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You Have To See These Astonishing Photos Taken By A 14-Year-Old Boy

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Young photographer Zev demonstrates a stunning flight of fantasy and skill. This teenager works with many different genres and techniques, but he is mostly keen on the creation of portraits and self-portraits in the genres of surrealism and magical realism. Making himself and his relatives smaller, Zev takes the viewers on a magical journey to re-discover the world. Continue reading »

Kate And A Cat: A Little Sweet Story About A Strong Friendship

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A little girl by name Kate (Katerina). A cat by name Tom. This is a little cute story about a big strong friendship (also, with participation of another Scottish kitty). The author of the photos is the Russian photographer from Saint-Petersburg Andrey Prokhorov, more known as Andy Prokh. This is the story you just can’t not fall in love with. Continue reading »

Urban Melancholy: Night Cityscapes By The Artist Alexey Butyrsky

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Alexey Butyrsky is a professional artist from Moscow, Russia. His paintings have been shown at exhibitions in Russia, England, and the USA. Alexey’s focal area is now cityscapes: tranquillity and a special melancholy evening mood is felt in each his painting. Continue reading »

Rock Stacking World Championship 2016

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A group gathers to watch the rock balancing competition which has contestants balance as many as they can in 2 minutes at the Llano Environmental Arts Festival Saturday March 12, 2016. The Llano Environmental Arts Festival bills itself as the rock stacking championships of the world. Rock balancing is an art, discipline, or hobby (depending upon the intent of the practitioner) in which rocks are balanced on top of one another in various positions. There are no tricks involved to aid in the balancing, such as adhesives, wires, supports, or rings. (Photo by Chris LeBlanc/American-Statesman) Continue reading »

“Sky As Crown”: Beautiful Georgia By The Photographer Irma Sharikadze

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Irma Sharikadze, a talented professional Georgian photographer, a graduate of Tbilisi Art School. As she says, her mission and destiny is search of the beautiful. The human beauty is a secret, inseparable from love. ‘Sky as Crown’ is the series of wonderful staged photos made by Irma in Georgia. Continue reading »

These Are Some Of The Greatest Lipstick Designs On The Planet

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Give makeup artist Andrea Reed a challenge of creating any kind of lipstick look and the chances are she’ll nail it. The Canadian artist (who goes by the name Girl Grey Beauty) has created all manner of brilliant designs, from broken pixels to honeycombs and even rainbows. Her tools of the trade are quite simply numerous shades of lipsticks and a few brushes to help create the clean edges and lines. Continue reading »

Plus-Size Woman Asks 21 Photoshop Editors To Make Her Beautiful

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23-year-old Marie Ospina is beauty editor with Bustle, each day she sees unrealistic images of models tweaked and manipulated adorning the glitzy world of fashion magazines, TV commercials and billboards. Continue reading »

Sensitive Women Images By Painter Vladimir Volegov

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Born in the city of Khabarovsk, Vladimir Volegov began painting when he was three years old. Vladimir honed his skills during a trip, drawing portraits on the streets of Europe, and working at a Moscow publishing house. Now he creates wonderful expressive pictures of young women with kids, books, flowers, and cats. All his artwork is full of tenderness and infinite sensitivity. Continue reading »

Magnificent Hand-Made Felt Dolls By Irina Andreyeva

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These are not toys, not souvenirs, not decorations. A Russian artist and dollmaker Irina Andreyeva calls them author’s dolls and sculptures. By an author opinion, felt can warm not only a body, but also a soul; and she does these cute and magnificent dolls exactly for the soul. No one can buy them, but anyone can see them at Irina’s exhibitions in Russia. Continue reading »

Outlandish Reality: Bizarre Digital Art By The Artist Nikita Veprikov

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Nikita Veprikov is a young talented Ukrainian artist creating bizarre digital art of characters from a unique outlandish reality. The main Nikita’s skill is the ability to show drama and special emotions in each picture. Continue reading »

Otherworldly Metal Organisms Welded by Mylinh Nguyen

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Inspired by animalistic forms both living and extinct, artist Mylinh Nguyen welds alien creatures from brass, bronze, and silver. Using a variety of machining techniques each creature takes form over several weeks, originating first as haphazard sketches in a notebook before evolving into permanent metal forms. Continue reading »

Anatomical Illustrations Of Japanese Folk Monsters

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In 1960, the great manga artist Shigeru Mizuki took on the task of illustrating anatomical versions of over 80 monstrous members of the yōkai—a group of monsters who, according to Japanese folklore, inhabit the countryside of Japan. Continue reading »

