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 »
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 »
Beautiful, Dramatic Illustrations Of Ocean Waves And Galaxies In Coffee Mugs By Victoria Siemer
Victoria Siemer is a New York-based graphic designer created a heartbreaking ‘Human Error’ series, which gives your morning cup of coffee an additional dose of surrealism with her latest project, entitled ‘Coffee Cup Manipulations’. Continue reading »
Drift Away: Beautiful Handcrafted Eco-Friendly Jewelry Made From Driftwood And Bioresin
The societal pressures of living in a fast-paced city can be daunting and stifling. We become engulfed by its constant demands and expectations that may often weigh us down. Continue reading »
Beautiful Live Leaf Tattoos By Rit Kit
“I’m a nature lover, so most of my sketches are related to flora,” Ukrainian tattooer Rit Kit explains. “But the more I drew, the more I wanted something fresh and native, to feel the plants without any steps in between.” Continue reading »
By The Danger In Her Eyes: The Hauntingly Beautiful Portraits By Elena Sai
Elena Sai (Elena Zaitseva) is a talented digital artist from Kiev, Ukraine. In each portrait Elena combines realism with creepy features and makes a breathtaking disturbing masterpiece. Continue reading »
Beautiful Colorized Photos Of Immigrants in Their Traditional Dresses At The Ellis Island Immigration Station In The Early 20th Century
The photographs were taken by an immigration official named Augustus Frederick Sherman. He took photographs of immigrants who were being detained for further interrogation, whether for medical or other reasons. Some would be permitted to stay while others would be forced to return to the homes they risked so much to leave. Continue reading »
Photographer Elaine Li Captures Beautiful Pictures Of Urban Landscapes In Unusual Ways
Elaine Li is a talented self taught photographer, art director and designer, who was born and raised in Hong Kong. Elaine studied in Melbourne for two years, then she received her BFA degree in Visual Communication Design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, SAIC. Li shoots a lot of travel, architecture and urban photography. Continue reading »
Beautiful Otherworldly Artwork Of Cyril Rolando
Cyril Rolando is a hobbyist digital painter from France and loves the universe of Tim Burton and Hayoa Miyazaki. Beginning using only an art website called Oekaki and his computer mouse, he spent two months experimenting with and learning digital painting techniques. He then realized that if he wanted to continue to develop as an artist he must upgrade his instruments and began creating his artwork using Photoshop and a Wacom tablet. Still pursuing his studies by day, Cyril worked to recreate photos and how to create his own surreal worlds where any fantasy or story was possible. His work has continued to evolve, growing into the beautiful unique style you see today. The elements of his paintings contain just the right detail and texturing to bring the viewer into his bizarre surreal worlds. Continue reading »
Beautiful Women Portraits By Marta Bevacqua
A great photograph? “The atmosphere that moves something inside the viewer, that makes him fly with imagination, feel emotions or think about something.” Continue reading »
Boxers Before And After The Fight: Beautiful Photography Project By Nicolai Howalt
“Boxer” is a photography project by Danish artist Nicolai Howalt which created a series of boxers portraits taken before and after a fight. Continue reading »
Beautiful Black And White Portrait Photography By Daria Pitak
Black and white portraits easily succeed in reflecting the true emotion of the subject. In this post, we have compiled a beautiful black and white portrait photography by Daria Pitak. She is a Poland based photographer specialized in fashion and portrait photography. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates Beautiful Figures Of Olympic Athletes Out Of Layered Paper
According to the Spanish artist Raya Sader Bujana: “The concept of this design was to express movement using paper. The added texture, light and volume that the serial planes technique provides reinforces the fluidity of the pieces. All the sculptures are entirely hand cut and assembled, some of the figures have around 150 pieces and up to 500 separators. The project required many, many hours of work, but the end result was very satisfying for me.” Continue reading »
Daredevil Photographer Attaches LED To Drone For Hauntingly Beautiful Photos
Photographer Reuben Wu transforms the vast desert landscape into otherworldly scenes with his stunning series Lux Noctis. The dramatic images feature solitary rock formations surrounded by nearly pitch-black darkness, only illuminated by a selective spotlight. This approach both highlights their incredible characteristics and visually creates the feeling that an alien ship is about to land on the curious grounds. Continue reading »
Artist Born Without Hands Draws Beautiful, Hyper-Realistic Portraits
Polish artist Mariusz Kędzierski does things a bit differently. Continue reading »
Beautiful Rare Black And White Photographs Of 20 Year Old Norma Jeane Dougherty (Later Marilyn Monroe) On Malibu Beach In 1946
Before there was Marilyn Monroe there was a girl named Norma Jeane Dougherty who met André de Dienes in 1945. Together they travelled as lovers taking photographs that would help catapult the cherub-faced redhead into superstardom. Continue reading »
“I Asked My Friends Who The Most Beautiful Girl From Their Country Was…”
Online surveys are an extremely popular way of collecting data today. And one guy, a fan of computer games, used this method in a very intriguing way. He asked his numerous fellow gamers to send him a photo of the most beautiful woman from their country. The response was amazing, as he received loads of pictures featuring famous actresses, models, musicians, public figures, and even a photo of one monarch’s wife — every woman had something beautiful about her. Continue reading »
Beauty Over 100 Years Ago: 35 Stunning Postcards Of Beautiful Girls In Over The World From The 1900s And 1910s
They are just simply pure and beautiful! Continue reading »
Artist Creates Beautiful Paintings Based On Vintage Images To Merge The Past And Present
Portland-based artist Joshua Flint creates paintings that are based on vintage images curated from many sources, such as museum archives and charity shops, and then mixes them up to create new stories that fluctuate between the familiar and the unknown, the past and the present – allowing countless interpretations. Continue reading »
Beautiful Children Book Illustrations By Emilia Dziubak
Emilia Dziubak is a super talented illustrator based in Poznan, Poland. Here you can enjoy some of her book illustrations for children. Aren’t they beautiful? Continue reading »
“Sky As Crown”: Beautiful Georgia By The Photographer Irma Sharikadze
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 »
Plus-Size Woman Asks 21 Photoshop Editors To Make Her Beautiful
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 »
“Animal Soul”: Beautiful Portraits Of The Bad-Ass Cats By Robert Bahou
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 »
20 Beautiful Photographs Of Urban Decay In Detroit’s Crumbling Ghost Neighbourhoods
During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century Detroit, Michigan was known to some as the Paris of the West, on account of its opulent architecture, grand boulevards and burgeoning cityscape. Continue reading »
Mysterious Sinkhole Develops A Surprising And Beautiful Ecosystem In China
Sinkholes often spell disaster, but this unexpected limestone cavity is anything but. A botanical delight, this enormous sinkhole was discovered in central China’s mountainous Hubei province. The sinkhole’s remote location—only accessible via a lowered rope ladder—and humid environs has led to its development of a surprisingly lush, self-contained ecosystem largely untouched by man. Continue reading »
