Artist Creates Impressive Portraits Using The Humble Kitchen Salt
Norway-based Croatian tattoo artist Dino Tomic creates beautiful drawings on large canvasses with salt, only to erase his works that takes hours, sometimes days to bring to life. Continue reading »
Quirky Visual Experiments By Illustrator Christoph Niemann
Berlin-based illustrator, graphic designer and author Christoph Niemann created a bunch of humorous, minimalistic illustrations out of everyday objects. Continue reading »
Even The Mailboxes In Japan Are Strangely Beautiful
Mailboxes aren’t what you’d typically consider as artworks, but in Japan they kinda are. Japanese mailboxes have been made more colourful with images of mascots, animals, and references to local culture. Continue reading »
Children From A Remote Village In China Have To Take A Dangerous Path To Get To School
These children from Atule’er village in China put their lives in danger every day when they are going to school. To get there, they have to climb up the side of a mountain on a vertical ladder that is unsafely attached to the steep cliff. Continue reading »
Fantastical New Worlds Created From Realistic Landscapes By Catherine Nelson
The beautiful fictional worlds by Catherine Nelson are made by combining her wonderful mixed skills originating from the art education in painting received at the College of Fine Arts in Sydney and digit photography. Catherine produced a specific photographic technique by connecting many images in a photo series, and creating circular photos that embrace lovely flora and fauna in imaginary new worlds. These digital photos were presented in the exhibition series named ‘Future Memories’, ‘Nuit Americaine’, ‘Danube’ and ‘Other Worlds’. Continue reading »
Disturbingly Beautiful (Almost Dirty) Images Of Human Anatomy From The 1700s (NSFW)
Jacques Fabien Gautier was a printmaker, painter, anatomist and philosopher who is now best remembered for his often lurid anatomical illustrations. Born in Marseilles in 1716, Gautier began his career as a painter before moving onto printmaking where he developed an interest in the techniques of color printmaking which were then being pioneered by Jacob Christoph Le Blon (1667-1741). Gautier posited the theory colored prints could be created in much the same way as colored patterns were woven into cloth. Continue reading »
Amusing Satirical Illustrations That Echo Our Behavior On Social Media
British illustrator Joe Stone (previously) has launched an entertaining collection of comics that aptly depict our behavior on social media. His satirical drawings poke fun at our foolish addiction to Facebook, our true face of emotion when typing messages and the irony of being connected to the world yet feeling alone. Continue reading »
Cute As A Button Crochet Cowls
Aren’t these adorable? If you love to working on handicrafts, crocheting is one of those crafts that you can feel very productive. You can create a lot of cute stuff out of crocheting – including these darling cowls. A cowl is perfect during winter, and you could make one for the kids and have them looking so swag. It is a like a hoodie without the jacket or anything below it, but just a headpieces that will protect the head from the breeze of the cold weather. Its a great piece of clothing that lets the kids run around in the cool evenings without the dew of the evening to get them chilled, wearing this is just ideal. Continue reading »
This Artist Has Created The Most Badass Looking Stationary Inspired By Horror Movies
These gruesome, yet brilliant sheets of paper, envelopes and cards were created by Jacques Pense, a creative director of Jung von Matt AG agency, for Germany’s 13th Street television. The three hole-punch through the eyeball is priceless. Continue reading »
Men-Ups! Men Photographed In Stereotypical Pin-Up Poses
“Men-ups!” is a humorous project by photographer Rion Sabean featuring men doing pin-up-style poses. It’s interesting how much more absurd some poses instantly look when they’re being done by men. Continue reading »
Tales From The Thousand Lakes: Stockholm’s Colourful Metro Stations
Beneath the Swedish capital lies an intricate web of underground train lines. More than 90 of the 100 stations in the 110km tunnel system, sometimes referred to as “the world’s longest art gallery”, have been decorated with paintings, installations, mosaics and sculptures by 150 artists since the 1950s. After spending a couple of weeks exploring arctic Norway and Sweden, London-based travel photographer Conor MacNeill headed underground to capture images of the metro stations.
