I am a Soviet-escapee living and studying in Victoria, Canada. My most recent project is The Saddest Cat in The World, a weekly comic that details the day to day life of an unnamed, severely depressed cat and the grief he faces at the hands of his malevolent owner. I’m currently accepting work. Email meTumblr (3.0; @mariakonstantinov)http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnv5lu5HG1qz8ui9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Andrea Maack</p>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/234373160http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/234373160Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:10:31 -0800<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksfqkx6xaA1qzsjk6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/230636976http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/230636976Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:08:32 -0800<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksh4h5LD4o1qz8ui9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/230626381http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/230626381Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:48:40 -0800<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kse4fbJOwY1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/229135984http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/229135984Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:08:44 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sbHU8qOy2c4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sbHU8qOy2c4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/227626056http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/227626056Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:31:03 -0700<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6ir9p4g01qzss8ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>British artist <a href="http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/drawings.aspx" target="_blank">Stephen Wiltshire</a> is currently attempting to draw the Manhattan skyline from memory. since Monday October 26th. Wiltshire began filling in an 18 foot canvas at the Pratt institute, Brooklyn. The drawing is expected to be complete by Friday. You can follow his progress through the live webcam <a href="http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/New_York_Panorama.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>.<br/><br/> Wiltshire diagnosed with autism at the age of three displays an unusually powerful photographic memory that he has applied to rendering city scapes. He can look at the subject of his drawing once and reproduce it accurately with photographic detail, down to the exact number of columns or windows on a building. He memorizes their shapes, locations and the architecture.</p>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/225705075http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/225705075Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:27:00 -0700<object width="400" height="358"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FMASUCLINE_COSTUMES_ARTICLE_10_27_rev.jpg&videoid=98853&title=How%20To%20Find%20A%20Masculine%20Halloween%20Costume%20For%20Your%20Effeminate%20Son" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="358" flashvars="image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FMASUCLINE_COSTUMES_ARTICLE_10_27_rev.jpg&videoid=98853&title=How%20To%20Find%20A%20Masculine%20Halloween%20Costume%20For%20Your%20Effeminate%20Son"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>How To Find A Masculine Halloween Costume For Your Effeminate Son</p>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/225247844http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/225247844Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:20:55 -0700<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks3csb1fNG1qz8ui9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/223153256http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/223153256Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:21:47 -0700<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krmbjrbfUb1qzuzbpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://align.tumblr.com/post/215648531/albatross-chicks-eat-plastic" target="_blank">align</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://closertotheocean.tumblr.com/post/215518008/albatross-chicks-eat-plastic" target="_blank">closertotheocean</a>:<a href="http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=11" target="_blank">Chris Jordan</a>:These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young. On this diet of human trash, every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die on Midway from starvation, toxicity, and choking.</p> <p>To document this phenomenon as faithfully as possible, not a single piece of plastic in any of these photographs was moved, placed, manipulated, arranged, or altered in any way. These images depict the actual stomach contents of baby birds in one of the world’s most remote marine sanctuaries, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent. (via <a href="http://www.aphotostudent.com/?p=820" target="_blank">A Photo Student</a>)</p> <p>[This is infuriating.]</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/215933583http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/215933583Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:18:27 -0700<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbtgppHX11qz8ui9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Artist Liu Bolin - paints himself into his surroundings.</p>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/209688940http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/209688940Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:29:13 -0700<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr7qra5Qgf1qzv52ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/207959718http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/207959718Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:21:14 -0700<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqyo7favJu1qzgwyxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/203783840http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/203783840Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:11:26 -0700<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqebfvzCxB1qzniowo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/194645863http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/194645863Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:50:03 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YMs9EiGX5OY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YMs9EiGX5OY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Horrible family on Wife Swap</p>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/177795230http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/177795230Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:39:40 -0700<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp874uXCW81qz7tm6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote>French photographer and installation artist <a title="Georges Rousse" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Rousse" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/en.wikipedia.org');" target="_blank">Georges Rousse</a> paints geometric shapes in abandoned places and photographs them afterwards. </blockquote></p>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/176163123http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/176163123Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:48:40 -0700<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kot4b3GMv01qzwfr0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/169569309http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/169569309Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:33:46 -0700<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kopcloBVaj1qz8ui9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/167745500http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/167745500Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:10:36 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TnZhi5gaX8g&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TnZhi5gaX8g&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>So Your Cat Wants A Massage? Petting is so passe!</p>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/166376355http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/166376355Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:25:00 -0700<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koi9lk0pcF1qz8ui9o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/164655777http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/164655777Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:22:31 -0700<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/5IexEQ7XTqzydtbvjt6fYCVHo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nasreen Mohamedi, Untitled, ca. 1987. Pencil and ink on paper, 11 x 14 in.</p>http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/160418552http://mariakonstantinov.tumblr.com/post/160418552Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:06:48 -0700