courtesy of Nimcraft. While Nim thinks the mailbox invaders are “un-perfectly painted”, I don’t care. It’s way cooler than any of the mailboxes in my neighborhood.

[via Wonderland]

Look at those muscles! Look at that intensity! Surely the other side can’t be quite this badass, right?

I’m pretty sad right now that this isn’t my Xbox 360. I’m pretty sure the only thing that’s better than this custom shell would be, say, an actual planet named Plun-Darr or something.

[via Xbox Freedom via Gamefreaks]