Combining modern technology with more traditional art techniques is an interesting symbiosis that can produce magnificent results. A Miami-based Indian-American artist, NFN Kalyan, took his hand drawn artwork and used a laser etching device commonly employed to make holograms; the result was spectacular 3D sculptures that wow everyone who views them.

If you’ve seen The Cell (Jennifer Lopez’s ambitious acting attempt), you must remember the scene with the horse getting sliced into pieces. The method used for these sculptures is pretty similar. There are several drawings that have no meaning on their own. They need to be combined with the others present layers of a complex structure. With the right lighting, over 20 glass panels with drawings engraved on them using the laser become one picture, creating a realistic human face.

Kalyan’s choice of models is quite colorful, from famous NBA player Lebron James,  to the Dalai Lama, to Barack Obama. The exhibition, entitled “Nature of the Beast,” portrays people that Kalyan finds interesting in some way.

A real estate agent from Chicago, Illinois picked up his pencils and began to draw masterpieces with them, something he hadn’t done since he was a teenager 30 years ago. The results are so incredible that it’s hard to believe that he has had no formal art education.

Rick Forston started drawing again in 2008, and has so far made dozens of portraits of celebrities that continue to amaze people with their photograph-like details. He’s so good that when you place Rick’s drawing of the singer Tyrone Wells and his wife Elina next to the actual black and white photo of the couple, it’s almost impossible to determine which one is which.

Some of Rick’s favorite subjects include characters from popular TV shows and movies such as Breaking Bad, Iron Man and Hancock. This pure talent shows it’s never too late to work on things you love and achieve great results (unless you were dreaming on becoming the youngest person to climb Mount Everest). His prints are available for sale on his deviantart page.

Well, what do I know? There have been many people throughout history who managed to become very well known despite being complete drunkards. Some of them even managed to become highly successful despite their addiction. Below are some of the most well known booze hounds.

6.) Ulysses S. Grant – 18th President of the United States

Grant was one of the top Union generals during the Civil War, serving with great distinction at the Battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. Eventually he took command of the Army of the Potomac. He was renowned for his fierce and dogged fighting style. “I cannot spare this man,” Abraham Lincoln was reported to have said. “He fights!”

Fight he did. And when he wasn’t, he drank like the proverbial fish. Grant was reported to have consumed entire bottles of whisky in one evening when duty did not call. Of course, being in the middle of the frontier during the Civil War period meant there wasn’t a great deal to do during your downtime. Also, some think that many men during this period guzzled so much booze because they thought it was healthy and nutritious. Per capita consumption of liquor in 1830 was over six gallons per year.

That excuse might cut it for Grant, but it won’t do for some of the others on our list.

5.) Edgar Allan Poe

Poe drank so much that he could not get into the military after several tries. He was thrown out of West Point for missing drills and parades because he was too hung over. He lost girlfriends because he was a completely terrifying, raging drunk. He managed to write his many famous works, including The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, and Murders in the Rue Morgue, between his bouts of getting himself obliterated with whisky and cognac.

The writer was found delirious and drunk outside of a Baltimore tavern in 1849, and he died four days later. He was a mere 40 years old.

Poe’s love for cognac was so well known that, starting in 1949, an unknown visitor has been leaving a bottle cognac and three roses on the anniversary of his birthday at his grave in Baltimore.

4.) John Daly

Daly is most well known for his long drives off the tee, his rather chunky, rumpled non-golfy sort of appearance. He has been known to play rounds of golf with no shirt or shoes. And something else….now what was it? Oh yes! Stories like this: Daly Detained After Passing Out Drunk at Hooters. This story is rather typical of Daly, in that it includes the words “golfer,” ‘Hooters,” and “extremely intoxicated.”

But wait, there’s more! Oh yes, a lot more. Daly is on record as saying that he “would rather get drunk than play golf.” He also was once kicked out of the Arnold Palmer Invitational for missing his pro-am tee time that caused two other players to be eliminated from the tournament too. I suspect alcohol was a factor.

3.) Anna Nicole Smith

Oh, goodness. So much to choose from for the famous rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-deceased gold digger. May she rest in peace. Where to start? The drunken insanity at the 2004 American Music Awards? That was a good one. But I am a particular fan of the time she was sued because of her obscene behavior at a Live 8 charity event in 2005. Smith appeared to be “extremely intoxicated” and half naked. She also grabbed her crotch and puked at one point.

Her drunken escapades date back to at least 1989, when she was convicted of very drunk driving, with a blood alcohol level of .22.

Of course, we should have some sympathy for the dead Smith, who passed away from a drug overdose at the age of 39. The word is that her father raped her younger sister and that her stepfather beat and whipped her regularly. By the time she was 21, she was practically illiterate.

