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What Dreams May Come: Fascinating Portraits By The Photographer Galiya Zhelnova

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Bright artwork by the Ukrainian photo artist Galiya Zhelnova attracts the eye and fascinates. The talented photographer from Kiev turns girls into goddesses and creates beautiful portraits. Continue reading »

“Animal Soul”: Beautiful Portraits Of The Bad-Ass Cats By Robert Bahou

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Photographer Robert Bahou grew up surrounded by lots of animals and has always had a profound fascination with what goes on in their minds. Continue reading »

Extreme Surfing On Arctic Circle

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Surf instructor Tommy Olsen monitors his group of surf beginners during their 1st course at snowy beach of Unstad, in Lofoten Island, Arctic Circle, on March 09, 2016. Surfers from all over the world comes to Lofoten island to surf in extrem conditions. Ocean temperature is 6-7 °C, air temperature around 0°C in spite of a weather very unstable. (Photo by Olivier Morin/AFP Photo) Continue reading »

These Architects Wanted To Work Outside, So They Made A Mobile Office In A Caravan

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Photography by Jo Wickham Photography

Architecture firm Studio106, wanted to be able to enjoy the nice summer weather that New Zealand has to offer, without leaving their office. Continue reading »

Elegant Wooden Chair Hand-Carved From A Single Tree Stump

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‘The Glemham I’ was produced by the artist Alex Johnson during a residency at White House Farm, which is the seasonal home of The Alde Valley Spring Festival near Great Glemham, England. Its stump was harvested from the farm and felled by a local timber man. Johnson then began slowly shaping and forming the wood into a elegant piece of furniture, with curved arms that flow into intricate flourishes adorning the base of the chair. Continue reading »

Artist Paints Elaborately Colorful Scenes Using Only Her Fingers

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Brooklyn-based artist Iris Scott paints without a brush so she can creatively utilize her unique style of textural Impressionism. When discussing her playful finger paintings, Scott states, “There’s nothing between me and the paint—I feel all the tiny nuances. I can manipulate thick paint with my fingers in ways brushes never could.” Continue reading »

This Mural Changes Shape As You Walk Through It

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Italian urban artists Truly Design, were commissioned to paint a mural inside the headquarters of the VF Corporation in Switzerland. The mural, named SPACE ODDITY, is a large circular anamorphic painting, that appears to change shape and perspective as you walk through it, and look at it from different angles. Continue reading »

These Lamps Were Designed To Grow Plants In Windowless Spaces

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You love plants, plants love light, you love light, you’ll both love the Mygdal plantlight! Continue reading »

The Best Photos From The B&W Child Photography 2015 Photo Contest

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B&W CHILD is Annual International Photography Contest devoted 100% to the Art of Black and White Child Photography. Continue reading »

This Chick Is Called Alien Princess Redefining Beauty Standards

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Meet Grace Neutral, who is a hand poke tattoo artist and has become a social media hit for her extreme body modifications. She said she underwent all these modifications so the outside could reflect her inner self. Continue reading »

An Artist Has Created A Crocheted X-Wing Starfighter Blanket To Keep The Force Warm

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Keep the force warm at an stage of your Jedi training with the bulky and cozy Spacefighter blanket. Cuddle up on the couch or better yet your lazy-Boy and dream of your own space adventures. Created by Michelle Moore, this blanket will provide hours of entertainment at any age. Hands can even stay cozy warm in the engines! Pull out those crochet hooks and make your very own blanket or give the best gift ever to someone you love. Continue reading »

Movie Scenes Before-And-After Special Effects

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Here are a few scenes in movies and TV shows before and after the special effects were applied. It looks like today all of the biggest TV series and films use visual effects left and right. Continue reading »

Where The Ghosts Walk: Photographer Captures Abandoned Town In The Desert Of Namibia

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These sand-swept images show the ghostly remains of what was once a mineral-rich mining community. In its heyday, the town of Kolmanskop, Namibia (previously), was home to about 700 families. Now all that remains are empty homes filled with sand, while cast-off items such as bathtubs are scattered about the surrounding area. Over time, the sand of the stunning dunes that encircle the town of Kolmanskop has been blown towards the abandoned residences, coating everything from streets to the interiors of houses and workshops. Here: Kolmankop, an abandoned mining town in Namibia. Continue reading »

