This Guy Uses Sunsets as Inspiration for Creative Selfies
John Marshall was living in a cabin on Frye Island in Maine when he came up with the idea to create a project called ‘Sunset Selfies.’ He uses cardboard and other household items with the sun as a backdrop to create these cool shadow photos. Continue reading »
A Skilled Artist Uses His Classroom Chalkboard as a Constant Canvas
The students in this classroom get treated to changing weekly artworks drawn in chalk and it definitely brightens up their otherwise dreary school days. Continue reading »
Miss Tuning Calendar 2016
Cover. Photo © Tuning World Bodensee
Brand new “Miss Tuning Calendar 2016” is out now. Presented by Tuning World Bodensee, famous international tuning show. Featuring Liane Günter, a 25-year-old nurse from Germany. Continue reading »
This is What Politics Looks Like When You Delete Men from the Pictures
Despite a desire for parity, the world of politics remains a male-dominated environment. To highlight this disparity, the ELLE UK magazine had fun removing all the men in the pictures of politicians, leaving the meeting rooms and assemblies almost deserted. An experiment created by Alex Holder and Alyssa Boni. Continue reading »
Badass Beauties: This is What Disney Princesses Would Look Like with Septum Piercings
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One Of The Most Creative Instagram Accounts You Need To Follow Immediately
Based in Jakarta, Indonesia graphic designer Jati Putra Pratama is the creator of one of the most visually interesting (and frequently stunning) Instagram accounts we’ve seen a long time. Thanks to a little bit of Photoshop trickery and magic, he’s been able to construct a series of dreamlike images that often verge on the surreal. Continue reading »
This Artist Uses Natural Landscapes to Color in Cutout Silhouettes of Animals
Artist Nikolai Tolsty thoughtfully joins forces with Mother Nature to produce artwork displaying an all-natural twist. Using paper as his medium of choice, the artist carves out a sleek animal silhouette on each sheet and proceeds to photograph the said cutout, superimposed on the world around him.
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This Man Photoshopped Himself into Stock Photos and it’s Perfect
Stock photography isn’t usually the most exciting form of photography out there. This is where the Stock Photobomber comes in. In an effort to add a dose of reality and humor to the bland world of stock photography, he’s photoshopped himself into the background of these stock photos, and the result is nothing short of hilarious. Continue reading »
Joe Iurato Builds an Endearing Miniature World with Woodcuts
Look down. Hiding between sidewalk cracks and under train tracks, you just might find one of the people who inhabit Joe Iurato’s miniature world. The New York-based artist cuts people from wood and photographs them in active positions within cities and landscapes. Continue reading »
Muntean / Rosenblum Paint Dramatic Scenes of Contemporary Life
Artist duo Muntean / Rosenblum use traditional Christian iconography and Baroque modes of seeing to create mystique around contemporary life. Typically set in landscapes distinct to the 21st century, such as nuclear plants and graffiti-ed railroad tracks, the paintings appear as documentary film stills or snapshots of our current reality. However, by contorting perspectives in a dramatic Caravaggio-esque manner and devising moments where pain or discomfort appear as main subjects, Muntean / Rosenblum cultivate the same aura of the unknown that is so captivating in paintings centuries old.
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Simple Illustrations Reveal Endearing Moments of Love in Life’s Everyday Moments
Being in love with someone is more than just grand romantic gestures and celebrating milestones—it’s about the little moments, too. Illustrator Nidhi Chanani captures these small occasions in her endearing ongoing series titled ‘Everyday Love’. The charming images demonstrate that it’s the ordinary things that bring us closer to our partner, like cooking together, enjoying the sunset, and, of course, laughter. Each illustration acts as a reminder to appreciate all of them. Continue reading »
Street Artist DALeast Unveils a New Impressive Mural in Lodz, Poland
While you discovered Borondo’s piece earlier this morning, DALeast was also in Lodz, Poland to work his magic for the brand new and first edition of the LodzMurals Festival. Continue reading »
Brilliant Illustrations of the Beautiful Girls by Eric Hibbeler
Eric Hibbeler received his BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2012 and has been a practicing freelance illustrator and concept artist since 2008. He currently works at MK12 in Kansas City, MO. Let’s take a look at several quality artworks selected from his portfolio.
