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DRB Feel-Good Issue #11


"FEEL-GOOD SHOT" #11
Link - by Avi Abrams



Some joyful stuff to brighten up your day
Mixed images flow: cars, girls, etc.

Welcome to the new issue of Dark Roasted Blend's "Feel-Good" series: mostly bright and sweet collection of images designed to propel you along your day with a smile on your face and a spring in your gait.

COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED! -



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STUNNING ART

Concept art for the "Iron Grip" (a project by Isotx), done by Dan Blomberg - see more at this link (including sketches and work-in-progress). The airship is designed by Keith Thompson, whose work we featured on DRB before:


(image credit: Dan Blomberg)


Great vintage space science fiction art by Wally Wood from the "Incredible Science Fiction" 1952 issue:


(art by Wally Wood)

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WONDERFUL PLACES

The Cochem Castle in Cochem, Germany:




Calgary, Alberta, circa 1995 (since then, more skyscrapers contributed to the skyline) with Canadian Rockies in the background:



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Mixed fresh links for today:

Grandmas & Their Cooking Around the World! - [fascinating]
Every Day of World War Two in Europe - [awesome video, map]
Awesome Find: 1956 Hudson Police Car - [scroll down, pics]
Incredible Micro-Apartment in Seattle - [wow design, video]
Forgotten Florida: Abandoned Places - [exploring]
Deadly Lake Turns Animals to Stone - [wow nature]
Breaking Bad Tribute; You can call Saul here - [art, subreddit]
Knitting Yourself a House! - [wow art]
The Wildcat Robot Running - [wow video]
The Wheel Momentum - [wow science video]
Kayaking Down the Drainage Ditch - [wow video]
Remember "Akira"? Well, Here's "Midnight City" - [music video]
Andy Kaufman Does Elvis Presley - [cool video]
Real-life Indiana Joneses, Wild West Gunfighters - [interesting]

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FEEL-GOOD CARS






June Lockhart and Elsa Martinelli






Lola T-70 - a truly beautiful 1960s sports car; more info:




Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman series in the 1960s:


(image via)


Is this a Jeep? Yes! This is the "Jeep Treo" 2004 concept:


(image via)

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FEEL-GOOD GIRLS

Featuring American & British models and actresses Natalie Wood, Susannah York, Ingrid Pitt, Hayley Mills, Dorothy McGuire, Jenny Agutter, Jane Fonda, Jackie Lane, Sally Field, Susan Dey, Colleen Corby:













Left: Roberta Shore; right: Megan Follows as Anne Shirley in "Anne of Green Gables" -




Glamour Overload! Terry Moore in the company of Mitzi Gaynor, Pier Angeli and Leslie Caron:




Italian actresses in the 1950s-1960s: Giorgia Moll, Ottavia Piccollo, Romina Power and Sandra Milo:







(bottom image: the lastest Alfa-Romeo concept car)


French actresses: France Anglade, Jean Seberg; and Sabine Sinjen with Claude Rich in "Les Tontons flingueurs" (1963):





(bottom image: Swedish actress Elke Sommer)


This is something special: a 1940s-style photoshoot of Sarah Long, by Brent Eysler Photography, from this Flickr set


(images credit: Brent Eysler Photography)


Zooey Deschanel in the "Bridge to Terabithia" (top):




(Zooey Deschanel with a different hairstyle, looking happy)


Russian actress Marina Neelova in 1975 movie "Krasavetz Muzhchina" (A Handsome Man):






French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo:




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JAPANESE SCI-FI

Mecha design from the "Five Star Stories":



(bottom right: Japanese manga version of "Star Wars")

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FEEL-GOOD VINTAGE ADS




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Until next time! Keep the sunshine, folks.


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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just thought you should know, that's Meagan Follows not Anne Shirley. The characters name is Anne Shirley.

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