Between Fantasy And Realism: Artist Bo Bartlett Unmoors His Visions From The Everyday
A midcareer figurative painter with a distinctive and haunting narrative vision, Bo Bartlett composes large-scale contemporary portraits and landscapes that combine the memories and impressions of his upbringing, his faith, his family, and his friends. Presenting iconic American subjects subtly underlined with open-ended questions, Bartlett implies that there is a chance for magic and wonder in everyday life. Bo Bartlett belongs to the tradition of American realist painters defined by such artists as Andrew Wyeth, who called Bartlett “fresh, gifted and what we need in this country.” Continue reading »
Fashion Portrait Paintings Of The Tattooed Girls By Philip Muñoz
Philip Muñoz is a self-taught painter based in Bristol city, UK.Focused on portraits and figures immersed in the “urban” context, Philip created vibrant and youthful, care-free characters caught in the beautifully eclectic area of Bristol city. Continue reading »
Satirical And Minimalist Illustrations By Francesco Ciccolella
A selection of the beautiful minimalist illustrations by Francesco Ciccolella, an Austrian artist who manages to display satirical messages in spite of soft and colorful creations. Francesco Ciccolella has collaborated with numerous publications, such as The Guardian, The New York Times or Wired. Continue reading »
Tiny, Super Minimalist Tattoos That Are Subtle But Striking
If you like the idea of getting a tattoo, but do not want a design that is too conspicuous, these tiny and minimalist tattoos may be exactly what you are looking for. Here’s a collection of such subtle but eye-catching tattoos by the tattoo artist Jonathan Valena to inspire you. Continue reading »
Romantic Colorized Vintage Postcards Show French People During The WWI Era
These brightly colored postcards, sent by French families and soldiers during World War I, are part of a set of similar cards available on Flickr from the George Eastman House. Because sending postcards to soldiers was postage-free during the conflict, the cards were mass-produced in great quantity and variety. Imagery offered solace and urged staunch resolve. Continue reading »
The Secret And Funny Life Of City Workers
With his hilarious street art creations, the street artist JAUNE is having fun imagining the secret life of the technical services and municipal employees. Jonathan Pauwels, aka JAUNE, is a Belgian street artist who populates the city with tiny workers wearing the classical fluorescent jackets, imagining amusing and offbeat situations. Continue reading »
This Artist Draws People’s Emotions That Can’t Be Expressed By Words
According to a young artist Ahmed Awad: “Hi, my name is Ahmed Awad, I’m 22 years old. Eritrea Studio is my creative child, a playground where I experiment with feelings through art. The main idea behind Eritrea is to express a specific emotion, feeling or a situation that you can’t normally express with words; so, I choose to deliver it with drawings. Expressing my ideas on love, gender equality, politics and pain through art has always been helpful for me. I used my mind and heart to build expressive artwork through drawing, digital illustration and other creative composition methods.” Continue reading »
Prankster Changed The Hollywood Sign To “Hollyweed” To Celebrate The Decriminalization Of Marijuana, Again!
Back in the day of January 1st 1976, Danny Finegood and friends climbed to the top of Mount Lee and used stones, rope and sheets to change the Hollywood sign into reading “Hollyweed”. This was done to celebrate that a new marijuana law had been implemented by the state of California. It changed the charge of possession of marijuana from a felony to a misdemeanor. The changing of the sign made front pages around the world. Continue reading »
“Honest Slogans”: What People Really Think Of Brands By Clif Dickens
Graphic designer Clif Dickens’ latest additions to his hilarious Honest Slogans Tumblr show what brands would say in their logos if they were actually being honest. Continue reading »
Illustrators Pay Heartwarming Tributes To The Late Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher has passed away at the age of 60 following a heart attack last Friday. The incident occurred while the actress, widely known for playing ‘Princess Leia’ in Star Wars, was travelling on board a plane from London to Los Angeles. Illustrators from around the world have also paid heartfelt tributes to the actress–a compilation of which can be viewed below. Continue reading »
Expectation Vs Reality Of Drawing Courses
As anybody who’s been enrolled on a drawing course will probably already know, your ideas about what to expect from your art classes can often be much different from reality. Maybe you enrolled because you wanted to sketch men and women sculpted like Greek Gods and Goddesses, yet ended up drawing people who looked like nude versions of your grandparents. Continue reading »
Brutally Honest Illustrations About Life
Illustrator and author of “A Sticky Note Guide to Life“, Chaz Huton, perfectly sums up the realities of everyday life, and he does it all on sticky notes! Continue reading »
Vegetal By Nature: When An Artist Is Styling Statues With Flowers
Between floral art and street art, the French artist Geoffroy Mottart enjoys styling statues with flowers, creating beautiful hair, beards and mustaches. An awesome project of urban interventions entitled Fleurissements, which seeks to revive the often forgotten statues that populate our parks. Continue reading »
Guy Discovers He Can Go Anywhere While Wearing A Hi-Vis Vest
David Allegretti and his mate Sean conducted a little experiment, and they were shocked by the results. They bought a few hi-vis vests and then they put them to the tests. They used the vests to enter restricted areas, and they quickly discovered that no one questions people when they’re wearing one of these vests.
