Amazing Japanese Cardboard Artist Transforms Old Boxes Into Tanks, Gundams, Space Ships, And More!
Monami Ono, a graduate of the Osaka University of the Arts who studied 3D animation and now specializes in amazing cardboard artistry, may simply be the best, however. The talented and award-winning artist from Wakayama Prefecture’s hobby for practicing animation on cardboard boxes has turned into a full-time craft, landing her appearances on Japanese television, workshop appearances, and even film campaign models. Continue reading »
“The Little Things”: A Collection Of Brilliant Illustrations By Tomasz Majewski
Tomasz Majewski is an independent illustrator and graphic designer based in Warsaw, Poland. He has graduated from university with a Fine Arts M.A. degree. His favorite field of art is illustration: both digital and traditional. He also works for a publishing house, where he designs book covers and prepares them to print. Continue reading »
Youth Gone Wild: Stunning Photos Of The Russian Underground Dance Culture
Most of these music festivals and raves for lovers of such genres like Dark Electro, Punk Rock, EBM, Noise Rock, Ethno Techno and many others, are hidden from general public. Some of them are hard to get into. And, some are even secret. Continue reading »
“Triumph Of Hate”: Examining The Underbelly Of US Culture – Gun Violence, White Supremacy, And Greed
Sandow Birk’s exhibition at PPOW Gallery, Triumph of Hate, examines dark strains in the culture and politics of the United States, including Trump, gun violence, white supremacy, and greed. Birk’s body of work is unusual in that its explicit politics don’t read as overly didactic — a difficult line to walk successfully. Triumph of Hate is comprised of three distinct bodies of work: a series of satirical prints about Trumpian exploits, graphically violent paintings examining recent events, and a triptych of woodblock prints representing the battle of good versus evil throughout American history. Continue reading »
Stunning Vintage Photos That Capture New York’s Subway Since The ’80s
The Travelers. Brooklyn. Early 1980’s
Legendary New York-based fashion, documentary and street photographer Jamel Shabazz has been scanning the scenes of New York City for about 40 years now, reflecting its lifestyles, moods, fashions, and social struggles. Jamel Shabazz’s work goes far beyond photography, it is pure sociological documentation which has immortalized decades of New York City’s culture. Continue reading »
Twisted & Satirical Pop Culture Characters By Dan LuVisi
“A creepy trip down memory lane” …may be the best way to describe the “Popped Culture” series by LA-based concept artist Dan LuVisi where he features the most beloved characters from our childhood, in some unlikely, gruesome, and violent settings. Continue reading »
Makeup Artist Turns Her Lips Into Cute Pop Culture Characters
London-based makeup artist Laura Jenkinson has found a creative way to show her incredible painting and makeup skills to the world. She uses lipsticks and paint to create all sorts of cute pop culture and cartoon characters on her lips, making them a part of the whole artwork. Continue reading »
NSFW Outrageous Pop Culture Graphic Designs That Will Undoubtedly Amuse You
If you’re having a dreary day, the work of Milan-based art director Stefano Fraone could well put an end to this. The self-professed “visual guy between minimal and baroque” creates pop culture-inspired graphic designs, showcased on his Instagram account @_dotpigeon, that will not only inspire you, but also crack you up. Continue reading »
This Guy Continues To Paint Pop-Culture Characters Into Old Thrift-Store Paintings
Dave Pollot (previously) is a US painter who brings new life to old and forgotten art. He buys thrift store paintings and perfectly “enhances” them with pop culture symbols, giving a cool, nerdy spin to what’s dusting away inside cracked frames. Continue reading »
Stripped-Down Pop Culture Tattoos Of Jeremy D
In the contemporary tattoo industry, talent and recognition no longer depend on the number of years of practice. Case in point – Brisbane, Australia-based tattoo artist Jeremy D who’s been practicing his art for just over two years. Continue reading »
This Girl Makes A Pop-Culture-Inspired Pies That Would Be A Sin To Cut
These days food gets photographed so much that it has to be pretty. Especially if it’s pies. Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin (previously featured) is a confectionery artist who makes sure this happens – she bakes pies that are too nice to eat! Continue reading »
Artist Wil Hughes Shows How Pop Culture Icons Would Look In Real Life, And It Will Give You Nightmares
Australian digital artist Wil Hughes, who studies animation at Griffith University in Brisbane, has a unique talent; he turns beloved, usually family-friendly pop culture icons into nightmarish demons that look like they clawed their way straight out of Hell. Continue reading »
The Apocalypse Of Pop Culture By Filip Hodas
Filip Hodas, AKA Hoodass, is a freelance 3D artist from Prague, Czech Republic, who does surreal and mind-bending renderings that are truly out of this world. Continue reading »
Cats And Pop Culture – The Lovely Earrings By Catmadecom
When cats meet pop culture, an adorable collection of earrings created by the young Russian designer Rita, aka Catmadecom. From Pokemon to David Bowie through Adventure Time, Totoro or Sailor Moon, Rita transforms her cats into pretty creations. Continue reading »
Cute Cat Culture Goes Too Far With Japan’s Freaky Cat-Theme Masks
Japanese society places a great value on personal hygiene, and that extends to taking care of your skin. But just because the country is serious about grooming doesn’t mean it can’t have fun with the process, as evidenced by the variety of playful themed skin care masks that have gone on sale. Continue reading »
Pop Culture Icons Invade Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Painting In Adorable Series
One accident inspired painter Aja Kusick to create a wonderful series that mashes up pop culture elements with expressive van Gogh’s style.
