Mom Trolls Her Daughter With A Great Birthday Cake
For her daughter’s 18th birthday this mom wanted to recreate a special moment from her life, so she had a very important photo turned into a cake that the daughter will never forget. Continue reading »
François Dourlen Blurs The Line Between Popular Culture And The Real World With His iPhone
The pairing of Instagram and the iPhone led to a lot more creativity than the average selfie. As a matter of fact, people all over the photo-sharing platform are using Instagram to find new ways to make sharing pictures fun again. Instagrammer François Dourlen is a perfect example. The France-based teacher uses Instagram in his spare time to upload awesome, creative images, bringing his favorite cartoon characters and pop culture icons to life. Keep in mind, Dourlen does all of this just using his iPhone and his imagination! Continue reading »
Coloring Book Images That Were Turned Into Something Hilariously Horrifying
This is what happens when you put a coloring book in the hands of someone with a crazy imagination. Continue reading »
Artist Uses Unflattering Illustrations To Roast People
These redditors asked to be roasted, and in the end they got exactly what they wanted. Continue reading »
What Happens When Two Designers Communicate With Only Infographics
What happens then, when two information designers in different continents communicate through infographics and visual data on hand-drawn postcards? The result is an beautifully imperfect insight into the lives of the artists, titled ‘Dear Data’. The year-long project, which will be published into a book, documents the weekly exchanges between designers Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec. Having only met twice before the project, the two women each share aspects of their lives, communicating through hand-drawn infographics and visual patterns. Continue reading »
Artist Olek Covers A House In Finland With Pink Crochet
Artist Agata Oleksiak (aka Olek) (previously) reveals an entire two-story house covered roof to floorboards in pink crochet. This new yarn-bombed installation currently stands in Kerava, Finland where Olek worked with a team of assistants to stitch together huge panels of crochet that envelop every inch of this 100-year-old house. Continue reading »
Polish Grandma Making Awesome Drawings To Preserve Ancient Tradition
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In our modern-day times we are prone to forget some of our old traditions. One such tradition is Polish local custom (around Kukawy, north-central Poland), of decorating streets and path ways with Polish folk symbolism made of sand. It was very popular in the old times, and it’s recorded already in 19th century by ethnographers, but it’s even older than that. Continue reading »
Air Surfing Through New York City By RXM Creative
“After a perfect kiss, you get a feeling of weightlessness. You can compare the sensation to floating or flying.” That’s the spirit captured in this charming stop-motion short, which features a couple floating in the bliss of newfound love and an unlikely sight on the streets of New York City: surfboards. Creative directors Raul Mandru and Mihai Botarel, founders of RXM Creative, made the piece as an independent project. Continue reading »
Dusk Of An Infinite Shade: Fantasy Worlds Of Victor Cloux
Victor Cloux is a freelance artist from Shanghai, China. Enjoy! Continue reading »
Beautiful Watercolor Quotes By June Digan
June Digan is a Manila-based graphic designer and artist. She has a very cool and fun pastime. She picked up the creative activity of watercolor painting as a form of “daily therapeutic activity after work”. Check out the cool watercolour quotes below, they are sure to inspire you! Continue reading »
Rough Norwegian Street Art By Dolk Lundgren
This street artists, who lives and works mainly in Norway, prefers to use in his drawings and graffiti elements of pop culture. Often, he ironizes or makes fun of them. Oddly enough, he calls himself Dolk Lundgren. The name translated from Norwegian means “dagger.” It is worth noting that a large number of his works have a sharp subject. More than a half of Dolk’s works are made in non-residential areas, away from people. As canvases for his creation, he uses abandoned houses, outbuildings, huge boulders, and old fences. Besides Norway, where Dolk Lundgren is considered one of the most famous street artists, you can find his works all over Europe and in North America. Continue reading »
Tips That Will Help Designers Translate Client-Speak Like A Pro
If you’re a designer who often works with clients that speak a different language than you, then get ready because these tips are about to change your life. Continue reading »
J.K Rowling Shares Unseen Personal Sketches Of Harry Potter
Harry Potter is now an iconic character thanks to J.K. Rowling’s books. Rowling recently shared some never before seen Harry Potter sketches with fans, and they show hand illustrated moments from the books done by Rowling herself. Continue reading »
We Are Animals: Honest Illustrations By Andrea Radeck
Collection of various illustrations by US-based artist Andrea Radeck. Continue reading »
