Black And White Photo Goes Viral Because People Are Seeing It In Color Due To An Optical Illusion
What do you see? This bizarre and apparently effective optical illusion is sweeping the internet because it turns an ordinary black and white photo into a color one. I say apparently because somehow it doesn’t quite work for me, I only see annoying colored grids all over the photo! Continue reading »
When Food Become Alive By Charlotte Love
Charlotte Love is a London based photo stylist. She studied visual communication and illustration at Bournemouth Arts Institute. She graduated 11 years ago and she has been freelance ever since. Continue reading »
Ukrainian Digital Artist Reveals How She Creates Her Fairytale-Like Images With New Stunning Photo Works
Evolving technologies create new opportunities in art by blurring the barrier between the artist’s imagination and final artwork. With today’s possibilities to edit and augment any photo by clicking on a few buttons in an app within seconds, it seems that anyone can be an artist. Continue reading »
Taiwanese Artist Creates An Epic Blue Mountain-Scape, As A Result Of Hundreds Of Image Layers
The epic blue mountain-scape you see above is a composite of hundreds of image layers. But they weren’t made with Photoshop — or a digital camera, for that matter. Continue reading »
Famous Brand Logos Reimagined As Disney Movies
All major companies know the importance of having a good and distinctive logo. The logo is a signature of a company that helps people instantly identify a business, its nature, and makes a significant impact on a company’s public perception. Continue reading »
The Moody, Mysterious World Of Pixel Artist, Illustrator And Videographer APO
Pixel artist, illustrator and videographer APO depicts worlds both familiar and strange in his pixel artworks. Influenced by works like Blade Runner and Ghibli movies he watched in his youth, APO’s subjects range from realistic urban landscapes and beautiful natural scenery, to cyberpunk and science-fiction vignettes. Continue reading »
Runner Uses The Streets Of San Francisco As His Canvas, Maps Out Artistic Designs With His Routes
Jogging is a truly healthy activity for both physical and mental health; we all know this already. For some people, it comes naturally. For others, it’s either a struggle not worth contemplating or just a little, well, boring. Continue reading »
“Visceral Fluidity”: Sublime Underwater Portraits By Samantha French
Born and raised in north central Minnesota, Samantha French graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2005. French’s current body of work explores the idea of escape, the tranquility and nostalgia for the lazy summer days of her childhood. Continue reading »
“Dusk Of An Infinite Shade”: The Superb Fantasy Oil Paintings By Steven Belledin
Steven Belledin was raised in Pennsylvania and started his career completing highschool art assignments for his older sisters in exchange for enough money to buy more Swedish fish than he probably should have eaten. After high school he fled small town life to hide among the drones of New York City and become an oil painter. Continue reading »
Charming & Cute Illustrations By Ella Frances Sanders
Ella Frances Sanders is a writer out of necessity and an illustrator by accident. She currently lives and works in the city of Bath, UK, without a cat. Her first book, Lost in Translation – An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words is an international bestseller, and her second book The Illustrated Book of Sayings – Curious Expressions from Around the World was published in September 2016. Continue reading »
Flooded London By Squint/Opera Depicts “Curiously Utopian” Vision Of The City Under Water
Digital design studio Squint/Opera has reissued a series of speculative visualisations depicting London in 2090 when climate change has left much of the city under water. The Flooded London series, first created in 2008, shows how citizens might adapt to catastrophic rising temperatures and sea levels. Continue reading »
Student Brings A Cutout Of His Late Mom For His Graduation, Goes Viral
Not everyone can bring their parents to their graduation. However, this Filipino student went his own way to bring his late mom to his graduation. Continue reading »
Artists Give The Lion King Live-Action A ‘Cartoon’ Edit
Ask a hundred people what their favorite animated Disney movie is, and odds are that a huge chunk of them will answer that it’s The Lion King. I know it’s my personal favorite, ever since I was a small kid. I’ve got such a soft spot for the movie that almost nothing can top it — not even the live-action remake, no matter how good it was. Continue reading »
Artist Illustrated What Would Happen If Famous Cartoon Characters Fused Together, And Here’s The Result
The Genie of the Lamp x Hellboy
According to Linda Bouderbala: “As a DBZ fan, my brother and I tried a thousand times to make a choreography of the fusion when we were kids… In vain. Continue reading »
The Snail Family In Medieval Art