Original Jinglers: The Only Jeans You Can Hear Coming

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“Bekant als… The jeans with the bell. Die einzigen jeans die such auch hören lassen können. Nur echy mit diers Fun-glocke” Originally produced in Germany by C&A in the 1970s. Continue reading »

An Artist Creates Colorful And Magical Illustrations, Using Natural Materials Only

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According to artist Haleli Jabotinsky: “My name is Haleli Jabotinsky, and I’m a content manager from Israel. In my day job I create beauty using words, but when I get home I create it using sticks, leafs and flower petals.” Continue reading »

Genius! Cleverly Designed Packaging Makes Pasta Look Like Gorgeous Hair

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Great packaging instantly grabs your attention—especially when it’s among a bevy of other competing products. Moscow-based designer Nikita Konkin has made it hard to see any other box of pasta on the shelves with this clever design concept. The shape and texture of the noodles playfully peek out a window in the silhouette of a woman’s mane, mimicking the wavy, curly, and even pin-straight styles of their hair. Continue reading »

Flight Of Fantasy: Incredible Art Photography By Ravshaniya Azulye

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Artwork of the Uzbek professional photographer Ravshaniya Azulye is unique universes full of airy images and incredible events. Ravshaniya successfully realizes fascinating ideas in different genres, from wedding and family photography to advertisements. In this post we picked up the best Ravshaniya’s photos in the genres of portraits and staged photo. Continue reading »

Matching Animal Plates That Need To Be Combined To See The Whole Picture

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Some dishes and tableware give it all away. Hand painted picture of a giraffe? They let you see it all in one go. But London-based China artist Yvonne Ellen has a more modest philosophy: her hand painted, bone China pieces never reveal everything. Want to see the entire mongoose? You’ll have to get both the plate and the saucer dish! Continue reading »

First Look: Google’s New, More Subdued Headquarters

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Google’s much-hyped new campus has a somewhat new look After the City of Mountain View limited the buildable space, the tech company was forced to reduce the overall size of the complex. The overarching concept remains intact—a micro “city” of buildings lined by bike paths, outdoor walkways, and gardens—but, like many ambitious projects, it’s had to make some concessions when the reality of regulations sets in. Continue reading »

“What Kind Of Men Read Playboy?” Controversial Playboy Magazine Ads From 1958-1974

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At it’s height in 1972 Playboy magazine had a circulation of over 7 million copies per month and the New Yorker was reporting that almost 25% of college men were purchasing the magazine every month. Despite running the “What Kind of Men Read Playboy?” campaign for over fifteen years Hugh Hefner was still trying to persuade advertisers that men were looking at anything but the pictures. These ads weren’t so much aimed at prospective readers but prospective advertisers. Continue reading »

World’s Eco-Friendliest Country, Bhutan, Celebrates Birth Of New Prince By Planting 108,000 trees

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108,000 saplings were planted in the tiny mountain Kingdom to commemorate the first Royal Child of His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Her Majesty Queen Jetsun Pema. Continue reading »

Abandoned Church Transformed With Colorful Graffiti In Morocco

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Everything Okuda San Miguel touches turns to technicolor. You might remember him from the wild church-turned-skate-park we wrote about last year. Well, Okuda San Miguel is back, and this time he’s set his sights on a new building: an abandoned church in Youssoufia, Morocco. Continue reading »

Travel Photographer Proves Dinosaurs Are The Key To Taking The Best Pictures

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Paraguay photographer Jorge Saenz uses classic perspective tricks to bring dinosaurs to life in his epic travel series #Dinodinaseries. His photos document the dinosaur tourists’ travels around South America, a journey that began with Dino the green Brachiosaurus in Bolivia. Continue reading »

Winnie The Pooh Face Masks Are Giving Everyone Nightmares

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Deep in the 100 acre wood, where Christopher Robin plays… You’ll find a face-melted orange monster that will haunt your nightmares. These photos show people donning ‘relaxation masks’ which come in sweet cartoon packaging but are FAR from cute when people actually put them on. Continue reading »

The Secret Life Of Hamsters And Hedgehogs: Humorous Photos Of The House Pets By Elena Eremina

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Have you ever seen how hamsters are drinking beer? Or, making sushi? Or, washing clothes? The Russian photographer Elena Eremina from Saint Petersburg gives you a chance to look at what our small house pets do when no one sees. Continue reading »

Impressive Carved Wood And Bone Figures By Andrey Sagalov

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Belarusian sculptor from Minsk Andrey Sagalov masterfully carves absolutely great portraits and figures from wood, bone, and ivory. Continue reading »