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Photographer Captures The Most Beautiful Abandoned Places Around The World

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French artist, Dimitri Bourriau “Jahz Design”, is a graduated graphic designer. He has always been interested in history and architectural remains. It was in 2013 when he developed his interest in the photography of heritage in disuse. His first exploration was an ancient cemetery of military ships. Today he travels the globe looking for places in decline. It draws our attention to our civilization in constant mutation to ephemeral memory. Continue reading »

Insert Brain Here: Absurd Situations And Silly Humor In Funny Comics By Paul Woods

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Paul Woods aka “Woodsy” is a 41-year-old cartoonist and illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. He creates hilarious single-panel comics, and you might find it hard to keep a smile off your face when scrolling through them. Paul is a big fan of using puns and word play to make his single-paneled comics come to life. Continue reading »

“Perfect” Examples Of Horribly-Designed Stairs

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Have you ever tripped while going up or down stairs and thought, “Ugh, that wasn’t my fault! That was the fault of whoever horribly designed these stairs!” Probably not right? Continue reading »

London-Based Artist Katharine Morling Creates Sculptural ‘Drawings’ Using Ceramics and Black Stain

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Her ceramic sculptures have been shown internationally at Bergdorf Goodman in New York, Liberty’s London, Miami, Italy, Kuwait, Algiers, Germany and France. She has also had solo exhibitions in Sweden, The Netherlands and throughout the UK. 2019 marked the fifth time that Katharine had been invited to exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London. Continue reading »

Marilyn Monroe Wishing You All a Happy Fourth of July

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Marilyn Monroe posed for Fourth of July, wearing a bikini with some oversized fireworks and a sign that reads “Beware of Danger, July 4th”. These photographs were taken by Bert Reisfeld in 1953.‬ Continue reading »

This Comics Artist Makes People Laugh With Single-Panel Jokes

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Nate Fakes is a Los Angeles-based cartoonist and author who has the talent to make people laugh with only one image! He creates witty single-panel comics full of clever puns and humor illustrating the secret life of humans, animals and random things. Continue reading »

Book-A-Minute Classics: The Ultra-Condensed Classic Books

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English teachers have the inconsiderate habit of assigning mammoth-sized works of literature to read and then actually expecting you to do it. This wouldn’t be so bad except that invariably the requisite reading is as boring as fly fishing in an empty lake. Continue reading »

Murder Scene: Artist Creates Thought-provoking Illustrations To Raise Awareness About Mistreatment Of Animals

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Humans are heartless. They have been misusing animals for their own luxury and entertainment. Animals are living creatures. They have feelings and suffer pain too. Humans have become selfish. Continue reading »

Pop Culture Posters & Illustrations by Tomasz Majewski

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Polish illustrator and graphic designer Tomasz Majewski combines traditional techniques with digital work to produce cool pop culture creations. Continue reading »

Incredible Feather Artworks by Chris Maynard

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Chris Maynard has worked with feathers since he was twelve. His unique feather shadowboxes are recognized by art collectors, bird lovers, and a wide and interesting variety of people from around the world. He only has time to turn a small portion of his ideas, which fill many notebooks, into his shadow box feather designs. His favorite tools are the tiny eye surgery scissors, forceps, and magnifying glasses passed down through his family. Continue reading »

Intimate Vintage Portraits Documented the Lives of Irish Travellers Outside Dublin in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s

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When Alen Macweeney returned to his native Ireland in the 1960s, after working as Richard Avedon’s assistant, he first intended to do a photo essay about W.B. Yeats. His research led him to cover another quintessentially Irish subject, one up to then neglected in photojournalism and Irish society in general. Continue reading »

Canadian Artist Creates Humorous And Satirical Oil Paintings

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Canadian artist Toni Hamel creates humorous and satirical oil paintings. Rooted in story-telling, her art practice draws from personal experiences and outward observations to create thematic bodies of work that reflect on and interpret the psychological unease characteristic of our age. Continue reading »

Artist Creates Surrealistic Paintings Of Hidden Portals

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Scottish artist Andrew McIntosh creates surrealistic paintings of hidden portals. Andrew is a self-taught artist and a landscape painter for 8 years before shifting direction to more surreal work. Andrew won the National Open Art Competition in 2014 and was nominated for the John Moores Prize the same year. Continue reading »

