Apparently some biologist was sufficiently intrigued by looking at cows (whereas the rest of us would know them mostly from the meat aisle in the supermarket) that they study the orientation of cow herds using Google Earth images [link] . Surprisingly, they find that cow herds on average faces towards magnetic north or south. Previous sensitivity to magnetism has been seen in animals such as migratory birds, but not cows, which aren't the physically active type and thus seemingly have no need to know which way's north. They still can't explain why the herds acts like a gigantic, methane-farting compass, so who knows, maybe it's the iron in their diet, or the cows have some strange rituals that we don't know (and probably don't want to know) of.

Still, you got to wonder how the biologist comes up with the idea for this study. Were they just looking at google earth and one day thought, "hmmm.... I wonder which direction those cows are facing".



On another note, affluent mexicans afraid of being kidnapped are getting themselves microchipped [link] . Just like cats and dogs. The company that provides this service implant a small, rice-grain sized microchip under your skin just like your vet does to your four-legged furry friend. However, here's the downside - since the microchip itself isn't transmitting or communicating anything, you still have to carry a GPS device which you still have to press in times of trouble; then it will tell people where you are. Which kind of defeats the purpose of the chip, since it seems you can just get a GPS equipped mobile phone to do the same job.

It probably does help in identifying your corpse should you ended up getting killed, but that's not much help, is it? But now that face transplants [link] are closer to becoming reality (anyone remembered that old movie face/off?) maybe it'll be useful in future stolen identity cases.

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Comission prices (All prices are in Australian Dollar)

Lineart/black and white : $15-50 depending on complexity

Coloured : $ 50-150 depending on complexity

Sample pricing:
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Coloured [link] - $60 [link] - $70 [link] - $100


Tutorials that I've made:
Drawing Wings: [link]
BG-painting: Stars [link]
BG-painting:Moon [link]
BG-painting: Clouds: [link]
Painting Scales: [link]
Painting Fire and Feathers: [link]
Lineart preparation for colouring (photoshop): [link]
Basic CG Colouring Part 1: [link]
Basic CG Colouring Part 2: [link]
Basic CG colouring Part 3: [link]
Basic CG colouring Part 4 (End): [link]
Drawing anime faces: [link]
Painting grass and trees: [link]
Cel shading: [link]

My print store: [link]