Sleek, Masculine, and Cheerful Pin-Up Superheroes and Ordinary Males by David Talaski
We’ve been taught to think that only gorgeous ladies with elegant shapes can be pin-up models, but that’s actually a vile stereotype – male pin-up models can be charming, too. Continue reading »
Monumentalism of Hell: The Grim Posters by Wiesław Wałkuski
Wiesław Wałkuski is a Polish illustrator, famous at the end of the eighties for his incredible series of film and theater posters and his coolest book covers. Continue reading »
Style on The Big Screen: David Murray’s Fashionable Movie Characters
The Irish artist David Murray decided to add style to the classic movie characters and drew them in the most fashionable suits from Givenchy, Burberry, Calvin Klein and other famous brands. Continue reading »
Polish Artist Paulina Bartnik Creates Realistic Looking Embroidered Brooches Of Birds
Poland-based artist Paulina Bartnik creates realistic-looking embroidered brooches of birds. Paulina loves nature, travel, and art. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and she is very much passionate about embroidery. Continue reading »
Artist Heidi Reed Creates Jewelry from the Moose Poop
Are you looking for a present to cheer up a friend or to make an unexpected romantic gesture that your partner will love? Have you considered jewelry made out of moose poop? There are of options to choose from on Heidi Reed’s Etsy store. The prices are pretty low (compared to gold or silver jewelry), and Heidi will ship this shit anywhere! Continue reading »
Atmospheric Photographs of France in the 1940s Through a German Soldier’s Lens
In 1940, France was invaded and quickly defeated by Nazi Germany. France was divided into a German occupation zone in the north, an Italian occupation zone in the southeast and an unoccupied territory, the rest of France, which consisted of the southern French metropolitan territory (two-fifths of pre-war metropolitan France) and the French empire, which included the two protectorates of French Tunisia and French Morocco, and French Algeria; the Vichy government, a newly established authoritarian regime collaborating with Germany, ruled the unoccupied territory. Free France, the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle, was set up in London. Continue reading »
Postal Prank Boxes To Send Your Frenemies
It’s much more fun to have frenemies rather than just plain old boring friends, because you can send embarrassing postal prank boxes to them. The list below is packed full of hilarious examples you can order from Crazy Novelty Guy. Remember to add signed for delivery and time it when your friend’s mom or partner are home! Continue reading »
Pugs, Star Wars, and The Troubles of Life: Graham Annable’s Nicest Pictures
“With spring in full bloom, Swamp Thing was delighted to find a Swamp Pug sprouting in the bog”
Graham Annable is an Oscar and Eisner nominated cartoonist and animator living in Merrickville, Ontario. He has created works for television, film, video game, and comic books. The Boxtrolls, Puzzle Agent, and The Peter & Ernesto series for early readers are some of his more popular projects. He is the creator of Grickle. A humorously dark world of googly-eyed beings that inhabit the Grickle Channel on Youtube and various graphic novels like the Book of Grickle. Continue reading »
Artist Creates Felted Wool Toys Of Pets And Their Tiny Adorable Twins
Artist Alyson Gurney creates felted wool toys of animals and their tiny adorable twins. These tiny toys are so adorable. Many of these toys look like twins of the animals, but in mini versions. When the two stay in the same place, captured in the same pic, they can steal the heart of any, especially animal lovers. Continue reading »
Disturbing Dreams: The Superb Bizarre Art by Miles Johnston
Miles Johnston is a British artist who paints bizarre worlds of eerie, distorted dreams. The surrealistic images that Johnston transfers to canvas are felt more by the spinal cord than by the brain – they are intuitively frightening, and for the particularly tender ones they can even trigger a panic attack of trypophobia. Continue reading »
John Wick, Batman, Mandalorian: Cool Art by Hicham Habchi
Hicham Habchi is a Casablanca-based artist who draws comics and concept art for the notorious Riot Games (League of Legends, Valorant). Continue reading »
Vulgar, Funny, and Avant-Garde: The Crazy Covers of Toiletpaper Magazine
Toiletpaper Magazine is an Italian art magazine founded in 2010 by artist Maurizio Cattelan and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari. There is no text in the magazine. It’s a fun photo project in which Cattelan and Ferrari mock, with maximum abstract and surreal imagery, the modern advertising in which they have worked all their lives. Continue reading »
The Fascinating World of Japanese Matchboxes – Vintage, Simple, Elegant
