A Mixture Of Innocence, Beauty, Violence, Decadence, Japanese And Russian Folklore – In Bizarre Works By Vania Zhuravlev
Characters from Russian fairy tales and Japanese folklore, demons, dead bodies and beautiful women from brothels – these are the main subjects and themes in the works by Vania Zhuravlev, a Russian artist who emigrated to London and who creates graphic art in a style very reminiscent of Russian engravings of the early 20th century. Except that there is a lot more sex and death in them. Continue reading »
Man Uses 11 Shipping Containers To Build His 2,500 Square Foot Dream House, And The Inside Looks Amazing
When it comes to building their dream home, people have a lot of different ideas. Some choose comfortable and small bungalows, others opt for luxurious mansions. However, there a handful of those to decide to ditch the traditional architecture and build something completely different, for instance, a container house. That’s exactly what designer Will Breaux did and now he’s a proud owner of a house built solely out of shipping containers. Continue reading »
Yokai Horrors From The 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll – The Nightmarish, Curious And Rather Cute Demons Were Created In The Edo Period
Oyajirome (親白眼) has a bulging eye on the back of its head and a claw on its one-fingered hand.
You could cut this 18th Century Japanese scroll into neat squares and use the 24 images for a game of ‘Guess Who? – Yokai.’ Does yours have one eye..? Does yours have teeth..? Does yours eat raw human anuses..? (The Kappa does.) The scroll, known as the Bakemono zukushi, was painted by an artist or artist now unknown. Continue reading »
An Immersive Lighting Installation Inside One Of San Francisco’s Most Important Religious Monuments
The nonprofit Illuminate and Grace Cathedral present an immersive installation inside one of San Francisco’s most important religious monuments. Continue reading »
Japanese Harvest Festival Displays Massive “Scarecrow” Of Space Battleship Yamato
Chikuzen, Fukuoka is known for its annual harvest festival, where locals work together to construct awesome statues or “scare crows” out of harvested straw. Two years ago, the festival featured an impressive 10-meter straw Godzilla, but this year’s massive structure may have set a new standard. Japanese Twitter user Natsu posted photos that have anime fans excited for the festival, revealing a giant Space Battleship Yamato scarecrow! Continue reading »
This Artist Is Ruining Our Childhoods by Revealing The Secrets Of Our Beloved Characters
Illustrator and cartoon artist Ed Harrington has been creating a series of images that can ruin some of your best childhood memories. He takes our favorite pop culture characters and tries to guess what they do when they’re not working, revealing their secrets and hidden private lives. Continue reading »
2020 Pooping Dogs Calendar Is Here
White Elephant Party coming up? Yankee Swap? Secret Santa? Do you know someone who loves dogs…too much? This 12 month 2020 calendar of pooping dogs will be the most memorable gift you give this year. Talk about a gift that keeps on giving; each month reveals yet another beautiful pooch answering nature’s call. Continue reading »
Meet Sygmond, The Beautiful Gray Cat Of Your Nightmares
Meet Sygmond the grey. He had the face of a king when he was a kitten. This majestic cat is even fluffier today fully grown and whenever he goes, he makes it epic. Continue reading »
16 Bizarre Inventions From The Victorian Era
If you think that organs and bones crushing corsets were the most bizarre creation of the Victorian era, you could not be more wrong. Victorians have come up with its fair share of weird inventions. Even though this era was a long period of peace and prosperity, science was going through a weird phase.
Below are 16 bizarre inventions from the Victorian era, some useful, and some… not so much.
1. THE TRICK PLEDGE ALTAR
Oh, those Victorians! They did love a practical joke. And what could be funnier than encouraging a friend to make a pledge at your new home altar… only for him to be surprised by the abrupt appearance of a human skeleton – which spits scalding water into his face!? Continue reading »
Russian Artists Recreate Famous Paintings And Have Much Fun
Some exciting results of the photo challenge arranged in the Russian social network “VK” – “Photograph as if Rembrandt”. Look them through to the very end, they cool! Continue reading »
Japanese Students Build Massive Boat Made Of Handmade Sweets
600 cookies (each half the size of a standard sheet of paper), 40 muffins, 600 bread slices, 200 cream puffs, 420 leaf shaped pies, 250 tarts, 108 waffles, 200 bagels, 600 dice-cut cookies, 1000 marzipan sweets, 2000 chocolate roses. Continue reading »
Photographer Steve McCurry’s Photos Show The Complex Relationship Between Humans And Animals
The legendary US photographer’s favourite shots of creatures and how they interact with humans feature in “Animals”, his latest book.