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Artist Turns Her 2-Year-Old’s Sketches Into Paintings
The Lady and the Fox. The making of process.
“Now that my little girl is two years old, her interest in all things art has skyrocketed, especially when she sees me painting. As she gets older I look forward to collaborating with her on many projects, but until then I’ve decided to see what I can create with some of her many sketches.”, says artist Ruth Oosterman to Bored Panda. Continue reading »
Nightmarish Illustrations That Will Have You Hiding Under The Bed
You have to wonder how Japanese digital artist Ryohei Hase sleeps at night. Continue reading »
Dad Creates First-of-Its-Kind Magical Book for His Son
Nikola Raykov, an inspired father turned author, created a unique book to teach his son that the choices we all make are ultimately our own responsibility.
“The Big Adventure of the Little Gremlin allows kids to create their own fairytale,” says the writer. “It engages the little ones more than regular books and sparks their imagination.”, says Nikola to Bored Panda.
Although gamebooks exist since the eighties, Raykov’s GameTale seems to be the first original gamebook for little kids. In only a couple of years, the first two books in the series have become immensely popular in their home country – Bulgaria. They turned into an instant best-seller and won over 10 awards and nominations. Continue reading »
An Artist Captured the Innocence of Childhood by Photographing His Three Sons
Landon’s Lion
Gabriel Tomoiaga born in Romania currently settled in Seattle. He’s a determined artist with an eye for detail always looking to capture unique photos. Gabe established a reputation for artistic photographs and avant garde portrait paintings. His work envelops a combination of beauty, supernatural, and fantasy. He likes to use nature and abandoned places as a means of telling a story and bending reality in the process. Continue reading »
Double-Exposure Animal Portraits By Dániel Taylor
According to artist Dániel Taylor: “I wanted to create the smoke effects on animals I used on some few of my female subjects. The hardest part was that while there were only faces, here there was the whole body that needed to be “smokeified”.” Continue reading »
This Biology Teacher Has Her Own Way of Teaching About the Human Body at School
Debby Heerkens, a biology teacher at the Groene Hart Rijnwoude school in the Netherlands, came up with a truly memorable way to educate her students. She stood up on her desk and stripped off her clothes to reveal a full suit of spandex illustrated with accurate muscles and organs. Below that, another set of spandex illustrated where all the bones in her body are.
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Taking Pictures at IKEA is the Solution to All Your Tindr Needs
Looking to beef up your Tindr profile? Just take a tip from these guys and head to IKEA. It has has everything you need. Just choose a few different settings, snap some pictures, and viola! You’ll look like a successful, well read, apartment-owning individual in no time. And before you know it, your Tindr account will be blowing up. Continue reading »
Meet Helen Stifler, The Queen of Cosplay
Helen Stifler/Deviant Art
For those who don’t know, Cosplay is where people dress up as characters from their favourite comics, TV shows, films and books. Continue reading »
Old Photos Reveal How Disney’s Animators Used a Real-Life Model to Draw Alice in Wonderland
Kathryn Beaumont, the actor who voiced both Alice in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and Wendy in Disney’s Peter Pan, also modeled for the animators. These old photos show how much effort was put into classical animation at the Disney studio, where artists were able to produce as many as 23-24 seconds of animation per week. Continue reading »
Clever, Well-observed Editorial Illustrations from Toronto-based Peter Thomas Ryan
On first glance Toronto-based illustrator Peter Thomas Ryan’s style appears simple and almost naive in some images, but the cleverness lies in his ideas and composition. Peter’s created work for The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, The Washington Post, Variety among a whole heap of others and it’s interesting to see how adaptable his work can be. Continue reading »
These Disney Princesses Drawn as High School Students are So Great
Sometimes on a Wednesday morning, it’s pretty easy to get depressed when you remember that you weren’t born as a Disney princess and in fact have double chemistry, soggy shoes and a rubbish sarnie for lunch. Continue reading »
This Artist Reimagines Disney Princesses as Twisted Characters and They’re So Creepy
If you spend a lot of time dreaming of being a Disney Princess, DeviantArt user Jeffrey Thomas‘s drawings will probably give you nightmares of a whole new kind, as he incredibly reimagines their characters as Twisted Princesses.
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