A matchbox is not only useful in everyday life, but also a wonderful piece of art. Don’t you believe it? Then you should plunge into the fascinating world of Japanese matchboxes decorated with small but real works of art. Continue reading »
An Infatuated Photographer’s Pictures of Amsterdam’s People in the 1960s and 70s
Eduard van der Elsken (10 March 1925 – 28 December 1990) was a Dutch photographer and filmmaker. Continue reading »
Luxury and Decay: Atmospheric Abandoned Ruins in Photographs by Thomas Jorion
French photographer born in 1976, Thomas Jorion lives in Paris and travels the world to achieve his singular and timeless landscapes. Self-taught, he creates his photographs in natural light using an analogue large format 4×5 » camera. He captures places in ruins or abandoned, and allows us to rediscover and to imagine their past glory in a bygone era. Continue reading »
Creepy, Funny, and Very Strange: Eddy Stevens’ Surreal Portraits
Eddy Stevens is a Belgian surrealist painter, the author of a series of portraits of strange people who seem to have emerged from some kind of Black Lodge. Continue reading »
This Photographer Lets Us See the Less Glamorous Side of His Polished Photos
We look at polished Instagram photos of “perfect” people with admiration, and sometimes we may wish it could be us. It seems like they are living their best lives and it’s all because the grass is greener in life online. Continue reading »
Before-And-After Pics Reveal How Much These Beautiful Images Are Photoshopped To Look Surreal
The photographer known as The_Nicest_Misanthrope has presented a collection of pictures in the fantasy genre. He assures us that such photos are in great demand! Seeing the original photos, we can conclude that they have come a very long way to their fairy-tale finale. Continue reading »
Beautiful Photos Show Fashion Styles of Cheryl Ladd in the 1970s
Born 1951 in Huron, South Dakota, American actress and singer Cheryl Ladd originally came to Hollywood to begin a career in music (she was known as “Cherie Moor” when she was the singing voice of Melody on Hanna-Barbera’s Josie and the Pussycats animated series, and she also sang on the 1970 album of the same name). Continue reading »
For the Record: Photography & the Art of the Album Cover
For the Record: Photography & the Art of the Album Cover celebrates the unique ‘object d’art’ that is the Album Cover and reflects upon its role in shaping and making artists – both in front of and behind the camera.
For the Record brings together over 200 album covers, highlighting the central role photography plays in defining artists and bands, and showcasing some of the most iconic album covers of our times.
Grace Jones – Nightclubbing, Island Records, 1981, by Jean-Paul Goude
The Nightclubbing cover is regarded as one of the most iconic of album sleeves. Despite Goude and Jones’s controversial relationship, this is perhaps the most memorable image of the singer. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images of The 2022 Association of Photographers Awards
Project – Silver – Portrait of a Village
‘Documenting the Ukrainian village from which my family were taken by Nazis in 1942 – I’m the first of my family to ever go back. The village has witnessed great horrors: epidemics, famines, invasions and murders. The focus was my relief to find such a welcoming and colourful place. A wonderful Ukrainian community that didn’t echo my Black Sea German ancestor’s dark history. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has turned all that on its head. I’m deeply concerned about everyone involved in the project and fear history is repeating itself.’ Photograph: Catherine Losing/c/o AOP Continue reading »
Curse of Hospitality: The Superb Fantasy Art Works of Dominik Mayer
“My name is Dominik Mayer. I’m a German Concept Artist & Illustrator. Currently i live and work in Munich. I am working professionally for one year now. For several games and real time/virtual reality projects. Continue reading »
The Quiet Beauty of Small Towns: Superb Landscapes and Collages by Clover Robin
Clover Robin is a British artist, crafter and designer who creates small and pretty towns. Her works most often with collages, but he doesn’t shy away from watercolors and gouache either – Robin’s paintings are charming in their simplicity and have a therapeutic effect. Continue reading »
So People Are Buying Inflatable Jesus Now…
In today’s epizode of “Weird stuff people buy” we have Inflatable Jesus blow-up doll that people are actually buying (for some strange reason). Maybe they choosing to have Jesus in their lives in a more literal way… Continue reading »
Stressticles Stress Ball For When You’re Extra Stressed at Work
These scrotum shaped stress balls aptly named Stressticles is a vulgar way to take out your stress at the office or at home. Simply grab the dangling balls in your hand, and whenever you feel your stress levels rising, give the balls a quick squeeze and tug. Continue reading »