A mahout and his elephant at a sanctuary, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2010. (Photo by Steve McCurry/The Guardian) Continue reading »
The Showy And Coloured Selfies Of Véronique Duplain
Véronique Duplain‘s “Selfie Project” started in February 2014, when the Montreal photographer decided to make one self-portrait everyday. Her project was finally extended over six years, and takes a critical look at social networks and their uses, including voyeurism and the media construction of public figures. Continue reading »
Polish Artist Turned Local Tram Station Into Floral Museum
A tram stop at Dabrowskiego Square in Łódź, Poland is blossoming with dried flowers, giving pedestrians and commuters a new perspective of the urban space around them. The local student Dominika Cebula was at the origin of the project, that she called “Nostalgia”. The idea is inspired by the traditional flowers market of Dabrowskiego Square. Continue reading »
Artist Reimagined Famous Movie And TV Scenes With Cartoon Characters
Friends
According to Omerika, an artist:”The idea of replacing people with famous Disney and other cartoon characters in photos has been long done before by many, but I wanted to perpetuate it in a cool humorous way that will bring back nostalgic memories for some people, and inspire those who haven’t had the chance to watch these cult movies before.” Continue reading »
Worlds Largest Jesus Christ Statue From Poland Began Distributing Internet From Antennas In His Crown
Fakt 24
The world’s largest figure of Jesus Christ in Świebodzin has been blessed with newly installed equipment for commercial broadcasting of Internet signals – inform Fakt 24.pl. The antenna assembly was ordered by the parish priest in Świebodzin, the main initiator of the construction of the monument. Continue reading »
Bizarre ‘Ice Eggs’ Stranded On Finnish Shore Go Viral
Grotesque oval ice formations created by a rare coincidence of factors on Hailuoto island in northern Finland have wowed netizens. Continue reading »
Cool Pics Defined Fashion Trend Of Young Women In The 1990s
Group at seawall, West Palm Beach, July 4, 1990
Women’s fashion in the 1990s is very distinct. While not quite as loud as the eighties, the nineties took that attitude and tried to be a little smarter and a little classier. Sometimes designers succeeded, sometimes they didn’t. Continue reading »
Tommy Washbush’s Alternate Humor Illustrations Perfectly Describe The Absurd World We Live In
Tommy Washbush is an illustrator and graphic designer who draws extreme violence, stupid things and t-shirt designs. Trying to trudge back to productivity, for him, is a bit like walking on wet cement every time. Of course, one of his favorite celebrations is Halloween, when he can get together a bunch of friends for a marathon of truly terrifying movies. Tommy is based in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Continue reading »
Superb Colossal Steampunk Sculptures By Pierre Matter
Pierre Matter works mostly with bronze and embellish the sculptures with recycled objects, using welders, plasma cutters, laser cutters and grinders to shape and sculpt. “I’m a kind of salvager. I feel like a child in a heap of sand, but instead of sand, there’s a lot of recycling and scrap, full of magnificent objects.” Often, the sculptures which emerge from these scraps of metal speak to us of who we are and how our future might be. Continue reading »
Scenes From A Tiny World Where Everything Could Happen: Photograher Turns Everyday Objects Into Fun Miniature Worlds
According to Péter Csákvári: “I’ve spent 3 years creating this project called “Tiny Wasteland”. The series feature miniature figures placed next to everyday objects in order to create the illusion of microscopic worlds. I’m actually a food photographer so the whole idea came from there. I made about 100 pictures already from this tiny world, the rest you can find on my Instagram page.” Continue reading »
Traveller’s Joy – The Key To The Countryside – Beautiful Shell Adverts From The Mid-1950s
From the 1920s and into the 1950s the Shell Oil Company produced some wonderful advertising posters and some said, the most beautiful the country has ever seen.
1954: Arranged and painted by Edith and Rowland Hilder
Looking at these examples from the mid-fifties it’s difficult to argue. It was a different time and the adverts, mostly shown in up-market magazines such as Country Life, show us a view of Britain as a lost rural idyl while, somewhat ironically, promoting not only petrol and oil but motoring in general and where it could take you. It was only Shell petrol and diesel that could give you the exhilarating pleasure and joyous freedom of the countryside. Continue reading »
Invisible People: Stunning Street Photography Series Inspired By A True Story
According to Česlovas Česnakevičius: “My name is Česlovas Česnakevičius, I am an artist and a photographer based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Continue reading »
9-Year-Old Kid Who Kept Getting In Trouble For Doodling In Class Gets A Job Decorating A Restaurant With His Drawings
You should always support your kids and their natural talents. And if you nurture them, great things will happen. That’s what 9-year-old Joe Whale’s parents thought when they encouraged their son to keep drawing, even though he got into trouble for doodling during class. Continue reading »
With No Photoshop: These Creative Vintage Collages From An American Artist Are So Exciting
The life aquatic
A cool photo collection of creative collages was created by American artist Angie Naron who cut and pasted for The Kollage Kit, her blog with weekly themes. Continue reading »