Snoopy and Charlie
Everything started when an education blog mistakenly shared Aja’s painting of the Eiffel Tower as Van Gogh’s. However, the Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889 and Van Gogh died in 1890, having spent his last years in the south of France, so it’s very unlikely that he even saw the iconic tower. Continue reading »
Mike Miller’s Photography Captures ’90s Hip-Hop And Lowrider Culture To The Fullest
With a first edition print run already dwindling down to below 100 copies left, this might make a great, and perhaps rare gift for the holidays: Photographer Michael Miller’s West Coast Hip-Hop: A History In Pictures is a 200-page 9″ x 12″ coffee table book that collects Miller’s images of many of hip-hop’s most important artists (e.g. Tupac Shakur, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort etc.) in their ’90s prime. Continue reading »
François Dourlen Blurs The Line Between Popular Culture And The Real World With His iPhone
The pairing of Instagram and the iPhone led to a lot more creativity than the average selfie. As a matter of fact, people all over the photo-sharing platform are using Instagram to find new ways to make sharing pictures fun again. Instagrammer François Dourlen is a perfect example. The France-based teacher uses Instagram in his spare time to upload awesome, creative images, bringing his favorite cartoon characters and pop culture icons to life. Keep in mind, Dourlen does all of this just using his iPhone and his imagination! Continue reading »
Beautiful Pop Culture Illustrations By Alice X. Zhang
Alice X. Zhang graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in graphic design. Her chief influences are literature, cinema, and television. Likewise, the subjects of her wildly colorful digital paintings are often movie characters. Zhang is currently based in New York. Continue reading »
Cute Cookie Shots With Pop Culture Characters Come Filled With Milk Or Cream
Tustin, California-based luxury cookie boutique The Dirty Cookie bakes adorable shots filled with milk or cream. Toast to your friends with cookies fronted by Star Wars, Baymax or Mickey Mouse characters. Continue reading »
Bring The Beat Back: Youth Culture And Energy Of The 80s New York
Born in Brooklyn in the 1960s, Jamel Shabazz wanted to be the witnesof his generation, its culture, its lifestyle. He begins the photography at the age of 15, by documenting the streetlife of the African American community of New York. His fantastic images capture the energy, love and unity in the New York of the 80s as no any others ; these became the icons of Big Apple over the last 40 years. His work immortalized a whole generation exposed to the civil rights movement and to the Vietnam War, a generation which gave birth to the graffiti and the hip-hop. Continue reading »
Soviet Youth Culture: Goths, Punks And Metalheads Of The USSR
Rapid development of youth subculture 1970s and 1980s generated lots of different trends which still exist in one form or another. The Soviet Union was not the exception; goths, punks, rockers and metalheads of the late USSR are remembered by their radical self-expression and the extravagant style.
Here, we have found some cool old photos of this saucy youth from the USSR in the period of 1980s. Continue reading »
France, Often Late To U.S. Culture, Had A Great Reaction To Getting “Game Of Thrones” On Time
To promote French cable provider Canal+ airing the Game of Thrones Season 6 premiere at the exact same moment it debuts in America on HBO (that’s 3 a.m. on April 25 for those en France), agency BETC created a clever outdoor campaign. Continue reading »
Barcelona Floors: Photographer Inspires Us To Look Down And Discover City’s Culture
While visitors to Barcelona are craning their necks towards the top of Sagrada Família, or looking out to sea at Barceloneta Beach, they might be missing one of the city’s most overlooked treasures — its floors. To tell the story of the historic Catalonian capital from the ground up, German photographer Sebastian Erras collaborated with Pixartprinting on the series Barcelona floors. The photographic report takes viewers on a visual journey through the city’s streets and landmarks, uncovering the intricate mosaic patterns and vibrant tile motifs native to the culture and community of the place. Continue reading »
Inspired By The Pop Culture: The Explosive And Colorful Paintings Of James Rawson
The paintings of the British artist James Rawson, defined as a postmodern pop artist, who mixes painting and collage to create explosive and colorful compositions, filled with references to movies, brands, comics or iconic objects. James Rawson revisits the pop culture of the last 50 years, but also the societal problems like over-consumption, poverty, junk food or the omnipresence of advertising. Continue reading »
