This Artist Turns Pieces Of Classical Art Into Hyperrealistic Portraits
Venus de Milo
The statue of Venus de Milo displayed at The Louvre is one of the oldest sculptures that survived to this day. The statue is believed to represent Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of love, yet some people speculate that it could represent Amphitrite, a Greek goddess of the sea.
Joongwon Jeong is a Korean painter and a freelance illustrator who specializes in hyperrealism. This time the artist took inspiration from some classical pieces of art and recreated them as hyperrealistic portraits that almost look like photographs. Continue reading »
“Blackest Paint Colored Brush”: Suerb Horror, Fantasy And Sci-Fi Drawings Of Christopher Lovell
Artist Christopher Lovell counts himself lucky to have been a child of the 80s. The toys, cartoons and movies of the era left him spellbound, fueling his imagination. He finds this inspiration allows him to express himself very naturally through his art. Having developed a deep interest in fantasy and sci-fi, he spent his childhood and teen years immersed in every aspect of creativity he could access. Continue reading »
Famous Brands Get A Logo Makeover By A Canadian Artist To Better Reflect Their Brand Philosophy
Some might have you believe that creating a logo for a company is a fairly straightforward task, while in fact it is not. Continue reading »
Let’s Make Famous Russian Portraits Smile
Users of social networks decided to make famous works of Russian painters more positive and added white smiles to their portraits by means of a popular addition. Let us check out what they got. Continue reading »
New Words That You Should Add To Your Vocabulary
When languages evolve, it’s essential that scholars and dictionaries and vocabularies keep up. Here are some 20+ new words that we all should start using. Continue reading »
Polish Artist Creates 27 Controversial Illustrations For Political Magazine
Manipulation Of Manipulation
Igor Morski is a Polish graphic designer, illustrator and set designer. Presently, he focuses on mixed media graphic art, based manly on photo manipulation, drawing, recently also 3D. Continue reading »
Funny Illustrations About Sloths And Their Daily Life Struggles By Japanese Artist Keigo
Sloths are fantastic animals, and we just can’t get enough. Some of us can definitely agree with this statement 100%. However, there’s hardly anyone who loves sloths more than Japanese artist Keigo. Continue reading »
Summer Beach Knife Oil Paintings By Alena Shymchonak
Alena Shymchonak is a painter who comes from Estonia. She produces a lot of paintings for collectors in different countries. She like using palette knife and oil painting to produce her paintings. Continue reading »
Artist Highlights The Problems Of Our Society Through Haunting Illustrations
Just like Neo from The Matrix, we sometimes get a strange feeling deep in our guts that something is not quite right with the world. German artist Steffen Kraft, who also goes by the name Iconeo online, makes amazing social commentary pictures that highlight how ironic, weird and even hypocritical life can sometimes be. Continue reading »
This Graffiti Artist Makes Walls Appear Transparent Using Nothing But Spray Paint
Rodrigo Miguel Sepúlveda Nunes, better known by his nickname “Vile”, is a graffiti artist from Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, whose art will seriously mess with your perception. Using nothing more than paint cans and his talent, the artist can make any wall appear transparent. Continue reading »
Welcome To Dr. Fibonazi’s Plastic Surgery Clinic
Now we can make your face look gorgeous, thanks to Josef Fibonazi’s new surgery technique! During the surgery we arrange your face features to match the perfect “Fibonacci ratio”. Yet another Fibonacci homework by Igor Kochmala. Continue reading »
The Towering & Dystopian Oil Paintings Of Taylor Schultek
In Taylor Schultek’s riveting oil paintings, an urban structure is as much a character as his human subjects. The connection between humanity and environment is often at play, with the art of graffiti often in progress. The artist’s own history in graffiti and graphic design seem to converge in building believable backdrops. Continue reading »
These Maps And Diagrams Will Help You Get Un-Lost
New York-based designer and inventor, Archie Archambault, simplifies complex ideas and constructs through minimalist maps and diagrams, with the added bonus of being aesthetically pleasing. Continue reading »
These Illustrations Over Photography Tell Us More Than One Side Of The Story
These illustrations over photography tell more than one side of the story. They tell the unseen side to a woman’s gaze. We all wear our faces carefully, sometimes we do that without even realizing it. It just happens that we secretly want to keep our darkest and hidden secrets just to ourselves and we keep them locked up in ourselves. Continue reading »