David Allegretti and his mate Sean decided to see how far they could get by wearing official-looking hi-vis vests. Continue reading »
Carlsberg Advertising Campaign: Probably The Best Poster In The World
According to fold7 advertising agency: “Our next installment of ‘If Carlsberg did’ activity broke yesterday with the launch of the world’s first ever beer-serving poster at The Truman Brewery in Shoreditch. For one day only, the public were able to pour themselves a Carlsberg direct from the poster, which was embedded with a Carlsberg tap and a stack of glasses. As you’d expect, the announcement of free beer coupled with a burst of early summer sun caused quite a commotion, with punters queuing from midday right through to the evening.” Continue reading »
Rock Climber Proposes To His Girlfriend In The Most Romantic Way Ever
Rock climber Luis Cardona recently asked his girlfriend to marry him, and his proposal totally rocked. He popped the question to Maddy Thorpe, who he met in August 2015, while the two were at Elevation Rock Gym in Logan, Utah. Enlisting the help of photographer India Earl, the two devised a plan. While Maddy was at the top of one of her climbs, Luis’s friends quietly appeared down below where they turned off all the lights and quickly decorated the gym with rose petals and string lights. Continue reading »
This Guy Trolls His Family With These Worst Possible Greeting Gards
Every year for Christmas, since 2008, the American John Cessna is having fun trolling his family with the worst greeting cards possible. A funny, trashy and offbeat series that begun when his mom just asked him to sober up and think about sending his own greeting cards. Continue reading »
Brutal Illustrations Of The Stormtroopers 501st Legion Fighting Against Hordes Of Aliens
Star Wars vs Aliens is a series of explosive illustrations featuring the mashup between these two cult saga! When Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers meet the Alien Queen and her terrifying xenomorphs, a series imagined by the talented concept artist Guillem H. Pongiluppi. Continue reading »
30 Vintage Ads That Would Be Banned Today
Besides being discriminating, vintage ads were also full of lies. Whether we like it or not, it is a piece of history worth seeing for everyone. Continue reading »
Wonderful Images That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity In 2016
Most people will agree that 2016 wasn’t the best year. But these pictures prove that it wasn’t all bad. Continue reading »
Hilariously Rude Christmas Cards
Make them laugh out loud this Christmas with these hilariously rude Christmas cards! Cheeky, sometimes offensive, but always funny, these cards poke fun at the season’s goodwill. Beware of some bad language and swearing in these rude Xmas cards. Continue reading »
Jogger Creates Festive Shapes Using GPS Running App
A keen jogger has used an activity-tracking app to create festive art while keeping fit by running in Christmas shapes. Owen Delaney has mapped out Father Christmas, a snowflake and a Christmas tree using running app Strava, which maps out shareable routes using GPS technology. Continue reading »
This Artist Removes Make-Up From The Dolls To Give Them A More Realistic Look
Tired of the glamorous looks and the make-up of her daughter’s Bratz Dolls, a creative mom decided to remove the make-up of the dolls to make them look more like real little girls. The Australian Sonia Singh has launched Tree Change Dolls, which is about taking old and discarded toys and transform them before reselling them, creating an awesome recycling and upcycling project! Continue reading »
Mom Prepares Healthy Meals As Cartoon Characters For Her Son
Getting pint-sized, picky eaters to finish their fruits and vegetables can be a tricky task for many parents. For food artist Laleh Mohmedi, however, it’s a piece of cake. Using healthy ingredients and a bit of creativity, the Melbourne mom dishes out meals inspired by her 4-year-old son Jacob’s favorite animated characters. Continue reading »
An Artist Brings Animals To Life Using Body Paint And Contorted Models
Gesine Marwedel/Barcroft Images
Using body paint and a woodland like location, Gesine appears to have created a model to look just like a red panda. At first glance, these images could be mistaken for portraits of wildlife in their natural habitat were created with paper and paint. However, they are actually the incredible works of illusion by talented body painter Gesine Marwedel, who paints models to creates realistic animals. Marwedel, from Dortmund, Germany has always been fascinated by the concept of transferring her designs to human bodies and her latest project features models posing in contorted positions. One image appears to show an elegant swan in a park pond, whilst another picture shows a mother penguin and its chick in a snowy landscape. Continue reading »