Love Is: This Couple Illustrates Their Ups And Downs In Sweet And Relatable Comics

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Every relationship has its ups and downs. As cliché as this sounds, there are no highs without the lows. Thanks to all the hardships and challenges, we can appreciate small things being with that special someone even more, and that’s what Pibubear comics are all about – sweet little moments shared with your loved one. Continue reading »

Photographer Takes Aerial Photos Of Daily Commuters Around Mexico In His Series “Carpoolers”

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The journey of daily commuters around Mexico is captured in the photo series “Carpoolers” by Alex Cartagena. Continue reading »

Illustrator Creates Mildly Amusing Doodles That Are Surreal At Times And Frequently Silly

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Meet Nadia Tolstoy, an illustrator and cartoonist from Stockholm, Sweden that might change the way you look at some words. As she describes on her Instagram, she creates “mildly amusing doodles” that are “surreal at times and frequently silly”. Continue reading »

Graphic Designer Creates Amazing Negative Space Illustrations

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Israel-born graphic designer, illustrator Noma Bar creates amazing negative space illustrations. Noma Bar cleverly uses negative space to create some thought-provoking illustrations, often with double meaning. His cool designs are so simple, yet so clever you can’t fail to be impressed. Continue reading »

Captivating Photographs From This Year’s WildArt Photographer Of The Year Contest

Amy Marques – Eyes Category
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“Nature and wildlife photography has the power to change lives for the better, not only by making the wonder of nature accessible to so many, but by improving awareness of conservation issues across the globe,” says Rob Read, the founder of WildArt Photographer of the Year contest. The contest has 4 categories (Wet, Light, Silhouettes, and Eyes) and is a great platform for talented photographers to get recognition for their work. Continue reading »

“Street Life In London”: Photographer Colorized Photos From Over 140 Years Ago

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According to Tom Marshall: “In the mid-1870s, Scottish photographer John Thomson captured the daily toil and struggle of the ‘street folks’ of London, in a series of photos that laid the foundations for modern photojournalism. Working with a radical journalist called Adolphe Smith, Thomson produced a monthly magazine ‘Street Life in London’ from 1876 to 1877. Continue reading »

Meet the 1970 AMC Gremlin, America’s First Subcompact Car

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The AMC Gremlin is a subcompact car that was made by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) for nine model years. During its manufacturing run from April 1970 through 1978, a total of 671,475 Gremlins were built in the United States and Canada.

The Gremlin was described at its introduction as the first domestic-built American subcompact car. Continue reading »

Photographer Captures The Beauty Of Day And Night Skies

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According to a photographer Alex Forst: “One year ago, I decided to step up my night sky game and modify the sensor of my camera. The modification expands the light spectrum, which makes it possible to see the Ha emission nebulas in the night sky.” Continue reading »

Extraordinary Makeup: Couple Impresses People Online With Their Artistic Skills

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Both makeup and photography have the ability to transform sights that we’re used to into something surprisingly stunning. Now just imagine what happens when those skills are combined by a real-life couple. Photographer Chuck Gomez and his makeup artist wife Oli are a great example of that. Continue reading »

Spectacular Winning Images from The 2021 Landscape Photographer of the Year

Winner: “Comet NeoWise Setting, Marin” by Tanmay Sapkal. Location: Mt. Tamalpais, Marin, CA, USA
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For the eighth year in a row, the International Landscape Photographer of the Year awards presents the winning landscape photos to the public, rendering us speechless every time! 4,500 entries were accepted in the course of the year, and the jury has selected 100 finalists in the 2021 International Landscape Photographer of the Year awards. Continue reading »

Parasitic City Takes Root on the Foundations of a Decommissioned Highway Bridge

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Back in 2010, a region of southern Italy announced a competition to decide how to reuse a stretch of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway, located between Sicily and Bagnara, with a focus on implementing renewable energy into the infrastructure. Continue reading »

This Japanese Company Makes Custom Decorative Coffins for Vampire Fans

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Ziggy Vamp Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based company that specializes in products for wannabe vampires, is selling hand-made, customizable coffin furniture. Continue reading »