7 Amazing Movie Special Effects You Won’t Believe Aren’t CGI | Cracked.com
It’s well-known that Jurassic Park was created through a combination of CGI and terrifying dinosaur-shaped robots, but there’s one important special effect they used in the film that is often neglected — namely, dudes in rubber suits.
Yep, the movie that convinced everyone that CGI was cool used good old-fashioned monster costumes, too. Steven Spielberg commissioned the legendary Stan Winston to create some practical effects for some parts of the film, because it’s one thing to tell your child actors to imagine they’re being chased through a kitchen and quite another to put a real Raptor face in front of them.
Winston’s team came up with a system that consisted of making the most realistic dinosaur puppets ever, then sticking a dude inside them.
Speaking of the famous kitchen scene, Stan Winston Studio supervisor John Rosengrant and concept designer Mark McCreery got the honor of donning actual Raptor costumes in that part of the movie — that’s Rosengrant in this shot:
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Tattoo studio comes up with innovative print ad, love it!
Otter plays with rock.
Easily one of the most adorable things ever. Look how he carries it around :D

Is it bad that I didn’t notice they were swapped until I got down to Vimeo and Youtube?
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A combination of four animals, Ganesha is made of Man, Elephant, Serpent, and Mouse. The large head symbolizes the wisdom as well as auspiciousness and strength. The trunk symbolizes discrimination (knowing when and how to use it; lift a tree branch…or a simple pine cone), which is the most important quality necessary for spiritual progress.
Ingenius marketing campaign. Help.
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This commercial for the NEW Internet Explorer gave me the chills…I must say…I’m actually pretty impressed. Maybe I’ll give it another go?
There was only one social network…and most of your friends died of dysentery.

It’s almost 12/21/12…I don’t know how we are going to die…But I think I’m ready.