Erik Wade presents us with a bestiary of sorts, a collection of medieval snail art that shows how medieval monks combined snails with people, cats, dogs, deer, unicorns, birds, chickens, rabbits, monkeys, pigs, and other creatures. Maybe there’s some symbolism here, but I believe that snails are just an easy doodle that you can turn into something else. If you make half the animal a snail, then you don’t have to draw legs or whatever- just a spiral. Continue reading »
40 Times People Thought Their T-Shirts Were Cool But Looked Completely Cringeworthy
Out of all types of cringe-worthy material, the “badass guy/girl” trope is one of the worst. Some people really feel the need to let the world know how much of a badass they are as they use guns/drugs/have tattoos/are anti-liberal or are just plain mean. However, such attempts at bad-assery are usually cringe-worthy rather than cool to all those around such people. Here, we made a list of all the laughable attempts at trying to appear cool and edgy. Prepare for some cringing, then scroll down below and leave a vote for those that made you laugh (or cringe). Continue reading »
Unknown Artist Creates Amazing Studio Ghibli Anime Character Moss Murals In Countryside
On a moss wall between the city of Chichibu and village of Higashi Chichibu, an unknown artist has created incredible art on a moss wall inspired by the films of Studio Ghibli. Continue reading »
Genie Espinosa’s Illustrations Are Not Quite As Innocent As You Might Think
Having drawn since childhood, Barcelona-based Genie Espinosa always knew that one day she’d become an illustrator. But as she grew older, life seemed to get in the way – as it so often does – and it wasn’t until her later years that she realised her role in marketing wasn’t quite right for her. One day, she left her former job to become a professional illustrator, “and here I am six years after that crazy thought, working full-time and happy about it.” Continue reading »
Giant Artwork By Calligraphy Artist Pokras Lampas Destroyed In Yekaterinburg, Russia
Albert Gabsatarov and Dmitry Bychkovsky / “Stenograffia”
An aerial view of a Suprematist Cross artwork with a passage from the Kazimir Malevich manifesto by calligraphy artist Pokras Lampas (previously) in the Uralmash neighbourhood. The calligraffiti was partially destroyed by utility workers who tried to pave asphalt at a zebra crossing in Pervoi Pyatiletki Square. Continue reading »
Brutally Honest Brand Slogans By Clif Dickens
Branding is all about good company image and great customer feedback. However, even the biggest brands have some qualities, which do not exactly enhance their brand’s value. That’s why Clif Dickens (previously) thought of a unique way how to make fun of global brands, replacing their original slogans with something a little bit more honest. Continue reading »
6 Illustrations That Sum Up Instagram Perfectly
How many photos of food, hotel pools and sketchy supplements advertised by people who have nothing to do with nutrition have you seen the last time you were on Instagram? “Too many” is probably the answer you are looking for. Tired of this ridiculous Instagram culture, Russian artist Anton Gudim (previously) created a series of tongue-in-cheek illustrations that sum it all up perfectly. Continue reading »
Polish Artist Designs Shoсking Ads Of Major Companies That Show The Harsh Reality
According to Igor Dobrowolski: “My name is Igor Dobrowolski and I’m a Polish artist. Recently, I designed my own version of the real advertisement. Corporations like Nestlé and Unilever profit wildly from single-use plastic packaging while peddling the myth of recycling as a solution. But anyone who has thought seriously about the issue can see that recycling could never handle the amount of plastic surrounding our everyday life.” Continue reading »
Pietro Cataudella Playfully Merges Cartoon Characters With Real World
Italian artist Pietro Cataudella takes his sketchbook everywhere he goes, but his drawings don’t just depict of the places he visits: they become part of the landscape. Continue reading »
Fantastic Digital Art & Photo Manipulations By Cristian Girotto
Cristian Girotto is an italian digital artist born in 1979. He started as graphic designer in Turin, then moved in Paris in 2007 and focused on Photoshop as creative retoucher for the advertising industry. In 2012 he decided to learn 3D softwares and add new skills to his toolset to be able to work more indipendently as a whole creative figure. His most successfull personal project is ‘L’enfant exterieur’. He’s been nominated two times one of the best 200 Digital Artists worldwide by Lürzer’s Archive. Continue reading »
25 Year Old British Man Dresses As A 19th Century Regency Gentleman In Bespoke Clothing He Designs
25 year old Zack MacLeod Pinsent of Pinset Tailoring in Brighton, U.K. is a very dapper young man who dresses as if he were a Regency gentleman from the 19th century. Pinset told the BBC that this clothing is far more comfortable for him and builds his confidence more than modern clothing ever did. In fact, he burned his last pair of jeans as a teenager. Continue reading »
