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Hilarious Photo Manipulations With Movie Scenes Where Guns Were Replaced With A Thumbs-Up

Thumbs and Ammo removes the guns from famous film characters’ hands and replaces them with a thumbs-up. Real tough guys don’t need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude. Continue reading »

Artist Discusses Gun Violence With Stunning Artworks Of ‘Anatomy Guns’

Artist Noah Scalin has created an amazing series of artworks entitled Anatomy of War that consists of human, ‘anatomically correct’ guns. Scalin’s creations come of a mixture of polymer clay, acrylic and enamel and aim to humanize guns in order to discuss gun violence in a more sensitized and complex way. Anatomy of War provokes the viewer and motivates people to think of all the lives lost by guns, replacing the bullets with human organs. Continue reading »

“Sweetheart Grips”: WWII Soldiers Would Make Clear Grips For Their Pistols To Display Their Sweethearts

Soldiers throughout history have always personalised their equipment. By using something as artistic as nose art on a 16 ton bomber, or as simple as scratching their initials into their canteen or into the butt of their rifles. Since WWI, we have been used to battlefield art known as ‘trench art’. Continue reading »