Artist Mariya Zavolokina Creates Brutally Honest Illustrations That Offer A Mirror To The Modern World
Modern technology is changing our lives at such a rapid speed that sometimes we all need to pause and look back at how it used to be not that long ago. Things are changing in both good and bad ways and we should make sure that technology is not replacing things that are too precious, like relationships, friendships, and communication between people. Illustrator Mariya Zavolokina shows that laptops, smartphones, and video games can’t be an adequate replacement for family and friends and we encourage you to have a look at this selection. Continue reading »
Creative And Dreamlike Photo Manipulations By Josh Pierce
Fantastic photo manipulations by Josh Pierce, a multi-talented artist, motion graphics designer, and animator currently based in Los Angeles. Josh specializes mainly in 3D art, digital manipulations, and motion design. Pierce focuses on fantasy and surreal art. Continue reading »
This Mailing Service Lets You Send A Message On A Potato
Forget about texts and emails. When you want a message delivered with speed and reliability, this potato message mailing service is the way to go! Each 5″ Idaho potato can be customized with a short 135 character message of your choosing. Continue reading »
Japanese Artist Paints Adorable Watercolours Of Pet Hamster Doing Human Things
Great artists throughout the ages had their muses, but perhaps none as cute as the usual subject of this Japanese artist’s works. GOTTE is an art university graduate who is making great use of their skills to create adorable depictions of their pet hamster called Sukeroku. Continue reading »
This Designer Gave 30 Examples On What Creative Logo Design Should Look Like
Mustafa Ömerli is an Istambul-based designer with over 15 years of experience under his belt. He is known for his minimalistic yet creative designs and this time he decided to share some examples of what good logo design should look like. Continue reading »
The Horror Of Sleep Paralysis Hallucinations Revealed In 46 Dark Drawings
I’m A Little Bit Panicked That I May Find Myself In Sleep Paralysis Again
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Sleep paralysis is a curious thing. As you might know, during an episode of sleep paralysis a person is unable to move or speak, all the while being totally aware of that. If that wasn’t enough, there’s also an eerie twist – while being paralyzed, one might also see hallucinations, which, when seen for the first couple of times might be intensely scary. And to make it just a little bit more fun, visual hallucinations are never pleasant, merely the level of terror felt might vary. Of course, there are a couple of theories why these things happen to usually otherwise healthy people, but nobody knows for sure. Continue reading »
Romance And Surreal Situations By Yuval Robichek
Yuval Robichek’s illustrations come like a breath of fresh air in the often too heavy political climate of the Middle East. True to the mentality of the Tel Aviv “Bubble” where he now lives, Robichek’s subject is as a-political as can be. He takes his inspiration straight from the streets and the sea shores which he loves. Continue reading »
Awesome Star Wars Fan Art By Tsuneo Sanda, Official Lucasfilm & Disney Artist
Artist Tsuneo Sanda was born in Osaka, Japan. He first came to Tokyo at age 23, and has been there ever since. He lives in a rural, residential town about 20km west of Tokyo with his wife, Sachicko, two sons, Kensaku and Sohei, and Vivian, their American Shorthair cat. Continue reading »
Belarusian Artist Nadia Matievskaia Paints With… Her Breasts
It began for Nadia Matievskaia, an artist from Belarus, when an art class assignment required her to paint with her breasts. She enjoyed the experience and began using her breasts in addition to traditional brushes. Continue reading »
Meet Hilda: The America’s Forgotten Pin-Up Girl
The typical 1950s pin-up girl was slim and conventionally-posed. But a recently-unearthed collection of images has revealed the less familiar Hilda, a plus-sized redhead who broke the mold with her plump figure and light-hearted demeanor. Continue reading »
The Instagram Account Documenting The Best Food Scenes In Cult Films
DAISIES (dir. věra chytilová, 1966)/@meals.on.reels
With a focus on “more obscure films and scenes”, the images featured on @meals.on.reels are taken from cult world cinema and independent films through the years, from a knife plunged into the kitschy Valentine’s Day cake in ethereal Australian mystery Picnic at Hanging Rock, to the extravagant faux-celebratory Taiwanese feast in Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet, and Romy Schneider throwing a violent fit while cocooned in white bed sheets, a breakfast tray set down nearby in 1969’s La Piscine. Continue reading »