New Handmade Lagoon Tables Made From Resin And Cut Travertine Marble

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Can’t wait to leave everything behind and go on your dream vacation? Before we offer you quick time travel tips let’s consider if maybe there is a way to bring that dream destination to your living room instead? Continue reading »

Artist Uses His Feet To Create Gigantic ‘Game Of Thrones’ Snow Art In French Alps

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The French Alps has just got a “Game of Thrones” facelift (…no worries, Alps are still there). The British snow artist Simon Beck is gearing up for the next season of the popular show and warning people about the coming winter. Continue reading »

Every Spring This Forest In Belgium Becomes A Blue Wonderland

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Kilian Schönberger

There’s a mystical forest in Belgium, not far from Brussels, that will take your breath away if you visit it in April or May. Every spring, Hallebros, or Bois de Hal (Halle Forest in Dutch), a beautiful 552 ha forest, is carpeted with a thick layer of bluebell flowers. Continue reading »

Aliens Warrior Cookie Jar

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Sick of people stealing your delicious cookies? Nobody will ever dare violate your baked goods again once they’re under the watchful gaze of this creeptacular ceramic xenomorph cookie jar. Continue reading »

Anatomical Balloon Dog And Rubber Ducky Models By Jason Freeny

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Designer Jason Freeny is known for his humorous realizations of popular toys turned into anatomical models. Lego figures, Barbie dolls, gingerbread men, and even gummy bears have all gotten the cross-section treatment, and next up: the classic rubber bath ducky and the balloon dog. Continue reading »

New Spray Painted Tile Floor Patterns In Abandoned Spaces by Javier De Riba

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Instead of competing with giant graffiti tags or wall murals, Spanish artist Javier De Riba (previously) takes an entirely different approach with his spray painted street art. Utilizing carefully overlapped stencil sets, Riba creates pristine sections of tile floor patterns in the midst of cracked sidewalks or on the floors of abandoned buildings. His measured use of color, original geometric arrangements, and precise execution makes every artwork stand out, no matter how mundane the location. Continue reading »

Stirring The Swarm: A Horde Of 10,000 Ceramic Beetles Crawl Across Gallery Walls

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Like the Pied Piper of Hamelin, UK artist Anna Collette Hunt leads swarms of 10,000 ceramic insects in a traveling exhibition that first appeared several years ago in the towers of Wollaton Hall, England, home to a significant natural history collection. Continue reading »

15 Comics That Perfectly Capture The First Year Of Being A Mom

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Becoming a new mom for the first time is an exciting and happy time. But it’s also a time of a lot of unknowns and frustrations. To work through the more difficult days, new mom Alison Wong decided to create “New Mom Comics” — a series of hilarious and spot-on comics that capture everyday parenting adventures. Check them out below! Continue reading »

Artists Takes Trash To New Heights As Habitat For Urban Birds

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Have you ever wonder why Angry Birds are so angry? Maybe it’s because not enough of us are building them charming birdhouses like street artist Thomas “Dambo” Winther (previously). Dambo’s Happy City Birds project is upcycling trash into birdhouses for natures little recyclers. Continue reading »

“Spring And A Girl”: Cute Friendship Between A Snow Fox And A Human

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Katerina Mikhaylova from the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk is a zoo worker and an animals fancier. Luckily, she has had a chance to grow a sweet Snow Fox named Spring. This kind of foxes are a man-made breed, they are almost whole white with a little black specks. Continue reading »

To The Vanishing Point: The Obscure Broken Worlds Of Artist Sergey Kolesov

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Sergey Kolesov aka Peleng is from the city of Ivanovo, Russia. He uses the fantasy style creating his pictures. Basically he draws kind of horror pictures, a bit scary, but cool and rather dramatic… well, some of them are more scary, than cool. Continue reading »

What The Abandoned Silverdome Looks Like 13 Years After The Detroit Lions Left

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The Pontiac Silverdome was once the crown jewel of Detroit, a massive stadium holding 80,000 screaming fans for the Super Bowl, the Rolling Stone, The Who, and Led Zeppelin. Now it is completely abandoned, left to decay in the elements. Photographer Johnny Joo (previously) recently explored the empty stadium, and his photos are simply stunning. Continue reading »