Irish Artist Ted Pim Creates Classical Paintings In Abandoned Buildings
Irish artist Ted Pim takes his inspiration from European painters from the Renaissance and uses his talent to create art out of the frame and out museums. He spends days alone creating his artwork, armed with a mixture of paints, industrial torches and a camera to question the notion of beauty. Wonderful creations to discover below. Continue reading »
An Artist Creates The Hyperrealistic Paintings Of Top Tourist Destinations
A British artist has brought to life some of the most vibrant cities in the world – with incredibly detailed paintings capable of making even locals double-take. Continue reading »
Imagine If Logos Represented Company Behaviour
Imagine if brands were forced to create company logos that represent some recent discoveries and news headlines. Well, designers from around the world have done exactly that, by finding high-resolution images of company logos and transforming them into logos that represent the company behavior. Continue reading »
This is How Photoshop Artist Erik Johansson Creates His Mind-Bending Images
Swedish photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson is well known for his mind-bending photo-manipulations and optical illusions, which are all made with careful photography and Photoshopping. If you’re wondering how the images are actually created, Johansson has been regularly release behind-the-scenes videos showing his techniques. Continue reading »
Federico Babina Illustrates The Imaginary Architecture Of Movie Director-Designed Homes
Federico Babina draws a comparison between the makers of architecture and the creators of film in his latest series of illustrations titled ‘archidirector’. “Directors are like the architects of cinema” – said Babina. Continue reading »
15th Annual Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
The sculptors carved over three days, from June 18-20, to complete their own solo sculpture using 10 tons of sand. Continue reading »
Unusual Hybrid Animal And Wildlife Murals Painted By Alexis Diaz
Puerto Rican artist Alexis Diaz brings textures and patterns reminiscent of traditional engraving techniques to his murals of phantasmagorical creatures using only a paintbrush. Twisting tentacles, strange fusions of anatomy, beings wrapped in plants, all rendered atop colorful gradients create an unmistakable style Diaz has become famous for. Continue reading »
Portuguese Street Artist Creates These Fantastic Artworks By Using A City Garbage
Bordalo II presents us a figurative painting full of vivacity and movement, where he paints his own interpretation of urban landscapes and city entertainment. He’s exploring his own mixed media on wood stand base, and are thus made a series of collages of objects (garbage). It is not only a way to recycle, but also a critique of the world we live in, where we often have nice things, which are based on junk without realizing it. Continue reading »
Yung Cheng Lin’s Human Art Illusions Address Female Body Modification
Taiwanese artist Yung Cheng Lin, commonly known as 3CM, visualizes themes of women’s issues, social standards, and body modification through a photographic lens. The artist interprets these subjects through simple tools and materials that interact with a human body to reveal a message and convey an idea. Red string, push pins and roses literally intersect the female figures in the photographs, creating striking and somewhat alarming visual compositions that come to life through digital manipulation. Continue reading »
Giant 3D Mixed Media Street Art Sculpture Climbs Università Bicocca In Milan
At Milan’s Università Bicocca, italian sculptor Edoardo Tresoldi has collaborated with artist Gonzalo Borondo to realize ‘chained’, a mixed media work that interacts with architecture of the site. On the red façade of the building, Borondo has painted five male figures that embrace each other in a circular configuration. Large, coarse brushstrokes and a minimal palette grant the larger-than-life sized figures an abstract sensibility. Continue reading »
Francesca Lombardi And Giacomo Favilla Present Stunning Doily Masks Portraits
Italian multi-disciplinary designer Francesca Lombardi presents ‘Doily’. A creative series of masks, each is composed of a single crocheted doily. By re-contextualizing the commonplace object, it can be seen as the perfect adornment for the human face. Continue reading »
17-Year-Old Self-Taught Mexican Artist Creates Stunning Watercolors And Pencil Drawings
Dany Lizeth, a creative and talented 17-year-old in Mexico, creates expertly detailed and beautifully colorful drawings of animals and people using watercolors and colored pencils. What’s even more impressive than her amazing talent at such a young age, however, is that she taught herself how to draw this well! Continue reading »
This Is What Disney Princes Would Look Like As “Magic Mike” Strippers
Eight of your favorite animated heartthrobs imagined as male entertainers.