Painted blue vines climbing up a white cave in the T-Centralen station. (Photo by Conor MacNeill/The Observer) Continue reading »
The Kids Are Not Alright: Hollow Children By Björn Griesbach
German illustrator Björn Griesbach knows how to give you haunting dreams. One of his more recent series, “Hollow Children,” features grinning children with dark smudged faces that, to be honest, are pretty terrifying. Griesbach primarily works on commissioned illustration projects for novels and other literature but also finds time for personal projects when he can. Continue reading »
This Guy Runs The Most Controversial Instagram Account
A word of warning, this story isn’t for the faint-heated among you! Marc Clancy runs arguably one of the most horrifying accounts on Instagram under the username of Powdah. Clancy is a self taught make up artist who uses his gift to make grotesque and equally awesome optical illusions. The Melbourne artist uses everyday materials, such as wool and latex, to create his eerily realistic effects. Continue reading »
An Artist Beautifully Illustrates The Bright Moments In Our Life
Set of colorful illustrations by Nguyen Bao Tin, an artist from Vietnam. Continue reading »
Pictures Taken At The Right Angle That Will Blow You Away
This series of photos is called the “Coincidence Project” by Denis Cherim, a London-based photographer. He uses perfect timing and angle alignment to show a new perspective of ordinary things around us. Continue reading »
A Star Wars Fan Knows Better How To Spend His Tax Return
Standup comedian James Calabrese who’s also a super fan of “Star Wars” got his tax return on bills and savings accounts and knew better how to spend it. And what better way to do it than to make a glamour photo shoot with the original “Star Wars” cast.
Here he is with Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) reenacting the death of Jabba. Continue reading »
What Would Animals Say If They Could Speak?
All of us have already wondered what animals think and what they would say to us if they could talk. Jimmy Craig tried to answer this question with these amusing comics which are part of a series called “They Can Talk.” Continue reading »
Photographer Captures Stunning Portraits Of Her Cat Through The Seasons
Photographer Magdalena Grześkowiak continues to photograph her beautiful pet feline ‘Kate’ through the seasons. She uploads images of ‘Kate’ basking next to the fireplace during winter, flaunting a stunning floral head wreath during spring, enjoying the outdoors through summer and frolicking in autumn leaves on Instagram account ‘cat_effect’. Continue reading »
Brazilian Model Paola Antonini Inspires Fans On Instagram After Losing Leg In Car Crash
Paola Antonini, a 21-year-old Brazilian model who lost her left leg has become an Instagram sensation thanks to support from hundreds of thousands of fans and an air of inspiration surrounding her. She lost her leg in 2014 after being hit by a drunken driver in a car accident. Continue reading »
First Photo Shoots Of Angelina Jolie When She Was 15 Years Old
Angelina Jolie’s earliest modeling photographs are going under the hammer. The Hollywood star was just 15 when this racy collection of pictures was taken by photographer Harry Langdon. Jolie appears in the black and white pictures with slicked back wet hair, on all fours in a bikini and in a leopard print dress. The photographs are being sold by auction house ‘Profiles in History’ as part of their Original Vintage Glamour Photography. Continue reading »
GPS Trackers That Show Cats’ Activity During The Night
Australian government organization came up with a project to show people how their pet cats are actually active. They used GPS trackers to map out their activity. In Australia cats are considered invasive species and can have devastating effects on the native wildlife. Often cats’ owners are convinced that their pets don’t roam around at night, so the aim of this project is to show them what’s really going on. Continue reading »
Simple Tips To Make Your Relationship Last 25 Years And Longer
In life, we often forget that the simple, little things in relationships truly matter the most. Life already includes enough stress and complications, so your relationship with your partner should provide you with comfort and peace. Of course, you will inevitably encounter some problems in relationships, but you can make it through anything by keeping the following small details in mind. These amusing illustrations show us a simple way to make our relationship last for a long time. Continue reading »
Dad Published A Book With All The Funny Stuff His Kid Has Ever Said
As a single dad, Matthew Carroll didn’t always have someone to share in his frequent laughter and incredulity at the various things his daughter, Morgan, said. Hoping to document some of her best commentary, Carroll took to recording her choicest quotes on his iPhone when she was between the ages of three and five. He then compiled them chronologically in a small homemade volume for friends and family who, compelled by the hilarious and touching content, encouraged him to share it with a larger audience. Can I Sit on Your Lap While You’re Pooping? is the record of the hilarious, crazy, and touching pronouncements of a little girl, but it’s also the irresistible documentation of the love between a parent and child. Continue reading »
An Artist llustrates The Sad Truth Of Modern Life: Thought-Provoking, Clever And Funny Illustrations By Marco Melgrati
Marco Melgrati is an Italian illustrator based in Mexico. He was born in 1984 in Milan. In 2006 he graduated from the Santa Giulia School of Fine Arts and began working as a freelance illustrator in 2008. With his talent in refining complex, far-reaching issues into a simple, striking image with something to say, Marco Melgrati suits the editorial world. Here: Self Made Continue reading »
Artist Spends 3 Days Erecting A Life-Size Lego Statue Just To Be Ruined In Seconds
It happened at a LEGO Expo in Ningbo, China. A giant fox figurine of Nick Wilde that cost $15,000 and took the artist, named Zhao, three days and nights to build was trashed in only seconds by. Artist Zhao spent 3 long days working on a giant Zootopia LEGO sculpture. Continue reading »