Lucas Levitan Beautifully Adds Cartoons To Photographs
Lucas Levitan is a Brazilian artist. He is from London. He is an art director, illustrator, film-maker, photographer and a Puppeteer. He beautifully adds cartoons to photographs in the way that all photos seem actual. He occupies some other Instagram users’ photos. Some photos are funny, some are senseless, some are innovative and some of them are obdurate but Lucas prettily gave them sense by matching both cartoon and photos. Continue reading »
Photographer Creates Imaginative Images Of Her Daughter And Her Shadow
Self-taught photographer Kelly Tan has an ongoing series, titled ‘I Have a Dream’, which features her young daughter casting shadows that are shaped like magical creatures and scenes. These imaginative shadows are cast on a plain gray wall, reflecting an alternate reality that is innocent and fun through the eyes of her daughter. All the images are shot and edited on her iPhone and iPad. Using apps like ArtStudio, Snapseed and PSExpress to edit and integrate them with stock photos and fairytale-inspired compositions. Continue reading »
Funny And Creative Illustrations Of Visual Puns That Will Make You Laugh
California-based Italian designer and illustrator Mauro Gatti has created a series of fun and creative illustrated puns that would be sure to bring a smile to your face. For instance, there is a piece of bearded cheese named ‘Cheesus’, and a poop-shaped cow that is meant to represent “bullshit”. Continue reading »
An Artist Combines Famous Brands Logotypes With Classical Painting
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According to Eisen Bernardo (previously): “I mixed popular logos with classical paintings. Each of the juxtapositions has images depicting the same object but done in different styles. They are parallel images but not communicating the same message. An examination of art and capitalism; of expression and function; of personal and corporate. Logo+Art is an offshoot of my Mag+Art Project.” Continue reading »
Street Art Puts Leonardo DiCaprio And Hillary Clinton In Money-Laundering Machine
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Provocative Los Angeles-based street artist Sabo has set his sights on Leonardo DiCaprio and Hillary Clinton, satirizing their respective charitable foundations and turning them into money-laundering enterprises in a series of new posters that have been put up in Los Angeles. Continue reading »
Rio Olympics Closing Ceremony Ends With Tokyo Prime Minister Dressed As Super Mario
Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe stole the show on Sunday night at the Olympics closing ceremony, taking to the stage in Rio dressed as Super Mario, arguably his country’s most famous export. With the closing ceremony coming to an end, the governor of Tokyo accepted the Olympic flag as a symbol that the Games would be held there in four years. Continue reading »
Ukrainian Copywriter Practices His Skills By Creating Clever Print Ads Every Day
Have you heard about the ‘365 challenge’? The one where you’re supposed to do something every single day for one year? These things actually work, and if done honestly, they can become a good way to hone your skills. That’s what Ukrainian copywriter Andrii Mischenko decided to do to flex his creativity muscles. Continue reading »
Site-Specific Street Art By JPS
Street artist JPS from UK creates small and large-scale site-specific paintings, stencil works, and installation on city streets. Continue reading »
Where’s Waldo? Thanks, Obama!
Imgur user jenkinl1302 has created a gallery of Obama pointing out exactly where Waldo is in various scenes. Is he being helpful? Is he ruining it? That’s your call; to me this is just good ol’ Internet humor. Jenkinl1302 says he got the idea from fellow Imgurian @staleman. As for ‘Thanks, Obama’, the phrase is a sarcastic expression that first gained meme momentum back in 2009. Continue reading »
An Artist Creates Dreamy Illustrations Out Of Clouds
Few things are more beautiful than puffy white clouds floating in the bright blue sky. Do you remember the time when you would lay on the soft green grass, look up at the sky, and try to recognize shapes in the clouds floating overhead? Wasn’t it wonderful, just lying there, letting the wind caress your skin, as you imagine that the clouds in the sky are actually mystical or not-so-mystical creatures? Dragons, ducks, teddy bears, dinosaurs, everything was up there. Continue reading »
Detailed Animal Portraits Meticulously Painted Onto Delicate Feathers
Using feathers of wild turkeys and macaws as her canvas, Krystle Missildine paints intricate acrylic portraits of animals, ranging from small birds to big cats and everything in between. The texture of the feathers naturally adds a wispy visual effect to the painted animal’s fur, producing a strikingly realistic image. The gifted artist has made a career out of pet portraiture—including ones on custom-made ornaments—but only recently decided to venture into the art of painting on feathers, using a molted feather from her Lutino Cockatiel as her very first quill canvas. Continue reading »