Prince Charming from Cinderella as Magic Mike (played by Channing Tatum) with club-goer Cinderella Continue reading »
Lithuanian Artists Creates A Tiny Urban Project With City Signs
According to artists from Clinic 212 studio, located in Vilnius, Lithuania: “#TINYROADSIGN is a small project we have created to show that we are not the only ones living in the city. All those road signs are located in Vilnius.” Continue reading »
An Artist Transforms Everyday Items In These Amazing Paper Sculptures
The items you see every day might seem dull and mundane after a while, and certainly not conducive to creating art. Yet for Cybele Young, it’s the everyday things that provide inspiration for the fantastic. Continue reading »
This Artist Uses Leftover Coffee To Create Beautiful Artworks
Painting with coffee and creating other food-based art is all the rage right now. Occasionally, though, someone comes along and ups the ante a bit, pushing the trend even further. One such artist is Ghidaq al-Nizar, who creates magical little scenes using the remnants of his morning brew. Continue reading »
A Rainbow of Vegetation Consumes a 7-Story Building in a New Mural from ‘Blu’ in Rome
Street artist Blu just wrapped up work on this monumental mural on the streets of his new home in Rebibbia, Rome. The painting depicts a clump of technicolor greenery as it swallows the facade of a 7-story residential building, and is part of a series of works by a neighborhood group called “Mammut” that is trying to redevelop abandoned green spaces in throughout the city. Continue reading »
Pejac Paints Mesmerizing ‘Eye Trap’ Window and Keyhole Illusions on the Streets of Istanbul
Talented Spanish street artist Pejac just stopped by Istanbul where he painted three new trompe-l’œil pieces in the district of Uskudar titled Lock, Poster and Shutters. Continue reading »
Mexican Government Asked Street Artists To Paint 200 Houses To Unite Community
A youth organization that’s been known to use graffiti as a means of expression has teamed up with the government of Mexico to rehabilitate Palmitas, a town in the Pachuca district. Under the moniker “Germen Crew,” the group painted 209 houses, or twenty-thousand square meters of facade, into a single rainbow mural. Continue reading »
What Lara Croft And Mortal Kombat’s Jade Would Look Like As REAL Women
Bulimia.com, an organization supporting people struggling with eating disorders, is calling attention to unrealistic and potentially damaging body image depictions in gaming by reverse photoshopping some of its most famous characters. Continue reading »
Adorable Photo Project Shows What Different People Are Waiting For
“I am waiting for” is a social project, a new way to share your thoughts and to be heard! The project was born in Graphic Design Department of Vilnius Academy of Art, in Lithuania by three young graphic designers. Continue reading »
Funny Pregnancy Sayings That Will Resonate With All Women (And Men)
Pregnancy is hard and having a sense of humor during that time is harder. But sometimes that’s all you have when you need to get through those long days! Mommie Poppins is a series of sayings by a sassy new mom who has a slightly different take on things women experience during pregnancy. Continue reading »
Artist’s Amazing Invention Offers Handicapped Children a Fun Way to Paint
From a young age, Dwayne Szot knew that he wanted to be a different kind of artist. “I knew growing up that I was never going to be this kind of art guy who put paintings on the wall in a museum,” Szot told The Huffington Post. “I wanted to be the kind of art guy who made something that was going to create social change – that was going to make a difference. And there’d be a usefulness to what I did as an artist.” Continue reading »
Absolutely Adorable Minimalistic Tattoos By Seoeon That Will Make You Want To Get Inked ASAP!
Not every girl likes tattoos but today meet Seoeon, a Seoul-based tattoo artist who makes tattoos are so delicate, discreet and absolutely amazing that the fear of getting inked disappears the moment you see her designs. Continue reading »
Leaf Beasts: Simple Animal Sculptures Cut from Dried Magnolia Leaves
Leaf Beast is a recent project by freelance illustrator and artist Baku Maeda that seemingly brings dead leaves back to life. Maeda took advantage of the warped shape and veiny structure of dried magnolia leaves and made only minimal cuts to create each piece. Continue reading »