2.) Paula Abdul

Paula has had an interesting career – progressing from an LA Lakers cheerleader to an 80s pop icon, before becoming a judge on “American Idol” in the 2000s. Paula is a particularly interesting drunk, because she is reported to have claimed “she has never been drunk in her life.” Yes, that’s right. All of her very odd behavior on “American Idol”? Her claim? “I am just being goofy.” We don’t know about that, but she swears she has never been drunk.

1.) Lindsay Lohan

I mean, what is a best drunks list without the in-court-every-other-week LiLo? A summer 2011 episode at the Palihouse Hotel in Hollywood has her getting completely plastered, as well as going into full blown paranoia mode, screaming at her date, “Stop flirting with everyone!” Later, she cradled a bottle of Kettle 1 vodka, and murmured to it, “You’ll never leave me.” By 2 in the morning, she could no longer stand up, and had to prop herself up by leaning on chairs. She ended up hanging off the curtains to stay upright.

In August, she was observed at Kim Kardashian’s wedding getting completely ripped. She also said at the shin dig that she planned to blow off her required community service from her latest lock up so she could get drunk with Paris Hilton.

At this point, my major hope for LiLo is she does not kill herself, and eventually is able to land a TV show mom role in 10 years. She’ll probably need to do that to try to make up for all the millions she has thrown away the last five years.

But the way she is behaving, I expect a booze and drug overdose before she hits 30. Hope I’m wrong.

By Joseph Pickett

First photo is Barack Windu: Yes We Can (use the force)

RihannAyla – An umbrella isn’t quite as cool to carry as a  lightsaber.

Darth Homer – “mmm Dressellian Beer……”

Tobey Skywalker

Queen Frodo – Frodo Baggins as Queen Amidala. A somewhat disturbing site.

Leia Winehouse – They try to make her go to rehab! She said: jar jar jar!

Obi T2 will be back!

Ewok L. Jackson

Dr. House as Qui Gon Jinn

Darth Pacino, the Godfather of dark side.

So, how do you think they turned out?

The crew from This Blog Rules made a list of the 10 actors that we believe did the best interpretations of their characters. Take a look at them :

10. Philip Seymour Hoffman played the role as famous author Truman Capote in the 2005 biographical movie “Capote”. He won several awards, including Best Actor on Academy Awards.

9. In the 1998 famous sport movie “Without Limits”, Billy Crudup played the running star Steve Prefontaine. The role was planned for Tom Cruise in the first place, but he decided that he was to old for the part.

8. The Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro was the perfect pick to play in this two-part series 2008 movie “Che” as the most famous revolutionary figure Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

7. The gay rights activist and politician Havey Milk was played by Sean Penn in the 2008 biographical movie “Milk”. Sean Penn’s cosmetic transformation in this movie included a prosthetic nose and teeth, contact lenses and redesigned hairline. His makeup was done by an Academy Award winner.

6. Helen Mirren had the role as Queen Elizabeth in the 2006 British historical drama “The Queen”. The actress said that transforming herself into the Queen was not difficult after the wig and glasses, especially since she has the same facial expressions with a slightly down turned mouth like the Queen herself. Queen Elizabeth II refuses to watch this movie.

5. This 2002 movie interprets the professional and private life of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo who was played by Salma Hayek. To make the movie character Frida more realistic, Salma grew her own moustache on the upper lip. Madonna and Jennifer Lopez was also very interested to play this role.

4. Emile Hirsch played the role as the adventurist Christopher McCandless in the 2007 American Drama film “Into the Wild”. He had to lose 40 pounds to play the role. No stunt-men were used for Emile Hirsch, not even in the river rapid, rock-climbs and grizzly bear scenes.

3. In film history many actors played Adolf Hitler, but no one did is as convincing as Swiss actor Bruno Ganz. As a preparation for the movie “Der Untergang”, he spent some time with Parkinson’s patients in a hospital. Clips for this movie are used in many parodies that appear on Youtube.

2. Jamie Foxx got the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing legendary blind rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles in the movie “Ray”. Jamie Foxx had to wear eye prosthetics that made him blind for up to 14 hours a day during shooting. He played the piano by himself in all of the scenes, and attended classes at the Braille Institute so it would help him to play the role of Ray Charles.

1. Charlize Theron won a lot of awards for playing in the 2003 biographical-crime-drama-thriller “Monster” as the serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Theron gained 30 pound and wore prosthetic teeth to look more like the movie character she was playing. Film critics said that Theron’s participation in the movie was not a performance but an embodiment.

Some of the movies have their sequels, here is the list of the 10 best movie sequels of all time.